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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2425 |
| Florida Urban Reading Center |
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| Requester: |
Dr. Gail P. Gregg |
Organization: |
Florida International University, College of Education |
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| Project Title: |
Florida Urban Reading Center |
Date Submitted |
1/16/2004 2:39:18 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Diaz de la Portilla, Wilson |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Enhancing the reading levels of students in Miami Dade County will positively effect the literacy rate in Florida. |
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| Recipient: |
Florida International University, College of Education |
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Contact: |
Dr. Gail P. Gregg |
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University PArk Campus ZEB 314 |
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Contact Phone: |
(305) 348-1084 |
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MIami 33199 |
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Contact email: |
gregg@fiu.edu |
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| Counties: |
Dade |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| Disseminate strategies for teaching to highly diverse K-12 students via courses/workshops; and provide highly trained pre-service teachers to diagnose/remediate low-level readers in Dade COunty Public Schools. |
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| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Enhance reading scores/literacy rates in Miami Dade COunty Public Schools. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$300,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$300,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
None |
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Cash Amount |
$ |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$300,000 |
To Fund: |
Operations |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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Yes |
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Agency |
Education, Department Of, And Commissioner Of Education |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
FCAT reading scores for Dade are the lowest in the State of Florida |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
Miami Dade Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
11/13/2003 |
