| Account | Description | FY 2014 GAA |
FY 2015 House 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
0 | 500,000 |
Increased funding to support new initiative.