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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #186 |
| Statewide K-12 Economic Education, Financial Literacy, Entrepreneurship Programs and Teacher Training |
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| Requester: |
Clinton J. Mueller |
Organization: |
Florida Council on Economic Education |
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| Project Title: |
Statewide K-12 Economic Education, Financial Literacy, Entrepreneurship Programs and Teacher Training |
Date Submitted |
1/3/2008 4:21:44 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Bullard, Crist, Deutch, Dockery, Fasano, Wise |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Provides Economic Education, Financial Literacy, Entrepreneurship programs, and Teacher training throughout the state of Florida in all 67 counties K-12. This project would also fund each of the six economic education centers for teacher training throughout the state at Florida State University, University of North Florida, University of South Florida, Florida Atlantic University, University of Central Florida, and Miami-Dade Community College. This support, combined with financial contributions from business, individuals, and foundations will make it possible for our children and teachers statewide to have the tools and knowledge they need to make fiscally sound investments, as well as succeed in a highly competitive global economy.
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| Recipient: |
Florida Council on Economic Education |
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Contact: |
Clinton J. Mueller |
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1211 North West Shore Boulevard Suite 305 |
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Contact Phone: |
(813) 289-8489 |
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Tampa 33607 |
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Contact email: |
cmueller@fcee.org |
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| Counties: |
{Statewide} |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| This project is designed to introduce basic through advanced understanding of Financial Literacy, Entrepreneurship, Economics statewide in K-12 schools throughout all 67 counties. The Council and its network of Economic Educational Centers maintain a direct relationship with tens of thousands of teachers statewide. We provide teachers, through our partnership with our Economic Educational Centers, advanced teacher training in the field of economics and we integrate these trainings across the board into various subjects including Math, Reading, Social Studies, Science, Driver�s Education, and Athletics. The Council creates new programs and writes curricula, while also bringing together vendors, and community partners in an attempt to provide the best possible programs to our teachers and students. The Council is also able to provide classroom materials, workbooks, instructional aids, simulations, and other educational tools to the students at no charge. The Council provides on-line and phone support for teachers and students statewide. The Council conducts an annual statewide teaching excellence program recognizing the best teachers of our state in the fields of economics, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship. All of the programs available are correlated with Sunshine State Standards and have been adapted to be applied in conjunction with preparation for the FCAT. This funding will make it possible to distribute, train, and integrate all of our programs on a statewide level. This funding will allow us to properly fund our Economic Education centers statewide in order to properly train our state�s teachers. This funding will allow the Council to continue to research and develop cutting edge programs, establish standards, and consolidate efforts by multiple parties statewide in order the ensure the future economic prosperity of our state and our children. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| By 2010, the goal of the Florida Council of Economic Education, through the aid of this project annually, combined with Federal aid, Corporate, Foundational, and Individual aid, will be to reach all 4 million students in our state with our economic education, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship programs and provide further advanced teacher training through our network of Economic Education Centers. With this funding, the Council will be expecting a 200% growth in our first year following this funding as the programs and services will be made available to teachers and students statewide. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$500,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$2,500,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local, Private |
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Cash Amount |
$2,500,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2006-2007 |
Amount: |
$100,000 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$500,000 |
To Fund: |
Operations |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
Unknown |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
Financial Literacy Council Report to the Governor |
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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: |
Hillsborough County, Pasco County, and Pinellas County Legislative Delegation |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
