Osceola earns $5.7 million in Race To The Top funds

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Osceola earns $5.7 million in Race To The Top funds

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Wednesday, 12 January 2011 00:00

The Osceola County School District is among 13 additional school districts that have been awarded Race to the Top funds from the Florida Department of Education.
The Osceola School District will receive $5.7 million, bringing the total number of districts receiving full approval of their Race to the Top grant to 24, with the combined amount of funding awarded now at more than $65 million throughout the state.
In August, 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 district students.
“We have already begun the tremendous amount of work ahead of us to improve our education system while maintaining a clear focus on what is best for Osceola County,” Superintendent Michael A. Grego said. “Through the Race for the Top process, I am confident that we will continue to be leaders in the state for quality schools.”