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Adopt a Resolution Approving Contract with Lodi Unified School District to Provide Community Based Organization (CBO) After School Staff Support for the Bridge Program at Five Locations During School Year 2024/2025 ($489,000) (PRCS)end
MEETING DATE:
September 4, 2024
PREPARED BY:
Emerson Yellen, Deputy Director - Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt a resolution approving contract with Lodi Unified School District to provide Community Based Organization (CBO) after school staff support for the Bridge Program at five locations during school year 2024/2025 ($489,000)...end
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Lodi Unified School District (LUSD) is the recipient of a state After School Education and Safety (ASES) Program grant, which provides funds for after school enrichment for K-8 students participating in LUSD's Bridge Program.
The California Department of Education grant, funded by Proposition 49 (2002), requires a recreational component for students at participating sites. LUSD contracted with the City (sub-recipient) to provide these services for the past 17 years and negotiated an agreement for the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department (PRCS) to do so again for the school year 2024/25.
The five (5) sites are Lakewood, Vinewood, Reese, Larson, and Victor Elementary Schools. Additional Community Based Organizations (CBO) were chosen to operate the other ten (10) school sites previously operated under the PRCS Bridge Program. For the last two years, Lakewood, Vinewood, Reese, and Larson were a part of the Expanded Learning Opportunity Program, ELOP. This 2024-25 school year, those sites as well as Victor, are now a part of the ASES Grant, which is known as the "Bridge" program.
The revenue and expenses related to this program are included in the FY25 Council adopted budget (June 20, 2024). The Education Code requires that each ASES program provide cash or in-kind loc...
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