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16. 2009 TITLE III CONSORTIUM (ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION ENHANCEMENT AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT) GRANT Approve the application for and the acceptance of $82,616.00 for the 2009 Title III Consortium – English Language Acquisition Language Enhancement and Academic Achievement grant (T365A30003A) from the Arizona Department of Education (ADE). The purpose of this formula-based grant is to improve instructional services for English Language Learner students and families of Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) within the Maricopa County Educational Service Agency (ESA) Title III Consortium CTDS#079999001. The term of the contract will be one year, anticipated to begin July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009. This grant is non-renewable. MCSOS’s indirect rate for FY 2008-09 is 19.50 percent. The restricted indirect cost rate allowed by this grant source is 0.00 percent. Recoverable indirect costs are $0. Unrecoverable indirect costs on this award are $16,110.12. Grant revenues are not local revenues for the purpose of the constitutional expenditure limitation, and therefore, expenditures of these revenues are not prohibited by the budget law. This budget adjustment does not alter the budget constraining the expenditures of local revenues duly adopted by the Board pursuant to A.R.S. § 42-17105. This 12-month grant from the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) is written to provide high quality professional development for membership schools via a series of real time Webinar trainings and provide schools with current methods of the instruction for English Language Learner students, as well as instructional materials. The grant allows for the purchase of supplemental materials for the classroom that are in accordance with ADE requirements for effective state mandated Sheltered English Immersion instruction. (C-37-09-014-G-00)

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21. AMENDMENT TO TITLE III CONSORTIUM (ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION ENHANCEMENT AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT) GRANT Approve Amendment No. 2 to the Title III Consortium – English Language Acquisition Language Enhancement and Academic Achievement grant from the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) changing the amount from $82,616.00 to $150,147.20. The purpose of this formula-based grant is to improve instructional services for English Language Learner students and families of Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) within the Maricopa County Educational Service Agency (ESA) Title III Consortium CTDS#079999001. The term of the contract has changed beginning July 1, 2008, through September 30, 2009. This grant is non-renewable. MCSOS’s indirect cost rate for FY2009 is 19.50 percent. The indirect cost rate that is allowed with this grant is 0.00 percent. Unrecoverable indirect costs on this award are $29,278.70. Grant revenues are not local revenues for the purpose of the constitutional expenditure limitation, and therefore, expenditures of these revenues are not prohibited by the budget law. (C-37-09-014-G-01)