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READ Budget Submissions


2023-2024 Budget Revision & 2024-2025 Budget Submission Timeline

Task

Date

2023-2024 READ budget revision window opens

March 11, 2024 - June 30, 2024

2024-2025 READ budget submission window opens

April 15, 2024- June 30, 2024


Updates to Statutory Requirements

In addition to reporting a budget and budget narrative annually:

  • The allowable uses of per-pupil intervention money expands to include purchasing CDE approved core reading instructional programs and purchasing technology, including software, to assist in assessing and monitoring student progress.
  • CDE is required to monitor and, if necessary, audit district use of the per-pupil intervention funds throughout the budget year.
  • The amount of per-pupil intervention money a district may retain from year to year cannot exceed 15 percent.
  • Some of the READ intervention funds are redirected to the external program evaluation, state provided teacher training, public information campaign, and early literacy grant program, thereby reducing the per-pupil distribution to districts.

Allowable Uses of Per-Pupil Intervention Funds

  • Operate a summer school literacy program
  • Purchase core reading instructional programs that are included on the READ Act advisory list of instructional programming
  • Purchase and/or provide approve targeted, evidence-based or scientifically based intervention services to students which may include services provided by a reading interventionist
  • Purchase tutoring services focused in increasing students’ foundational reading skills
  • Provide technology, including software that is on the advisory list of instructional programming; may include professional development for use of technology
  • Purchase from a BOCES the services of a reading specialist or reading interventionist
  • Provide professional development programming to support K-3 educators in teaching reading


Training Center

Recorded Webinars

2023-2024 READ Act Budget Submission Webinar (April 2023): Recording and slides


Contact

Nancy Taylor
READ Act Senior Literacy Consultant
taylor_n@cde.state.co.us