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Overview
The Louisiana State Legislature created the Millennium Trust in 1999 to provide for the disposition of proceeds from the tobacco settlement. The same legislation that created the Millennium Trust, Louisiana Revised Statute (LRS) 39:98.1-98.5, also established the Education Excellence Fund (EEF) as a component of the Millennium Trust. The legislation that created the EEF includes programmatic and procedural restrictions concerning the distribution and use of these funds. Each recipient school or school system must submit to the Louisiana Department of Education (LDE) a "prioritized plan for the expenditure of funds it expects to receive in the coming year from the Education Excellence Fund.” The LDE is responsible for the distribution of EEF monies in accordance with a legislatively established funding formula. No funds may be distributed to any school or school system until its expenditure plan has been reviewed and approved by the LDE and by the appropriate standing committees of the legislature.
The School and District Performance section is responsible for reviewing all expenditure plans to ensure that "they support excellence in educational practice" and to determine whether they comply with certain programmatic and procedural guidelines established by the Legislature:
1. Monies appropriated shall be restricted to expenditure for prekindergarten through twelfth grade instructional enhancements for students, including early childhood education programs focused on enhancing the preparation of at-risk children for school; remedial instruction and assistance to children who fail to achieve the required scores on any tests, passage of which is required pursuant to state law or rule for advancement to a succeeding grade; or other educational programs approved by the legislature.
2. The legislation prohibits the use of any monies from the Education Excellence Fund for expenditures for maintenance or renovation of buildings, capital improvements, and increases in employees' salaries.
3. Recipients are prohibited from using EEF monies to supplant any state general fund dollars or locally generated revenue.
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Summer 2009 Education Excellence Funds Expenditure Plans
Forms for development of your 2009-2010 funding cycle Expenditure Plan are linked below. Expenditure Plans must be received in the LDE no later than close of business on Friday, July 10, 2009.
Expenditure Plan Guide for Recipients of the Education Excellence Fund (EEF) 2009-2010.
Education Excellence Fund Expenditure Plan Guide 2009-2010
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