Explanation
BACKGROUND:This piece of legislation authorizes the Director of the Mayor's Office of Education to accept, appropriate and expend funds from America's Promise Alliance grant for the Drop Out Prevention Summit. This $10,000 grant is from June 15, 2008 through December 31, 2009. This summit will allow State leaders to convene key stakeholders to develop and/or advance action plans for improving the high school graduation rate.
FISCAL IMPACT: Program dollars for the summit are solely from the America's Promise Alliance grant. No City dollars will be used for this program. Grant number 408008 fund 291.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Mayor's Office of Education to accept a grant from America's Promise Alliance in the amount of $10,000, to appropriate and expend $10,000 to host the Drop Out Prevention Summit to convene stakeholders to develop actions plans to increase the high school graduation rate; and to declare an emergency ($10,000).
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WHEREAS, the Director of the Mayor's Office of Education desires to accept the America's Promise Alliance grant in the amount of $10,000; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Mayor's Office of Education desires to appropriate said monies into the Education Special Grants fund 291, Grant Number 408008, OCA 408008, Object level -03, 3336; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Mayor's Office of Education desires to expend said monies to host the Drop Out Prevention Summit; and
WHEREAS, the grant contract period is June 15, 2008 through December 31, 2009.
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the daily operation of the Mayor's Office of Education in that it is immediately necessary to accept the America's Promise Alliance Grant in the amount of $10,000, and subequently appropriate and expend said monies to host the Drop Out Prevention summit, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, safety and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of the Mayor's Office of Education be and is hereby authorized to accept a grant from America's Promise Alliance in the amount of $10,000 to host the Drop Out Prevention Summit.
Section 2. That the grant period of the America's Promise Alliance grant is from June 15, 2008 through December 31, 2009.
Section 3. That for purposes of funding this program, $10,000 is hereby appropriated as follows: Education Special Grant fund 291, Grant 408008 OCA 408008 Obj level 03-3336.
Section 4. That the monies in the foregoing Section 3 shall be paid upon order of the Director of the Mayor's Office of Education, and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
Section 5. That for the purpose stated in Section 1, the expenditure of $10,000 be and is hereby authorized from the Office of Education division number 40-04, Grant Fund 291, Grant 408008, OCA 408008, Object Level 03, Object level 3336.
Section 6. That the contract award will be pursuant to Section 329.15 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959 as amended.
Section 7. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, the ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.