National Comprehensive Center on Improving Literacy for Students with Disabilities – Jun 30

Posted by U.S. Department of Education on June 9, 2026

Improving literacy education for students with disabilities national center grant

Deadline: June 30, 2026

The purpose of the National Comprehensive Center on Improving Literacy for Students with Disabilities (NCIL) is to identify or develop evidence-based literacy assessment tools and professional development activities and to identify evidence-based instruction, strategies, and accommodations for students at risk of not attaining full literacy skills due to a disability, including dyslexia, impacting reading or writing, or a developmental delay impacting reading, writing, language processing, comprehension, or executive functioning. The Center also disseminates its products and information on evidence-based literacy to families, State educational agencies, local educational agencies, regional educational agencies, and schools.

The Comprehensive Centers program supports the establishment of Comprehensive Centers (CCs) to provide capacity-building services to State educational agencies (SEAs), regional educational agencies (REAs), local educational agencies (LEAs), and schools that improve educational opportunities and outcomes, close achievement gaps, and improve the quality of instruction for all students, and particularly for groups of students with the greatest need, including students from low-income families and students attending schools implementing comprehensive support and improvement or targeted or additional targeted support and improvement activities under section 1111(d) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA).

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