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Education Excellence Fund (EEF) is a grant from the Louisiana Department of Education that funds educational excellence initiatives for local education agencies across the state. Established in 1999 through the Louisiana Millennium Trust using tobacco settlement proceeds, the EEF distributes funds to eligible LEAs based on student enrollment — 85% of the appropriation flows through enrollment-based allocations.
The fund is governed by Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:98. 1–39:98. 5, which restricts all expenditures to activities supporting excellence in educational practice.
Public school districts and local education agencies in Louisiana are the primary eligible recipients.
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Education Excellence Fund (EEF) Education Excellence Fund (EEF) In 1999, the Louisiana State Legislature created the Millennium Trust to provide for the disposition of proceeds from the tobacco settlement. The same legislation that created the Millennium Trust, Louisiana Revised Statute (LRS) 39:98. 1 - 39:98.
5, also established the Education Excellence Fund (EEF) as a component of the Millennium Trust. The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) is responsible for providing the appropriations and oversight of monies from the Education Excellence Fund with the specific purpose of ensuring that all expenditures are used to support “excellence in educational practice.
” The Department distributes funds to eligible local education agencies based on student enrollment: 85% of the appropriation is distributed to local school systems and charter schools based on the number of students in the most recent Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) Budget Letter. 15% of the appropriation is distributed to approved non-public schools based on the number of students as reported for the previous school year.
Education Excellence Fund (EEF) Guidance Documents Louisiana Revised Statute (LRS) 39:98. 1 - 39:98. 5 §98.
1. Creation of Funds §98. 2.
Investment of Millennium Trust §98. 3. Appropriations from the Health Excellence Fund, the Education Excellence Fund, and the TOPS Fund §98.
4. Louisiana Fund §98. 5.
Millennium Leverage Fund Eligible recipients of EEF funds are: Local Educational Agencies (public school districts, including city school districts) Louisiana Special Schools Brumfield vs. Dodd (approved non-public schools and diocese) The Millennium Trust statutes specifically establish that: Each recipient shall annually prepare and submit to the LDOE a prioritized plan for the expenditure of funds it expects to receive in the coming year from EEF.
This plan shall include performance expectations that ensure accountability in the expenditure of such monies. LDOE has the responsibility of ensuring that the plans comply with the aforementioned requirements and that the expenditure plans support “excellence in education. ” No funds may be distributed to any school system until its plan has been approved by the Department and by the appropriate standing committees of the legislature.
1. Monies appropriated shall be restricted to expenditures for pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade instructional enhancements for students, including: Early childhood education programs focused on enhancing the preparation of at-risk children for school.
Remedial instruction and assistance to children who fail to achieve the required scores on any tests, passage of which are required pursuant to state law or rule for advancement to a succeeding grade.
Other educational programs approved by the legislature, such as: Parental / Family Involvement Personnel Certification and Professional Development School Accountability and Improvement School and Community Support Student Standards and Assessments 2.
The legislation prohibits the use of any monies from the Education Excellence Fund for the following purposes: Expenditures for maintenance or renovation of buildings, Capital improvements, and Increases in employees' salaries. 3. Recipients are prohibited from using EEF funds to supplant any state general fund or locally generated revenue.
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Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education & Human Resources (IUSE: EHR) Program is sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF). This program promotes novel, creative, and transformative approaches to generating and using new knowledge about STEM teaching and learning to improve STEM education for undergraduate students. It supports projects that bring recent advances in STEM knowledge into undergraduate education, adapt, improve, and incorporate evidence-based practices, and lay the groundwork for institutional improvement in STEM education. Professional development for instructors to ensure adoption of new and effective pedagogical techniques is a potential topic of interest.
The National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program (NLG-L) supports projects that address critical needs of the library and archives fields and have the potential to advance practice and strengthen library and archival services for the American public. Successful proposals will generate results such as new models, tools, research findings, services, practices, and/or alliances that can be widely used, adapted, scaled, or replicated to extend and leverage the benefits of federal investment. Applications to IMLS should both advance knowledge and understanding and ensure that the federal investment made generates benefits to society. Specifically, the goals for this program are to generate projects of far-reaching impact that: • Build the workforce and institutional capacity for managing the national information infrastructure and serving the information and education needs of the public. • Build the capacity of libraries and archives to lead and contribute to efforts that improve community well-being and strengthen civic engagement. • Improve the ability of libraries and archives to provide broad access to and use of information and collections with emphasis on collaboration to avoid duplication and maximize reach. • Strengthen the ability of libraries to provide services to affected communities in the event of an emergency or disaster. • Strengthen the ability of libraries, archives, and museums to work collaboratively for the benefit of the communities they serve. Throughout its work, IMLS places importance on diversity, equity, and inclusion. This may be reflected in an IMLS-funded project in a wide range of ways, including efforts to serve individuals of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds; individuals with disabilities; individuals with limited functional literacy or information skills; individuals having difficulty using a library or museum; and underserved urban and rural communities, including children from families with incomes below the poverty line. Application Process: The application process for the NLG-L program has two phases; applicants must begin by applying for Phase I. For Phase I, all applicants must submit Preliminary Proposals by the September 20th deadline listed for this Notice of Funding Opportunity. For Phase II, only selected applicants will be invited to submit Full Proposals, and only those Invited Full Proposals will be considered for funding. Invited Full Proposals will be due March 20, 2024. Funding Opportunity Number: NLG-LIBRARIES-FY24. Assistance Listing: 45.312. Funding Instrument: G. Category: AR,HU. Award Amount: $50K – $1M per award.
The California Department of Education (CDE) Early Education Division is making approximately .7 million available to expand California State Preschool Program (CSPP) services statewide, appropriated under the 2021 Budget Act. Eligible applicants are local educational agencies (LEAs), including school districts, county offices of education, community college districts, and direct-funded charter schools—both current CSPP contractors and new applicants. Funding supports full-day/full-year or part-day/part-year preschool services for income-eligible children beginning in FY 2024–25. Awards are allocated by county based on Local Planning Council priority areas and application scores, with redistribution provisions if county allocations are underutilized.