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Action Item
DATE: Tuesday, February 3, 2015
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
Approve the Memorandum of Understanding By and Between St. Petersburg College Board of Trustees and The School Board of Hillsborough County, Florida for the Tampa Bay Educational Partnership
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) values its relationship with post-secondary institutions in the Tampa Bay area. Over the past several years, the school district has worked collaboratively with St. Petersburg College (SPC). The annual memorandum of understanding (MOU) serves to further enhance and expand the collaboration through the administrative staff and the School Board of Hillsborough County.

The relationship built through this MOU will function as the link for research interests, communication of proposed projects, establishing networks, and facilitating contracts and grants opportunities. This coordinated approach will align strategies to provide comprehensive services that are mutually beneficial to HCPS, SPC, and to the community we both serve. Detailed responsibilities of each party are outlined in the MOU.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
All Strategic Objectives
FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted:  No)
The partnership will be entered into at no cost to the district.
EVALUATION
The efficacy of this partnership will be evaluated annually by HCPS and SPC to allow amendments to the scope of work and establish a continuation of the partnership to meet the evolving needs of each institution.
SUBMITTED BY: 
    Larry Sykes, Ed.D.

  Assistant Superintendent, Academic Support and Federal Programs
(813) 272-4879
    A 3.02
Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20150203_683 (Board Meeting) * Section A Item# 3.02