The result of a cooperative effort between the Illinois Office of Education and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, this manual establishes a framework to help educators and concerned citizens plan and implement a local Right to Read program. Inherent in the philosophy reflected in this manual is the assumption that the impetus for eliminating illiteracy in each community should come from within rather than be mandated from without. Chapters include analyses of the national, state, and local Right to Read effort; Right to Read and the community; the local Right to Read advisory council; publicity and public relations; assessment and program planning; roles and responsibilities of involved individuals; and inservice education and Right to Read. (KS)