‘‘Subpart 3—Local Innovative Education Programs

Florida Department of Education
1. PROJECT APPLICATION

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Florida Department of Education
1. BUDGET NARRATIVE FORM
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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

Turlington Building

325 West Gaines Street

Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400

Telephone: (850) 245-0501

Suncom: 205-0501

Program Name:

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DOE USE ONLY

B) Name and Address of Eligible Applicant:

Project Number (DOE Assigned)

Total Funds Requested:

DOE USE ONLY

Total Approved Project:

Applicant Contact Information

Mailing Address:

Telephone 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.

Signature of Agency Head

John L. Winn, Commissioner

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Instructions for Completion of DOE 100A

If not pre-printed, enter name of the program for which funds are requested.

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.

Enter the total amount of funds requested for this project.

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.

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

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.

John L. Winn, Commissioner

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2005-2006 LEA Application

Assurances:

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)].

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)].

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)].

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)].

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

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)].

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)].

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].

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.

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:

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.

Technology activities related to the implementation of school-based reform efforts

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.

Programs for the

development or acquisition and use of instructional and educational materials

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.

Promising education

reform projects

, including magnet schools.

improve the academic achievement of educationally disadvantaged

elementary school and

secondary school students, including activities to prevent students from dropping out of school.

Programs to improve the

literacy skills of adults, especially the parents of children served

educational agency, including adult education and family literacy programs.

Programs to provide for the educational needs of

gifted and talented

The planning, design, and initial implementation of

charter schools

as described in part B.

School improvement

programs or activities under sections 1116 and 1117 (Title I).

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

11. Activities to promote

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

13. Programs to

hire and support school nurses

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.

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.

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

training in schools.

19. Programs to establish

smaller learning communities

20. Activities that encourage and expand improvements throughout the area served by the local educational

agency that are designed to

advance student academic achievement

21. Initiatives to generate, maintain, and

strengthen parental and community

22. Programs and activities that expand learning opportunities through

best-practice models

improve classroom learning and teaching.

23. Programs to provide

same-gender schools and classrooms

(consistent with applicable law).

Service learning activities

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.

Supplemental educational services

, as defined in section 1116(e), Academic Assessments.

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Program Descriptions:

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)].

Describe the planned allocation of funds, based on the needs identified in item 1, among innovative

assistance programs that the LEA plans to implement.

Describe the program activities that the LEA intends to support and list the measurable objectives for the

implementation of proposed programs.

Describe the information set forth for equitable services required for implementing private school

participation [Section 5133 (b)(3)].

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Describe how these program funds will contribute to improving student academic achievement or improving

the quality of education for students [Section 5133 (b)(4)].

Describe how the activities in this project will support Florida’s reading initiative.

Describe how information about the project(s) will be disseminated and marketed to appropriate

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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Indicate the total number of students to be served, people

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trained, and hired positions.

1. Recruit, train, and hire highly qualified teachers to reduce class

2. Technology activities related to the implementation of school-

based reform efforts.

3. The development or acquisition and use of instructional and

educational materials.

4. Promising education reform projects, including magnet schools.

5. Improve the academic achievement of educationally

6. Literacy skills of adults, especially the parents of children served.

7. Programs to provide for the educational needs of gifted and

talented children.

8. The planning, design, and initial implementation of charter

schools as described in part B.

School improvement

programs or activities under sections 1116

and 1117 (Title I).

Community service programs

that use qualified school

personnel to train and mobilize young people.

consumer, economic, and personal finance

Activities to promote, implement, or expand public

hire and support school nurses

Expansion and improvement of

school-based mental health

Alternative educational

programs for those students who have

been expelled or suspended.

establish or enhance pre-kindergarten

Academic intervention

programs that are operated jointly with

community-based organizations.

Programs for cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Programs to establish

smaller learning communities

Activities that encourage and expand

advance student

academic achievement

Initiatives to generate, maintain, and

strengthen parental and

Programs and activities that expand learning opportunities

best-practice models

Programs to provide

same-gender schools and classrooms

(consistent with applicable law).

Service learning activities

School safety programs

Programs that employ

research-based cognitive and

perceptual development

Supplemental educational services

, as defined in section

1116(e), Academic Assessments.

Use a Separate Page for Non-Public Schools

Administrative Cost

Grand Total

TAPS Number

Title V, Part A Innovative Programs

2005-2006 LEA Application

Name of Eligible Recipient:

Project Number:

DOE USE ONLY)

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

BUDGET NARRATIVE FORM

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ACCOUNT TITLE AND NARRATIVE

John L. Winn, Commissioner

Title V, Part A Innovative Programs

2005-2006 LEA Application

Instructions Budget Narrative Form

This form should be completed based on the instructions outlined below, unless instructed otherwise in the Request for Proposal (RFP) or Request

for Application (RFA).

Enter Name of Eligible Recipient.

(DOE USE ONLY)

SCHOOL DISTRICTS ONLY:

Use the four digit function codes as required in the Financial and Program Cost Accounting and Reporting for Florida

Schools Manual.

SCHOOL DISTRICTS:

Use the three digit object codes as required in the Financial and Program Cost Accounting and Reporting for Florida

Schools Manual.

COMMUNITY COLLEGES:

Use the first three digits of the object codes listed in the Accounting Manual for Florida’s Public Community Colleges.

UNIVERSITIES AND STATE AGENCIES:

Use the first three digits of the object codes listed in the Florida Accounting Information Resource Manual.

OTHER AGENCIES:

Use the object codes as required in the agency’s expenditure chart of accounts.

ALL APPLICANTS:

ACCOUNT TITLE:

Use the account title that applies to the object code listed in accordance with the agency's accounting

Provide a detailed narrative for each object code listed. For example:

- describe the type(s) of positions requested. Use a separate line to describe each type of position.

OTHER PERSONAL SERVICES

– describe the type of service(s) and an estimated number of hours for each type of position. OPS is

defined as compensation paid to persons, including substitute teachers not under contract, who are employed to provide

temporary services to the program.

PROFESSIONAL/TECHNICAL SERVICES

- describe services rendered by personnel, other than agency personnel employees, who

provide specialized skills and knowledge.

CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AND/OR INTER-AGENCY AGREEMENTS

- provide the agency name and description of the service(s) to be

- provide a description of each type of travel to be supported with project funds, such as conference(s), in district or out of

district, and out of state. Do not list individual names. List individual position(s) when travel funds are being requested to perform

necessary activities.

CAPITAL OUTLAY

- provide the type of items/equipment to be purchased with project funds.

INDIRECT COST

- provide the percentage rate being used. Use the current approved rate. (Reference the DOE Green Book for

additional guidance regarding indirect cost.)

COLUMN 4 – MUST BE COMPLETED FOR ALL SALARIES AND OTHER PERSONAL SERVICES.

- Indicate the Full Time Equivalent (FTE based on the standard workweek for the type of position) number of positions to be

funded. Determine FTE by dividing the standard number of weekly hours (e.g., 35 hours) for the type of position (e.g., teacher aide)

into the actual work hours to be funded by the project.

COLUMN 5 - AMOUNT -

Provide the budget amount requested for each object code.

Provide the total for Column (4) on the last page

Must be the same amount as requested on the DOE-100A or B.