Press Release from Florida Department of Education:
Five additional school districts have been awarded Race to the Top funds. This brings the total number of districts receiving full approval of their Race to the Top grant to 29, with the combined amount of funding awarded now at more than $90 million. A list of the districts and their award amounts is below.
About Race to the Top Funds
In August 2010, Florida won $700 million in funding through the federal Race to the Top competition. Half of the funds will be distributed to approved school districts to carry out locally developed education reform plans. The other half of the funding is being used by the state to develop a broad array of programs and strategies that will directly aid ALL school districts in areas such as: improving their lowest performing schools; recognizing and rewarding their highly effective teachers; and increasing the academic achievement of all students.
Approved Districts as of 1/7/11
Alachua 4,046,903.00
Brevard 7,390,533.00
Calhoun 299,708.00
Charlotte 1,412,966.00
Citrus 1,931,206.00
Clay 1,815,553.00
Columbia 1,305,032.00
DeSoto 1,103,395.00
Gulf 222,580.00
Hendry 1,335,209.00
Holmes 509,299.00
Jefferson 241,837.00
Lake 4,057,975.00
Lee 9,089,305.00
Leon 3,445,701.00
Madison 561,440.00
Manatee 5,135,604.00
Monroe 683,580.00
Okaloosa 2,624,989.00
Osceola 5,754,457.00
Pasco 8,581,573.00
UF – P.K. Yonge 67,045.00
Putnam 2,292,080.00
Sarasota 3,509,769.00
Seminole 4,931,174.00
St. Lucie 4,949,987.00
Sumter 1,050,485.00
Volusia 11,695,193.00
Washington 500,170.00