Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Grant Steering Committee to meet Dec. 17

Kentucky Department of Education

Meeting Advisory


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Advisory 21-372

 

Dec. 9, 2021

Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Grant Steering Committee to meet Dec. 17

(FRANKFORT, KY) – The Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Grant Steering Committee will meet Dec. 17.

KRS 158.794 calls for the committee to advise the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) and the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) concerning the implementation and administration of the reading diagnostic and intervention fund created in KRS 158.792.

The committee shall be composed of 16 members including the commissioner education or the commissioner’s designee, the executive director of the Collaborative Center for Literacy Development, the president of the Council on Postsecondary Education or the president’s designee, and the following members to be appointed by the Governor:

  • Four primary program teachers with a specialty or background in reading and literacy;
  • Four university or college professors with a specialty or background in reading and literacy representing universities;
  • One elementary school principal;
  • One certified library media specialist; and
  • Three individuals from the state at large with an interest in reading and

This meeting will be held via video teleconference. Members of the public may watch the meeting in Conference Room 417 at KDE, 300 Sower Blvd., Frankfort, KY 40601. 

Visitors will be required to wear a face covering or they will not be permitted in the building. If a visitor does not have a face covering upon arrival, a face covering will be provided. 

A full agenda for the meeting follows:

Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Grant Steering Committee
Dec. 17, 2021
 Conference Room 417 - 10 a.m.-Noon ET
Watch the meeting on the KDE Media Portal

  • Welcome - Jason E. Glass, Ed.D, Commissioner of Education and Chief Learner, Kentucky Department of Education
  • Roll Call - 2021-2022 Chair of Steering Committee
  • Approval of Meeting Minutes from Sept. 30, 2021 - Whitney Hamilton, Director of Read-to-Achieve Grant, Division of Program Standards, Office of Teaching and Learning, Kentucky Department of Education
  • Overview of Amended FY22 Request for Application for Read-to-Achieve Grant - Whitney Hamilton, Director of Read-to-Achieve Grant, Division of Program Standards, Office of Teaching and Learning, Kentucky Department of Education
  • Opportunity for Steering Committee Members Feedback - 2021-2022 Chair
  • Adjournment - 2021-2022 Chair

Future Meetings:  

TBD