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FISCAL YEAR 2006 RESOURCE SUMMARY ($000)
DEPARTMENT
FY 2006
Budgetary
Recommendations

FY 2006
Federal, Trust,
and ISF

FY 2006
Total
Spending

FY 2006
Budgetary
Non-Tax Revenue

Department of Education 3,738,845  928,983  4,667,828  9,996 

TOTAL       3,738,845  928,983    4,667,828  9,996 
 
Department of Education 4,667,828,444
 
Budgetary Direct Appropriations 3,738,845,003
Direct Appropriations  
 
 Department of Education  
   7010-0005   For the operation of the department of education 9,522,805
 
 Programs to Eliminate Racial Imbalance - METCO  
   7010-0012   For grants to cities, towns, or regional school districts for payments of certain costs incurred under the program for the elimination of racial imbalance; provided, that grants to a city, town, or regional school district shall be limited to actual and specifically documented incremental costs, including those costs incurred pursuant to chapter 71B of the General Laws as a direct consequence of participation in the program whenever the reimbursements requested by such city, town, or regional school district exceed the level of reimbursement received in fiscal year 1977; and provided further, that the division of elementary, secondary, and occupational education shall, through a competitive procurement process, contract with qualified school transportation business enterprises 15,615,313
 
 Charter School Grants  
   7010-0017   For grants to charter schools 2,301,790
 
 Charter School Facilities Grant  
   7010-0030   For per pupil facilities aid for commonwealth charter schools calculated pursuant to subsection (nn) of section 89 of chapter 71 of the General Laws 13,800,000
 
 Teacher Quality Investment  
   7010-0216   For the teacher, principal, and superintendent recruitment, retention, and development programs established in sections 19B, 19C, and 19E of chapter 15A of the General Laws 1,487,187
 
 Certificate of Occupational Proficiency  
   7010-1022   For the development and implementation of certificates of occupational proficiency 1,100,000
 
 School-to-Work Programs Matching Grants  
   7027-0016   For matching grants for various school-to-work programs; provided, that the board of education shall establish guidelines for such programs in consultation with the department of workforce development; provided further, that any funds distributed from this item to cities, towns, or regional school districts 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 without further appropriation, notwithstanding any general or special laws to the contrary; provided further, that each grant awarded herein shall be matched by the recipient from local, federal, or private funds; and provided further, that the board of education may determine the percentage match required on an individual grant basis 1,582,049
 
 Connecting Activities  
   7027-0019   For school-to-career connecting activities; provided the board of education, in cooperation with the department of workforce development and the state workforce investment board, may establish and support a public-private partnership to link high school students with economic and learning opportunities on the job as part of the school-to-work transition program; provided further, that such program may include the award of matching grants to workforce investment boards or other local public-private partnerships involving local community job commitments and work site learning opportunities for students; provided further, that the grants shall require at least a 200 per cent match in wages for the students from private sector participants; provided further, that the program shall include, but not be limited to, a provision that business leaders commit resources to pay salaries, to provide mentoring and instruction on the job, and to work closely with teachers; and provided further, that public funds shall assume the costs of connecting schools and businesses to ensure that students serve productively on the job 5,000,000
 
 English Language Acquisition  
   7027-1004   For professional development for teachers of students with limited English proficiency 500,000
 
 Department of Youth Services Teacher Salaries  
   7027-1005   For the purposes of increasing the salaries of the department of youth services' teachers 2,550,000
 
 School-Age Children in Institutional Schools and Houses of Correction  
   7028-0031   For the expenses of school age children in institutional schools pursuant to section 12 of chapter 71B of the General Laws; provided, that the department may provide special education services to eligible inmates in county houses of correction; and provided further, that if the department provides educational services to any day students admitted to an institution under the control of the department of public health, the city, town, or regional school district in which such student would normally be eligible to attend school shall pay to the commonwealth the costs of the education of said student in an amount determined by the department according to the regulations issued under said chapter 71B, and said amount due the commonwealth each year shall be deducted from the annual distribution to said city, town, or school district pursuant to section 20 of chapter 59 of the General Laws 7,475,183
 
 Kindergarten Expansion Grants  
   7030-1002   For kindergarten expansion grants 23,000,000
 
 Early Literacy Grants  
   7030-1003   For early literacy grants to cities, towns, and regional school districts; provided, that funds distributed from this item shall be deposited with the treasurer of such city, town, or regional school district and held in a separate account and shall be expended by the school committee of such city, town, or regional school district without further appropriation 4,122,989
 
 Targeted Tutorial Literacy Program  
   7030-1005   For early intervention tutorial literacy programs designed as a pre-special education referral and short-term intervention for children who are at risk of failing to read in the first grade 1,910,788
 
 Adult Basic Education  
   7035-0002   For grants to cities, towns, regional school districts, and educational collaboratives for programs to provide and strengthen basic educational attainment and work-related programs in reading, writing, and mathematics at adult learning centers, including grants to public and non-public entities; provided, that funds distributed from this item shall be deposited with the treasurer of such city, town, regional school district, or educational collaborative and held in a separate account and shall be expended by the school committee of such city, town, regional school district, or educational collaborative without further appropriation, notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary 35,813,208
 
 Transportation of Pupils - Regional School Districts  
   7035-0006   For reimbursements to regional school districts for the transportation of pupils; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the commonwealth's obligation for said reimbursements shall not exceed the amount appropriated herein 38,000,000
 
 Non-Resident Pupil Transport  
   7035-0007   For reimbursements to cities, towns, regional vocational or county agricultural school districts, independent vocational schools, or collaboratives for certain expenditures for transportation of non-resident pupils to any approved vocational-technical program of any regional or county agricultural school district, city, town, independent school, or collaborative pursuant to section 8A of chapter 74 of the General Laws; provided, that upon receipt by the department of education of required transportation cost reports, the department shall reimburse no more than 50 per cent of the total cost certified by the department; provided further, that said reports shall meet criteria established by the department; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the commonwealth's obligation shall not exceed the amount appropriated in this item 1,600,000
 
 Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program  
   7051-0015   For operating funds to distribute food for the Massachusetts emergency food assistance program 836,000
 
 School Building Assistance - Engineering and Architectural Services  
   7052-0006   For grants and reimbursements to cities, towns, regional school districts, and counties under the provisions of chapter 645 of the acts of 1948 and chapter 70B of the General Laws, for: (a) educational, engineering, and architectural services for school districts, (b) surveys of school building needs and conditions, (c) matching stabilization fund payments, (d) costs of leasing buildings for vocational programs and originally equipping and furnishing such buildings for vocational programs, and (e) payments associated with admission to a regional school district 19,076
 
 School Lunch Program  
   7053-1909   For reimbursements to cities and towns for partial assistance in the furnishing of lunches to school children, including partial assistance in the furnishing of lunches to school children pursuant to chapter 538 of the acts of 1951, and for supplementing funds allocated for the special milk program; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, payments so authorized for partial assistance in the furnishing of lunches to school children shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the required state revenue match contained in Public Law 79-396, as amended, cited as the National School Lunch Act, and in the regulations implementing said act 5,426,986
 
 School Breakfast Program  
   7053-1925   For the school breakfast program, including outreach and expansion activities, to improve summer food programs during the summer school vacation period, including grants to public and non-public entities 2,266,575
 
 School Breakfast Program - Universal Eligibility  
   7053-1927   For a supplement to the federally funded school breakfast program, so called; provided, that all children in schools receiving funds under said program shall be provided free, nutritious breakfasts at no cost to them; provided further, that breakfast shall be served during regular school hours; and provided further, that participation shall be limited to those elementary schools mandated to serve breakfast pursuant to section 1C of chapter 69 of the General Laws where 60 per cent of the students are eligible for free or reduced priced meals under the federally funded school meals program 2,011,060
 
 Chapter 70 Payments to Cities and Towns  
   7061-0008   For school aid to cities, towns, regional school districts, counties maintaining agricultural schools, and independent vocational or agricultural and technical schools to be distributed pursuant to chapters 70 and 76 of the General Laws, as amended, and section 3 3,260,234,211
 
 Circuit Breaker - Reimbursement for Special Education Residential Schools  
   7061-0012   For reimbursements to school districts and direct payments to service providers for special education costs under the provisions of section 5A of chapter 71B of the General Laws 201,600,262
 
 Charter School Reimbursement  
   7061-9010   For reimbursements to certain cities, towns, and regional school districts pursuant to section 89 of chapter 71 of the General Laws; provided, that $12,400,000 shall be made available only upon passage of section 60 50,100,000
 
 Education Technology Program  
   7061-9200   For the education technology program 745,343
 
 Student and School Assessment  
   7061-9400   For student and school assessment 23,000,000
 
 MCAS Low-Scoring Student Support  
   7061-9404   For assistance and grants to cities, towns, regional school districts, and charter schools to provide academic support and remediation for the Massachusetts comprehensive assessment system examination 20,000,000
 
 Teacher Preparation and Certification  
   7061-9604   For teacher preparation, certification, and recertification 1,787,946
 
 Worcester Polytechnic Institute School of Excellence Program  
   7061-9612   For the school of excellence program at the Worcester polytechnic institute 1,199,231
 
 Alternative Education Grants  
   7061-9614   For alternative education grants 1,000,000
 
 Franklin Institute of Boston  
   7061-9619   For the purpose of funding the Benjamin Franklin institute of technology 1
 
 Gifted and Talented Children  
   7061-9621   For the administration of a grant program for gifted and talented school children 1,000,000
 
 Youth-Build Grants  
   7061-9626   For grants to and contracts with public and non-public entities certified by youth-build USA, to provide comprehensive education, training, and skills to economically disadvantaged young adults 1,200,000
 
 Mentoring Matching Grants  
   7061-9634   For matching grants to be administered by the department of education for the Massachusetts service alliance, so called, for public and private agencies with mentoring programs for the recruitment and training of mentors and for other supporting services including, but not limited to, academic support services; provided, that no funds shall be disbursed from this item to support a mentor relationship established in a prior fiscal year; and provided further, that in order to be eligible to receive funds from this item, such public or private agency shall provide a matching amount equal to $1 for every dollar disbursed from this item 287,000
 
Retained Revenues 
 
 MCAS Fees from Non-Public Students Retained Revenue  
   7061-9403   The department of education is hereby authorized to expend for the administration of the Massachusetts comprehensive assessment skills test to non-public school students an amount not to exceed $750,000 from fees collected from said students 750,000
 
Federal Grant Spending 925,374,168
 
 School Renovation Ideas and Technology - Distribution  
   7010-8888   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, School Renovation Ideas and Technology - Distribution 3,083,555
 
 Palms Phase II - Distribution  
   7010-9098   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Palms Phase II - Distribution 267,683
 
 Common Core Data Project  
   7010-9706   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Common Core Data Project 151,582
 
 Partnerships in Character Education  
   7027-0210   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Partnerships in Character Education 347,085
 
 High School Reform - Distribution  
   7027-4444   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, High School Reform - Distribution 400,000
 
 Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program - Distribution  
   7032-0217   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program - Distribution 993,935
 
 Massachusetts AIDS Education Program  
   7032-0228   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts AIDS Education Program 789,617
 
 Christa McAuliffe Fellowship Program - Administration  
   7033-9401   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Christa McAuliffe Fellowship Program - Administration 4,400
 
 Massachusetts State Improvement Grant Project Focus  
   7035-0020   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts State Improvement Grant Project Focus 1,127,245
 
 Even Start Family Literacy - Distribution  
   7035-0166   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Even Start Family Literacy - Distribution 3,875,562
 
 Comprehensive School Demonstration - Distribution  
   7035-0176   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Comprehensive School Demonstration - Distribution 6,917,975
 
 Advanced Placement Fee Payment Program  
   7035-0210   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Advanced Placement Fee Payment Program 72,854
 
 Special Education Distribution and Technical Assistance  
   7035-6666   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Special Education Distribution and Technical Assistance 7,662
 
 Adult Basic Education - Distribution  
   7038-0107   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Adult Basic Education - Distribution 12,544,174
 
 School-Based Programs - Distribution  
   7038-9004   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, School-Based Programs - Distribution 447,984
 
 Learn and Serve America Community - Higher Education and Schools Partnership  
   7038-9008   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Learn and Serve America Community - Higher Education and Schools Partnership 423,850
 
 Refugee Children School Impact Grant Program  
   7038-9748   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Refugee Children School Impact Grant Program 329,953
 
 Title I Grants to Local Education Agencies  
   7043-1001   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Title I Grants to Local Education Agencies 236,875,389
 
 Reading First  
   7043-1002   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Reading First 16,708,581
 
 Migrant Education  
   7043-1004   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Migrant Education 1,789,482
 
 Title I Neglected and Delinquent Children  
   7043-1005   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Title I Neglected and Delinquent Children 1,725,138
 
 Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting  
   7043-2001   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting 52,896,249
 
 Enhancing Education through Technology  
   7043-2002   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Enhancing Education through Technology 11,432,305
 
 Title I Math and Science Partnerships  
   7043-2003   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Title I Math and Science Partnerships 2,083,181
 
 English Language Acquisition  
   7043-3001   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, English Language Acquisition 9,771,769
 
 Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities  
   7043-4001   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities 6,863,238
 
 After School Learning Centers  
   7043-4002   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, After School Learning Centers 21,991,344
 
 Community Service for Expelled and Suspended Students  
   7043-4003   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Community Service for Expelled and Suspended Students 500,000
 
 Innovative Education Program  
   7043-5001   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Innovative Education Program 7,082,626
 
 Grants for State Assessments and Related Activities  
   7043-6001   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Grants for State Assessments and Related Activities 13,018,834
 
 Rural and Low-Income Schools  
   7043-6002   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Rural and Low-Income Schools 150,000
 
 Education for Homeless Children and Youth  
   7043-6501   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Education for Homeless Children and Youth 1,102,672
 
 Special Education Grants  
   7043-7001   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Special Education Grants 257,913,531
 
 Vocational Education Basic Grants  
   7043-8001   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Vocational Education Basic Grants 19,000,000
 
 Technical Preparation Education  
   7043-8002   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Technical Preparation Education 1,709,756
 
 Teacher Quality Enhancement Partnerships  
   7043-9001   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Teacher Quality Enhancement Partnerships 610,228
 
 Transition to Teaching  
   7043-9002   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Transition to Teaching 600,000
 
 Perkins Vocational Education  
   7043-9126   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Perkins Vocational Education 30,744
 
 New Project Focus  
   7044-0020   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, New Project Focus 1,119,153
 
 Advanced Placement Fee  
   7044-0210   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Advanced Placement Fee 630,000
 
 Special Assistance Funds  
   7053-2112   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Special Assistance Funds 163,000,000
 
 Child Care Program  
   7053-2117   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Child Care Program 52,639,508
 
 Temporary Emergency Food Assistance  
   7053-2126   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Temporary Emergency Food Assistance 920,000
 
 Special Summer Food Service Program for Children  
   7053-2202   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Special Summer Food Service Program for Children 5,118,506
 
 Office of School Lunch Programs - Child Care Program Administration  
   7062-0008   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Office of School Lunch Programs - Child Care Program Administration 1,880,412
 
 Charter Schools Assistance - Distribution  
   7062-0017   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Charter Schools Assistance - Distribution 4,306,406
 
 Career Resource Network State Grant  
   7062-0019   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Career Resource Network State Grant 120,000
 
Trust and Other Spending 3,609,273
 
   7010-0021   Education Research Trust Fund 18,009
 
   7010-0024   Department of Education Conference Account 20,000
 
   7010-2901   Administration and Cost Allocation for Central Services 1,200,000
 
   7010-4201   Litigation Settlement Fund 40,000
 
   7010-5001   John F. Monbouquette Memorial Education Fund 4,000
 
   7010-5400   Green Schools Specialist Renewable Energy 190,969
 
   7010-8700   Massachusetts Empowering Educators with Technology 352,300
 
   7044-0021   State Action for Educational Leadership 134,800
 
   7044-9005   Living Democracy Program 36,975
 
   7053-2101   School Lunch Distribution 1,612,220