Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the acceptance, appropriation and expenditure of a $100,000 grant from the Columbus Board of Education to the Department of Development. The grant funds will be used for a contract with the Young Men's Christian Association of Central Ohio (YMCA of Central Ohio) to support the truancy prevention and intervention program.
In 2008 the City of Columbus received a $100,000.00 grant, awarded by the Board of Education, to support a truancy prevention and intervention program. These programs meet the Senate Bill 181 mandate to provide truancy intervention for habitual and chronic truants. The funds will be directed towards a community-based program that seeks to reduce truancy through educational procedures, case management and other interventions. In addition to monetary support, the Columbus Public Schools will be responsible for coordination and communication of program expectations to its' school system and to the at-large community. The City of Columbus will facilitate Police Officers to transport truant students to the designated Truancy Centers, and to serve as the fiduciary for the contract. The contract period will be in effect from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008.
This legislation is presented as an emergency to avoid interruption of service to the truancy centers and to comply with the recent passage of legislation from the Board of Education that is the first authorization phase in the transfer of the program operation funds to the City of Columbus.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds for this activity are provided through the Alternative Schools /Programs Grant Fund awarded by the Columbus Board of Education.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to accept an Alternative Schools/ Programs Grant from the Columbus Board of Education in the amount of $100,000; to authorize the appropriation of $100,000 from the General Government Grant Fund to the Department of Development; to au...
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