The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $618,962 Comprehensive Literacy Development (CFDA 84.371) project grant to the South Dakota Department of Education (DBA Deca) on October 1, 2024. The grant, titled "ELEVATING LITERACY ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA (ELA-SD)", will fund evidence-based literacy programs, interventions, and activities targeting students from birth through grade 12, with a focus on disadvantaged populations such as those living in poverty, English learners, and students with disabilities. Deca, the state educational agency, will likely distribute portions of the grant funding to local educational agencies, school districts, and community organizations to implement the literacy development initiatives at the local level across South Dakota.
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