Finally! Grant applications and info for Literacy Through School Libraries.


There is a limited list of eligible school libraries, but if you are an
eligible school district, please plan to attend the FREE June 11th MASL
sponsored hands-on grant writing workshop specifically for this grant
application. Contact Sylvia K. Norton at [log in to unmask] or
1-800-322-8899 for more information about the workshops. This grant is
authorized for far more than the current funding. Let's tell Washington that
we need that additional funding for school library resources.

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ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 11,
Number 45 May 29, 2002

In This Issue: LITERACY THROUGH SCHOOL LIBRARIES GRANT
APPLICATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE


On May 29, the Department of Education published the grant
application for the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries
Program (v. 67, No. 103, pp. 37627-37646).  The package can be
downloaded from the Federal Register Online, via GPO Access
(www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html)  The section may be
accessed through the Table of Contents for volume 67.

Eligible Applicants are local educational agencies in which at
least 20 percent of the students served by the LEA are from
families with incomes below the poverty line.  Deadline for
Notification of Intent to Apply for Funding: June 28, 2002.
Potential applicants should notify the Department of Education by
e-mail at [log in to unmask]  Put Notice of Intent
in the subject line of your e-mail.

Applicants should propose programs that address two or more of the
four elements listed in the bill: library media specialist
collaboration with teachers and students; plan for acquisition of
books and other resources to reflect and support collaboration;
technology access; and expanded after-school hours.  For further
details see the complete application in the section of the Federal
Register listed above.

NOTE: A representative from the Literacy Through School Libraries
Program Office at the Department of Education will make a
presentation at the Committee on Legislation's Legislative Update,
Saturday June 15, at the Atlanta Convention Center Room A305.


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