Hillsborough County Public Schools Curriculum and Instruction
Action Item

DATE: Tuesday, March 18, 2008
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent

SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS

Approve Agreement for Technical Services with Sherrill O’Brien for FCAT TRANSCRIBING Activities, Visually Impaired Grant - $9,500 (Curriculum and Instruction Division)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The District Florida Instructional Materials Center for the Visually Impaired (FIMC-VI) assists the Florida Department of Education (DOE) by transcribing each individual student response from Braille into print for both the contracted and uncontracted Braille versions of the 2008 FCAT.

In collaboration with FIMC-VI, the consultant will transcribe the student answer documents from Braille into print of the FCAT Sunshine State Standards (SSS) for the Grade 10 Reading and Mathematics Retake Tests; for the Spring FCAT administration which will include the FCAT SSS Reading and Mathematics for Grades 3-8; Science for Grades 5 and 8; and Writing+ for Grades 4, 8, and 10. The consultant will also transcribe the student answer documents of the FCAT Norm-Referenced Tests (NRT) for Grades 3-10.

The contractor has successfully performed this function to the satisfaction of DOE and the FCAT contractors for the past seven years.

ANNUAL DISTRICT GOAL(S) AND CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S)

All District Goals and Critical Success Factors.

FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: Yes)

Funds of $9,500 are included in the divisional special revenue/federal programs budget, Project 1317 (Florida Instructional Materials Center – Visually Impaired).

EVALUATION

SUBMITTED BY: Wynne A. Tye, General Director, Exceptional Student Education
 Suzanne A. Dalton, Supervisor, Florida Instructional Materials Center for the Visually Impaired

Michael A. Grego, Ed.D.
Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction
(813) 272-4221
Gretchen Saunders
Chief Business Officer
(813) 272-4270
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