Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant

In 2024, Ohio was awarded a $60 million Comprehensive Literacy State Development grant from the U.S. Department of Education. This grant will support teaching and learning opportunities to help more Ohio students advance their literacy skills, with a focus on those who have been traditionally underserved.

The Request for Applications for kindergarten - grade 12 subgrants is now available. The Department of Education and Workforce will release the subgrant application process for birth - kindergarten separately later in 2025.

The application due date has been extended to April 8, 2025.

The One Funding Application is now live in EdSteps. Information on accessing and using the platform is available in the One Funding Application User Manual. A recorded training is also available.

Eligible applicants may access the CLSD Application in the One Funding Application by selecting “View/Update Applications” on the dashboard, changing the fiscal year to “Application FY 2026”, selecting the “Competitive” toggle, and clicking the “Add Grant” button.

The Budget Worksheet was updated 3/21 to correct a formula for error notices. Please use the updated Budget Worksheet or, if an applicant has already begun completing the worksheet, they may send it to ComprehensiveLiteracy@education.ohio.gov by April 3 to have the formulas corrected. Note that the identified error does not impact budget calculations, and review of the application will not be affected if the budget is submitted using the originally-posted budget worksheet.

2025 Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant Request for Applications

• Steps to Apply - Updated February 7, 2025 to reflect updated due dates
• Eligibility Requirements
  • Prioritization List
  • Only eligible Local Education Agencies (LEAs) may apply, as described in the Eligibility Requirements. Subgrants will be prioritized within each region based on the criteria described in the Eligibility Requirements and posted in the Prioritization list. Prioritization is based on LEA data as of the final EMIS reporting of the 2023-2024 school year. 
• Intent to Apply (Optional but highly encouraged, please submit by February 26, 2025 - deadline extended)
  • Intent to Apply Questions
• Request for Applications
  • Submit in One Funding Application by Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 4:59 p.m. - deadline extended
  • Request for Applications - Instructions and Appendices - Updated February 7, 2025 to reflect updated deadlines
  • Editable appendices for completion and upload into One Funding Application
  • Certification Form for signature
  • Budget Worksheet - Updated March 21, 2025 to correct a formula for error notices.
  • Appendix 2: Programs, Practices, and Assessments Inventory
  • Request for Applications Guidance Video

Application Development Resources

Frequently Asked Questions

• Frequently Asked Questions

Curriculum-Based Professional Learning

• Curriculum-based Professional Learning in Literacy and ELA: Guidance for Professional Learning within Ohio's CLSD Grant
• Curriculum-Based Professional Learning in Literacy and ELA: Guidance Video

Reading-Tiered Fidelity Inventory

• Resources from Michigan’s MTSS Technical Assistance Center       
  • Overview of the Reading-Tiered Fidelity Inventory
  • Reading Tiered Fidelity Inventory Elementary-Level Edition v2.2
  • Reading Tiered Fidelity Inventory Secondary-Level Edition v2.2
  • Reading Tiered Fidelity Inventory Facilitator Information (Note: The Department recommends the use of an external facilitator. Applicants should partner with their ESC or SST to administer the R-TFI.)
• Using the Reading-Tiered Fidelity Inventory for Continuous Improvement (Literacy Academy 2024)

Local Literacy Plan

• Local Literacy Plan Template (Updated 11/13/2024)
• Professional Development Plan Instructions and Template
• Professional Development Plan Template
• Local Literacy Plan Guidance  (Updated 11/13/2024)
• Local Literacy Plan Guidance Video Series (2024)
• Literacy Professional Learning Planning and Evaluation Inventory

Ohio's Plan to Raise Literacy Achievement

• Ohio's Plan to Raise Literacy Achievement (2025 Update Now Available)
• Implementing Ohio's Plan: Resources for School Learners

Ohio’s 2024 Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant Application 

• Grant Proposal Narrative

Enhancing MTSS for English Learners

• Webinar and Office Hours Technical Support

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2020 Ohio's Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant

In 2019, Ohio Department of Education was awarded $42 million for a Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant from the U.S. Department of Education to build on ongoing work to improve the language and literacy development of our state’s children. Approximately 95 percent of the award will be distributed directly to local districts, community schools and early childhood education programs to improve literacy outcomes for children from birth through grade 12.

Subgrants are currently in their final year of implementation, a no cost time extension year. Activities of the grant focus on developing model comprehensive literacy sites in early childhood education programs and district preschools as well as elementary, middle and high schools across the state. The model sites concentrate on implementing practices consistent with Ohio’s Plan to Raise Literacy Achievement. The grant also supports professional learning and coaching. The partnership between the model sites and the Department allows early childhood education programs, districts, schools and families to improve student literacy and increase educational options available to students who have been traditionally underserved.

2023 Ohio's Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant Awards

• List of Awardees 

2020 Ohio's Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant Awards

• ​List of Awardees (Updated December 2020)
• Subgrant Award Kickoff PowerPoint (August 2020)
• Subgrant Award Kickoff PowerPoint 2nd Round (January 2021)

Resources

Ohio's 2019 Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant Application

• Grant Proposal Narrative

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Send questions to ComprehensiveLiteracy@education.ohio.gov
 

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