FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
     
    S
      
    TATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
     
    F. PHILIP HANDY,
    Chairman
    T. WILLARD FAIR,
    Vice Chairman
     
    Members
    DONNA G. CALLAWAY
    ROBERTO MARTÍNEZ
    PHOEBE RAULERSON
    KATHLEEN SHANAHAN
     
    LINDA K. TAYLOR
     
    John L. Winn
    Commissioner of Education
      
     
      
     
      
     
     
     
     
     
    June 13, 2006
     
    M E M O R A N D U M
     
     
    TO:
     
      
    Community College Presidents
    State
    University
    Presidents
    District School Superintendents
     
      
    Private School and College Administrators
     
    FROM:
     
    John L. Winn, Commissioner
     
    SUBJECT:
     
    2006-2007 SUCCEED, Florida – Manufacturing and Automotive
    Service Technology
     
    The 2006 Legislative session authorized $2,250,000 to increase the capacity of Manufacturing
    and Automotive Service Technology programs approved at public and private postsecondary
    institutions. This initiative will Align Workforce Education Programs with Skill Requirements
    of the New Economy as stated in the Department’s Strategic Imperative Six.
     
    Public and private postsecondary institutions are eligible to apply. Funds must be used to
    support new students and are not intended to supplant current funding. Institutions applying for
    funds shall not reduce funding or the current level of enrollment in existing programs. Any such
    reduction will result in a pro rata reduction in funding.
     
    To assist in preparing the application, the Florida Department of Education has scheduled a
    conference call for Tuesday, June 20, 2006, from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EDT. The call in
    number is toll free (800) 416-4254, local (850) 922-2903, or SunCom 292-2903. Due to a
    limited number of available lines, institutions are asked to make arrangements to call in from one
    central location per campus. The purpose of these conference calls is to provide technical
    assistance related to the development, implementation, and evaluation of expanded
    manufacturing and automotive service technology programs in Florida. All relevant staff
    members are encouraged to participate.
     
    Community College Presidents
    State University Presidents
    District School Superintendents
    Private School and College Administrators
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    June13, 2006
     
     
    Applications with complete instructions are available on the Division of Community Colleges
    and Workforce Education’s web page at: http://www.firn.edu/doe/dwdgrants/. If you have any
    questions, please contact Julie Alexander, Senior Educational Program Director, at
    (850) 245-9008 or via e-mail to julie.alexander@fldoe.org.
     
    JLW/gsb
     
    c:
    J. David Armstrong, Jr.
     
    Cheri Pierson Yecke
    Mark Rosenberg
    Ed
    Moore
    Stacey
    Webb
    Bob O’Leary
    Sam Ferguson
    Martha
    Asbury
     
    Bonnie C. Marmor
    Harrison
    Rivers
     
     

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