Students throughout California will receive state-funded help as part of an effort to continue recent progress in reading achievement and expand support for students going forward.
Governor Newsom is calling it the Golden State Literacy Plan. It uses funding to train thousands of teachers placed at over 12 regional hubs.
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"We've got literacy teams attached to those hubs," he said in Compton Thursday. "So we're now doubling the availability of those grants and the opportunity to continue to get reading specialists like those who are here in this district."
Newsom says literacy screeners will be available for Transitional Kindergarten (TK) through 3rd grade starting this fall.
"We addressed the ESL issues and concerns about a screener, and we are now fully implementing that free of charge throughout the state of California," Newsom said. "We're providing an additional $25 million to provide professional development on the utilization of that screener."
He says the state still has a lot to do to make up for the educational gaps left by the pandemic.
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