MANASOTA & PEACE RIVER BBDs Meeting Notebook 10-21-09.docx

P259
Youth Water Resources Education
mini-grants were completed, impacting more than 94,000 students. Water resources education program agreements
with 12 separate school boards impacted more than 103,000 students and teachers. The 17 teacher workshops
involved 318 teachers who will reach more than 45,000 students per year. More than 921,000 pieces of youth
education materials were distributed to students and teachers throughout the District. In FY2008, the Youth Education
Section continued its three-year program evaluation to determine successful program elements, to identify ways to
improve impact and to develop effective ways to impart behavior change. The three-year evaluation will conclude in
FY2010.
District Budgeted - Ad Valorem Based
Revenue
010 General Fund (Districtwide) 205,535 0 58,197 58,895
0 322,627
011 Alafia River Basin 426,778 0 70,467 69,444
0 566,689
013 Hillsborough River Basin 911,257 0 140,833 211,328 50,000 1,313,418
014 Northwest Hillsborough Basin 420,682 0 68,191
0
0 488,873
015 Coastal Rivers Basin 425,923 0 69,096 71,115
0 566,134
016 Pinellas-Anclote River Basin 2,115,711 0 269,993 274,432
0 2,660,136
019 Withlacoochee River Basin 420,451 0 68,355 69,571
0 558,377
020 Peace River Basin 1,087,312 0 209,130 215,064
0 1,511,506
021 Manasota Basin 572,406 0 100,493 102,236
0 775,135
District Budgeted - Outside Revenue
Hillsborough - Youth & Water Rstr Edu
(P259)
Prior
Funding
Cumulative FY 2009 FY2010
Transfers Funding Funding
0 0 0 50,000
Total:
Future
Funding
0
Total
Funding
50,000
$8,812,895
Critical Project Milestones Projected Amended Actual
FY2009 Budgeted Funds
Program commence for school board agreements 8/1/08 8/1/08
Mini-grants selected 10/15/08 10/10/08
Mini-grant projects complete 5/30/09 5/29/09
School board agreement program complete 7/30/09 7/30/09
Final reports submitted to District 8/30/09 8/30/09
FY2010 Budgeted Funds
Program commence for school board agreements 8/3/09 8/28/09 8/28/09
Mini-grants selected 10/16/09
Mini-grant projects complete 5/29/10
School board agreement program complete 7/30/10
Final reports submitted to District 8/31/10
Status As Of: September 10, 2009
Outreach: (1) Youth education staff coordinated a field trip to the Weekiwachee Preserve for 125 students from the Boys
and Girls Club of Hernando County on August 5. The children had an opportunity to participate in a guided hike and
watershed education exercises as well as learn about water quality monitoring and land management techniques. (2) On
August 18, staff attended the Lake Wales Charter School Health Fair to distribute Splash! mini-grant and District
recreation information to approximately 400 Polk County teachers. (3) Staff presented information about District
resources to 15 teachers at the Pinellas Secondary Science Planning Day on August 21. Mini-grants: The Splash!
mini-grant program for the 2009-2010 school year, available at WaterMatters.org/mini-grants, received 209 applications.
The deadline for teachers to submit their applications was September 11, 2009. Applications are currently under review
for funding consideration. Notification of Splash! mini-grant awards are completed by October 16. School Board
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