State officials highlight summer-learning gains, push expanded ASAP grant
State education presenters said nearly 30,000 students attended targeted literacy and math camps this summer, outlined multiple funding streams and urged districts to apply to the recently expanded ASAP grant, now $17.2 million.
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Jeff Norris, who leads the Office of Extended Learning, told the board the department is aiming to turn a summer 'moment' into lasting momentum for students and districts. He said the office tracks multiple funding streams for summer and after-school work — a formula of ETF allocations, supplemental appropriations, ARI implementation grants and the Alabama Summer and After School Program (ASAP) grant — and urged districts and nonprofits to apply to the newly expanded ASAP award cycle.
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