The Kentucky Department of Education has announced the recipients of the Read to Achieve Grant beginning with the 2026 school year, and all five Logan County K through 8 schools have been awarded funding. This grant will support kindergarten through third grade reading instruction at each school, strengthening early literacy outcomes for students.

Each school—Adairville, Auburn, Chandlers, Lewisburg and Olmstead—will receive up to $280,000 over a four-year period, totaling $1.4 million for the Logan County School District.

“We are excited to provide these expanded supports and opportunities for our students and believe this investment will have a lasting impact on our schools and the greater Logan County community,” says Kayleigh Davenport, Elementary Program Consultant for Logan County Schools. “We are very excited about this opportunity for our students, families, and the Logan County community.”

?The Kentucky Read to Achieve: Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Grant provides schools with competitive funds to support teachers in implementing a reading intervention program and evidence-based instructional strategies that address the various needs of primary students (K-3) reading at low levels and needing accelerated learning.

Schools awarded the RTA grant must ensure implementation of a reading intervention program for students in?tiers two and three of a?Multi-Tiered System of Supports??as well as a KDE approved comprehensive reading program at tier one. 

The Kentucky Read to Achieve?(KY RTA) Program was created under Senate Bill 19 in 2005 with the goal of supporting schools in implementing a reading diagnostic and intervention program to address the needs of struggling readers.

Schools that are awarded RTA grant funds must provide matching funds and assure the complete sustainability of the professional learning requirements and all costs associated with implementing the professional learning and structured literacy intervention program into the appropriate tiers of instruction for the two-year period.

After this two-year period, RTA schools are eligible to request a grant renewal for an additional two years contingent upon implementation of all program components, grant requirement compliance, demonstrated student progress, the availability of funds and successfully meeting all assurances per?KRS 158.792??Section 3(b)?.???