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,' <br />1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. /d_ C„ <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 7, 1999 <br />SUBJECT: Countywide Literacy Initiative <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Proposal for Literacy Initiative <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/l~ ~Vc~ <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) N~ <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Albert Kittrell <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: - -ext. <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To receive a report on Countywide Literacy Initiative. <br />BACKGROUND: The Orange County Literacy Council ,Orange County Schools, Chapel Hill- <br />Carrboro Schools and the Orange County Partnership for Young Childern have been meeting since <br />March 99 to develop strategies to address adult literacy and draft a report for the School Systems <br />and the County. Lucy Lewis, Director of the Orange County Literacy Council will present the <br />report and proposal for eliminating adult literacy. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None <br />RECOMMENDATON(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive the report as <br />information. <br />