Hillsborough County Public Schools Curriculum and Instruction
Action Item

DATE: Tuesday, August 5, 2008
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent

SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS

Approve Renewal of Cooperative Program Agreement with the Hillsborough County Department of Children’s Services, 2008/2009 (Exceptional Student Education)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Hillsborough County Department of Children’s Services and the School Board of Hillsborough County, Florida have been working collaboratively for over 20 years. Approximately 60 Emotional Behavior Disabilities (E/BD) students and 40 alternative education students are served at Dorothy Thomas Exceptional Center annually.

A renewal cooperative program agreement has been developed with the Hillsborough County Department of Children’s Services and the District’s Department of Exceptional Student Education. The program provides services in a therapeutic treatment program for E/BD students attending the Department of Children’s Services Residential Treatment Program and the day school classes at Dorothy Thomas Exceptional Center during the 2008/2009 school year. The program also provides services to the Emergency Shelter Program and the Success Academy Program.

ANNUAL DISTRICT GOAL(S) AND CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S)

Goal 1. The percentage of students scoring at Level 3 or higher on FCAT Reading will increase a minimum of 5 percentage points.
Goal 2. The percentage of students scoring at Level 3 or higher on FCAT Mathematics will increase a minimum of 5 percentage points.
Goal 3. Student performance on FCAT Science will increase a minimum of 5 percentage points.

FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: Yes)

The Hillsborough County Department of Children’s Services provides the facility at no cost to the District. FTE funds of approximately $900,000 are generated which covers the program costs and are included in the Part 1 budget for the 2008/2009 school year.

EVALUATION

SUBMITTED BY: Maryann Parks, District Resource Teacher, Department of Exceptional Student Education



Wynne A. Tye
Assistant Superintendent, Division of Curriculum & Instruction
813-272-4221
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