connect kids transportation grants program
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YORK PARKS 2020
Connect Kids: Transportation Grant Program
A bus transportation grant program connecting New York public school children with nature and New York State history by providing reimburse-ment grants to public schools for visits to a New York State park, nature center or historic site, or
a Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Environmental Education Center for a special guided educational program OR self-guid-ed field trip at a NYS Parks or historic site (DEC centers not included in self-guided option).
nysparks.com
Available to classrooms in Title 1 schools across the state. Each classroom is eligible to one transportation grant per academic year.
Grants are available on a first come, first served basis and will reimburse bus costs, tolls, the fee for the bus to enter into the park or historic site (the bus fee is waived for 4th Grade classes in 2016) and any program fees up to $750 per classroom.
For more information contact: [email protected].
Grant Program open on July 1, 2016
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