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<div>Hello colleagues,</div>
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<div>Have you heard that Striving Reader Awards were made recently? The following states received awards this year, and if direct instruction, explicit instruction, strategic instruction, learning strategies, instructional practices, close reading are a focus,
SIM would be useful. Here is a link as well as a list: <a href="https://www2.ed.gov/programs/strivingreaders-literacy/awards.html">https://www2.ed.gov/programs/strivingreaders-literacy/awards.html</a></div>
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<p align="center"><strong>State </strong></p>
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<p align="center"><strong>Funding Amount</strong></p>
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<p align="center">Georgia</p>
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<p align="center">$61,579,800</p>
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<p align="center">Kansas</p>
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<p align="center">$27,042,948</p>
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<p align="center">Kentucky</p>
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<p align="center">$24,933,147</p>
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<p align="center">Louisiana</p>
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<p align="center">$55,500,000</p>
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<p align="center">Maryland</p>
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<p align="center">$45,000,000</p>
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<p align="center">Minnesota</p>
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<p align="center">$21,150,093</p>
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<p align="center">Montana</p>
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<p align="center">$24,111,419</p>
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<p align="center">New Mexico </p>
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<p align="center">$20,000,000</p>
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<p align="center">North Dakota</p>
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<p align="center">$28,800,000</p>
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<p align="center">Ohio</p>
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<p align="center">$35,000,000</p>
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<p align="center">Oklahoma </p>
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<p align="center">$21,323,575</p>
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<p align="center">American Samoa</p>
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<p align="center">$500,894</p>
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<p align="center">Guam </p>
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<p align="center">$704,368</p>
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<p align="center">CNMI </p>
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<p align="center">$302,768</p>
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<p align="center">Virgin Islands</p>
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<p align="center">$391,970</p>
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<p align="center">BIE</p>
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<p align="center"><strong>$1,900,000</strong></p>
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