REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 04/03/2024
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Community Services Department
SUBJECT:
Title
ACCEPTANCE OF $185,238 IN GRANT FUNDING FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY FOR THE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE PROGRAM AND FUTURE APPROPRIATIONS
End
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to accept and appropriate the California Library Literacy Services grant for English as a Second Language Services. The total award for Fiscal Year 2025 beginning July 1, 2024, is $91,850, and the award for Fiscal Year 2026 beginning July 1, 2025, is $93,388.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
a. Accept grant funding from the California State Library for the Corona Public Library's English as a Second Language program through the California Library Literacy Services Program in the amount of $185,238.
b. Authorize an appropriation in the amount of $91,850 to the Community Services Department's operating budget and increase estimated revenue by the same amount in the Adult and Family Literacy Grant Fund 442 for Fiscal Year 2025.
c. Authorize an appropriation in the amount of $93,388 to the Community Services Department's operating budget and increase estimated revenue by the same amount in the Adult and Family Literacy Grant Fund 442 for Fiscal Year 2026.
d. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to adjust the budget accordingly if Grantor distributes additional funds to grant participants.
Body
BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
The Corona Public Library English as a Second Language (ESL) program aims to inclusively serve our diverse populations, most of whom speak English as a second language or foreign language and/or are identified as foreign-born. Adult learners may include, but are not limited to, immigrants, refugees and other residents in the neighboring cities who wish to improve their English proficiency.
In Fiscal Year 2024, the Corona Public Library was a...
Click here for full text