Overview

The California Collaborative for Educational Excellence (CCEE) was awarded $7.5 million to convene, in consultation with the California Department of Education (CDE), the Statewide Literacy Network (Budget Act of 2025 (Assembly Bill 121, Sec. 90).

The network supports statewide implementation of evidence-based practices aligned to the English Language Arts/English Language Development Framework, the English Learner Roadmap, the Literacy Roadmap, and the use of data to support effective instruction. In performing this work, the CCEE is required to do all of the following: 

• Consult with the CDE and convene existing state – and federally funded literacy leads to support implementation of literacy-related initiatives and ensure best practices and findings from assistance are integrated into the Statewide System of Support, including best practices to establish, grow, and sustain programs to support language development for multilingual learners.
• Consult with literacy experts to curate a user-friendly clearinghouse for evidence-based literacy resources for use by local educational agencies seeking to implement evidence-based practices to improve literacy outcomes.
• Study, highlight, and disseminate information about high performing local educational agencies and best practices.

If you have any questions about the Statewide Literacy Network, please contact Stephanie Gregson, Deputy Executive Director at [email protected].