Striving Readers CFDA 84.371

The summary for the Striving Readers CFDA 84.371 grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Department of Education, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Striving Readers CFDA 84.371: Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. Purpose of Program: The purposes of the Striving Readers program are to raise the literacy levels of adolescent students in schools that are eligible for assistance under Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA), and that enroll significant numbers of students reading below grade level and to build a strong, scientific research base for identifying and replicating strategies that improve adolescent literacy instruction. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.371A. If you choose to submit your application to us electronically, you must use e-Application, accessible through the Department's e-Grants Web site at: http://e-grants.ed.gov. While completing your electronic application, you will be entering data online that will be saved into a database. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us.

Federal Grant Title:	Striving Readers CFDA 84.371
Federal Agency Name:	Department of Education
Grant Categories:	Education
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	ED-GRANTS-061109-001
Type of Funding:	Grant
CFDA Numbers:	84.371
CFDA Descriptions:	Striving Readers
Current Application Deadline:	Aug 10, 2009 Appli
Original Application Deadline:	Aug 10, 2009 Appli
Posted Date:	Jun 11, 2009
Creation Date:	Jun 11, 2009
Archive Date:	Sep 09, 2009
Total Program Funding:	$7,200,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award:
Minimum Federal Grant Award:
Expected Number of Awards:	7
Cost Sharing or Matching:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligibility Information 1. Eligible Applicant: A State educational agency (SEA) that applies on behalf of itself and one or more LEAs, including charter schools considered to be LEAs in accordance with State law, that have governing authority over the eligible schools (as defined elsewhere in this notice) that the applicant proposes to include in the project. To be considered for an award under this competition, an eligible applicant must include in the application the following with respect to each school it proposes to include in the project: (a) The school's name, location, and enrollment disaggregated by grade level for the 2008-09 school year. (b) State or other assessment data that demonstrate that, during each of the 2007-08 and 2008-09 school years (or the most recent two years for which data are available), a minimum of 75 students in the grades to be served by the supplemental literacy intervention were struggling readers (as defined elsewhere in this notice). (c) Evidence that the school is eligible to receive funds under part A of title I of the ESEA, pursuant to section 1113 of the ESEA. (d) A letter from the superintendent of the LEA that has governing authority over the school and the principal of the school that they-- (1) Agree to implement the proposed supplemental literacy intervention during the 2010-11, 2011-12, and 2012-13 school years, adhering strictly to the design of the intervention; (2) Agree to allow eligible struggling readers to be randomly assigned (by lottery) to either the supplemental literacy intervention curriculum or to other activities in which they would otherwise participate, such as a study hall, electives, or other activity that does not involve supplemental reading instruction; and (3) Agree to participate in the evaluation, including in the evaluator's collection of data on student outcomes and program implementation.
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