Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Office of Education to enter into a grant agreement with Columbus Early Learning Centers (CELC), pledging funds for CELC's purchase of learning materials for their classrooms.
Columbus Early Learning Centers (CELC) is the oldest, and one of the largest early learning organizations in Central Ohio. Founded is 1866, CELC serves approximately 800 Columbus children in multiple locations, including the city-owned and developed Hilltop Early Learning Center.
Though heavily subsidized, child care and early learning in Central Ohio, and across the United States, is a fragile industry. CELC, like most early learning programs, must raise public and private funds to help them pay for important services for Columbus' lowest income children. The funds provided from this ordinance will be used to support CELC's ongoing work in the early education of Columbus children, specifically, for purchasing learning materials for their classrooms.
EMERGENCY: This ordinance is submitted as an emergency as the sooner CELC is able to purchase the needed materials, the sooner they may begin using them to serve Columbus children.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $10,000.00 from the 2025 Mayor’s Office of Education’s General fund.
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This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Office of Education to enter into a grant agreement with Columbus Early Learning Centers, pledging funds for CELC's purchase of learning materials for their classrooms; and to declare an emergency. ($10,000.00).
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WHEREAS, Columbus Early Learning Centers (CELC) is the oldest, and one of the largest early learning organizations in Central Ohio; and,
WHEREAS, CELC serves approximately 800 Columbus children in multiple locations, including the city-owned and developed Hilltop Early Learning Center: and
WHEREAS; CELC, like most early learning programs, must raise public and private funds to help them pay for important s...
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