Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #327FY0001

Early Truancy Prevention Project

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Larry Hart

Organization:

Fort Myers Police Department

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

Early Truancy Prevention Project

Date Submitted:

2/14/01 8:55:56 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sponsors:

Tom Rossin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statewide Interest:

To meet the statewide objectives of reducing truancy and enhancing school  performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

Fort Myers Police Department

Contact:

Keith Arnold

 

2210 Teck Street

Contact Phone:

(850) 222-6333

 

 

Fort Myers 33901

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties:

Lee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service Area:

Government Entity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Students who are absent from school for five days within a calendar month will be picked up by Fort Myers Police Truancy Officers and transported to a classroom designed exclusively for this project.  Upon arrival, parents will be notified that the child was absent from school without an excuse and is at the school.  Housed in this classroom will be a supervisory truancy officer, a teacher, a teacher's assistant and an artist.  This ten-day program will incorporate life skills, remedial education, counseling, and arts in education, as a comprehensive solution to preventing and reducing truancy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

Reduce Truancy while enhancing school performance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$360,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$415,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type of funding match:

Local

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total In-Kind Amount:

$55,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

Yes

 

 

Fiscal Year:

2000-2001

Amount:

$200,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

Unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

No

 

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

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there a documented need for this project?

 

Yes

 

 

Documentation:

Lee County School Superintendent stated that 800 students in the district fit in this classificaiton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Yes

 

 

Hearing Body:

Lee County Legislative Delegation

 

Meeting Date:

1/19/01