WASHINGTON, D.C. -- United States Senator Daniel K. Inouye is pleased to announce that the U.S. Department of Education, under the Bilingual Education: Comprehensive School Grants Program, awarded a $291,469 grant to Princess Miriam K. Likelike Elementary School and the University of Hawaii at Manoa to develop and implement a school-wide effort to reform, restructure, and upgrade the Likelike Elementary School Special Alternative Instruction Programs (SAIP) and operations in order to help limited English proficient (LEP) students improve their English proficiency.

"Project Ho'olokahi will provide assistance to over 900 LEP students in pre-kindergarten through the 5th grade and their family members, school personnel, and LEP parents from neighboring schools," stated Senator Inouye.

Project Ho'olokahi is designed to develop comprehensive school-based programs that will support all LEP children and to expand Likelike Elementary School's family-based education and support programs.