Budget

Budget Plan

|| __June 2010___ ||
 * Budget Period: || __June 2009___ __to__

Science Dept. Funds || $2,000.00 ||
 * **//__Expenditures__//** || **//__Funding Source__//** || **//__Estimated Cost__//** ||
 * **__Staffing__** ||  ||   ||
 * Salaries || Tennessee BOE || $720,000.00 ||
 * Stipends – the eight teachers || HP Cash award || $4,000.00 ||
 * (corporate and university sponsors) || NSF || $1,200.00 ||
 * Wages - reception and reading support || Title I A || $30,000.00 ||
 * Project planning || HP Cash award || $3,000.00 ||
 * **__Staff Development Costs__** ||  || ||
 * Site visits to other centers || NSF || $600.00 ||
 * Conference fees (science in tech) || HP Cash award || $2,000.00 ||
 * Training Courses (on-site) || Corporate sponsor || $800.00 ||
 * **__Research Resources__** || ISTE (HP Grant) || $4,800.00 ||
 * **__Contracted Services__** ||  || ||
 * Construction || NSF || $1,312,515.00 ||
 * Construction || School Bond || $3,062,535.00 ||
 * Maintenance || Discretionary Funds
 * **__Infrastructure, Technology, and Capital__** ||  || ||
 * Computer hardware || HP Grant || $59,600 ||
 * Computer Software || HP Grant || $59,600 ||
 * Maintenance (including upgrades) || HP Tech Support || 50 incidents prepaid $2,500 ||
 * Maintenance || E-Rate Title II, Part D || ||
 * Internet Lines || E-Rate Title II, Part D || ||
 * Office/School supplies || Title II, Part D || $20,000 ||

Tier Two HP Technical Support (50 incidents prepaid)

The salaries are based on a regular teacher’s salary for public schools (times eight), and the four administrators, median estimate for low-income urban area, (not taking into account seniority issues).

Five classes per day, median 30 students per class would equal approximately 150 students. The 2009 Annual School Construction Report stated, “The median high school provides 155 sq. ft per student at $29,167 for each student” (p. 5). That would put the cost of building an addition for 150 students at approximately $4,375,050. The National Science Foundation Program $1,312,515 can be used for cost sharing purposes, as 30% of the building budget. Supplemental funds will be provided through the Build America Bonds and School Bonds that are based on district size and poverty level. University and corporate sponsorship will also play a role in the funds provided for maintenance and staffing costs.

NSF funds may not be used for salary support for Federal employees of any kind.

The STC program is a national organization that builds community support for science research and education across the United States. The grant proposal requires biographies of all members, a liaison between the center and the National Network of STC Directors, an External Advisory Committee that will develop a charter and submit annual progress reports on the center’s progress toward the objectives and goals outlined in the proposal, and requires a 10 page project description detailing the functions and objectives of the plan. For the purposes of this project, we decided to look at the eligibility requirements and the center functionality requirements to create a structure for the HP classroom and equipment. The goal of the NSF center supported our objectives in the use of technology in science education. The NSF center provides a real-world goal for the use and integration of the HP classroom into the science curriculum.

The HP grant requires a two year commitment which coincides quite nicely with the NSF grant; however, much like the NSF grant, we did not complete all of the proposal requirements. We did not create a public webpage that described the project in their desired level of detail, nor did we create a five minute video documentary of the project. However, we did learn that the grants that provide the most money are often the ones with the most in-depth and extraordinary requirements.

Customized professional development funded by HP, provided by ISTE

E-rate will cover 90% of the costs in urban school districts. This coverage includes telecommunications wiring, network setup, installations and basic maintenance, basic phone, email, and Internet access. The remaining funds will be supplemented with the NSF grant given that the share cost is sufficiently low.

Abramson, P. (2009). Building for the future: 2009 school construction report, a supplement to school planning and management magazine. Available at: http://www.peterli.com/spm/pdfs/SPM-2009-02-SUPPLEMENT.pdf

U.S. Department of Treasury. (2009). Build America Bonds and School Bonds: Investing in our states, investing in our workers, investing in our kids. Available at: http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/tg81.htm

Bonds http://www.wcpss.net/faqs/579.html

Region 6 construction http://www.peterli.com/spm/pdfs/SPM-2009-02-SUPPLEMENT.pdf

Samples http://www.schoolgrants.org/proposal_samples.htm