FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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    STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
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    JOHN WINN
    Commissioner of Education
    F. PHILIP HANDY,
    Chairman
    T. WILLARD FAIR,
    Vice Chairman
    Members
    LINDA J. EADS, ED.D.
    CHARLES PATRICK GARCÍA
    JULIA L. JOHNSON
    WILLIAM L. PROCTOR, PH.D.
    LINDA K. TAYLOR
    October 26, 2004
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    District School Superintendents
    FROM:
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    Shan Goff, K-12 Deputy Chancellor for Student Achievement
    Gladys Wilson, Interim Executive Director
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    Florida Partnership for School Readiness
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    SUBJECT:
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    Teenage Parent Program Reporting Procedures and Dates for Fiscal
    Year 2004-2005
    The Florida Department of Education and the Florida Partnership for School Readiness
    extend appreciation and thanks to all parties who worked collaboratively last year to report
    $25,136,372 as a match for federal dollars. These dollars were used to provide school
    assistance in collecting the necessary data on the participants in your Teenage Parent
    Program in order to continue using state funds as a match for federal dollars for 2004-2005.
    Attached you will find a copy of the Supplemental Information Form and corresponding
    instructions to complete this form. The reporting deadlines for submitting the supplemental
    information forms are:
    November 15, 2004
    January 15, 2005
    April 15, 2005
    May 30, 2005
    325 WEST GAINES STREET • SUITE 614 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0475 • www.fldoe.org
    District School Superintendents
    October 26, 2004
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    We request your cooperation in using the following method to report the information on the
    children of teenage parents:
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    School districts that contract for child care services for the children of teenage parents
    through their local school readiness coalition or other entities (e.g., Early Head Start)
    and school districts that directly provide child care for this population can submit the
    Supplemental Information Form.
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    If your school district is currently using the funds generated by the children of teenage
    parents as a match for other federal funds (e.g., Head Start, Even Start), please
    disregard this request. However, please contact the Florida Partnership for School
    Readiness Office so records can be updated accordingly.
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    Supplemental Information Forms should be completed at the beginning of each new
    school year.
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    Unless there is a change in the child’s information
    , Supplemental Information
    Forms
    DO NOT
    need to be completed each quarter once the child has been entered
    into the School Readiness Data System by the coalition or its designee for the current
    school year. Children reported in the first quarter will continue to be counted for each
    reporting period unless there is a form to reflect a change in status, such as withdrawal
    from the program.
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    Completed Supplemental Information Forms are forwarded by the school district to the
    local coalition or the coalition’s designee. Please do not send these forms to either the
    Department of Education or the Partnership for School Readiness. To obtain contact
    information for your local school readiness coalition, please access through
    http://www.schoolreadiness.org/ac/index.asp.
    Thank you for your cooperation concerning this matter. If you have technical questions or
    need additional information, please contact Kathy Summers, Florida Partnership for School
    Readiness, at 850/922-4200 or via electronic mail at kathy.summers@schoolreadiness.org.
    Additionally, you may contact Department of Education staff members, Michael Lisle at
    850/245-9948 or via electronic mail at michael.lisle@fldoe.org; or Cathy Bishop at 850/245-
    0478 or via electronic mail at cathy.bishop@fldoe.org.
    SG/GW/cbm
    Attachments: Supplemental Information Form and Instructions
    cc:
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    Dropout Prevention Coordinators
    Executive Directors, Local Coalitions
    School District Finance Officers
    Readiness Partnership Board Members
    Michael Lisle
    Cathy Bishop
    Kathy Summers

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