Virginia Board of Education Resolution 2001-24
Requesting the Establishment and Funding of a State Family Literacy Grant Program
Resolution Number 2001-24
June 20, 2001
WHEREAS, the Task Force on Adult Education and Literacy recommends that a state family literacy grant program be developed; and
WHEREAS, the Task Force on Adult Education and Literacy advises that, initially, $1,000,000 will be needed to fund 20 grants to local programs; and
WHEREAS, the Task Force recommends that the fund continue to grow until every locality in the commonwealth has a least one family literacy grant; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Jo Lynne DeMary, superintendent of public instruction, has asked the Office of Adult Education and Literacy to coordinate family literacy activities so that providers in various offices of the Department of Education and other agencies and foundations can collaborate and share information; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Education is seeking a federal Even Start Statewide Literacy Initiative Grant to support this coordination; and
WHEREAS, adult education is the responsibility of the Board of Education and the school divisions;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Education that it is recommended that a state family literacy grant program be developed.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Education requests the Governor to include in the 2002-2003 budget an annual allocation of $1,000,000 to fund family literacy grants.
Adopted in Richmond, Virginia, This Twentieth Day of June in the Year 2001.
Signature:
Kirk T. Schroder, President
Board of Education
Adopted in the Minutes of the Virginia Board of Education
June 20, 2001