DOE Awards $19 Milllion For Library Grants
U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has announced that 78 school districts across the country will receive the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Grant to improve students’ reading achievement. A total of $19 million will be awarded to 26 states and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands this year.
The Improving Literacy Through School Libraries program provides funds to help schools improve their library media and address the reading and other literacy challenges of their students.
Funds can be used to increase library holdings, improve schools’ technological resources and capabilities, facilitate Internet links and other resource-sharing networks, enhance professional development opportunities and expand hours of access to library services.
The program will help improve student reading achievement by focusing on available resources to ensure that no child is left behind. The list of grantees and awards is:
AL Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County $299,118
AL Franklin County Board of Education $300,000
AK Kashunamiut School District $277,525
AK Iditarod Area School District REAA #11 $206,055
AR Augusta School District $282,029.17
AR Hoxie School District #46 $231,697
CA Lindsay Unified School District $287,753
CA National School District $299,988
CA Glendale Unified School District $297,360
CA Ukiah Unified School District $154,219
CA Merced Union High School District $300,000
CA Sonoma County Office of Education $166,395
CA Kings Canyon Unified School District $299,384
CA Lamont Elementary School District $300,000.65
GA Troup County Board of Education $266,502
ID Canyon County School District 132 $300,000
IL Chicago Public Schools $298,678
IL Kankakee School District 111 $300,000
KS Kansas City Kansas Public Schools $292,976
KY Monroe County Board of Education $127,728.53
KY Hart County Public Schools $297,143
KY Wayne County School District $293,072
KY Jackson County Public School System $115,831.64
LA Lafourche Parish School Board $296,661
MA Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public School $69,592
MI Inkster Public Schools $300,000
MI Center Academy $210,971
MI Lansing School District $300,000
MN Minneapolis Public Schools $286,396
MS Winona Separate School District $201,586
MS Starkville School District $300,000
MS Clay County School District $140,731
MS West Bolivar School District $251,537.89
MS Noxubee County School District $299,797
MS Quitman County School District $258,557.19
MS Kemper County School District $290,757
MS West Point School District $269,775.90
MS Holly Springs School District $243,651.43
MT Ronan School District 30 $284,996
MT Montana Department of Corrections $134,392
NM Espanola Public Schools $292,108
NM Magdalena School District $299,245
NY Pine Valley Central School District $300,000
NY Rochester City School District $299,502
NY Yonkers Public Schools $299,473
NY East Ramapo Central School District $290,350
NY Mount Morris Central School District $186,969
NY Jamestown City School District $296,715
NY Board of Education, Buffalo N.Y. $300,000
OH Trimble Local Schools $300,000
OK Coalgate Public Schools $170,648
OK Heavener Public School District $294,498
OK Dewar Public School District $123,150
OK Schulter Public Schools $124,974
OK Achille Public Schools $174,124
OK Porum School District $147,889
OK Geary Independent School District I-80 $104,724
OK Watts Public School District $114,009
OK Boone-Apache Public Schools I-056 $196,577
OK Salina School District $139,949
OK Andarko School District I-20 $218,448
OK Skelly Elementary School $169,904
OK Wister Public School District I49 $169,679
PA Wissahickon Charter School $77,430
SC Dillon School District Two $212,417
SD Mid-Central Educational Cooperative $300,000
TN Memphis City Schools $299,280
TX Education Service Center, Region 2 $299,974.60
TX Kenedy Independent School District $299,810
TX Fort Worth Independent School District $299,997
TX Robstown Independent School District $204,341
TX Luling Independent School District $218,992
TX Wharton Independent School District $299,259
TX San Antonio Independent School District $299,998
TX Hereford Independent School District $299,125
UT Salt Lake City School District $192,496
WI Glidden School District $152,703
MP CNMI Public School System $299,972
