Approve Contract With Tampa Marine Institute - TMI

Tampa Marine Institute (TMI) provides a 240-day non-residential dropout prevention program for eligible students who are either under the supervision of the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) assigned through the change of placement process. Tampa Marine Institute (TMI) provides a 240-day non-residential dropout prevention program for 33 boys who have been adjudicated delinquent by the courts and are under the supervision of the Department of Juvenile Justice. TMI provides the facility and the personnel for the educational program, with support and oversight by the school district’s Youth Services program. The school district is required to pay private providers like TMI 90% of all FTE revenue earned and provide access to all applicable categorical funds.

All district goals, with the exception of Goal 6 – All schools in the district will be assigned a state grade of A, B, or C. Educational programs serving students under the supervision of the Department of Juvenile Justice are not assigned grades by the state.

The cost of this contract is contract is $237,430. This amount is calculated using the projected FTE generated revenue minus the 10% administrative cost allowed by the Florida law (HB 1989) and a percentage of the cost of direct instructional services provided by a district ESE resource teacher assigned to this site. This item is included in the Part 1 budget for 2007-2008.