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Office of the Secretary of Education
| DEPARTMENT | FY 2015 Budgetary Recommendations |
FY 2015 Federal, Trust, and ISF |
FY 2015 Total Spending |
FY 2015 Budgetary Non-Tax Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office of the Secretary of Education | 30,236 | 34,449 | 64,685 | 0 |
| account | description | amount | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION | 64,685,048 | |||||
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 30,236,093 | |||||
| Direct Appropriations | ||||||
| 7009-1700 | Education Information Technology Costs
For the provision of information technology services within the executive office of education |
18,930,543 | ||||
| 7009-1710 | Quality Rating and Improvement System
For the information technology costs of implementing a quality rating improvement system for early education and care in the commonwealth, including costs associated with integrating and consolidating the licensure system, the professional qualifications registry, and the central wait list system, with the quality measures embedded in the QRIS standard; provided, that any system developed shall include verification procedures for ensuring the validity of the data by which QRIS levels are determined and assigned |
2,500,000 | ||||
| 7009-6379 | Executive Office of Education
For the operation of the office of the secretary of the executive office of education |
2,405,550 | ||||
| 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; and provided further, that funds may be used to hire a consultant with expertise in student and school safety and security |
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 of 2015; provided further, that applications may also provide for acceleration academies to be held during school vacations and/or for Saturday sessions during the spring of 2015; and provided further, that funds may be set aside for the administration of these programs |
3,500,000 | ||||
| 7009-6402 | Gateway Cities Career Academies
For grants to support the establishment and operation of career academies in gateway cities, and to build stronger relationships and partnerships among high schools, institutions of higher education, local employers, and workforce development entities, in order to create multiple and seamless pathways to employment; provided, that the funds shall be used to establish education and industry coordinating councils (EICCs); provided further, that the EICCs shall be chaired by the district superintendent and chair of the local workforce investment boards, and shall include representatives from district high schools, institutions of higher education, industry partners, and local/regional employers; provided further, that such funding shall be used to engage in planning to establish career academies or to plan for the establishment of such academies during the following fiscal year; provided further, that this funding shall also be used to support the implementation of new academic and career programs at established career academies for up to 1 year of operation; and provided further, that funds may be expended through August 31, 2015 to allow for summer programming |
500,000 | ||||
| 7009-6405 | Drop Out Re Engagement Centers
For competitive grants to cities, towns, regional school districts and educational collaborative for the establishment of dropout re-engagement centers, which shall provide flexible academic programs and multiple pathways to graduation which are clearly connected to the students' academic and career aspirations, and which include comprehensive support services and employment training where appropriate; provided, that preference may be given in the application process to gateway cities, to districts with a high number of level 3 and level 4 schools, to districts with high dropout rates, and to proposals which maximize geographic equity, which represent innovative public-private partnerships with non-profit service providers, and which provide clear outreach and re-engagement plans to find and recruit students who have previously disengaged from school; and provided further, that any grant funds distributed from this item to a city, town or regional school district shall be deposited with the treasurer of the city, town or regional school district and held in a separate account and shall be expended by the school committee of the city, town or regional school district without further appropriation, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary |
500,000 | ||||
| 7009-6406 | Early College Initiative
For competitive grants to cities, towns, regional school districts, and institutions of public higher education for the establishment and implementation of early college high school programs; provided, that these programs shall support students who work simultaneously on the completion of a high school diploma from the partnering school district while also earning free college credits towards an associate degree or certificate at the partnering institution of higher education; provided further, that these programs must provide full access to college support services, student activities and tutoring, and shall ensure holistic wrap-around support which meets the academic, social and emotional needs of the student; provided further, that, in awarding these grants, preference shall be given to innovative joint proposals, developed by partnering school districts, colleges, and local and regional non-profits where appropriate; and provided further, that these grants shall be awarded, as much as is feasible, in a manner that reflects geographic and demographic diversity |
750,000 | ||||
| 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 this teacher corps shall consist of not less than 50 highly qualified and exemplary teachers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), 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 | ||||
| 7009-9600 | 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; 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: (a) provision of funds to retain employment specialists; (b) assist students in meeting integrated competitive employment and other transition-related goals; and (c) 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; 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 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 31, 2015; |
700,000 | ||||
| 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
|
1,860,363 | ||||
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Spending | 32,511,518 | |
| 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 |
32,511,518 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trust and Other Spending | 77,074 | |
| 7009-6380 | Readiness Expendable Trust | 77,074 |
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