Vote: adopted

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8. APPLY AND ACCEPT THE 21ST CENTURY LEARNING CENTERS RENEWAL GRANT FROM ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Approve the application and acceptance of grant funds from Arizona Department of Education (ADE), (09FSECY5-970696-01A), in the not-to-exceed amount of $74,998.30 for the purpose of providing an after-school program for students in the Saddle Mountain Unified School District #90. The grant award begins on July 1, 2008 and ends on June 30, 2009. Authorize the Chairman to sign all documents related to these grant funds, as applicable. The grant allows a 0% rate for indirect costs, or $0 which may be incurred by the Superintendent of Schools or Maricopa County for the administration of this grant. The Maricopa County Department of Finance has calculated the Superintendent of School's composite indirect cost rate at 19.50%, or $0. The recoverable indirect cost of administering this grant is $0; the non-recoverable indirect cost is $14,624.67.Grant revenues are not local revenues for the purpose of the constitutional expenditure limitation, and therefore, expenditure of the funds is not prohibited by the budget law. This budget adjustment does not alter the budget constraining the expenditure of local revenues duly adopted by the Board pursuant to A.R.S. §42-17105. This twelve-month grant from the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) will provide training and travel expenses for teachers and students in Maricopa County . It is the objective of this grant program to provide these teachers with professional development to help them gain a global perspective, use technology better and use more hands-on teaching strategies. (C-37-09-005-G-00)