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Nebraska is getting $55-million dollars in federal funding to improve literacy statewide. It’s the largest grant the Nebraska Department of Education has ever received.
The funding will be distributed over the next five years for projects that advance reading and writing skills for children starting at birth through twelfth grade.
Emphasis will be on programs that help children who are in poverty, still learning English, or have disabilities.