The Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy (SRCL) formula grant is authorized by the Appropriations Act to provide $250 million under Section 1520 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to develop a comprehensive literacy and education program to advance literacy skills for students from birth through grade twelve.
The Act reserves $10 million for formula grants to assist states in: 1) creating or maintaining a SRCL State Literacy Team with expertise in literacy development and education for children birth through grade twelve, and 2) developing a comprehensive literacy plan.
Recently the Department of Education awarded six states the Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy grant: Georgia, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Texas received monies totaling $180,500,000.
Striving Readers is a program that aims to
- Raise middle and high school students' literacy levels in Title I-eligible schools with significant numbers of students reading below grade-levels.
- Build a strong, scientific research base for identifying and replicating strategies that improve adolescent literacy skills.
Right now is the perfect time to start looking for 2012 grant opportunities. Reading Horizons is committed to helping you locate grants to help you advance literacy skills through screening and assessment, targeted interventions for students reading below grade level, and professional development training for your teachers.
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