Comprehensive Literacy State Development

Well-Rounded Education Programs

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Discretionary Competitive Grants/Direct Grants to Outlying Areas/Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Program

What’s New

  • Announcing Technical Assistance Available to All States: Beginning in November 2023, the CLSD Literacy Center will expand its support to help non-CLSD state education agencies (SEAs) revise, enhance, and, if applicable, create their state literacy plans to improve their effectiveness in meeting current and long-term needs of local education agencies (LEAs) and the students they serve.  Additionally, the Center will support SEAs in their self-assessments of state literacy infrastructures — including state legislatures, state boards of education, state literacy teams, etc. —  to further enhance and support LEAs. More information can be found here.
  • The Department will continue to host the following series Raising the Bar: Literacy & Math to Address Academic Recovery. The press release can be found here, and a link to the first session can be found here.

About CLSD

The Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) program is authorized under Sections 2221-2225 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended (ESEA).  The purpose of the CLSD discretionary grants is to create a comprehensive literacy program to advance literacy skills, including pre-literacy skills, reading, and writing, for children from birth through grade 12, with an emphasis on disadvantaged children, including children living in poverty, English learners, and children with disabilities.

Note: A portion of the funds appropriated for CLSD are set aside for Outlying Areas and Bureau of Indian Education schools.

CLSD Program Officers & Grant Portfolio

Michael Berry Jennifer Brianas Stephanie Badger
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Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Island Alaska Bureau of Indian Education
Guam America Samoa Kentucky
Hawaii Arizona Michigan
Louisiana Arkansas Missouri
Texas California Montana
Wyoming Colorado North Dakota
  District of Columbia Ohio
  Florida Tennessee
  Georgia  
  Massachusetts  
  Minnesota  
  New Mexico  
  Rhode Island  
  U.S. Virgin Island  

Contact Information

  • For inquiries, and general questions about the CLSD program

    E-mail

    Michael Berry, CLSD Team Leader
    Office of Well-Rounded Education
    U.S. Department of Education, OESE
    400 Maryland Avenue, SW
    Washington, DC 20202

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    Michelle Georgia, Group Leader
    Academic Improvement Group (AIG)
    Office of Well-Rounded Education
    U.S. Department of Education, OESE
    400 Maryland Avenue, SW
    Washington, DC 20202
    (202) 453-5501

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