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CITY OF COL.TON AGENDA REPORT For Council Meeting of October 1, 1996 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL: MALIK FREEMAN, CITY MANAGER �? FROM: DAVID MICHAEL DAVIS, CITY LIBRARIAN SUBJECT: AUTHORIZATION TO APPLY FOR, AND ACCEPT IF AWARDED, A CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY LITERACY 'PROGRAM TRANSITION GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $24,1164 FOR FY 96-97 DATE: SEPTEMBER 18, 1996 BACKGROUND: The Colton Public Library is eligible to apply for $24,860 in new literacy state funding for FY 96-97. The grant will a grnent the current literacy pmgrpm coordinated at the Luque Branch Library, which involves votumeer tutors and adult learners in activities that, promote parents and their children reading to9ether. Instructional response materials wilt be purchased and iii part-time Family Literacy Program Coordinator will plan and implement suitable programs to promote reading. DISCUSSIQNIAN A�YS IS We at the Colton Public Library endeavor to reach parents who are having difficulty becoming a reading rate model for their children. We stork with there to show them how they can better teach their children and together overcome the cultural, educational, and economic disadvantages that transrnit loco literacy from generation to generation. ALTERNATIVES; Without grant funding, such a reading program could only otherwise continue with the City's general funds. FINANCIAL IMPACT. No -cost item to the City. No local matching funds are required. State checks will be received and deposited before expenditures are incurred. RECOMMENDATION: David Michael Davis, City Librarian Staff recommends that Council authorize the City to apply for, and accept if awarded, a California State Library Literacy Program Transition Grant in the amount of 524,860 for FY 96-97. The Colton Public I:ibrary Board of Trustees has reviewed this matter and concurs with this recommendation, Page I of 1 Attachment: Program Budget item No. _-