Texas Insider Report: Washington D.C. U.S. Representative Solomon P. Ortiz (D-Texas) announced today $4165339 in federal funding for educational programs in South Texas. We have secured a great amount of funding for the Education Service Center 2 the Corpus Christi Independent School District Del Mar College Texas A&M UniversityCorpus Christi and Texas A&M UniversityKingsville that will help increase the literacy of our next generation of Texas children and young adults as well as assist them in enrolling in college and obtain an education" Ortiz said.
I am committed to my continued work with school districts colleges and universities in the 27th Congressional District of Texas as we work in building a well-rounded and educated workforce and society."
Ortiz helped in securing the following funding:
- $548574.00 Education Service Center Region 2 Literacy School Library
Scope of grant:
To provide students with increased access to up-to-date library materials a well-equipped technologically advanced school library media center and well trained professionally certified school library media specialists to improve literacy skills and achievement of students.
- $200000.00 Corpus Christi Independent School District Instructional Technology and Curriculum and Instruction
Scope of grant:
South Texas Literacy Project will increase the literacy skills of students their families and their surrounding community as measured by district and state assessments library circulation records and surveys. Additionally the grant will be used to develop literacy program focused on the development of literacy skills for low income and limited English proficient students.
- $1500480.00 Texas A&M UniversityKingsville Student Support Program
- $1277525.00 Del Mar College Student Support Program
- $638760.00 Texas A&M UniversityCorpus Christi Student Support Program
Scope of grants:
The purpose of the Student Support Program is to provide academic and other support services to low-income first generation or disabled college students to increase student retention and graduation rates facilitate their transfer from two-year to four year colleges and foster an institutional climate supportive of the success of low-income first generation college students and individuals with disabilities.
