The State Board of Education has approved the following sections 6.1 and 7.1(A) of the Rules for Administration of the Early Literacy Grant Program.
 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Colorado State Board of Education

RULES FOR ADMINISTRATION OF EARLY LITERACY GRANT PROGRAM 1 CCR 301-90
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6.0	APPLICATION EVALUATION CRITERIA 

6.1	In reviewing applications for the Comprehensive and Professional Development Early Literacy Grant to recommend which applicants should receive grant funding and the duration and amount of each grant, the Department shall consider the following criteria:

6.1 (A)	The percentage of kindergarten and first-, second-, and third-grade students enrolled in the applying local education provider or group of local education providers who have Significant Reading Deficiencies and the percentage of kindergarten and first-, second-, and third-grade students who do not have Significant Reading Deficiencies but who are not meeting grade-level expectations in reading adopted by the State Board;

6.1 (B)	The use or proposed use of instructional programming which is aligned to the READ Act and is Evidence-Based or Scientifically-Based; 

6.1 (C) 	Whether the local education provider or group of local education providers employs reading coaches or plans to use all or a portion of the grant money to employ reading coaches; 

6.1(D) 	The degree to which the instructional program incorporates the effective use of technology, including software, to assist in assessing and monitoring student progress toward reading competency; 

6.1 (E) 	In the case of a board of cooperative services that applies for a grant to provide instructional support in literacy, the number of small rural school districts, the number of kindergarten and first-, second-, and third-grade students enrolled in the small rural school districts, and the resources available to the small rural school districts that will receive instructional support as a result of the grant; 

6.1 (F) 	The quality of the professional development program(s) that the applicant(s) plan to implement for educators to assist students in kindergarten and first-, second-, and third-grade students to achieve reading competency; 

6.1 (G) 	The plan the applicant has to sustain positive student gains over time; 

6.1 (H) 	The cost of the instructional program that the applicant(s) plan to implement using the grant money; and 

6.1 (I) 	The rigor with which the applicant(s) intend(s) to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the proposed program.

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7.0	DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING

7.1	Each local education provider that receives an early literacy grant shall submit information to the Department describing the following:

7.1 (A)	In detail, the specific expenditures for which the local education provider used the grant money;