Evaluation of Amendment #1 of the Contract between Hillsborough County School Readiness Coalition, Inc. and Early Childhood School Readiness Programs (Student Services and Federal Programs Division)

On May 6, 2006, the School Board approved Agenda Item E5.12 with Hillsborough County School Readiness Coalition, Inc. and Early Childhood School Readiness Program. The contract was effective July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006, and provided funding for the early education and child care services for approximately 12,781 children from income eligible families in 162 school readiness child care facilities. Amendment #1 was executed late in the fiscal year and provided additional funding to assure all of the enrolled children received services through June 30, 2006. The 2005-2006 Monitoring Report for the Hillsborough County School Readiness Program is the evaluation tool for this contract and is attached along with our letter of response. The Monitoring Report summary states, “There are no major areas of concern to address as a result of this site visit. Other areas noted are of a minor nature and are reflected in the recommendations.”

Goal 5 – The district will eliminate the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) achievement gap by a minimum of 10 percentage points as reported by No Child Left Behind.

The increase of $2,288,111 to the original contract amount of $45,501,073 was used for direct early education and child care services for children enrolled in the program at that time. These federal/state funds were channeled from the State of Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation, Office of Early Learning to the Hillsborough County School Readiness Coalition, Inc., doing business as the Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County and ultimately to Hillsborough County Public Schools, School Readiness Programs. No district funds were part of this contract.

No evaluation will be conducted due to contract cancellation.