3999(BD)

To provide reading accommodation support, teacher classroom resources, and educator training workshops for teachers serving students with print disabilities, including learning disabilities, dyslexia, blindness, vision impairment, or physical handicap. Learning Ally school campus licenses allow unlimited number of qualifying students school/home access to more than 80,000 human-voice recorded audio-books and e-Books and provide assistive technology and classroom support within the PreK-12 curriculum.

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Public Act 104-0003

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Provide up to 750 Learning Ally school campus licenses to public Illinois schools upon request. License shall include at a minimum, the following services: Access to over 80,000 audio-books with unlimited downloads to link playback software, iOS and Android apps, and Chromebook players; curriculum support materials; Teacher Ally program management tool access and training; and online technical assistance and support for participating schools, teachers, and students. Provide an Illinois specific program website, featuring program communications, support, and outreach. Expand resources available to participating schools through updated and new materials.

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Education Organizations;

Learning Ally was named as recipient on page 637 of Public Act 104-0003.

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Non-competitive

Education

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Applications are found within ISBE’s IWAS system

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Applications are reviewed using modified Merit Based Review Process

Applications are due within 30 calendar days of receipt

Applications are generally approved or returned for changes within 30 calendar days of receipt

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To provide audio books to those with a vision loss or print disability.

Expenditure reports to be submitted on quarterly basis via IWAS. Programmatic reports are submitted on semiannual basis via IWAS. Final programmatic report due 30 days after completion of grant period

The audit requirements adopted by GATA include the adoption of the federal audit requirements (2 CFR 200.501), audit requirements for grantees and subrecipients that do not meet the federal audit requirements and audit requirements for “For Profit” subrecipients. For-profit Subrecipient. The PTE(s) is responsible for ensuring subrecipient compliance with established requirements. Methods to ensure compliance for State and federal awards to for profit subrecipients may include pre-award audits, monitoring during the agreement period of performance, and post-award audits. See also 2 CFR 200.331 Requirements for Pass-through Entities. https://gata.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/gata/documents/audit/GATA-Audit-Requirements.pdf; https://gata.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/gata/documents/resource-library/Audit-Report-Review-Process-Grantee-Instruction-Manual.pdf.

Financial records, supporting documents, statistical records, and all other awardee records pertinent to a State award shall be retained for 3 years after the date of submission of the final expenditure report or, for awards renewed quarterly or annually, after the date of the submission of the quarterly or annual financial report to the State agency

001-58618-4400-37-00-01

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Illinois State Board of Education 100 North First Street Springfield IL 62777-0001

https://www.isbe.net/Pages/Understanding-Dyslexia.aspx

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10/22/2021

FY 2017 : $846,000
FY 2018 : $846,000
FY 2019 : $846,000
FY 2020 : $846,000
FY 2021 : $846,000
FY 2022 : $846,000
FY 2023 : $846,000
FY 2024 : $846,000
FY 2026 : $846,000