ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 11, Number 45
May 29, 2002

In This Issue: LITERACY THROUGH SCHOOL LIBRARIES GRANT 
APPLICATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE


On May 29, the Department of Education published the grant 
application for the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries 
Program (v. 67, No. 103, pp. 37627-37646).  The package can be 
downloaded from the Federal Register Online, via GPO Access 
(www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html)  The section may be 
accessed through the Table of Contents for volume 67.

Eligible Applicants are local educational agencies in which at 
least 20 percent of the students served by the LEA are from 
families with incomes below the poverty line.  Deadline for 
Notification of Intent to Apply for Funding: June 28, 2002.  
Potential applicants should notify the Department of Education by 
e-mail at literacyandschoollibraries@ed.gov.  Put Notice of Intent 
in the subject line of your e-mail.

Applicants should propose programs that address two or more of the 
four elements listed in the bill: library media specialist 
collaboration with teachers and students; plan for acquisition of 
books and other resources to reflect and support collaboration; 
technology access; and expanded after-school hours.  For further 
details see the complete application in the section of the Federal 
Register listed above.

NOTE: A representative from the Literacy Through School Libraries 
Program Office at the Department of Education will make a 
presentation at the Committee on Legislation's Legislative Update, 
Saturday June 15, at the Atlanta Convention Center Room A305.


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