Rome, Floyd schools get over a million from literacy grant

Floyd County Schools will get $3.23 million and Rome City Schools will get $1.26 million.

The Rome and Floyd County school systems are among 38 Georgia districts set to receive L4GA — Literacy for Learning, Living and Leading in Georgia — grants by the Georgia Department of Education, State School Superintendent Richard Woods announced.

The goal of the L4GA initiative is to improve student literacy learning. Floyd County Schools will be awarded $3.23 million and Rome City Schools will receive $1.26 million. As a whole, Georgia was awarded $61,579,800 — the highest award received by any state — through the federal Striving Readers grant competition. Georgia was one of three states to receive the funding a second time after the initial grant cycle (2011-2016).

Ninety-five percent of funds are sub-granted to 38 districts. These funds are allocated for students in schools within a feeder system (including birth to age 5 childcare providers and elementary, middle and high schools). All awarded districts have communityschool partnerships with local organizations, the Regional Education Service Agencies, and teacher preparation programs to collectively improve literacy outcomes.

Sub-granted districts and their community partners were selected through an independent, competitive sub-grant process; they were chosen based on the strength of their applications. The Georgia Department of Education awarded funds to effectively improve outcomes for the largest possible population of Georgia’s students, and the broader L4GA initiative will provide support, including professional learning, for all Georgia school districts.