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Crete Public Schools awarded federal literacy grant; district staff outline rollout and summer facility work
Summary
The Crete Public school district will receive a federal Comprehensive Literacy State Development grant totaling about $1.295 million over five years. District leaders outlined how the funds will be used for K–12 literacy, professional development and related programs, and also reported summer facilities work and near-term budget timeline.
The Crete Public Schools Board of Education on Wednesday accepted an update that the district has been approved for a federal Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) grant and heard staff reports on summer facilities work, professional development and budget timelines.
The district’s Chief Academic Officer told the board that “Crete Public Schools has been approved by the State Board of Education as a recipient of the CLSD grant.” The award places the district in tier 2 (districts serving fewer than 500 students for grant purposes), with funding described in the meeting as $259,000 per year for five years, for a total of $1,295,000.
The CLSD program’s stated lead indicator is raising third-grade English language arts proficiency on the Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System (NSCAS) to 75 percent; the Chief Academic Officer noted the district’s third-grade proficiency in 2024 was 47 percent and said many…
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