Senate Committee Publications
| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2708 | |||||||||
| Joint Education Opportunity Program | |||||||||
| Requester: | Dr. Jimmy R. Jenkins | Organization: | Edward Waters College | ||||||
| Project Title: | Joint Education Opportunity Program | Date Submitted | 1/16/2004 4:19:50 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Hill | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| This program addresses the decreasing number of teachers in the state and especially minority teachers. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Edward Waters College/University of North Florida | Contact: | Dr. Jimmy R. Jenkins | ||||||
| 1658 Kings Road | Contact Phone: | (904) 366-2500 | |||||||
| Jacksonville 32209 | Contact email: | ||||||||
| Counties: | Duval | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| A state of the art teacher education building will be built on EWC's campus, but jointly own with UNF, to provide teacher education training at the undergraduate and graduate level. | |||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| More minority teachers will be produced with graduate degrees. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $4,000,000 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $5,500,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Construction | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Private | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $4,000,000 | In-kind Amount | $1,500,000 | ||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | No | ||||||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | No | ||||||||
| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? | No | ||||||||
| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? | Unknown | ||||||||
| Is there a documented need for this project? | Yes | ||||||||
| Documentation: | Needs Assessment | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | Yes | ||||||||
| Hearing Body: | Senate Appropriations | ||||||||
| Hearing Meeting Date: | 01/14/2003 | ||||||||