Approve the Interlocal Agency Agreement with Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners Head Start/Early Head Start Program for Participation as a Delegate in the Head Start Program for Funding Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) (Student Services and Federal Programs Division)

We request approval of the Interlocal Agency Agreement with Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners Head Start/Early Head Start Program and the Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) Head Start Program. HCPS Head Start Program has been granted dollars from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Due to the ARRA dollars, the District program increased its enrollment by 53 students, making a program enrollment total of 1,812 students. These dollars will continue to be used in support of the two new expansion classrooms, one at Riverview Elementary with 20 students, and the other at Mango Elementary with 18 students. In addition to the two new classrooms, three students will be added at Gibsonton, Potter, and Sulphur Springs Elementary Schools. Six students will be added (three per classroom) to Lanier Elementary, which has increased five classrooms from 17 to 20 students per classroom. This interlocal agreement is in effect September 30, 2010 through September 29, 2011. See attached list of the 2010/2011 Head Start school sites.

* Align financial resources to support the district’s strategic goals

The total expansion funding of $354,634 is federal flow-through dollars from the Board of County Commissioners, Head Start/Early Head Start and contracted to the HCPS Head Start Program. All funds are expended for the operation of the Head Start Program for services provided to eligible children and families.

Financial statements are audited by the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners, Head Start/Early Head Start, as prescribed by law. Federal funding for the HCPS Head Start Program flows through the Grantee, Hillsborough County Head Start/Early Head Start. There is no district generated revenue used for this program.