HCPS FL Logo Curriculum and Instruction
Action Item
DATE: Thursday, April 26, 2012
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
Approve Quick Response Training Grant Application Submissions by the Workforce and Continuing Education Department and, if Approved, Accept Grant Funds, 2012/2013 (Workforce and Continuing Education)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

We request approval to submit Quick Response Training grant applications to Workforce Florida, Inc., for the 2012/2013 school year to obtain grant funds to provide for start-up and upgrade training for employees of relocating or expanding businesses.  These grants support the district's continuing commitment to enhance economic development.  Applications are developed in concert with the Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corporation.

Florida Statute 288.047 (3) established the Quick Response Training Program in 1993 as an incentive for businesses to locate or expand in Florida and create new high-wage jobs.  Florida's Quick Response Training grant is a three-party partnership among Workforce Florida, Inc., the company, and the designated local education agency (LEA) which serves as a fiscal agent.

Quick Response Training grants for which the district served as the fiscal agent during 2011/2012 totaled $2,031,509 to support the training of new hires for 1,744 new high-wage jobs in Hillsborough County.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
• Challenge and support all students with an appropriate curriculum
FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted:  No)

State economic development funds support the cost of specialized training for each company for a 24-month period.  The district retains five percent of the grant award for serving as the fiscal agent.  Additionally, grant funds pay for training provided for the companies' employees.

EVALUATION

Performance evaluation measures are determined by Workforce Florida, Inc.   The results of the evaluation are shared with all stakeholders.

SUBMITTED BY: 
Susan M. Miller   Wynne A. Tye
Director, Workforce and Continuing Education
(813) 272-4221
  Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction
(813) 272-4221
    A 1.02
Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20120426_499 (Board Meeting) * Section A Item# 1.02