* The Improving Literacy through School Libraries Program (Title I,
Part B, Subpart 4 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended
by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, P.L. 107-335) is to improve student
literacy skills and academic achievement by providing increased access to
up-to-date library materials, a well-equipped, technologically advanced
school library media center, and well-trained, professionally certified
school library media specialists. School library media centers have an
important role to contribute to the success of local improvement plans
especially in the literacy area by increasing collaboration between
instructional and school library media center staff, providing additional
instructional materials and resources, and extending hours of operation
during non-school hours.
For anyone who has been following the possibility for federal grant money
and the related grant writing workshops sponsored by MASL, the U.S.
Department of Education has finally launched a Web site for the grant
program, Improving Literacy Through School Libraries, at
www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/LSL <www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/LSL>
Check the website if you had planned to prepare a grant.
This new competitive grant program is for one-year grants to local
educational agencies (school districts) in which 20% of the students are
from families with incomes below the poverty line. A list of all eligible
school districts can be found at http://www.ed.gov/OESE/LSL/eligible
<http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/LSL/eligible/>
More information on the grant requirements, application, and process should
be available by late May with a July 2002 projected application deadline.
Please contact me at [log in to unmask] if you have any questions
about the MASL grant writing workshop.
Sylvia
Sylvia K. Norton
Library, Information, and Technology Services
Maine Department of Education
Maine State Library
64 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
Telephone 207-287-5620, 1-800-322-8899
Fax 207-287-5624
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