Hillsborough County Public Schools Student Services and Federal Programs
Action Item

DATE: Tuesday, August 19, 2008
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent

SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS

Approve Amendment #3 of the Contract With Hillsborough County School Readiness Coalition, Inc., Doing Business As the Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County Amending Contract #SR 01-08 (Student Services and Federal Programs Division)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This contract provided early education and child care services for approximately 10,957 children from income-eligible families in school readiness child care facilities. The term of the contract was July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008. Amendment #3 provides additional funding to reimburse child care providers for their services rendered through June 30, 2008. Amendment #3 was received in the Hillsborough County Public Schools – School Readiness Programs’ office July 30, 2008, from the Hillsborough County School Readiness Coalition, Inc.

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

Goal 5 - The District will eliminate the FCAT achievement gap by a minimum of 10 percentage points as reported by No Child Left Behind.

FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: Yes)

The additional $160,000 is allocated to pay for direct child care services (slot payments) for 480 children for June 2008. All the dollars are provided by federal funding to the Agency for Workforce Innovation Office of Early Learning, with an allocation made to the Hillsborough County School Readiness Coalition and, by virtue of a contractual agreement, passed to Hillsborough County Public Schools – Early Childhood School Readiness Programs.

EVALUATION

Each year the financial statements are audited by Hillsborough County School Readiness Coalition as prescribed by law. The funding for Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County is provided through federal dollars. The flow-through dollars are channeled by Agency for Workforce Innovations. School Readiness Program uses these funds to purchase child care in Hillsborough County. There is no district-generated revenue used for this purchase.

SUBMITTED BY: Beverly Wickson, Ed.D., Director, Early Childhood & HOST Programs

Gwendolyn L. Luney
Assistant Superintendent, Student Services and Federal Programs
(813) 272-4879
Gretchen Saunders
Chief Business Officer
(813) 272-4270
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