- links literacy instruction to the challenging State academic standards, including the ability to navigate, understand, and write about, complex print and digital subject matter. Preschool Development Grants ESSA includes a new $250 million Preschool Development Grants program to coordinate existing early learning programs, improve preschool programs, expand access, and strengthen transition to elementary school, which would be jointly administered between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Education. The focus of this program will be on children who are from low-income or vulnerable backgrounds. Pay for Success ESSA includes a definition of Pay for Success and allows federal funds provided under two sections (title I, Part D and title IV, Part A) of the law to be used to fund Pay for Success initiatives. COMMENT: Pay for Success initiatives have raised some concerns in the disability advocacy community. [See this .]
- links literacy instruction to the challenging State academic standards, including the ability to navigate, understand, and write about, complex print and digital subject matter. Preschool Development Grants ESSA includes a new $250 million Preschool Development Grants program to coordinate existing early learning programs, improve preschool programs, expand access, and strengthen transition to elementary school, which would be jointly administered between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Education. The focus of this program will be on children who are from low-income or vulnerable backgrounds. Pay for Success ESSA includes a definition of Pay for Success and allows federal funds provided under two sections (title I, Part D and title IV, Part A) of the law to be used to fund Pay for Success initiatives. COMMENT: Pay for Success initiatives have raised some concerns in the disability advocacy community. [See this .]
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