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 Commonwealth Literacy and Numeracy ProgramThrough the Commonwealth Literacy and Numeracy Program (CLNP), the Department directs supplementary literacy and numeracy funding to schools with a high proportion of educationally disadvantaged students. The aim of this program is to measurably improve literacy and numeracy among disadvantaged students and to support the National Literacy and Numeracy Plan.In 2004, funds totalling $7.4m were allocated to 360 government schools under a formula based on their H-index of socioeconomic disadvantage factored against the number of students enrolled in P-10. A weighting of 1.5 is applied to years 1-3 enrolments to reflect the Commonwealth requirement that greater emphasis be placed on the early years of schooling. Schools that receive CLNP funding are accountable to their District Directors for planning effective expenditure of these funds and demonstrating improvements in literacy and numeracy as a result of the programs they had put in place. For further information, contact Rosemary Cahill, Manager, Literacy and Numeracy.
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