NOVA+ is the connective layer between the systems your district already owns — it reads your SIS, works inside your LMS, and logs every session automatically. IDEA-compliant accommodation logging, AI-powered catch-up delivery, and a graduation pipeline built for Michigan's alternative education context.
Allowability is the district's determination under 2 CFR 200.403, not ours. Below are the streams districts most commonly use and the condition that applies to each. We supply a cost-allocation memo and per-module usage data so the charge follows the benefit (2 CFR 200.405).
| Module | Funding Stream | Condition that applies |
|---|---|---|
| NOVA+ Learn AI tutoring, Catch-Up Briefings, island map |
Title I-A · MI Sec. 31a Supplemental instruction |
Supplemental instruction for identified at-risk pupils, above the base program. Not a replacement for classroom instruction. |
| NOVA+ Teach Game Generator, Upload Synthesis, class insights |
Title I-A Instructional support |
Bundled instructional support that builds the catch-up lesson. Deliberately not claimed as a Title II-A educator-effectiveness purchase, which buys professional learning rather than instructional material. |
| NOVA+ Access SPED accommodation logs, IEP compliance |
IDEA Part B Special education |
Supplemental service delivery and documentation during absence, when services would otherwise lapse. Not offered as a substitute for the district's existing FAPE obligation. |
| NOVA+ Affirm Wellbeing, Tier 1/2/3 monitoring, badge studio |
Title IV-A Student support (SSAE) |
Whole-child support: behavioral health integration, PBIS monitoring and re-enrollment coordination. A needs assessment is required where the district's Title IV-A allocation is $30,000 or more. |
| NOVA+ Administer Graduation pipeline, MMC credit tracking, early-warning flags |
General Fund / local Not grant funds |
Administrative cost. Not charged to a student-support grant, and Michigan Sec. 31a bars administrative costs outright. NOVA+ is ESSA Tier 4 (demonstrates a rationale) today, which is not sufficient for Section 1003. |
Cost-allocation memo and per-module usage documentation available on request to support your allowability determination. Contact us →
NOVA+'s compliance architecture was built by a special education teacher who has sat in IEP meetings, filed accommodation logs, and watched districts lose federal funding over documentation gaps.
NOVA+ operates under the School Official exception. Student education records remain under district control at all times. No student data is sold, shared, or aggregated across districts.
The legal key (IEP/504-mandated accommodations) and agency key (student-elected supports) are tracked separately, each with an independent audit trail — the distinction IDEA requires but no other platform makes.
NOVA+'s catch-up briefing model is grounded in IES-validated approaches to spaced retrieval and structured re-engagement — a documented rationale (ESSA Tier 4) today, building toward higher evidence tiers through the Spring 2027 pilot. Sufficient for Title I-A schoolwide and targeted plans; not claimed for Section 1003.
Each district's student data is stored in a logically isolated namespace. TLS 1.3 in transit. No co-mingling across districts. AI key never exposed to the browser.
NOVA+'s AI tutoring design follows Michigan Department of Education guidance on responsible AI in K-12 — human-in-the-loop escalation, no autonomous grading, and teacher override on all AI-generated content.
Districts control their data retention schedule. All student records are deleted within 30 days of contract termination or written request — no lock-in, no residual data.
NOVA+ does not replace your SIS, LMS, or communication tools. It connects to them — reading attendance events and writing back structured records. Integrations are actively in development.
Integration timelines vary. Contact us to discuss your SIS or LMS.
NOVA+ is entering a conditional demo agreement with Opportunity High School (OHS Marshall) in Marshall Public Schools — a re-entry program serving students with chronic absenteeism, credit deficits, and IEP/504 plans. The Fall 2026 demo is the first structured deployment with a live student population, and the first paid pilot follows in Spring 2027 — one school, full deployment, founding rates.
NOVA+ is built and maintained by Jason Raddatz, an alternative education teacher at Marshall Public Schools. This is not a product designed for the alternative education context — it came from it. The OHS Marshall demo is the proving ground before broader district rollout.
We'll walk you through the platform, answer procurement questions, and provide the cost-allocation documentation your business office needs to support its own allowability determination.