Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Grant Program

Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: April 1, 2011.
   Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 9, 2011.
   Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 5, 2011.

Full Text of Announcement

I. Funding Opportunity Description

   Purpose of Program: The purpose of the Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy
grant program (SRCL) is to advance literacy skills--including pre-literacy skills,
reading, and writing--for students from birth through grade 12, including limited-
English-proficient students and students with disabilities.
   Through this program, the Department will award competitive grants to State
educational agencies (SEAs) to support competitive subgrants to local educational
agencies (LEAs), including charter schools that are considered LEAs under State law,
or other eligible entities for the purpose of advancing literacy skills.
   Priorities: This notice contains three priorities, two of which are
absolute and one of which is competitive preference.
Priority 1: Improving Learning Outcomes
Priority 2: Enabling More Data-Based Decision-Making
Competitive Preference Priority: Effective Use of Technology