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Portland district accepts Oregon literacy grant funding totaling $2.2 million expected over the year
Summary
Portland Public Schools approved a revenue contract to accept an initial allocation from the Oregon Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant and expects a second allocation that brings the district total to about $2.2 million for PK–12 literacy programming; the board approved the contract 6–0.
Portland Public Schools’ Board of Education voted to accept state-administered federal grant funding to support literacy programming from birth through 12th grade and approved a revenue contract at a special meeting Sept. 18.
Chair Wong announced that the district had been awarded the Oregon Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant administered by the Oregon Department of Education and said, “This means that we will have $2,200,000 of additional…
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