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Report regarding a resolution authorizing the acceptance of a $256,347 grant from the California State Library to support the Gene Mullin Community Learning Center's English as a Second Language Program for Fiscal Year 2024-25 and Fiscal Year 2025-26. (Valerie Sommer, Library Director)
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It is recommended that the City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the acceptance of $256,347 in grant funding from the California State Library to support the Gene Mullin Community Learning Center's English as a Second Language Program for Fiscal Year 2024-25 (FY 2024-25) and Fiscal Year 2025-26 (FY 2025-26)
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
In Fiscal Year 2022-23, the Library received a grant in the amount of $96,309 from the California State Library to provide English as a Second Language (ESL) programming at the Gene Mullin Community Learning Center (GMCLC). In Fiscal Year 2023-24, the Library received a grant in the amount of $120,386 to continue ESL programming. On December 15, 2023, staff submitted an application for an additional two years of grant funding and on January 26, 2024, received official notification of a $123,525 grant award for FY 2024-25 and $132,822 for FY 2025-26.
The California State Library's California Library Literacy Services ESL initiative provides our community with English as a Second Language services with the goal of supporting language acquisition for non-native English speakers from a learner-centered approach. Funding will be used to provide up to 50 participants in GMCLC's project with 1. one-on-one/small group tutoring where learner/tutor teams establish a work plan based on each learner's goals, and 2. an English vocabulary and pronunciation lab where learners are supported through trained staff/volunteers as they learn new words and phrases and practice pronunciation. Upon the recommendation of South San Francisco Unified School District (SSFUSD) Adult Education, grant funding supports the pu...
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