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DECAL requests $100,000 for summer meal startup grants; seeks $7.4 million for pre-K teacher pay parity
Summary
Commissioner Jacobs of the Division of Early Care and Learning told the Education Budget Subcommittee the agency seeks $100,000 for startup grants to recruit nonprofit summer meal sponsors under the Happy Helpings program, $7.4 million to complete salary parity for Georgia pre-K teachers, and permission to use lottery funds to finish a new pre-K management system.
Commissioner Jacobs, representing the Division of Early Care and Learning (DECAL), told the Education Budget Subcommittee the agency's amended-budget requests include $100,000 for startup grants to recruit nonprofit sponsors for the summer meal program "Happy Helpings," $7.4 million to complete salary parity for Georgia pre-K teachers, and authority to use lottery funds to finish a new pre-K management system.
On the summer meals program, Jacobs said the one-time $100,000 would provide startup grants ‘‘about, a maximum of 10000 in grants to individual nonprofits, to sign on to serve meals throughout the summer to…
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