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RESOLUTION
SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
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WI�REAS, the City of Saint Paul and Mayor Christopher B. Coleman place a high priority on early childhood education and
supports an Eazly Education Initiative; and
WHEREAS, the plamung phase of St. Paul's Early Education initiative involves mapping and assessing the network of eazly
education and caze centexs, and establishing mechanisms to help piactitioners identify ways to incxease quality of progams,
establishing a pilot preschool scholarship program and aiding parenu in identifying elemenu of a quality program; and
WF�REAS, the Minnesota Eazly Leazning Foundarion has agreed to work with the City to establish an Eazly Education
Scholarslup program targeting low-income families to improve the quality of eazly education experiences; and
WI�EREAS, the Minnesota Eazly Learning Foundation Boazd of D'uectors has awarded a$75,000 plazming grant to the City of
Saint Paul for these iniriatives; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor pursuant to Section 10.071 of the Charter of the City of Saint Paul, does certify that there aze available
for appropriation funds of $75,000 in excess of those estixnated in the 2006 budget; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor recommends that the following addition be made to the 2006 budget:
O50 - Special Projects General Govemment Fund CURRENT AMENDED
FINANCING PLAN BUDGET CHANGES BL3DGET
30118 Barly Childhood Education Pxogcam
6970 Private Crrants 0 75 000 75,000
Total Changes to Financing 75,0�0
SPENDING PLAN
30118 Eazly Childhood Education Program
0114 Full-rime Appointed Salaries
0439 Fringe Benefits
Total Changes to Spending
56,912 56,912
18 088 18,088
75,000
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Saim Paul City Council accepts tlris contriburion by the Minnesota Eazly Learning
Poundation and approves the changes to the 2006 budget.
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The Saint Paul City Council accepts the $75,000.00 contriburion by the Minneosta Eazly Leaming Foundation to be used by the City to
target low income families to improve the quality of eazly education experiences.
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Fundins source: Grant from MN Eady Activity Number. GL-0503011&6970 Financing Plan
Financial Intormation: Leaming Found2tion
(Expiain) Spending Plan GL-O50-30118-0114-0439
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Minnesota Early Learning Foundation
2233 University Avenue Suite 424
St. Paul, Minnesota 55114
(651)287-9005
September 27, 2006
The Honorable Christopher B. Coleman
City of St. Paul
390 City Hall
15 West Kellogg Boulevazd
Saint Pau1, MN 55102
Dear Mayor Coleman:
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I am pleased to inform you that the Minnesota Eazly Leaming Foundation Boazd of Directors, at its
meeting on September 8, 2006, approved a planning grant of $75,000 for the city of Saint Paul. The
purpose of this funding is to support the planning phase of St. Paul's Eazly Education Initiauve. Funds aze to
be used to plan and coordinate the following activities:
➢ Map and assess the nerivork of early educarion and care centers that already exist
➢ Establish mechanism(s) to help practitioners identify ways to increase quality of their progams
and aid pazents in identifying elements of a quality program through pilot of a quality rating
system
➢ Work with MELF to establish an Eazly Education Scholarship program in a Saint Paul
neighborhood. The program will target low-income families allowing them to send their chlldren
to quality eazly education experiences of their choice and to receive mentoring
➢ Other mutually agreed activities
A check for $75,000 is enclosed. As we understand the term of this grant to be through October 31, 2007,
please submit a Final Project Report, including all requested materials, by December 31, 2007. The
report will help us determine the effectiveness of this grant.
On behalf of the Minnesota Eazly Leaming Foundation, we are very pleased to be able to work with you
on developing an eazly childhood initiative for Saint Paul.
Chief Executive Officer
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