House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1137

Reading Research and Development/Best Practices Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Robert Smith

Organization:

Putnam County School District/NEFEC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

Reading Research and Development/Best Practices Center

Date Submitted:

01/26/2000 4:15:07 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District Member:

Kelley Smith

Service Area:

Regional

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties Affected:

Putnam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

North East Florida Educational Consortium

Contact:

Robert Smith

 

3841 Reid Street

Contact Phone:

(904) 329-3800

 

 

Palatka 32177

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This project will be a collaborative effort among NEFEC, P.K. Yonge, institutes of higher education, state literacy initiatives and district personnel to promote literacy.  There will be an annual request for three years.  Year 2 - $675,000; Year 3 - $550,000.  See attached papers for more documentation.  In year one this project will cover 12 regional school districts.  In years two and three, the project will be replicated within the crown region and statewide.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services Provided/Benefit to State:

 

 

 

 

 

This Center will provide a much needed resource to the region and state in meeting the needs for improving student and teacher performance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

This project will improve the performance of students in reading.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$800,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$1,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

In-Kind Amount:

$200,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

Yes

 

 

Amount:

$675,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purpose for future year funding:

 

Recurring Operations

 

 

Will this be an annual request?

 

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?

 

Unknown

 

Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?

Unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there a documented need for this project?

 

Yes

 

 

Documentation:

Recorded low performance in reading on the FCAT and other standarized tests.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?

No