Title
Adopt a Resolution to Approve the California State Library's Fiscal Years 2025 and 2026 California Library Literacy Services (CLLS) English as a Second Language (ESL) Grant in the amount of $57,598, a combined award to be paid in two installments spanning a two-year period ($27,011 for Fiscal Year 2025 and $30,587 for Fiscal Year 2026), and to Authorize the City Manager to Execute All Documents Related to the Grant and Appropriate Grant Funds for the Enhancement of ESL Programming as Part of Project Literacy at the San Leandro Public Library
Staffreport
COUNCIL PRIORITY
* Community Engagement and Outreach
* Race and Equity Initiatives
* Community & Business Development
SUMMARY
In December 2023, the San Leandro Public Library's Project Literacy applied for an ESL grant from the California State Library. On January 26, 2024, the Library was notified it was awarded $57,598, a combined award to be paid in two installments spanning a two-year period ($27,011 for Fiscal Year 2025 and $30,587 for Fiscal Year 2026), from the California State Library's CLLS in order to provide literacy services to English language learners in the San Leandro community.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends the City Council adopt a resolution to accept the CLLS ESL grant award for $57,598 to be paid in two installments ($27,011 for FY 2025 and $30,587 for FY 2026), and authorize the City Manager to execute all documents and appropriate the funds.
BACKGROUND
Since 1989, Project Literacy at the San Leandro Public Library has been funded annually by grants awarded by California Library Literacy Services, part of the California State Library. Funds are awarded based on a specific formula (Attachment B) and support the library's free adult and family literacy programs for English-speaking adults who struggle with reading and writing. These grants do not provide funding to serve the community's literacy learners who do not already speak English.
Since 2022, Project Literacy has also...
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