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DECAL requests $100,000 for summer meals startup grants and $7.4 million to finish pre-K teacher salary parity
Summary
The Department of Early Care and Learning asked the committee to carry over one-time funding to expand summer meals outreach and to add $7.4 million to fully move Georgia pre-K teachers to the state k-12 salary schedule.
Commissioner Jacobs, presenting DECAL budget amendments, told the committee the agency seeks a $100,000 addition for the Happy Helpings summer food service program and a $7.4 million increase to complete salary parity for Georgia pre-K teachers.
On the summer meals item, Jacobs described startup grants for nonprofit sponsors: "This allows us to provide about a maximum of $10,000 in grants to individual nonprofits, to sign on to serve meals throughout the summer to school age children." She told the…
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