The State Legislature has awarded the Early Learning Hub a grant of over $500,000 with the following priorities:

• Shared professional development
• Family Engagement
• Kindergarten readiness

These funds will flow through the Hub, and allows us to target the funds towards Hub metrics: poverty, free- and reduced-lunch kids, title schools, etc.  The twelve school districts in this area will all be awarded a portion of those funds; however, they must present a detailed plan of how they plan to use the money and report quarterly on their progress.  If the plan meets the priorities set by the Legislature--and is innovative--the District will be awarded the funds.

A series of meetings have been set-up in order to meet with representatives from each District and discuss how the funds will be divided, and what projects each District is planning.