READ Budget Submissions

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