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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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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.
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