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State Board OKs up to $4.5M for Nebraska Literacy Leadership Network after board questions cost and scope
Summary
The State Board of Education authorized the commissioner to approve a contract to implement a Nebraska Literacy Leadership Network, approving up to $4.5 million for the program after board members pressed staff for details on cohort size, vendor costs and reporting requirements.
The Nebraska State Board of Education on Sept. 5 authorized the commissioner to approve a contract for the Nebraska Literacy Leadership Network, approving up to $4,500,000 in grant-funded spending to support intensive leadership training aimed at improving early literacy instruction.
Board members pressed staff for details about the size and cost of cohorts and how progress will be tracked. Lane Carr of the commissioner’s office told the board the department originally designed the effort for 75 leaders per year, but that number was negotiable in the first year. NDE staff later explained the vendor’s proposal was costed to serve up to 89 schools with roughly four participants per school, which would amount to about 356 participants…
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