2005-2006 READING FIRST GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT

The Department of Education is pleased to announce the new 2005-2006 Reading First grants. The grants are supported through the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The Reading First grants provide approximately $23,000,000 each year for FY 2006, FY 2007, and FY 2008 to eligible local education agencies to establish research-based reading programs for students inkindergarten through third grade who are not achieving in reading. Criteria for the 2005-2006 Reading First grants were approved by the State Board of Education at its meeting on April 11, 2002. The grants will be awarded through a competitive application process. The application deadline is March 1, 2005 and the grant application process will be done through the Michigan Electronic Grant System (MEGS).

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