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Comprehensive ELG
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The Cohort 7 Comprehensive Early Literacy Grant application window has now closed. The Application Process Timeline provides more information on the next phase of this grant.
Benefits of the Comprehensive ELG Program
The program is designed to distribute funds to local education providers, including school districts, BOCES, and district charter schools or Institute Charter Schools, to ensure the essential components of reading instruction are embedded into all elements of the primary, K-3 teaching structures in all schools, including universal and targeted and intensive instructional interventions, to assist all students in achieving reading competency.
Through the Comprehensive ELG Program, the Colorado Department of Education:
- Assists grantees in establishing instructional systems based on Scientifically Based Reading Research to improve the quality of reading instruction for all K – 3 students.
- Helps schools implement a multi-tiered support system to reduce the number of students reading below grade level.
- Provides professional development to principals, teachers and intervention teachers on effective instructional practices and the underlying teaching infrastructures to improve reading achievement among K – 3 students.
- Assists grantees in administering and interpreting approved interim and diagnostic assessments pursuant to the READ Act.
- Supports implementation of school-wide literacy programs as well as programs designed for targeted and intensive instructional interventions.
- Assists grantees with testing schedules and interpreting assessment data.
Allowable Uses of Funds
Funding must support the grantee’s K-3 literacy program: Funds may be used for activities, staff, materials, and other purchases that help embed the essential components of reading instruction into all elements of the K-3 teaching structures in schools. Funds may only supplement and not supplant any moneys currently used for this purpose.
Uses that will be considered for funding include, but are not limited to:
- Supplemental staff salary, stipends, and/or benefits;
- CDE-approved instructional programming and related training from vendor-approved providers;
- CDE-approved assessments and related training from vendor-approved providers;
- Professional development from the CDE-approved Topic-Specific Advisory List of Professional Development list;
- CDE-approved ELG Implementation Consultant support;
- Travel, registration, and entrance costs to attend in-state training and conferences; and
- SBRR-aligned instructional materials (specific to the K-3 literacy program).
Active Comprehensive ELG Grantees
Comprehensive ELG Awardees
- 2020 - 2023/2024 Comprehensive ELG Grantees: Cohort 5 consists of 32 schools from 22 districts in the state
- 2022 - 2025/2026 Comprehensive ELG Grantees: Cohort 6 consists of 27 schools from 13 districts the state
- 2024 - 2027/2028 Comprehensive ELG Grantees: Cohort 7 consists of 14 schools from 8 districts in the state.
Frequently Accessed Resources
For questions, please contact the READ Act ELG Team
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