Vote: approved

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9. APPLY AND ACCEPT THE GIFTED EDUCATION CONSORTIUM GRANT FOR SMALL SCHOOLS Approve the application and acceptance of grant funds from Arizona Department of Education (ADE), (09SSAGFT-960738-01A), in the not-to-exceed amount of $16,674 for the purpose of improving instructional services for Gifted students within the Maricopa County Regional Special Services District Gifted Consortium for small schools. 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 Schools 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 $3,251.43.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 one year grant from the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) will provide high quality professional development for membership schools in the consortium via a series of real-time Webinar trainings and to provide schools with state approved assessment materials for the identification of Gifted students. The grant allows for the purchase of manipulative supplemental materials for the classroom that are in accordance with ADE requirements for effective differentiate instruction. (C-37-09-006-G-00)