Improving Literacy through School Libraries: FY 2011
Agency: Department of Education
Assistance Listings
- 84.364 -- Improving Literacy Through School Libraries
Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026
Important dates
- Archived: April 27, 2011
- Closed: March 28, 2011
Available: January 27, 2011. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 28, 2011.
Award details
- Expected project funding: $600,000
- Expected awards: 50
Award min.
$100,000
Award max.
$371,000
- Funding opportunity number:ED-GRANTS-012711-001
- Cost sharing or matching requirement:No
- Funding instrument type:
- Grant
- Opportunity Category:Discretionary
- Opportunity Category Explanation:Not specified
- Category of Funding Activity:
- Education
- Category Explanation:Not specified
History
- Posted date: January 27, 2011
- Archive date: April 27, 2011
- Version: 2
Summary
Jump to documentsNote: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Purpose of Program: The purpose of this program is to improve student reading skills and academic achievement by providing students...
with increased access to up-to-date school library materials; well-equipped, technologically advanced school library media centers; and well-trained, professionally certified school library media specialists.Applications for grants under the Improving Literacy through School Libraries program, CFDA number 84.364A, must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at http://www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us. You may access the electronic grant application for the Improving Literacy through School Libraries competition at http://www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this competition by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.364, not 84.364A). The telephone number for the e-Applications Helpdesk is 1-888-336-8930.
Eligibility
Miscellaneous
- Other
Additional information on eligibility
Eligible Applicants: LEAs, including charter schools and State-administered schools that are considered LEAs under State law, in which
at least 20 percent of the students served by the LEA are from families with incomes below the poverty line based on the most recent
satisfactory data available from the U.S. Census Bureau at the time this notice is published. These data are Small Area Income and Poverty
Estimates for school districts for income year 2009. A list of LEAs with their family poverty rates (based on these Census Bureau data) is
posted on our Web site at http://www.ed.gov/programs/lsl/eligibility.html.
Documents
| File name | Description | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| 2011-1672.pdf | Improving Literacy through School Libraries: FY 2011 | Jan 28, 2011 03:38 PM UTC |
| 2011-1672.pdf | Improving Literacy through School Libraries: FY 2011 | Jan 27, 2011 09:22 PM UTC |
Agency contact information
Email: e-mail: David.Miller@ed.gov.
e-mail: Program Manager
Joyce Mays
Management Analyst
Phone 202-245-6122
joyce.mays@ed.gov
Program Manager:
Peter D. Eldridge,
U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW.
Washington, DC 20202
Telephone: (202)260-2514 or by e-mail: Peter.Eldridge@ed.gov; or
David Miller, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 3E242, Washington, DC 20202-6200. Telephone: (202) 453-5621 or by
