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Action Item
DATE: Tuesday, July 16, 2013
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
Approve the Purchase of “Amusement Park Science” from Sundance/Newbridge Publishing, LLC (Sole-Source Provider) (Curriculum and Instruction Division)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Amusement Park Science is a supplemental informational text used in the fourth grade science course with all students.  The material provides the necessary complex text to support the integration of literacy into the science curriculum through a Literacy Design Collaborative close reading module.  The Literacy Design Collaborative module is a three-week investigation of science content centered on the properties of force and motion with embedded English Language Arts Common Core (ELACC) State Standards-based instruction.  The ELACC State Standards-based instruction includes a close examination of informational text, shared and independent reading instruction, teaching of academic vocabulary, discussion, and formative and summative writing assessments.  Each school will receive class sets, based on the number of fourth grade science classrooms at the sites, to support the implementation of the Literacy Design Collaborative module.

These books from Sundance/Newbridge Publishing, LLC are considered sole-source and are exempt from the bidding process per Florida Department of Education 6A-1.012 purchasing policies as copyrighted materials.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
• Increase promotion rates at all grade levels and the percentage of high school graduates
FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted:  Yes)
Budgeted Comprehensive Reading Plan Grant funds, Project 4528, are available in the amount of $73,638.66 for the 2013-2014 project year.
EVALUATION
Review of FCAT 2.0 Reading and Science student achievement data.
SUBMITTED BY:  Lynn Dougherty-Underwood, Director of Literacy, K-12
Wynne A. Tye   Gretchen Saunders
Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction
(813) 272-4221
  Chief Business Officer
(813) 272-4270
    A 6.05
Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20130716_591 (Board Meeting) * Section A Item# 6.05