Approve Agreements for Technical Services for Adult General Education (GED) State Leadership Project, GED Practitioners’ Task Force, $78,100 (Curriculum and Instruction Division)

We request approval of the attached list of consultants to develop products and deliver services to complete the eight performance deliverables for the Florida Department of Education’s 2007/2008 GED Practitioners’ Task Force in the following areas: Student Retention, Curriculum Frameworks and Performance Standards, GED Practitioners' Task Force Website, GED Model Testing Center Project, GED Mathematics Initiative, GED Teachers’ Training Manual, GED Examiners’ Manual; and the GED Manual for Florida Deans and Directors.

In collaboration with the Florida Department of Education, Division of Work Force Education, the District’s Department of Adult and Community Education coordinates and facilitates the GED Practitioners’ Task Force meetings, and is solely responsible for the fiscal management of the project including meeting the goals and objectives of the Task Force, as well as monitoring, documenting, and reporting project outcomes.

Permission is requested to add and/or delete consultants as needed, not to exceed the budgeted amount of $78,100.

All District Goals and Critical Success Factors

Funds of $78,100 are included in the divisional special revenue/federal programs budget, Project 1339, Adult General Education State Leadership Grant.