DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O.
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 248
October 10, 2008
INFORMATIONAL
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TO: |
Division
Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Patricia I.
Wright Superintendent
of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
Final Title
IV, Part A: Safe and |
The Virginia
Department of Education (VDOE) has recently received final information from the
U.S. Department of Education about the level of funding for the SDFSCA program
for 2008-09.
Total Allocation to
Governor's
Office (20 percent) $1,085,963.00
VDOE
(80 percent) $4,343,853.00
Of the $4,343,853.00
allocated to the VDOE, funds will be distributed as follows:
School
Divisions (93 percent)$4,039,783.29
VDOE
(7 percent) $ 304,069.71
Preliminary
funding information was provided to division SDFSCA coordinators as a part of their
technical assistance workshop on April 22, 2008.
The attached
table provides a listing by school division of the final Title IV, Part A
entitlements for 2008-09. The allocation
to the state decreased by 15.4 percent compared with 2007-08. However, most
school division allocations changed by a different percentage because of
changes in the division's K-12 enrollment and its Title I allocation.
Questions
regarding the Title IV, Part A program should be directed to Dr. Susan
FitzPatrick, grants & reports manager of the safe and drug-free schools
program, via e-mail Susan.Fitzpatrick@doe.virginia.gov
or telephone (804) 225-2897 or to Jo Ann Burkholder, safe and drug-free schools
program specialist, via e-mail Joann.Burkholder@doe.virginia.gov
or telephone (804)371-7586.
PIW/SAF/nc
Attachment
a. Title IV, Part A - Safe and Drug-free Schools Grant,
Final 2008-2009 LEA Funding Allocations (PDF)