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Comprehensive Literacy State Development Program | Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Comprehensive Literacy State Development Program 2024 Comprehensive Literacy State Development Program The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is pleased to announce the department has been awarded the 2024 Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) grant by the U.S. Department of Education.
The five-year grant will provide state-wide opportunities for early learning programs, K-12 schools, and Career and Technical Education (CTE) centers to receive services and funds that directly align to DESE’s Read, Lead, Exceed initiative. Services will include high-quality professional development for administrators, literacy coaches and teachers, and access to CLSD literacy specialists, and family literacy support and resources.
The grant is also committed to strengthening pre-service teachers' knowledge of evidence-based instruction and collaboration between educator preparation programs and preK-12 educators. Through the U. S Department of Education’s CLSD program, Missouri could potentially receive up to $49 million to support the CLSD program.
The goals of the grant include building capacity across the state in developing, implementing, and sustaining equitable systems of support to meet literacy needs, and increasing state-wide knowledge for local education agency (LEA) leaders, educators, and pre-service teachers to advance evidence-based literacy practices for all children, birth to grade 12.
Up to 20 early learning programs and up to 80 schools and CTE centers will be selected to participate through a competitive application process. The Comprehensive Literacy State Development program receives 100 percent of its funding through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. For Federal Fiscal Year 2025, the total amount of grant funds awarded was $5,894,440.
2024 CLSD Guidance Document 2020 CLSD Grant The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is one of 11 states to receive a grant from the U.S. Department of Education for its Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) program. The $18 million grant will be distributed over five years, allowing the state to advance literacy skills for children from birth through grade 12.
The Missouri CLSD program was designed to complement DESE’s commitment to literacy for students under the agency’s Show-Me Success plan . The goal of the project is to support educators’ working knowledge of evidence-based literacy strategies to effectively teach reading and writing to all students.
This includes providing professional development to pre-service teachers in institutions of higher education, early childhood education teachers and K-12 educators to enable them to provide effective instruction. This grant will support local education agencies with developing evidence-based literacy plans to implement in their schools and provide support for families.
You can view the content of Missouri’s grant proposal in the project narrative . Learn more about the U.S. Department of Education’s CLSD program . This page will be updated as DESE moves forward with each stage of implementation.
Please mail questions to Literacy@dese. mo. gov .
The Comprehensive Literacy State Development program receives 100 percent of its funding through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. For Federal Fiscal Year 2021, the total amount of grant funds awarded was $4,036,529. 10.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Early learning programs, K-12 schools, and Career and Technical Education (CTE) centers in Missouri. Nonprofits partnering with these entities may also be eligible. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Comprehensive Literacy State Development Program is funded by U.S. Department of Education (administered by Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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