| Account | Description | FY 2014 GAA |
FY 2015 House 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3000-5025 | K1 Classroom Grant Program For grants to cities, towns, regional school districts and educational collaboratives to provide educational opportunities on a voluntary basis to 4-year-olds in the district through the creation of Pre-Kindergarden classrooms; provided, that guidelines and applications for this funding shall be developed jointly by the departments of early education and care and elementary and secondary education, and shall include quality standards which shall ensure school readiness and third grade reading proficiency for students in Pre-Kindergarden classrooms; provided further, that said standards shall include but not be limited to, teacher qualifications, curriculum standards, ideal class size, and any other best practices that will help ensure quality; provided, that said grants shall be approved jointly by the commissioners of early education and care and elementary and secondary education; provided further, that preference may be given in awarding these funds to Gateway Cities, level 3 and level 4 schools, and said awards shall maximize, as far as is feasible, both geographic and demographic diversity; provided further, that preference shall be given to innovative, collaborative proposals jointly proposed by school districts, private providers, human service agencies, and local and regional non-profits that ensure Pre-Kindergarden classrooms are established with appropriate wrap-around child care and human services; and provided further, that funds distributed from this item shall be deposited with the treasurer of that city, town, regional school district or educational collaborative and held in a separate account and shall be expended by the school committee of the city, town, regional school district or educational collaborative without further appropriation, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary |
0 | 2,000,000 |
Increased funding to support new initiative.