FLORIDA BOARD OF
EDUCATION
CHAIR
Phil Handy
Winter Park
Linda Eads
Miami
T. Willard Fair
Miami
Charles Garcia
Boca Raton
Julia Johnson
Orlando
William “Bill” Proctor
St. Augustine
Carolyn Roberts
Ocala
SECRETARY,
FLORIDA BOARD
OF EDUCATION
Jim Horne
COMMISSIONER OF
EDUCATION
Charlie Crist
J. David Armstrong, Jr.
Interim Chancellor
Ph: (850) 488-1721
SUNCOM: 278-1721
Fax: (850) 488-9763
Memorandum Number 02-34
August 1, 2002
M E M O R A N D U M
TO:
Community
College
Presidents
FROM:
J. David Armstrong, Jr.
SUBJECT:
Information Technology Grants Planned Use
House Bill 27E, Specific Item #7A, provides $8.4 million in nonrecurring Lottery funds
for Information Technology Grants. The proviso states:
Priority for the use of these funds shall be for the improvement of
information technology or other scientific and technical programs.
However, a community college board of trustees may allocate a portion
of the funds to meet a need for nonrecurring expenses in other priorities
of the college, including matching cash private donations receipted and
reported prior to January 8, 2002. Any funds used to match private
donations shall be reported to the State Board of Education in the 2003
request for state matching funds.
We have created the attached form for reporting how your college plans to use the
Information Technology Grant funds. Although the proviso language states that priority
should be given to information technology, a
portion
can be used for other nonrecurring
expenses. The legislative staff defined
portion
as anything less than 100%. This
definition provides greater flexibility to the colleges in determining the uses of the funds.
Please remember that these funds are restricted and should be recorded in Fund
2-Restricted Current Fund under General Ledger Code 42720. Payments will be made as
Lottery funds are made available.
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Attachments
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Community College Business Officers
Community College Foundation Directors
Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
Department of Education
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1314 Turlington Building
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325 W. Gaines Street
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Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400
www.dcc.firn.edu
(COLLEGE)
2002-2003 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GRANTS
APPROPRIATION PLANNED USE
The 2002 Legislature appropriated $8.4 million for Information Technology Grants stressing that priority is to be
given to uses which will improve information technology or other scientific and technical programs at the college.
However, the community college boards of trustees may allocate a portion of the funds to meet a need for non-
recurring expenses in other priorities of the college, including matching cash private donations receipted and reported
prior to January 8, 2002.
Note: A “portion of the funds” has been defined by Legislative Staff to mean anything less than 100%. This
definition provides greater flexibility to the colleges in determining the uses of the funds.
Please indicate in the spaces below your college’s plans to expend the funds, indicating both use and amount.
(Attach additional sheets if necessary.)
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY USE - INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS
Amount
TOTAL
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY USE - COLLEGE NEEDS
Amount
TOTAL
MATCH CASH PRIVATE DONATIONS USE - ACADEMIC IMPROVE TF
Amount
TOTAL
MATCH CASH PRIVATE DONATIONS USE - HEALTH CARE
Amount
TOTAL
(COLLEGE)
2002-2003 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GRANTS
APPROPRIATION PLANNED USE
MATCH CASH PRIVATE DONATIONS USE - SCHOLARSHIPS
Amount
TOTAL
OTHER NONRECURRING PRIORITIES OF THE COLLEGE
Amount
TOTAL
GRAND TOTAL
Grand Total may not be more than the college’s appropriated funds in the General Appropriations Act.
The information provided above is an accurate representation of the college’s plans to expend the designated funds.
_______________________________________________________________________________________
President
Date
Please complete and return this form by 5:00 p.m. on August 22
nd
, to Maybelle Montford, Division of
Community Colleges, 325 West Gaines Street, Suite 1314, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400.
