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Grants and Other Financial Assistance Programs: FY2010
Fund Code: 354-B
Community Service-Learning Planning and Implementation Grants Program (Round Two)
| FUNDS ALLOCATED: | $67,620 (Federal) |
| FUNDS REQUESTED: | $90,555 |
| PURPOSE: The goal of this federal Learn and Serve America grant program is to: increase the practice of service-learning as a methodology for implementing the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks K-12; support the institutionalization and sustainability of service-learning district-wide; improve the quality of service-learning initiatives; provide more opportunities for low-income students to engage in service-learning; and identify and address significant barriers to student achievement and, through service-learning and other activities, implement solutions to those barriers. |
| NUMBER OF PROPOSALS RECEIVED: | 16 |
| NUMBER OF PROPOSALS RECOMMENDED: | 14 |
| NUMBER OF PROPOSALS NOT RECOMMENDED: | 2 |
| RESULT OF FUNDING: This grant program will assist 12 districts to engage students in their learning and in their communities by implementing community service-learning as a teaching methodology. The grants will support professional development, project implementation, and other related activities. Through these grants approximately 200 teachers will engage 6,500 students in service projects connected to curriculum. Grant awards range from $1,050 to $10,525. |
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| Leominster Public Schools | $1,050 |
| Malden Public Schools | 10,500 |
| Manchester Essex Regional School District | 1,050 |
| Maynard Public Schools | 1,050 |
| Middleborough Public Schools | 10,050 |
| North Middlesex Regional School District (Townsend) | 10,500 |
| Peabody Public Schools (2 grants) | 10,525 |
| Pioneer Valley Regional School District (Northfield) | 10,500 |
| Southern Berkshire Regional School District (Sheffield, 2 grants) | 9,245 |
| Uxbridge Public Schools | 1,050 |
| Whitman-Hanson Regional School District | 1,050 |
| Worcester Public Schools | 1,050 |
| TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS | $67,620 |
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