[LM_NET] Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Grant Information

[Sara Kelly Johns <sarakellyjohns@YAHOO.COM>]

Please post this widely, Thanks, Sara Kelly Johns

Improving Literacy  Through School Libraries Grant Information      
 The  Department of Education announced today that the  application package for the 
2008 Improving Literacy Through School Libraries  program competition is now 
available.   Application information is available at: 
http://www.ed.gov/programs/lsl/applicant.html#application.  
  
 Eligible applicants include LEAs in which  at least 20 percent of the students 
served are from families with incomes below  the poverty line based on the most 
recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau.  Information on the poverty level in each 
district can be found at: http://www.ed.gov/programs/lsl/eligibility.html.  Due to 
a decrease in FY 2008 funding, approximately $18.5 million will be  available for 
funding, and only an estimated 80 grants will be awarded under the  FY 2008 
competition.  The deadline  for applications is March 7, 2008.     
  
 It is important to note that  Improving Literacy Through School Libraries 
applicants must use the U.S. Federal  Government's Grants.gov applications system 
to apply. Instructions for  registering can be found at www.grants.gov. 
  
 If you have expressed interest in  applying for the Literacy Through School 
Libraries program but were told by the  U.S. Department of Education that your 
district is not eligible, you need to let  your Representative or Senator  know 
IMMEDIATELY. Currently,  only school districts in which 20 percent of the students 
served are from  families with incomes below the poverty line are eligible to 
apply.  When  funds are equal to or more than $100 million, the program will be 
distributed as  formula grants to ALL state departments of education. 

 
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Sara Kelly Johns
AASL 2007-08 President
Associate Editor for AASL Community, Knowledge Quest
Lake Placid Middle/High School LMC
34 School Street
Lake Placid, NY 12946
518-523-2474, ext. 4132
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