| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1906 | |||||||||
| Project STARS | |||||||||
| Requester: | James Kotas | Organization: | Florida Prepaid College Foundation | ||||||
| Project Title: | Project STARS | Date Submitted | 1/15/2003 1:17:35 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Bennett | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| Provide scholarships to economically disadvantaged students to attend college. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Florida Prepaid College Foundation | Contact: | James Kotas | ||||||
| 1801 Hermitage Boulevard | Contact Phone: | (850) 488-8514 | |||||||
| Tallahassee 32308 | |||||||||
| Counties: | {Statewide} | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| To provide college scholarships to economically disadvantaged at-risk students. STARS (Scholarship Tuition for At-Risk Students) has a 96% success rate. The $10 million state funds will be matched with $10 million from 45 private organizations to purchase 3,500 scholarships. Students agree to stay drug-and-crime free to earn their scholarship. More than 12,500 scholarships have been purchased through the Foundation with the help of state funds totalling more than $22 million and private matching dollars. Project STARS serves as a national model for reducing the dropout rate and for preparing students for college. | |||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| Providing approximately 3,500 scholarships a year to economically disadvantaged at-risk students will positively change the lives of these students. Targeted students have a 60% chance of dropping out of high school by the 10th greade before STARS enters their lives, yet the program recipients have a 96% college graduation rate. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $10,000,000 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $20,000,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Operations | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Local, Private | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $10,000,000 | ||||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | Yes | Fiscal Year: | 2001-2002 | Amount: | $1,700,000 | ||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Yes | Amount: | $10,000,000 | To Fund: | Operations, continue purchase of scholarships | ||||
| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? | Yes | ||||||||
| Agency | Education, Department Of, And Commissioner Of Education | ||||||||
| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? | Yes | ||||||||
| Is there a documented need for this project? | Yes | ||||||||
| Documentation: | Matching private funds have been consistently higher than government funds | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | Unknown | ||||||||