HONOLULU — Ua hāʻawi aku ke Keʻena Hoʻonaʻauao o ʻAmelika i ke Keʻena Hoʻonaʻauao o Hawaiʻi (HIDOE) i ʻelima makahiki $60 miliona haʻawina i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻoikaika i nā hana aʻoaʻo ma muli o nā hōʻike ma nā kula aupuni. Ma hope o kahi kokoke $50 miliona ʻelima makahiki Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) Grant i loaʻa ma 2019. He hōʻailona hana koʻikoʻi ka mākaukau ʻōlelo noʻeau ma lalo o ka Papa Hoʻonaʻauao 2023-29 Hoʻolālā hoʻolālā.
The purpose of the CLSD grant is to support states in creating comprehensive literacy programs to advance literacy skills, including pre-literacy skills, reading, and writing, for children from birth through grade 12.
Mai ka makahiki 2019, ua hoʻomaikaʻi nā kula aupuni o Hawaiʻi i ka ʻōlelo Pelekane (ELA) mai ka makahiki 2021 a i ka 2022 ma ka 2 pakeneka helu a ua paʻa nā helu holoʻokoʻa ma 52% mai ia manawa mai, e like me nā hualoaʻa Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA). ʻAʻohe helu hōʻike i loaʻa ma 2020 ma muli o COVID. Ma kēia loiloi maʻamau, alakaʻi ʻo Hawaiʻi i ka lāhui i ka hoʻōla hoʻonaʻauao mai ka maʻi maʻi maʻi ma ELA a pili pū me Idaho no ka helu kiʻekiʻe loa o ka mākaukau SBA ma nā hana ʻōlelo no ka makahiki kula 2022-23. ʻO nā mea i loaʻa i kēia manawa he ʻāpana o kahi ʻano lōʻihi a paʻa o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana ma The Nation's Report Card, a i ʻole National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Ma waena o 2003 a me 2022, ua hoʻoneʻe ʻo Hawaiʻi i kāna mau haumāna i nā papa kiʻekiʻe ma ka papa ʻehā ma ka helu 44 a i ka 9, a ma ka papa ʻewalu mai ka papa 50 a i ka 25 ma ka NAEP.
Subgrants will be distributed to complex areas through a competitive grant process to develop comprehensive literacy plans aligned to the state’s Comprehensive Literacy Instruction Plan.
- 5% o nā kālā hāʻawi e hoʻohana ʻia no ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā pahuhopu mokuʻāina e like me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi hui hana no ka nānā ʻana i ka Papahana Hoʻonaʻauao Mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi;
- 40% to HIDOE complex areas to be used for K-5 evidence-based literacy initiatives;
- 40% to HIDOE complex areas to be used for grade 6-12 evidence-based literacy initiatives;
- 15% to be used for birth to age 5 focus areas such as phonics awareness, letter recognition, and high-quality professional development in literacy practices.
Requests for Proposals will be solicited during fall 2024 for school year 2024-25 implementation. HIDOE has received $5.14 million for the period beginning Oct. 1, 2024, which is the full amount requested for the first year of the grant. In 2019, six complex areas received CLSD subgrants.
