Numerous studies and reports, as A Report by the Joint Economic Committee Chairman’s Staff Senator Bob Casey, Chairman, 2012, show American students test scores in STEM subject matter lag behind their counterparts around the globe. For students who are members of vulnerable populations, as inner city residents and homeless, for example, the gap is markedly wider.
This agreement provides funding to FSU to provide the SSTRIDE Program at Jones High and Memorial Middle Schools. The program's curriculum is calculated to improve students' competencies in the STEM areas. The program has a twenty year track record of success as evidenced by the hundreds of students who go on to enroll in four colleges and universities after completing SSTRIDE.
This agreement provides $135,000 over two years to FSU for the program, which will be made in two payments: the first year's payment will be for Sixty Five Thousand Dollars and the second year's payment will be for $70,000.00. Additionally, FSU representatives are committed to obtaining alternate funding beyond 2016, when funding by the City has been completed. The FSU Funding Agreement for the SSTRIDE program, Exhibits and the Fiscal impact Statement are attached.