Illinois Administrative Code
Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
Part 3035 - ILLINOIS STATE LIBRARY GRANT PROGRAMS
Subpart B - LITERACY GRANT PROGRAM
Section 3035.220 - Application for Grant
Universal Citation: 23 IL Admin Code ยง 3035.220
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) ISL may make grant applications available prior to the availability of funds, subject to the conditions stipulated in Section 3035.135 of this Part.
b) Applications shall be submitted to the Illinois State Library in a format prescribed by the Secretary of State. The applicants shall provide the information stipulated in Section 3035.135(d).
c) Grant awards and the maximum grant amounts will be determined by the State Librarian.
d) Applications shall include the following information:
1) The name of the literacy
program for the community.
2) The
name and address of the applicant.
3) The name and telephone number of the
applicant's director or executive officer.
4) The name, address and contact person for
each business whose employees will participate in workplace literacy
services.
5) The name, address and
contact person for the local public library that is partnering in family
literacy services.
6) The name,
address and contact person for the child education agency that is partnering in
family literacy services.
7) The
name, address and contact person for the adult literacy provider agency that is
partnering in family literacy services.
8) The term of the literacy program,
including a time schedule for the completion of project objectives of the
literacy program within the grant year.
9) The total amount of grant money requested
for the literacy program.
10) A
brief and explicit description of the literacy program purpose and
goals.
11) A statement supported by
current, relevant statistics (e.g., dropout rates, census figures on the
education level of the local population, or the number of persons receiving
public assistance) and other evidence detailing the need for the literacy
program in the particular community or geographic region of the
applicant.
12) A statement of the
instructional and recruitment methods to be used to meet its stated
goals.
13) An explicit description
of plans to evaluate project goals and student progress, including statistical
data.
A) Testing
i) Plans for pre- and post-testing of
students must be part of the proposal application. The Slosson Oral Reading
Test - Revised (SORT-R), 2002 edition (produced by Slosson Educational
Publications, Inc., P.O. Box 544, 538 Buffalo Rd., East Aurora NY 14052-0544),
or the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE), 2004 edition (produced by
CTB/McGraw-Hill, 20 Ryan Ranch Road, Monterey CA 93940-5703) must be used in
student testing for semiannual reports submitted to the State Library. The
materials incorporated by reference include no later amendments or
editions.
ii) In the case of
English as a Second Language (ESL) projects, professionally accepted tests must
be used, such as the English as a Second Language Oral Assessment (ESLOA), 1978
edition (produced by New Reader's Press, 104 Marcellus Street, Syracuse NY
13204-2952); the Combined English Language Skills Assessment (CELSA), 2009
edition (produced by the Association of Classroom Teacher Testers, 1187 Coast
Village Road, Suite 1 #378, Montecito CA 93108-2794); the Basic English Skills
Test (BEST), 2006 edition (produced by the Center for Applied Linguistics, 4646
40th Street, NW, Washington DC 20016-1859; the
Foreign Service Institute Oral Proficiency Interview (FSI) (also known as ILR),
1983 edition (produced by the Foreign Service Institute Shultz Center, 4000
Arlington Boulevard, Arlington VA 22204-1500). The materials incorporated by
reference include no later amendments or editions.
iii) In the case of students who enroll for
math assistance only, the TABE math test, 2004 edition (produced by
CTB/McGraw-Hill, 20 Ryan Ranch Road, Monterey CA 93940-5703), must be used in
testing. The material incorporated by reference includes no later amendments or
editions.
iv) Other professionally
accepted educational assessments approved by the Literacy Office of the State
Library may be used that provide accurate measurements of an adult student's
literacy or English language skill level.
14) A statement from each of the partnering
agencies in the literacy project detailing their responsibilities to the
literacy project, including cooperation, coordination and services, and
including signatures of organization representatives.
15) The budget for the literacy project,
setting forth the personnel costs, fringe benefits (e.g., retirement benefits
and health insurance), travel costs, equipment purchases, supplies, contractual
services, instructional materials, and any other expense necessary to operate
the literacy program proposed in the grant application.
A) No more than 10% of total grant funds may
be used to purchase equipment. The equipment becomes the property of the
literacy project and is not intended to be consumable.
B) Costs for purchase of consultant services
will not be allowed in the proposal budget unless the specific expertise
required is not available at the applicant's agency or the Illinois State
Library. Justification must be provided if consultant services are purchased,
and a complete description of the work to be performed must also be provided.
The proposed consultant must be mutually acceptable to both the grantee and
Illinois State Library, based on the consultant's prior experience and
expertise in literacy programs.
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