House Community
Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2273 The Tropical Garden Education Network |
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Requester: |
Julia L. Kornegay, Ph.D. |
Organization: |
Fairchild Tropical Garden |
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Project Title: |
The Tropical Garden Education Network |
Date Submitted: |
01/28/2000 6:02:33 PM |
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District Member: |
Elaine Bloom |
Service Area: |
Statewide |
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Counties Affected: |
Dade |
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Recipient: |
Fairchild Tropical Garden |
Contact: |
Debra Schwartz |
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10901 Old Cutler Road |
Contact Phone: |
(305) 864-8648 |
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Coral Gables 33156 |
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Project Description: |
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Fairchild will provide technology-based interactive learning methods to meet state and national science and environmental standards. |
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Services Provided/Benefit to State: |
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The project greatly increases access and use of Fairchild's botanical collections and databases by Florida students and teachers. |
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Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
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Teachers and students access and use of Fairchild botanical information to enhance science education. |
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Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$400,000 |
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Total cost of the project: |
$793,584 |
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Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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Is there Local Government or Private match for this request? |
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Yes |
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In-Kind Amount: |
$393,584 |
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Was this project previously funded by the State? |
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No |
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Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Unknown |
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Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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Yes |
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Agency: |
Agriculture And Consumer Services, Department Of, And Commissioner Of Agriculture |
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Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
Yes |
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Is there a documented need for this project? |
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Yes |
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Documentation: |
The demand for botanists far outweighs the supply. |
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Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
Legislature - 1999 |
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Meeting Date: |
03/01/1999 |
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