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TAPS Number
Title V, Part A Innovative Programs
2005-2006 L EA Application
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
PROJECT APPLICATION
Please return to:
Florida Department of Education
Bureau of Grants Management
Room 344
Turlington Building
325 West Gaines Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400
Telephone: (850) 245-0501
Suncom: 205-0501
A)
Program Name:
Title V, Part A Innovative Programs
2005-2006 LEA Application
DOE USE ONLY
Date Received
B) Name and Address of Eligible Applicant:
Project Number (DOE Assigned)
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Total Funds Requested:
$
DOE USE ONLY
Total Approved Project:
$
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Applicant Contact Information
Contact Name:
Mailing Address:
Telephone Number:
SunCom Number:
Fax Number:
E-mail Address:
CERTIFICATION
I, ______________________________________________, (
Please Type Name)
do hereby certify that all facts, figures, and
representations made in this application are true, correct, and consistent with the statement of general assurances and specific
programmatic assurances for this project. Furthermore, all applicable statutes, regulations, and procedures; administrative and
programmatic requirements; and procedures for fiscal control and maintenance of records will be implemented to ensure proper
accountability for the expenditure of funds on this project. All records necessary to substantiate these requirements will be
available for review by appropriate state and federal staff. I further certify that all expenditures will be obligated on or after the
effective date and prior to the termination date of the project. Disbursements will be reported only as appropriate to this project,
and will not be used for matching funds on this or any special project, where prohibited.
Further, I understand that it is the responsibility of the agency head to obtain from its governing body the authorization for the
submission of this application.
E)
Signature of Agency Head
DOE 100A
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Instructions for Completion of DOE 100A
A.
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If not pre-printed, enter name of the program for which funds are requested.
B.
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Enter name and mailing address of eligible applicant. The applicant is the public or non-
public entity receiving funds to carry out the purpose of the project.
C.
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Enter the total amount of funds requested for this project.
D.
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Enter requested information for the applicant’s contact person. This is the person responsible
for responding to all questions regarding information included in this application.
E.
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The original signature of the appropriate agency head is required.
The agency head is
the school district superintendent, university or community college president, state agency
commissioner or secretary, or the president/chairman of the Board for other eligible
applicants.
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Note:
Applications signed by officials other than the appropriate agency head identified
above must have a letter signed by the agency head, or documentation citing action of the
governing body delegating authority to the person to sign on behalf of said official. Attach the
letter or documentation to the DOE 100A when the application is submitted.
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Title V, Part A Innovative Programs
2005-2006 LEA Application
Assurances:
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The LEA assures that the innovative programs described in this application are tied to promoting challenging
academic achievement standards; used to improve student academic achievement; and are a part of an overall
education reform strategy [Section 5131(b)(1-3)].
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The LEA assures that, after consultation with appropriate private school officials, the LEA shall provide for the
benefit of the children secular, neutral, and non-ideological services, materials and equipment, including participation
of teachers (and other personnel serving such children) in training programs [Section 5142(a)(1)(A-B)].
3.
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The LEA will involve, through systematic consultation, the parents of children attending the school district's
elementary and secondary schools, teachers and administrators of these schools, and other groups involved in the
planning, design, and implementation (such as librarians, school counselors, and other pupil services personnel) as
may be considered appropriate [Section 5133(b)(7)].
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The LEA assures that children enrolled in private, nonprofit schools, and the educational personnel of such schools,
will be provided the opportunity for equitable participation in the activities and services funded by this application
and the schools of these children have been so notified [Section 5142(a)].
5.
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The LEA assures that expenditures for programs shall be equal (consistent with the number of children to be served)
to expenditures for programs of children enrolled in the private schools of the local educational agency [Section
5142(b)(1-2)].
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The LEA assures that the provision of services from these programs shall be provided by employees of a public
agency and is independent of private schools and of any religious organizations, and the funds provided under this
title shall not be commingled with state or local funds [Section 5142(c)(2)].
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The control of funds provided under this part, and title to materials, equipment, and property repaired, remodeled, or
constructed with such funds, shall be in a public agency for the uses and purposes provided in this part, and a public
agency shall administer such funds and property [Section 5142(c)(1)].
8.
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Funds received will be used to supplement and, to the extent practical, increase the level of funds that would be made
available from nonfederal sources; in no case will such funds be used to supplant funds from nonfederal sources
[Section 5144].
9.
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The LEA assures that accurate records will be kept and provide such information to the state, as may be reasonably
required for fiscal audit and program evaluation and shall demonstrate compliance with all state, federal, and program
requirements [Section 5133(b)(6)].
10. The LEA assures that programs will be evaluated annually.
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The evaluation will be used to make decisions about
appropriate changes in programs for the subsequent year. The evaluation will describe how program(s) affected
student academic achievement and will include, at a minimum, information and data on the use of funds, the types of
services furnished, and the students served; and the evaluation will be submitted to the state annually [Section
5133(b)(8)(A-D)].
11. The LEA assures that the expenditures for these programs are carried out to meet the educational needs within the
schools served by the LEA.
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Activities to Choose From:
The LEA shall have complete discretion in determining how funds made available will be divided among
programs described [Section 5133 (c)(1)] so long as such programs support the identified goals for the use of
such funds. Funds made available to LEAs shall be used for innovative assistance programs, which may
include any of the following:
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Programs to
recruit, train, and hire highly qualified teachers to reduce class size
, especially in the early
grades, and professional development activities carried out in accordance with title II, that give teachers,
principals, and administrators the knowledge and skills to provide students with the opportunity to meet
challenging State or local academic content standards and student academic achievement standards.
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Technology activities related to the implementation of school-based reform efforts
, including
professional development to assist teachers and other school personnel (including school library media
personnel) regarding how to use technology effectively in the classrooms and the school library media
centers involved.
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Programs for the
development or acquisition and use of instructional and educational materials
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including library services and materials (including media materials), academic assessments, reference
materials, computer software and hardware for instructional use, and other curricular materials that are tied
to high academic standards, that will be used to improve student academic achievement, and that are part of
an overall education reform program.
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Promising education
reform projects
, including magnet schools.
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Programs to
improve the academic achievement of educationally disadvantaged
elementary school and
secondary school students, including activities to prevent students from dropping out of school.
6.
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Programs to improve the
literacy skills of adults, especially the parents of children served
by the local
educational agency, including adult education and family literacy programs.
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Programs to provide for the educational needs of
gifted and talented
children.
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The planning, design, and initial implementation of
charter schools
as described in part B.
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School improvement
programs or activities under sections 1116 and 1117 (Title I).
10.
Community service programs
that use qualified school personnel to train and mobilize young people to
measurably strengthen their communities through nonviolence, responsibility, compassion, respect, and
moral courage.
11. Activities to promote
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consumer, economic, and personal finance education
, such as disseminating
information on and encouraging use of the best practices for teaching the basic principles of economics and
promoting the concept of achieving financial literacy through the teaching of personal financial
management skills (including the basic principles involved with earning, spending, saving, and investing).
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12. Activities to promote, implement, or expand public
school choice
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13. Programs to
hire and support school nurses
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14. Expansion and improvement of
school-based mental health services
, including early identification of drug
use and violence, assessment, and direct individual or group counseling services provided to students,
parents, and school personnel by qualified school-based mental health services personnel.
15.
Alternative educational
programs for those students who have been expelled or suspended from their
regular educational setting, including programs to assist students to reenter the regular educational setting
upon return from treatment or alternative educational programs.
16. Programs to
establish or enhance pre-kindergarten
programs for children.
17.
Academic intervention
programs that are operated jointly with community-based organizations and that
support academic enrichment, and counseling programs conducted during the school day (including during
extended school day or extended school year programs), for students most at risk of not meeting challenging
State academic achievement standards or not completing secondary school.
18. Programs for cardiopulmonary resuscitation
(CPR)
training in schools.
19. Programs to establish
smaller learning communities
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20. Activities that encourage and expand improvements throughout the area served by the local educational
agency that are designed to
advance student academic achievement
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21. Initiatives to generate, maintain, and
strengthen parental and community
involvement.
22. Programs and activities that expand learning opportunities through
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best-practice models
designed to
improve classroom learning and teaching.
23. Programs to provide
same-gender schools and classrooms
(consistent with applicable law).
24.
Service learning activities
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25.
School safety programs
, including programs to implement the policy described in section 9507 and which
may include payment of reasonable transportation costs and tuition costs for such students.
26. Programs that employ
research-based cognitive and perceptual development
approaches and rely on a
diagnostic-prescriptive model to improve students’ learning of academic content at the preschool,
elementary, and secondary levels.
27.
Supplemental educational services
, as defined in section 1116(e), Academic Assessments.
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Program Descriptions:
1.
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Briefly describe the local and private school (if applicable) needs relative to the purposes of these funds and
to the innovative assistance programs that the LEA plans to implement [Section 5133 (b)(1)].
2.
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Describe the planned allocation of funds, based on the needs identified in item 1, among innovative
assistance programs that the LEA plans to implement.
3.
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Describe the program activities that the LEA intends to support and list the measurable objectives for the
implementation of proposed programs.
4.
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Describe the information set forth for equitable services required for implementing private school
participation [Section 5133 (b)(3)].
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5.
Describe how these program funds will contribute to improving student academic achievement or improving
the quality of education for students [Section 5133 (b)(4)].
6.
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Describe how the activities in this project will support Florida’s reading initiative.
7.
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Describe how information about the project(s) will be disseminated and marketed to appropriate
populations.
8.
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Describe proposed steps to ensure equitable access to, and participation in, federally assisted program(s)
included in this application for students, teachers, and other program beneficiaries with special needs as
listed in the instructions, GEPA, Section 427.
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