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Department of Education
| Account | Description | FY07 GAA |
FY08 House 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7030-1002 | Kindergarten Expansion Grants For kindergarten expansion grants; provided, that any grant funds distributed from this item to cities, towns, or regional school districts 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, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary |
27,000,000 | 39,500,000 |
Increased funding for program expansion.
| SPENDING CATEGORY |
FY04 Expended |
FY05 Expended |
FY06 Expended |
FY07 Projected Spending |
FY08 House 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wages & Salaries | 101 | 113 | 78 | 151 | 151 |
| Pensions & Benefits | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Operating Expenses | 27 | 13 | 30 | 23 | 23 |
| Aid to Cities & Towns | 22,835 | 22,764 | 24,870 | 27,156 | 39,321 |
| TOTAL | 22,964 | 22,893 | 24,981 | 27,335 | 39,500 |
* FY07 Projected Spending includes the budget plus nearly $1 billion in spending from FY06 supplemental budgets.

| Account | Description |
June 2004 |
June 2005 |
June 2006 |
Jan. 2007 |
Projected FY08 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7030-1002 | Kindergarten Expansion Grants | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
* Figures represent full-time equivalents (FTEs) that paid from budgeted funds and are considered standard workforce.
* FY08 FTE figures are approximate and do not represent maximum allowable hires.