| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2425 | |||||||||
| Florida Urban Reading Center | |||||||||
| Requester: | Dr. Gail P. Gregg | Organization: | Florida International University, College of Education | ||||||
| Project Title: | Florida Urban Reading Center | Date Submitted | 1/16/2004 2:39:18 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Diaz de la Portilla, Wilson | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| Enhancing the reading levels of students in Miami Dade County will positively effect the literacy rate in Florida. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Florida International University, College of Education | Contact: | Dr. Gail P. Gregg | ||||||
| University PArk Campus ZEB 314 | Contact Phone: | (305) 348-1084 | |||||||
| MIami 33199 | Contact email: | gregg@fiu.edu | |||||||
| Counties: | Dade | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| Disseminate strategies for teaching to highly diverse K-12 students via courses/workshops; and provide highly trained pre-service teachers to diagnose/remediate low-level readers in Dade COunty Public Schools. | |||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| Enhance reading scores/literacy rates in Miami Dade COunty Public Schools. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $300,000 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $300,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Operations | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | None | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $ | ||||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | No | ||||||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Yes | Amount: | $300,000 | To Fund: | Operations | ||||
| 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? | No | ||||||||
| Is there a documented need for this project? | Yes | ||||||||
| Documentation: | FCAT reading scores for Dade are the lowest in the State of Florida | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | Yes | ||||||||
| Hearing Body: | Miami Dade Delegation | ||||||||
| Hearing Meeting Date: | 11/13/2003 | ||||||||