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Action Item
DATE: Tuesday, September 29, 2015
TO: School Board Members
FROM: Jeff Eakins, Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
Approve the Agreement for Technical Services with Prismatic Services, Inc. for the Evaluation of the Learning for Life Continuation Grant Project (Information and Technology Division)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This agreement is required to meet the evaluation requirement of the Learning for Life grant. Prismatic Services has been selected to serve as a third-party project evaluator based on responses to the Request for Proposal (RFP) 11143-DST Program Evaluation Services. The RFP process provides an opportunity for all interested evaluators to apply as potential Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) program evaluation providers.

Learning for Life purpose is to support, enhance, and improve student performance levels of at-risk, low performing students. This agenda item approves evaluator services for the annual grant program for the 2015/2016 school year in compliance with funding agency requirements. Grant evaluation services include data analyses, quarterly reports, and a comprehensive annual performance report evaluation.

Executive Summary continued on Attachment A.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
• Challenge and support all students with an appropriate curriculum
FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted:  Yes)
The cost for this external evaluation is $12,000. Funds in the amount of $12,000 will be available in the Learning for Life grant project. The expenditure amount of $ 12,000 reflects less than 5 percent of the total budget for this program.  For tracking purposes, the project number specific to the Learning for Life grant is 2793. The district was awarded $265,813 for the implementation of the Learning for Life grant project.
EVALUATION
Four quarterly reports and a final evaluation report will be submitted to the district.
SUBMITTED BY:  Samuel R. Whitten, Director, Assessment and Accountability
Anna L. Brown, Ed.D.   Gretchen Saunders
Chief Information and Technology Officer
(813) 272-4600
  Chief Business Officer
(813) 272-4270
    A 6.30
Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20150929_701 (Board Meeting) * Section A Item# 6.30