BOARD APPROVES SEVEN GRANT APPLICATIONS
The Board approved the following seven grant applications:
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Foundation Classroom Grant - provides funding for hands-on opportunities for students to explore science, technology, engineering, and mathematics foundations at lower grades and aerospace and engineering applications at higher grade levels
Dollar General Youth Literacy Grant - provides funding to schools to help with the implementation or expansion of literacy programs for new readers, below grade-level readers, and readers with learning disabilities
Lowe's Toolbox for Education - The Lowe's Toolbox for Education program invites schools, in partnership with parent-teacher groups, to apply for grants for a wide range of school improvement projects.
Sharing the Dream - The MetLife Foundation, in partnership with the National Association of Elementary School Principals, provides grant awards for projects that actively engage schools communities by aligning with one of the Standard Six core strategies of Leading Learning Communities.
Target Community Giving Grants Program - provides funds for projects that promote a love of reading and encourage young children, ages birth through nine, to read together with their families, and for projects that promote awareness in the arts
Target Field Trips - The Target Field Trip Grant program, managed by the Citizen's Scholarship Foundation of America, Inc., is an innovative, non-restrictive grant initiative designed to fund field trips for students across the country.
Title I - School Improvement Initiative and ARRA - The purpose of this grant is to increase reading and mathematics achievement for students receiving a score of Level 1 in reading on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) in Title I schools. Grant funds will be allocated to District schools to implement intensive tutorials that are grounded in the principles of the most current research.
BOARD APPROVES NEW AGREEMENT WITH GEO CARE, INC.
The Board approved a new agreement with GEO Care, Inc. The new agreement will provide clinical experiences to Broward County Schools' Health Science Education students. On-site clinical experiences are necessary to meet curriculum frameworks, student performance standards, and requirements of regulatory agencies for students to qualify for certification/licensure examinations upon program completion. Health Science Education programs provide secondary and postsecondary career and technical students with clinical learning experiences through contractual agreements with hospitals, nursing homes, and other facilities.
BOARD APPROVES SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATION SERVICES AGREEMENTS
The Board approved the sixth round of agreements for Supplemental Educational Service (SES) providers required under No Child Left Behind (NCLB). There are currently 105 State-approved vendors who are eligible to offer SES services in Broward County and have expressed an interest. The current agreements are for the following providers: Champion Learning, Inc.; Dees Educational Services, Inc.; New Life After School Program, Inc.; !A+ Tutor U; Alphabest Education, Inc.; PS Youth Outreach Center, Inc.; A-Totleys Learning Center; CRMG Services, LLC; The Excelle Management Group, Incorporated; Basic Learning Skills Inc.; The Math Experts; and Ready 2 Learn, Inc.