CONNECTICUT CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, GOVERNOR LAMONT AND EDUCATION COMMISSIONER RUSSELL-TUCKER ANNOUNCE $10 MILLION GRANT AWARD TO STRENGTHEN EARLY LITERACY SUPPORTS

Washington, Aug. 24 -- Rep. John B. Larson issued the following press release:

Hartford, CT - Today, members of the Connecticut Congressional delegation joined Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker to announce that the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) has been awarded a five-year, $10 million competitive grant to expand targeted reading intervention, with integrated positive behavioral supports, for kindergarten through grade 3 students experiencing significant reading difficulties. The Education Innovation and Research grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Education, will support a statewide initiative led by the CSDE's Center for Literacy Research and Reading Success in c...