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Action Item
DATE: Tuesday, June 10, 2014
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
Approve Renewal Agreements for Educational Services with Building Trades Apprenticeship/Preapprenticeship Committees, Aparicio-Levy Technical Center and Learey Technical Center, 2014/2015 (Curriculum and Instruction Division)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
We request approval of the renewal of Agreements for Educational Services to continue to provide training for 15 building trades apprenticeship committees and two preapprenticeship committees.

For more than 22 years, the district has had active educational agreements with the building trades apprenticeship committees for adult job training programs.  During the 2013/2014 school year, approximately 830 apprentices attended classes through Aparicio-Levy and Learey Technical Centers.

The apprenticeship committees are compensated $2,000 for each Occupational Completion Point (OCP) earned the previous year by each program which has an established performance record for earning OCPs.  Only instructor wages will be reimbursed for the Structural Steel Preapprenticeship programs.  The contracted funds are used to cover instructor salaries/benefits; program promotion; instructional materials and supplies; equipment upgrade, replacement, and repair; other supervisory and administrative costs to include, but not limited to, lease expenses for classroom facilities and equipment, travel, mileage, conferences and professional meetings.

The funding amounts on the attached list of Educational Agreements are estimates as the final allocation will be based on 2013/2014 student completion data.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
• Challenge and support all students with an appropriate curriculum
FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted:  Yes)
Estimated funds of $1,464,880 will be included in the divisional general operating budget. The apprenticeship training programs generate Workforce Education funds that cover all district direct and indirect expenses for the programs.
EVALUATION
The quality of the programs is evaluated annually for compliance with the Florida Department of Education and the Federal Bureau of Apprenticeship Training.  Student achievement is evaluated by the number of OCPs earned.
SUBMITTED BY:  Warren S. Brooks, General Director, Career, Technical, and Adult Education
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 6.27
Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20140610_634 (Board Meeting) * Section A Item# 6.27