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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2817 |
| Education Is Cool. Get One! |
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| Requester: |
Sterling A. Powell Exe Dir/CEO |
Organization: |
Education Is Cool, Get One!, Inc |
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| Project Title: |
Education Is Cool. Get One! |
Date Submitted |
1/4/2008 4:50:35 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Siplin |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Education Is Cool. Get One! is a community based organization that will motivate families and students to achieve higher standards of human intelligence. This grass roots effort believes that a civil revolution/approach is necessary to change the current average family mind-set. The goal is for students and parents to understand and appreciate that education does matter and that it is very honorable. We believe that obtaining an education will lead to a better way of life for individuals and the community. Education Is Cool. Get One! is the vibrant battle cry. A well-placed organizational name and phrase can serve as an aspect of unification and advancement for all of the other worthy instruction employed by Churches, Families, Governments, Corporations, Civic Organizations, etc. An assumption is made herein, that when certain slogans are universally accepted, the focal group achieves its hard to reach goals. �One If By Land, Two If By Sea�,-A Chicken In Every Pot�, �I�m Black and I�m Proud� , �I Am Proud To Be An American� are just a few examples from American history. The United States of America has a Federal Law which requires academic proficiency for all students. It is called �No Child Left Behind Act of 2001�. There is not a cohesive name for the million s of efforts used by stakeholders with black students. A name definitely needed that will assist in understanding the enormous task...�Education Is Cool. Get One!�. |
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| Recipient: |
Education Is Cool, Get One!, Inc |
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Contact: |
Sterling A. Powell |
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1314 N. Pine Hills Rd. |
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Contact Phone: |
(321) 279-4403 |
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Orlando 32808 |
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Contact email: |
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| Counties: |
Orange |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| (Include services to be provided) disseminate the slogan �Education Is Cool. Get One!� and its basic content on a macro level, via various communicative media. This effort will motivate families and students to achieve higher standards of human intelligence. Resources would further the cause and result in improved academic achievement and our society. Goals are the adoption of Education Is Cool. Get One! by Orange County Public school students, the 15th largest school district in the nation (up to 180,000 students will receive information through this initiative) , other public county school districts and all other entities. We will place slogan on billboards, PSA�s, tee-shirts, pencils, pens, book covers, sports and recreation locations, local, state and national education conferences and conventions etc; create other Marketing Strategies for Florida and use State Lottery tickets with slogan printed on tickets purchased from machines. The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice is encouraged to adopt the slogan �Education Is Cool. Get One!� for its use in an effort to reduce Juvenile delinquencies and increase academic matriculation. It is well documented that increased education reduces crime. Finally, our goal is to have the slogan �Education Is Cool. Get One! to receive National Adoption by Federal Department of Education.
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
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� 100% of Orange County Public school students, the 15th largest school district in the nation will receive Education Is Cool. Get One! information
� 100% of Orange County Public school parents will receive Education Is Cool. Get One! information
� 100% of Florida�s 67 school districts will receive Education Is Cool, Get One information
� 100% of Education related conferences/convention hosted in Orange County will receive Education Is Cool. Get One! information
� 50% of National civic organizations holding conferences or conventions in Orange County will receive �Education Is Cool. Get One� information.
� 50% of national other then civic organizations holding conferences/conventions in Orange County Florida will receive Education Is Cool. Get One! information
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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: |
$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? |
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: |
$500,000 |
To Fund: |
Operations, $500,000 |
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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? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
DJJ 2005-2006 State Delinquency Profile Data & Department of Education, Florida School Indicators |
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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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No |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
