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OKLAHOMA CITY (Oct. 5, 2015) — State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister
recently approved awarding almost $3 million in 21st Century
Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) grants to 13 recipients in
Oklahoma for a five -year period beginning with the 2015-2016 school year.
“Academic success does not begin and end in the
classroom. I am inspired when I see so many opportunities to keep learning
going when school is not in session for students who otherwise wouldn’t have
access. The school districts and community groups that applied for grants showed
great creativity, collaboration and dedication in their efforts to help
Oklahoma’s schoolchildren. I offer my congratulations to the grant recipients,”
Hofmeister said.
The 21st CCLC initiative provides learning
opportunities and enrichment activities to complement the regular academic
program of students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. It offers
assistance to students in meeting state and local academic performance
standards when school is not in session, particularly in high-poverty areas and
low-performing schools. This may take place before and after school, on summer
breaks and during school holidays.
The learning centers offer additional services such as
youth development, drug and violence prevention, art and music, informal
science learning and service learning, as well as character, physical and
wellness education. Literacy training and related educational development for
the families of students served by the community learning centers is also
offered.
There were 57 grant applicants in Oklahoma this year.
With the 13 new grants, there are now 59 grantees in the state. Fifty peer
reviewers read and scored grant applications for the Oklahoma State Department
of Education.
Here are the new grantees and the amounts awarded:
- Cache Public Schools: $160,435
- Crescent Public Schools: $297,387
- Hulbert Public Schools: $247,636
- Idabel Public Schools: $195,000
- Keota Public Schools: $191,218
- Kingfisher Public Schools: $296,450
- Minco Public Schools: $166,085
- Muskogee Public Schools: $155,451
- Sand Springs Public Schools: $300,000
- Stilwell Public Schools: $221,554
- Westville Public Schools: $245,621
- Whitefield Public School: $214,327
- Youth at Heart (Tulsa): $214,928
The 21st CCLC initiative is authorized under
Title IV, Part B of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
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