Senate Bill sb2258

    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 2258

    By Senator Wilson





    33-1616-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to federal funding for

  3         after-school programs; requiring the Office of

  4         Program Policy Analysis and Government

  5         Accountability to perform a study of how to

  6         maximize federal funding for after-school

  7         programs; requiring a report to the Legislature

  8         by a specified date; providing an effective

  9         date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  The Office of Program Policy Analysis and

14  Government Accountability shall perform a study of how to

15  maximize federal funding of after-school programs. As part of

16  determining how to maximize federal funding, OPPAGA shall

17  examine the current methods of obtaining funding from the

18  federal government, including grants, and shall focus on other

19  additional ways to obtain federal funding. If the report finds

20  deficiencies in how the state obtains federal funding for

21  after-school programs, the report shall provide options for

22  correcting these deficiencies and shall include the projected

23  cost of implementing those options. In conducting the study,

24  the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government

25  Accountability shall consult with the Department of Education

26  and the Department of Children and Family Services in addition

27  to other interested entities that may offer experiences and

28  perspectives unique to this area of research. The report shall

29  be submitted to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of

30  the House of Representatives by January 1, 2008.

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 2258
    33-1616-07




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