Business Action Item |
DATE: Tuesday, June 15, 2010
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
Approve Grant Application to the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) and, if Approved, Accept Funds for Adult Education and Family Literacy, Adult General Education, 2010/2011 (Curriculum and Instruction Division)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
We request approval to submit a grant application to the Florida Department of Education, Division of Career and Adult Education, for Adult General Education programs for supplemental, performance-based funding in the amount of $1,180,556. Funds will be used to enhance, improve, and expand the delivery system of educational services for adults 16 years of age and older. The purpose of the funding is to assist adults who desire to complete a secondary education diploma or its equivalent, General Educational Development (GED), who seek to benefit from job training and retraining programs, who seek to obtain and retain productive employment, who wish to participate more fully in the educational development of their children, or those who wish to learn to read, write, and speak English as a second language. The targeted population benefiting from requested funding will include: educationally disadvantaged adults, under-educated adults, immigrant adults including migrant farm workers, limited English proficient adults, adults and children participating in family literacy, adults in the workplace, minority adults, adults with disabilities, and institutionalized, incarcerated, and/or homeless adults.
Supplemental funds will augment and enhance the integration of reading, math, science, and adult basic literacy skills into classroom instruction and teacher in-service training that supports the district’s strategic objectives, the statewide “Just Read, Florida!” initiative and Florida's Next Generation Strategic Plan. Grant funds will be used to supplement the district’s Adult Education and Family Literacy programs through the employment of resource teachers and paraprofessionals who will enhance the instructional delivery and learning opportunities for the targeted population and provide in-service training for adult education instructors. Funds will also be used to fund a portion of the salary of an accounting clerk to manage the grant budget. Instructional materials purchased with supplemental funds will include textbooks, teaching materials, classroom resources, educational software, computer equipment, and online GED curriculum. Funds will also be used to provide county bus passes for travel to classes and GED testing sites for students with transportation and/or financial hardships.
ANNUAL DISTRICT GOAL(S) AND CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S)
FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: Yes)
EVALUATION
SUBMITTED BY:
Maria E. Tudela, Director, Adult and Community Education
Mark E. Kenney, Supervisor, Adult Education Instruction
Wynne A. Tye
Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction (813) 272-4221 |
Gretchen Saunders
Chief Business Officer (813) 272-4270 |
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Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20100615_402 * Section A Item# 5.11 |