A.  A statement of objectives, explaining why the effort would be
socially significant
B.  An identification of the relevant stakeholders and how they would
be involved in the development process
C.  An analysis of the existing budgeting process, indicating key
decision points and opportunities for genuine public influence
D.  An analysis of legal constraints that limit the range of influence
the public (and perhaps even the school board) has over budgeting, as well
as any legal issues posed by the citizen input initiative itself

II.  Proposal

A.  A description and case statement on behalf of the specific
proposed application your team recommends.  This section should include a
statement of criteria by which you would argue the quality of an
e-democracy site should be judged, citing examples of best practices, and
an explanation how your proposed site would fulfill these criteria.  This
should include also a statement of those programming and design issues -
design of process as well as design of the site itself - that will have to
be further elaborated during the development cycle)
B.  A proposed time table for implementation
C.  A plan for moving the initiative to sustainability upon the
expiration of the requested three-year grant
D.  A plan for making the successes of this effort replicable in other
school districts on a national basis
E.  A proposed budget
F.  A statement concerning any additional research issues that need to
be pursued while bringing this project to fruition or that could be pursued
using the proposed web site as a tool.

Your team's required deliverables will include:

A.  A work plan, including a break down of work, preliminary assignments, a
statement of work processes, and a schedule of real-time on-line
deliberative sessions to facilitate the project (Friday, February 14)

B.  A preliminary draft of the grant proposal (Thursday, March 13)

C.  A final draft of the grant proposal (Tuesday, April 22)