The Programs Committee of the TIF Board met today, and in my WG report I referred to the final draft of the needs assessment we received this week from the UNT team. John Collins, who is the committee chair, said he had read the draft (he's on the Library WG email list and he does read the mail!) and thinks it will be a very valuable resource for the Board. He urged Board members to take the time to review it.
A researcher from UT presented a preliminary report on the needs assessment done for K-12 and for health care. John Collins drew several comparisons between aspects in the UNT and the UT reports. Although not due until early November, the Higher Ed WG report included their summary recommendations for grant programs. Assuming they are allocated $21M (as in FY02): $2.5M for the education intranet (each WG would chip in to fund it) $2.5M for competitive grants for partnerships with school districts (I believe to improve teaching) $16M for non-competitive grants (Carol McDonald specifically mentioned distance learning and libraries) John said that the Board has not discussed the FY03 allocations, and he assumes that will happen tomorrow. I'll let you know. Bob Gaines --------------------------------------------- "Reply-To" replies to sender To post, send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Include in body: unsubscribe tif-lwg Archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/tif-lwg%40ctls.net/
