M E M O R A N D U M
DATE
: September 16, 2002
TO
: District School Superintendents and Non-Profit
Organizations
FROM
: Kathy Mizereck, Director
SUBJECT
: Governor’s Mentoring Initiative: School-Based Projects
Conference Report on House Bill 27E, Specific Appropriation 5B,
authorizes the Commissioner of Education to award grant dollars for
discretionary projects focused on providing mentoring services for
students as part of the Governor’s Mentoring Initiative. An amount of
$950,000 has been appropriated statewide for this initiative.
Additionally, in an effort to incorporate innovative strategies within
this program, $405,000 has been set aside to fund 81 new project
schools from the Governor’s Mentoring Initiative.
The Governor’s Mentoring Initiative funding provides incentive
dollars to districts and nonprofit groups to partner with schools in
providing mentoring services. The Department invites your local
schools to submit proposals through their district office or through
nonprofit groups for Governor’s Mentoring Initiative projects.
Project
proposals are due by October 21, 2002.
Each school project is limited to $5,000 or less per school. This
allocation is granted for use between July 1, 2002 and June 30, 2003.
Preference will be given to D and F schools and to those
applications submitted on the behalf of elementary schools that
specifically target strategies designed for third grade initiatives
.
Please note that a completed district or nonprofit group application
package should include separate Department of Education 101 forms
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that represent each school’s budget as well as an aggregate DOE 101-
form budget summary from the district.
Non-profit or district applicants should complete and submit the
enclosed General Terms, Assurances, and Conditions for Participation
in Federal and State Programs form only if one is not already on file
with the Department of Education. Non-profit organizations are
required to include a copy of the overall current budget, the date of
operating fiscal period, and a list of the board of directors if applicable.
Please note that a completed application package should include
the Department of Education 100A and 101 forms.
To compete for these funds, schools may need to amend School
Improvement Plans for 2002 - 2003 to incorporate the mentoring
strategies for the project.
Please submit an original proposal with original signatures and three
copies to the following address by
October 21, 2002
:
Grants Management Office
Florida Department of Education
325 West Gaines Street
Turlington Building, Suite 332
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400
Technical assistance is available from the Department of Education
during the proposal development process. You may contact Traci
Cotton in the Office of School Improvement by e-mail or phone as
follows: traci.cotton@FLDOE.org (850) 487-1023 SunCom 277-1023.
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