Funding Results
Literacy Coaches and Reading Specialists Competitive Grant Program, FY 2025-26
Note: Recipients and funding amounts are subject to budget and administrative adjustments.
Funding results for fiscal year 2025–26.
Program Questions: Jennifer Howerter, email: JHowerter@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal Questions: Delaina Henson, email: DHenson@cde.ca.gov
Awardee
| County Name | Local Educational Agency | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Sacramento | Sacramento County Office of Education | $15,000,000 |
Fiscal year (FY) 2025–26 Notification of Intent to Award for the Literacy Coaches and Reading Specialists Educator Training (LCRSET) Grant Funding.
The LCRSET funding was established by Assembly Bill 121, Section 51 (Chapter 8, Statutes of 2025) and appropriates $15 million for this purpose. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction, subject to the approval of the executive director of the State Board of Education, will select a county office of education, or a consortium of county offices of education with expertise in both literacy instruction and multilingual education, through a competitive process, to provide training for educators to become literacy coaches and provide credentialing opportunities for educators to become reading and literacy and bilingual specialists, as provided.
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