Student Services Action Item

DATE:	Tuesday, April 21, 2015
TO:	School Board Members
FROM:	Jeff Eakins, Acting Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
Approve the Agreement for Technical Services with Narcotics Overdose and Prevention Education (NOPE) of Hillsborough, Inc. to Provide a Narcotics Education Program in Secondary Schools Identified in the Project Prevent Grant (Student Services Division)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
NOPE is a local non-profit agency that provides high-impact prevention and educational presentations, as well as discussion forums for parents and students in our secondary schools.  As a component of Project Prevent, one of the district-awarded Now Is The Time initiatives, Hillsborough County Public Schools is expanding its partnership with NOPE to include additional parent presentations and leadership opportunities for students in order to cultivate a culture of awareness and prevention in the project schools surrounding the dangers and consequences of prescription drug abuse.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
All Strategic Objectives
FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted:  Yes)
Funding for this project will be paid from the Project Prevent Grant in the amount of $15,940.
EVALUATION
Program services are evaluated by the provider and a third party evaluator.
SUBMITTED BY:  Kristine Hensley, Supervisor, Student Services

Wynne A. Tye, Assistant Superintendent		Gretchen Saunders
Student Services (813) 273-7033		Chief Business Officer (813) 272-4270
		A 6.02
Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20150421_688 (Board Meeting) * Section A Item# 6.02