HCPS FL Logo Curriculum and Instruction
Action Item
DATE: Tuesday, April 5, 2011
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
Approve Quick Response Training Grant Application Submissions by the Workforce and Continuing Education Department and, if Approved, Accept Grant Funds, 2011/2012 (Curriculum and Instruction Division)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

We request approval to submit Quick Response Training grant applications to Workforce Florida, Inc. for the 2011/2012 school year to obtain grant funds to provide for start-up and upgrade training for relocating or expanding businesses.  These grants support the district's continuing commitment to enhance economic development.  Applications are developed in concert with the Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corporation and the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce.

Florida Statute 288.047 (3) established the Quick Response Training Program in 1993, to meet the workforce skill needs of new or expanding businesses.   Florida's Quick Response Training Grant is a three-party partnership among Workforce Florida, Inc., the company, and the designated local education agency (LEA), which serves as a fiscal agent.  Since Aparicio-Levy Technical Center may serve as the local training provider, Hillsborough County Public Schools is the appropriate LEA.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
• Challenge and support all students with an appropriate curriculum
FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted:  No)

Approximate funds of $800,000 support the cost of specialized training for each company for a 24-month period.  The district retains five percent of the total grant award for serving as the fiscal agent.   Additionally, grant funds pay for training provided to the company's employees.

EVALUATION

Performance evaluation measures are determined by Workforce Florida, Inc.   The results of the evaluation are shared with all stakeholders.

SUBMITTED BY:  Susan M. Miller, Director, Workforce and Continuing Education
Wynne A. Tye   Gretchen Saunders
Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction
(813) 272-4221
  Chief Business Officer
(813) 272-4270
    A 5.08
Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20110405_457 (Board Meeting) * Section A Item# 5.08