FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

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TATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

 

T. WILLARD FAIR,

Chairman

Members

DONNA G. CALLAWAY

 

DR. AKSHAY DESAI

 

ROBERTO MARTINEZ

 

PHOEBE RAULERSON

 

KATHLEEN SHANAHAN

 

LINDA K. TAYLOR

 

 

Jeanine Blomberg

Commissioner of Education

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KATE KEMKER, PH.D.

BUREAU OF INSTRUCTION AND INNOVATION

 

325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 432 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-9868 • www.fldoe.org

 

 

 

MEMORANDUM

  

Contact Information:

Donnajo Smith

850-245-0830

Donnajo.Smith@fldoe.org

K12: 2007-179

  

TO:

Directors, Exceptional Student Education

 

FROM:

Kate Kemker, Bureau Chief

 

 

DATE:

October 30, 2007

 

SUBJECT:

 

2008-09 COLLABORATIVE CURRICULUM CHALLENGE GRANTS FOR THE

GIFTED: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

 

 

We are pleased to inform you that in support of the Florida Department of Education’s imperatives to

coordinate efforts to improve higher student learning, the Department has allocated $100,000 for this

year’s Collaborative Curriculum Challenge Grant. This grant is available on a competitive basis to

school districts. The attached guidelines and request for applications provide detailed information.

 

We appreciate your interest in this program and look forward to the implementation of outstanding

programs for Florida’s gifted students.

 

KK/ds

 

Attachments

 

cc: University Lab School Directors

Contact Persons, Programs for the Gifted

2007-08 Collaborative Curriculum Project Grant Recipients