Dear County Superintendents of Schools:

Apportionment for
Literacy Screenings Professional Development,
Fiscal Year 2025–26

This apportionment, in the amount of $39,999,965, is made from the State General Fund pursuant to Section 88 of Assembly Bill (AB) 121 (Chapter 8, Statutes of 2025), as amended by Section 14 of Senate Bill 147 (Chapter 744, Statutes of 2025), in support of the Literacy Screenings Professional Development program. Funding is provided to county offices of education, school districts, and charter schools that administer literacy screenings to pupils in kindergarten (excluding transitional kindergarten) and grades one and two for risk of reading difficulties. Eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) shall expend the funds on any costs associated with the implementation of California Education Code (EC) Section 53008, including, but not limited to, the procurement of screening instruments, screening administration, and training for school employees to administer pupil screenings in kindergarten and grades one and two to assess risk of reading difficulties using approved screening instruments pursuant to EC Section 53008(b)-(c).

Pursuant to Section 88(b) of AB 121, an eligible LEA must have pupils enrolled in kindergarten or grades one or two, but excluding transitional kindergarten, as of the 2024–25 California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) Fall 1 Certification. LEA allocations are calculated on a per-pupil basis using the total enrollment for kindergarten and grades one and two attending the eligible LEAs as of the 2024–25 CALPADS Fall 1 Certification. The per-pupil funding rate is approximately $34.74 ($34.73678634). The amounts paid in this apportionment reflect 100 percent of each participating LEA’s allocation.

A warrant will be mailed approximately three weeks from the date of this letter. For standardized account code structure coding, use Resource Code 7810, Other Restricted State: Literacy Screenings, and Revenue Object Code 8590, All Other State Revenue. County Superintendents of Schools were notified of this apportionment by email sent to their CDEfisc email addresses. The California Department of Education (CDE) requested that the email be forwarded to school districts and charter schools in the county and included the links to this letter and the accompanying apportionment schedule posted on the CDE web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/ca/lspd.asp.

For questions regarding programmatic requirements and use of funds, please contact the Professional Learning Innovations Office by email at PLIO@cde.ca.gov. For questions concerning this apportionment or the Literacy Screenings Professional Development program allocation amounts, please contact the Categorical Allocations and Audit Resolution Office by email at CAAR@cde.ca.gov.

Sincerely,

Tami Pierson, Director
School Fiscal Services Division

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