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HB 2715 Family Literacy Grants Program and Fund; created.

Introduced by: Kenneth R. Plum | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Family Literacy Grants Program and Fund. Creates the Family Literacy Grants Program, to be administered by the Board of Education, to award grants on a competitive basis to school divisions to support programs designed to address one or more of the following objectives: to (i) increase the literacy skills and educational levels of parents through instruction in basic skills, high school credentialing programs, English as a second language, workplace training, and parenting; (ii) enhance parents' understanding of child development and the parent's role as first teacher; (iii) assist parents in gaining the motivation, skills, and knowledge necessary to improve employability or to pursue further education and training; and (iv) increase the developmental skills of preschool children for preparation for academic and social success in school. Grants cannot support adult education initiatives already required by the Standards of Quality.

The Board will establish procedures for determining grant amounts and is to issue guidelines governing the Program as it deems necessary and appropriate, including provisions addressing the coordination of any adult literacy and education efforts for which a grant is sought pursuant to this section with the biennial state plan for adult education and literacy developed by the Virginia Advisory Council for Adult Education and Literacy.


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