Archived: Reading Excellence Act State Competitive Grant Program: Non-Regulatory Guidance for State Applicants, Appendix. D. Local Reading Improvement Subgrant Application

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Reading Excellence Act State Competitive Grant Program: Non-Regulatory Guidance for State Applicants – March 9, 1999

Appendix. D. Local Reading Improvement Subgrant Application

Figure D1. Local Reading Improvement Subgrant Application
Title II, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Part C, Reading and Literacy Grants	Checklist
Section 2255. Local Reading Improvement Subgrants	Checklist
??(b) APPLICATIONS.?
A local educational agency that desires to receive a subgrant under this section shall submit an application to the state educational agency at such time, in such manner, and including such information as the agency may require. The application?
??(1) shall describe how the local educational agency will work with schools selected by the agency to receive assistance under subsection (d)(1)?
??(A) to select one or more programs of reading instruction, developed using scientifically based reading research, to improve reading instruction by all academic teachers for all children in each of the schools selected by the agency under such subsection and, where appropriate, for their parents; and
??(B) to enter into an agreement with a person or entity responsible for the development of each program selected under subparagraph (A), or a person with experience or expertise about the program and its implementation, under which the person or entity agrees to work with the local educational agency and the schools in connection with such implementation and improvement efforts;
??(2) shall include an assurance that the local educational agency?
??(A) will carry out professional development for the classroom teacher and other instructional staff on the teaching of reading based on scientifically based reading research;
??(B) will provide family literacy services based on programs such as the Even Start family literacy model authorized under part B of title I, to enable parents to be their child?s first and most important teacher;
??(C) will carry out programs to assist those kindergarten students who are not ready for the transition to first grade, particularly students experiencing difficulty with reading skills; and
??(D) will use supervised individuals (including tutors), who have been appropriately trained using scientifically based reading research, to provide additional support, before school, after school, on weekends, during non-instructional periods of the school day, or during the summer, for children preparing to enter kindergarten and students in kindergarten through grade 3 who are experiencing difficulty reading;
??(3) shall describe how the applicant will ensure that funds available under this part, and funds available for reading instruction for kindergarten through grade 6 from other appropriate sources, are effectively coordinated, and, where appropriate, integrated with funds under this Act in order to improve existing activities in the areas of reading instruction, professional development, program improvement, parental involvement, technical assistance, and other activities that can help meet the purposes of this part;
??(4) shall describe, if appropriate, how parents, tutors, and early childhood education providers will be assisted by, and participate in, literacy-related activities receiving financial assistance under this part to enhance children?s reading fluency;
??(5) shall describe how the local educational agency?
??(A) provides instruction in reading to children with reading difficulties who?
??(i) are at risk of being referred to special education based on these difficulties; or
??(ii) have been evaluated under section 614 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act but, in accordance with section 614(b)(5) of such Act, have not been identified as being a child with a disability (as defined in section 602 of the such Act); and
??(B) will promote reading and library programs that provide access to engaging reading material; and
??(6) shall include an assurance that the local educational agency will make available, upon request and in an understandable and uniform format, to any parent of a student attending any school selected to receive assistance under subsection (d)(1) in the geographic area served by the local educational agency, information regarding the professional qualifications of the student?s classroom teacher to provide instruction in reading.
??(c) SPECIAL RULE.? To the extent feasible, a local educational agency that desires to receive a grant under this section shall form a partnership with one or more community-based organizations of demonstrated effectiveness in early childhood literacy, and reading readiness, reading instruction, and reading achievement for both adults and children, such as a Head Start program, family literacy program, public library, or adult education program, to carry out the functions described in paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (b). In evaluating subgrant applications under this section, a state educational agency shall consider whether the applicant has satisfied the requirement in the preceding sentence. If not, the applicant must provide information on why it would not have been feasible for the applicant to have done so.

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[Appendix C. Local Reading Improvement Activities]

[Appendix E. Tutorial Assistance Subgrant Activities]