<h1 class="entry-title">$500,000–750,000 in funding for School Libraries in Grant Money This Week</h1><div class="entry-meta"><span class="meta-prep meta-prep-author">Posted on</span> <a title="3:37 pm" href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/2012/07/500000-750000-in-funding-for-school-libraries-in-grant-money-this-week/" rel="bookmark"><span class="entry-date">July 10, 2012</span></a> <span class="by-author"><span class="sep">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" title="View all posts by Jacob Roberts" href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/author/jroberts/" rel="author">Jacob Roberts</a></span> </span><span class="comments-link"><span class="meta-sep">|</span> </span></div>
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via flickr user 401(K) 2012</p></div><p>In the next coming days, the Department of Education will announce the school library grant program under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy Program. Grant applicants can request anywhere from $500,000 to $750,000 in funding.</p>
<p>Please note: All interested parties must be <a href="http://www.grants.gov/">registered for federal grants</a> in advance to apply for program grants. Applicants will have up to 30 days to apply for the grants application.</p>
<p>The ALA Washington Office will send an email with a link to the announcement to all <a href="http://capwiz.com/ala/mlm/signup/">Dispatch subscribers</a> as soon as the Department of Education and the <em>Federal Register </em>publicly announce the program deadline.</p>
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