Grants and Other Financial Assistance Programs: FY2008
Fund Code: 701 (Increases)
Quality Full-Day Kindergarten - Increases
(FY2008 - State)
| TOTAL INCREASE AMOUNT: | $535,000 (State) |
| PURPOSE: The purpose of this state-funded grant program is to support high quality educational programs for children in full-day kindergarten by: improving the quality of curriculum and classroom environment; providing continuity of curriculum from preschool through grades one to three; and developing other programmatic components of the kindergarten grant program. (Full-day kindergarten is defined as a minimum of 5 instructional hours, 5 days a week, 180-days/school year.) |
| RESULT OF FUNDING: These one-time increases provide 29 high-priority districts with funds to support quality enhancements, such as: professional development; development and training in curriculum and assessment; vertical and horizontal alignment of curriculum and assessment; inclusion; family engagement; progress towards NAEYC accreditation; and purchase of classroom materials. High priority districts are identified as those not meeting the four MCAS state targets for 3rd and 4th grade English language arts and mathematics. Funds for the one-time increases resulted from districts not accepting their allocation, districts opening fewer classrooms than they proposed, as well as supplemental and rollover funds being added to the account after the original appropriation. Increases range from $636 to $110,142, depending on the number of classrooms being served. |
RECIPIENTS OF
INCREASES |
CURRENT AMOUNTS |
NEW
TOTALS |
AMOUNTS OF
INCREASES |
NUMBER OF
CLASSES |
Adams-Cheshire Regional School District
(Adams, Cheshire) | $89,400 | $92,532 | $3,132 | 6 |
Berkshire Hills Regional School District
(Great Barrington, Stockbridge, West Stockbridge) | 59,600 | 61,688 | 2,088 | 4 |
| Boston Public Schools | 2,630,700 | 2,740,842 | 110,142 | 211 |
| Brockton Public Schools | 798,100 | 830,986 | 32,886 | 63 |
| Cambridge Public Schools | 318,975 | 342,465 | 23,490 | 45 |
| Chicopee Public Schools | 342,800 | 355,328 | 12,528 | 24 |
| Fall River Public Schools | 514,600 | 537,568 | 22,968 | 44 |
Farmington River Regional School District
(Otis, Sandisfield) | 14,900 | 15,536 | 636 | 1 |
| Gardner Public Schools | 37,300 | 39,196 | 1,896 | 3 |
Gill-Montague Regional School District
(Gill, Montague) | 67,100 | 69,710 | 2,610 | 5 |
| Gloucester Public Schools | 163,900 | 169,642 | 5,742 | 11 |
| Holyoke Public Schools | 357,600 | 370,128 | 12,528 | 24 |
| Lawrence Public Schools | 567,200 | 592,256 | 25,056 | 48 |
| Leominster Public Schools | 376,917 | 389,445 | 12,528 | 24 |
| Lowell Public Schools | 759,900 | 786,522 | 26,622 | 51 |
| Lynn Public Schools | 775,100 | 803,810 | 28,710 | 55 |
| Malden Public Schools | 372,800 | 387,416 | 14,616 | 28 |
Narragansett Regional School District
(Phillipston, Templeton) | 10,000 | 11,264 | 1,264 | 2 |
| New Bedford Public Schools | 516,600 | 547,920 | 31,320 | 60 |
| Randolph Public Schools | 89,400 | 92,532 | 3,132 | 6 |
| Salem Public Schools | 328,900 | 346,126 | 17,226 | 33 |
| Seven Hills Charter School (Worcester) | 44,700 | 46,596 | 1,896 | 3 |
| Somerville Public Schools | 195,000 | 208,572 | 13,572 | 26 |
| South Shore Charter School (Norwell) | 30,843 | 33,975 | 3,132 | 6 |
| Southbridge Public Schools | 134,100 | 138,798 | 4,698 | 9 |
| Springfield Public Schools | 1,519,215 | 1,587,075 | 67,860 | 130 |
| Wareham Public Schools | 89,400 | 92,532 | 3,132 | 6 |
| Webster Public Schools | 119,200 | 123,376 | 4,176 | 8 |
| Worcester Public Schools | 1,148,300 | 1,193,714 | 45,414 | 87 |
| TOTAL STATE INCREASE | $535,000 | 1023 |
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