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

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 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.