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995005
General Appropriations Bill                          Committee       Amendment
SB2200                                                  EDU              107


Senator(s): Forman
moved the following amendment:

Section: 02              EXPLANATION:

On Page: 025             Adds proviso, included in the 1999-2000 GAA, that
                         defines reading programs which will receive priority
Spec App:   93A          consideration for the award of reading grant funds.

NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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                                                  Positions & Amount   Positions & Amount
                                                      DELETE         INSERT

        EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF, AND 
        COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
        Public Schools, Division Of
        State Grants K/12 Program - Non F.E.F.P.  48250400

        In Section 02  On Page 025
93A     Special Categories  100227
        Grants And Aids - Grants To Public                
        Schools For Reading Programs  IOEB

        Insert the following new paragraph of proviso as the 
        second full paragraph of proviso following Specific 
        Appropriation 93A on page 25:

The Commissioner of Education shall establish guidelines and eligibility
criteria for awarding grant funds appropriated in Specific Appropriation
93A through competitive grants to school districts. Priority for funding
shall be given to the following reading programs: Reading Recovery
Programs, Feeder Pattern Program, Top Flight Reading Program, African
Male Leadership Program, Project PASS, Home Instruction Program for
Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), Parents As Teachers, Sneaker Net Reading
Program, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., WISH Foundation, Better Way
Foundation, Success Maker, Old Home Town School, Zeta Community Center,
Reading PACT (Parent and Child Together) LINKS (UF Model), and the
Waterford Reading Program. Funds provided for HIPPY shall be allocated
from the General Revenue Fund and shall not flow through school
districts.

     995005  Log:0013  RDH/RDH           03/29/00 08:59:46 PM  Senate  Page: 1

Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process. However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.
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