| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2780 | |||||||||
| Newfound Harbor Marine Institute Porject | |||||||||
| Requester: | Irene Hooper | Organization: | Newfound Harbor Marine Institute | ||||||
| Project Title: | Newfound Harbor Marine Institute Porject | Date Submitted | 1/15/2003 4:53:40 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Saunders | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| The program is designed to train teachers and provide student scholarships to meet the adopted Sunshine State Curriculum Standards, which contain required, minimum, environmental state education objectives. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Newfound Harbor Marine Institute | Contact: | Curt Blair | ||||||
| 1300 Big Pine Ave | Contact Phone: | (850) 222-6333 | |||||||
| Big Pine Key 33043 | |||||||||
| Counties: | Monroe | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| Newfound Harbor Marine Institute (NHMI) is requesting funding for the purpose of providing out of the classroom, hands-on, science education to students and teachers in K-12 schools from around the state of Florida.. The funding request will be utilized to train teachers and provide student scholarships to meet adopted Sunshine State Curriculum Standard. | |||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| Improve standards of education by training teachers to meet Sunshine State Curriculum Standards. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $300,000 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $600,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Operations | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Federal | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $300,000 | ||||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | Yes | Fiscal Year: | 2002-03 | Amount: | $125,000 | ||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Unknown | ||||||||
| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? | Unknown | ||||||||
| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? | No | ||||||||
| Is there a documented need for this project? | Yes | ||||||||
| Documentation: | Sunshine State Standards by the FDOE, and the FCAT: Section 229.565, F.S., Section 229.57, F.S., an | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | Yes | ||||||||
| Hearing Body: | Monroe County Delegation | ||||||||
| Hearing Meeting Date: | 12/17/2002 | ||||||||