GATE Use of Funds
Use of Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) Funds.
Authorized Use of GATE Funds
- Professional development that focuses on meeting the needs
of advanced students (in-house, institutes, consultants, conferences).
- Professional development on differentiating curriculum for
mixed ability classrooms, cluster groups, part-time grouping,
or self-contained classes.
- Salaries and benefits for GATE specialists (pull-out teachers,
itinerant teachers, coordinators).
- Stipends for teachers who serve GATE students beyond contract
time (zero period, after school, before school, prep time).
- Administrative costs (GATE coordinator's salary and benefits,
or a prorated percentage of a person's salary based on the percentage
of time they devote to GATE).
- Indirect costs (limited to 3 percent).
- Stipends for a site liaison.
- Technology and software to support curriculum specifically
to meet the needs of the gifted students in accordance with
the district plan.
- Supplementary textbooks and supplies for honors and Advanced
Placement classes, self-contained GATE classrooms, cluster groups
or individual students, part-time groups.
- Participation in educational experiences appropriate for GATE
students, such as Odyssey of the Minds, Science Olympiad, Academic
Decathlon, even if some of the participating students are not
identified as GATE students.
- Testing materials and time used in the identification of gifted
students.
- Transportation and admission for study trips determined by
the district to be appropriate.
- Transportation to and from regularly scheduled classes or
seminars.
- Scholarships for gifted students to attend special events
or classes.
- Summer activities appropriate for GATE students.
Unauthorized Use of GATE Funds
- Salaries and benefits for teachers of self-contained GATE
classrooms, honors classes, and Advanced Placement classes that
meet during the teacher's regular contract day.
- Basic textbooks and supplies generally provided to all students.
- Equipment and special supplies that are intended for use by
the whole school.
