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28. ACCEPT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TEACHER INCENTIVE FUND GRANT Approve and accept federal grant funding from the US Department of Education’s Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) to Maricopa County through the Maricopa County Education Service Agency in the amount of $59,998,629. This grant is part of the 2016 Teacher Incentive Fund program (CFDA 84.374A). The term of the grant is five years beginning October 1, 2016, through September 30, 2021. The purpose of this grant is to strengthen the education profession by rewarding excellence, attracting teachers and principals to high-need and hard to staff areas, and providing teachers and principals with the feedback and support they need to succeed. The Education Service Agency’s calculated indirect cost rate is 9.6% for FY 2016-17. The grant allows unrestricted full cost recovery at the 9.6% rate for indirect costs for the administration of the grant. The recoverable indirect cost of administering the grant is $3,196,475. $23,505,549 will be passed through to sub recipients and is not subject to indirect cost recovery. In addition, there is no matching requirements. Rewarding Excellence in Instruction and Leadership: REIL Extend, an Alliance of seven (7) unique LEAs, will implement Human Capital Management Systems (HCMS) that retain talent, accelerate equity, expand leadership, and reward excellence for effective educators across forty-four (44) high-need schools. REIL-Extend will: (1) extend the reach of our best teachers and leaders to ensure high-quality instruction for all learners; (2) extend the reach of a collaborative partnership to assist high-need LEAs in bolstering their Human Capital Management Systems; and (3) extend infrastructure developments to expand the capacity of LEAs to utilize educator evaluation data to implement leading-edge technologies and practices that result in high-quality workforce decision-making and first class support systems for educators. The project objectives align to (1) the implementation of high-quality, LEA-wide Human Capital Management Systems focused on attracting, placing, retaining, and sustaining effective educators by expanding leadership and cultivating an engaged workforce; and (2) redesigning high-need schools to extend the reach of excellent educators, thereby increasing equitable access to effective instruction for all students. (C-37-17-005-G-00)

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