House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2177 The Tropical Garden Education Network
Requester:	Julia H. Kornegay, Ph.D.		Organization:		Fairchild Tropical Garden
Project Title:	The Tropical Garden Education Network		Date Submitted:		01/28/2000 2:31:07 PM
District Member:	J. Villalobos		Service Area:		Statewide
Counties Affected:	Dade
Recipient:	Fairchild Tropical Gardens		Contact:		Julia L. Kornegay, Ph.D.
	10901 Old Cutler Road		Contact Phone:		(056) 671-6513 333
	Coral Gables 33156
Project Description:
Fairchild will provide technology-based interactive learning methods to meet state and national science and environmental standards.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
The project greatly increases access and use of fairchild's botanical collections and databases by Florida students and teachers.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Teachers and students access and use Fairchild botanical information to enhance science education.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$400,000
Total cost of the project:		$793,584

Request has been made to fund:			Operations
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?					Yes
				In-Kind Amount:	$393,584
Was this project previously funded by the State?					No
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?					Unknown
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?					Yes
	Agency:	Agriculture And Consumer Services, Department Of, And Commissioner Of Agriculture
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?					Yes
Is there a documented need for this project?					Yes
	Documentation:	The demand for botanists far outweighs the supply
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?					Yes
	Hearing Body:	1999 Legislature
	Meeting Date:	03/05/1999