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Budget Summary FY2015

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Office of the Secretary of Education
Data Current as of:  10/17/2014



FISCAL YEAR 2015 BUDGET SUMMARY ($000)
ACCOUNT FY2015
Conference		 FY2015
Vetoes		 FY2015
Overrides		 FY2015
GAA
Education Information Technology Costs 18,135 0 0 18,135
Executive Office of Education 2,284 0 0 2,284
School Safety and Security Task Force 200 0 0 200
Programs for English Language Learners in Gateway Cities 2,500 0 0 2,500
STEM Teacher Corps 250 0 0 250
Data Sharing 400 -400 400 400
Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment 1,000 0 0 1,000
TOTAL    24,769 -400 400 24,769

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account description amount
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION 60,628,892
Direct Appropriations
7009-1700 Education Information Technology Costs
For the operation of information technology services within the executive office of education 		18,134,995
7009-6379 Executive Office of Education
For the operation of the office of the secretary of education; provided, that the secretary may take all actions necessary or appropriate to consolidate in the executive office, the human resource functions of the agencies within the executive office 		2,283,534
7009-6390 School Safety and Security Task Force
For the operation of the school safety and security task force; provided, that the task force shall coordinate inter-secretariat and multi-agency efforts to identify best practices in the area of school security and shall disseminate the practices to school districts in the commonwealth; provided further, that funds may be used to hire a consultant with expertise in student and school safety and security; and provided further, that funds may be used to provide planning and implementation grants to districts 		200,000
7009-6400 Programs for English Language Learners in Gateway Cities
For grants to establish and operate high-quality, intensive and targeted programs that will rapidly increase English language learning for middle and high school students in school districts serving Gateway Cities; provided, that grant applications must provide, at minimum, for after-school enrichment academies to operate during the spring and summer of 2015; provided further, that applications may also provide for acceleration academies to be held during school vacations or for Saturday sessions during the spring of 2015; provided further, that funds may be set aside for the administration of these programs; provided further, that any new grants awarded from this item in fiscal year 2015 shall comply with the grant application requirements set forth in item 7009-6400 of section 2 of chapter 38 of the acts of 2013; provided further, that the executive office of education may select the same evaluator in fiscal year 2015 as selected in fiscal year 2014; provided further, that grants shall be selected not later than October 1, 2014; provided further, that the executive office of education shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on education, not later than March 13, 2015, detailing: (i) successful grant applications; (ii) a set of clearly defined goals and benchmarks to be used to evaluate grant recipients; and (iii) preliminary outcomes and findings from the grants awarded for fiscal year 2015; and provided further, that appropriated funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months 		2,500,000
7009-6407 STEM Teacher Corps
For the establishment of a STEM teacher corps; provided, that these funds shall be matched by private sector donations at a rate not less than $3 of private funding for every $1 of state funding; and provided further, that said teacher corps shall consist of not less than 50 highly qualified and exemplary teachers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, who shall support the professional development of other STEM teachers and elevate the quality of STEM teaching at other schools and districts in the commonwealth 		250,000
7009-7000 Data Sharing
For costs related to a data sharing pilot program between the department of early education and care, the department of elementary and secondary education, the executive office of education, the department of public health and the executive office of health and human services to issue a state assigned student identifier to children participating in early intervention programs with the goal of tracking and evaluating educational and developmental outcomes for those children, improving delivery of services and determining cost savings associated with the early intervention program; provided, that funds may be transferred from this item to 4513-1020, 7009-1700 and 7009-6379, as necessary, under an allocation plan, which shall detail by object class the distribution of the funds to be transferred
 400,000
7009-9600 Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment
For a discretionary grant program to provide funds to school districts and public institutions of higher education partnering together to offer inclusive concurrent enrollment programs for school aged children with a disability, as defined in section 1 of chapter 71B of the General Laws, between the ages of 18 and 22, inclusive; provided, that the grant program shall be limited to students who are considered to have severe disabilities and, in the case of students who are age 18 or 19, shall be limited to students with severe disabilities who have been unable to achieve the competency determination necessary to pass the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exam; provided further, that said students with disabilities shall be offered enrollment in credit and noncredit courses that include nondisabled students, including enrollment in credit and noncredit courses in audit status for students who may not meet course prerequisites and requirements and that the partnering school districts shall provide support, services and accommodations necessary to facilitate a student's enrollment; provided further, that the executive office of education, in consultation with the department of elementary and secondary education and the department of higher education, shall develop guidelines to ensure that the grant program promotes civic engagement and mentoring of faculty in public institutions of higher education and supports college success, work success, participation in student life of the college community and provision of a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment; provided further, that the executive office of education, in consultation with the department of elementary and secondary education and the department of higher education, shall develop strategies and procedures to help sustain and replicate the existing inclusive concurrent enrollment programs initiated through this grant program including, but not limited to: (i) provision of funds to retain employment specialists; (ii) assist students in meeting integrated competitive employment and other transition-related goals; (iii) adoption of procedures and funding mechanisms to ensure that new partnerships of public institutions of higher education and school districts providing inclusive concurrent enrollment programs fully utilize the models and expertise developed in existing partnerships; and (iv) conducting evaluation and research to further identify student outcomes and best practices; provided further, that the executive office of education, in consultation with the department of elementary and secondary education and the department of higher education, shall develop a mechanism to encourage existing and new partnerships to expand the capacity to respond to individual parents and school districts in underserved areas that request an opportunity for their children to participate in the inclusive concurrent enrollment initiative; provided further, that tuition for courses shall be waived by the state institutions of higher education for students enrolled through this grant program; provided further, that the executive office of education shall create the position of inclusive concurrent enrollment coordinator who will be responsible for administering the grant program, coordinating the advisory committee, developing new partnerships, assisting existing partnerships in creating self-sustaining models and overseeing the development of videos and informational materials as well as evaluation and research through the institute for community inclusion to assist new colleges and school districts; provided further, that the executive office of education, in consultation with the department of elementary and secondary education and the department of higher education, shall select grant recipients not later than July 15, 2014, and shall distribute a request for grant proposals subject to future appropriation not later than May 29, 2015; provided further, that the executive office of education, in consultation with the department of elementary and secondary education and the department of higher education, shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on education and the joint committee on higher education on the discretionary grant program, including a report on student outcomes, not later than January 30, 2015; and provided further, that for the purpose of this item, appropriated funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months 		1,000,000

account description amount
Intragovernmental Service Spending 1,860,363
7009-1701 Chargeback for Education Information Technology Costs
For the cost of information technology services provided to agencies of the executive office of education
                Intragovernmental Service Fund ............... 100%
1,860,363

account description amount
Federal Grant Spending 34,000,000
7060-7888 Stabilization Fund Race-To-The-Top Incentive Grants - ARRA
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Stabilization Fund Race-To-The-Top Incentive Grants - ARRA 		34,000,000

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