Competitive Grants

Arkansas

Professional Learning Grant

Deadline: January 31, 2025
Grant Range: LEA’s Received Allocated Amounts

• DESE is distributing professional learning community funding to improve academic outcomes.
• Grant funds districts to support the implementation of Arkansas LEARNS through professional learning communities.
• Grant goals: Establish professional learning communities focused on the areas of (1) Foundational Literacy/Science of Reading and (2) Strengthening Instructional Quality.

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Arkansas

Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program 

Deadline: December 20, 2024
Grant Range: $200,000 per awardee for the first year

• The grant implementation is for four years and supports the creation or expansion of community learning centers that provide academic enrichment during non-school hours for children.
• The program targets students who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools.
• This program helps students meet state and local standards in core academic subjects.

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Georgia

Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program

• This grant supports the creation of community learning centers that provide academic enrichment opportunities during non-school hours for children.
• The program helps students meet state and local academic standards in core academic subjects, such as reading and mathematics.
• The program offers students a broad array of enrichment activities that can complement their regular academic programs.

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Iowa

The 21st Century Community Centers (21CCLC) Program

• The intent of the 21CCLC grant is to enable communities to design and implement effective out-of-school programs that will result in improved student achievement.
• The program helps students meet state and local student standards in core academic subjects, such as reading and mathematics.
• The program offers students a broad array of enrichment activities that can complement their regular academic programs.

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Kentucky

FY25 Kentucky Comprehensive Literacy (KyCL) Grant 

Due Date:  December 18, 2024

Grant Range: KDE will make $52,236,266 available for subgrants through the federal KyCL grant and anticipates funding of approximately 40 districts.

• The purpose of the KyCL grant is to support schools and participating early childhood partners to improve oral language, increase readiness for school, strengthen transitions between levels, and improve reading and writing instruction and student literacy outcomes.
• KDE will guide awarded districts to utilize a vision for reading and writing instruction and create a district and school level literacy plan.
• The project will establish collaborative relationships among providers of educational opportunities.
  
   

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Louisiana

The Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) Grant

Due Date: January 23, 2025
Grant Range: TBD 

• The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) will support literacy efforts for students, teachers, and schools most in need.
• The LDOE will target the five-year grant toward four main focus areas:
  • Building teacher and leader capacity around evidence-based practices in the most struggling schools and systems
  • Providing targeted capacity and resources for schools serving high rates of the highest-need students
  • Ensuring every child has access to a highly effective teacher by providing literacy mentors to new teachers within three years of service in schools with high teacher turnover and/or high numbers of new teachers
  • Implementing high-quality, evidence-based practices, interventions, and opportunities to support children and families
    
     

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