Senate Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2208 Science, Tobacco, & You, too
Requester:	John Grant		Organization:		Florida Senate
Project Title:	Science, Tobacco, & You, too		Date Submitted:		01/31/2000 1:07:47 PM
District Member:	John Grant		Service Area:		Statewide
Counties Affected:	{Statewide}
Recipient:	National High Magnetic Field Laboratory		Contact:		Dr. Sam Spiegel
	1800 East Paul Dirac Drive		Contact Phone:		(850) 644-5818
	Tallahassee 32310
Project Description:
Science, Tobacco & You, too is a multidisciplinary curriculum resource which engages students in developing skills in science, language arts, mathematics, and other subjects. It provides multi-sensory experiences, through which students explore the harkful effects of tobacco on theit bodies, strategies for handling peer pressure to use tobacco products, the impact of tobacco use on their lives and local society, and how they can use a scientific perspective to make decisions.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
Reduce tobacco use in Fl youth & enhance teaching and learning, through resources provided to FL middle schools: 900 teachers trained and distributed to 450 schools - directly impacting over 368,000 students.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
At a cost of less than $9.30 per FL student initially reached, with no addiitonal reoccurring costs so at the end of three years the cost equates to $3.10 per student to reduce tobacco use in Florida's youth.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$3,423,000
Total cost of the project:		$3,423,000

Request has been made to fund:			Construction
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?					Unknown
Was this project previously funded by the State?					Yes
	Fiscal Year:	1998-2000		Amount:	$2,500,000
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:	statewide feedback, evaluations, and requests from teachers and school representatives
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?					No