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.
     
    JDA/mml
     
    Attachments
     
    c:
    Community College Business Officers
     
    Community College Foundation Directors
     
     
     
     
     
      
    Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
     
    Department of Education
    1314 Turlington Building
    325 W. Gaines Street
    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.

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