The Early Reading First program will
provide grants to eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) and
public and private organizations located in those LEAs to transofrm
early education programs into centers of excellence to help young
at-risk children achieve the language, cognitive, and early reading
skills they need to succeed when they enter kindergarten. This
notice sets eligibility standards and thresholds for LEA's on
poverty, achievement, and school improvement status for the FY 2002
grant competition, and reauests that States provide LEA data on
achievement and schools in school improvement for the....
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