A second round of dropout prevention grants were awarded this week. (I have written about the first round of grants here and here, and I have responded to weak criticism of those reports here.)

A number of Democratic legislators filed bills in 2007 and 2008 to get funding for organizations that were recently awarded dropout prevention grants. Here are the details:

Grantee: ADLA, Inc.
Dropout Grant: $149,745
Bill: HB 1941 (2007)
Sponsor(s): Bell
Amount Requested in Bill: $200,000

Grantee: Together Transforming Lives, Inc.
Dropout Grant: $150,000
Bill: Senate DRS55088-LG-168 (2007)
Sponsor(s): Jones
Amount Requested in Bill: $16,000

Grantee: Hobgood Citizen Group, Inc.
Dropout Grant: $53,793
Bill: SB 501 (2007)
Sponsor(s): Jones
Amount Requested in Bill: $5,000

Grantee: OIC, Inc.
Dropout Grant: $139,494
Bill: HB 1925 (2007)
Sponsor(s): Farmer‑Butterfield, Bryant; Carney, Fisher, Hall, Martin, and Parmon
Amount Requested in Bill: $3 million

Grantee: Sacred Pathways
Dropout Grant: $92,452
Bill: HB 2161 (2008)
Sponsor(s): Sutton
Amount Requested in Bill: $50,000

I’ll have more to say about the dropout prevention grants in the near future.