SANTA ANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT/CENTRAL COUNTY ROP - 2009

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statewide performance system. However, when compared to other California districts serving similar populations, Santa Ana's schools outperform this group of schools from communities such as Los Angeles, Fresno, Oakland, etc. These tests and other information specific to ROP such as the percentage of students completing their training and/or being placed in an entry level position will continue to be available to the public so that the District's successes can be tracked by the public. FISCAL CAPACITY Subcontracting The Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) is the responsible fiscal agency for this project. All funds granted from the Santa Ana Workforce Investment Board/Youth Council will flow directly to the school district. The District must follow the stringent accounting requirements of the California State Department of Education for local public schools. There will be no subcontracting with this program. The cost estimates used in the preparation of these budgets are based on the District's experience with similar programs over the past decade. As indicated above, the SAUSD's Career Development/ROP office has had a great deal of experience working with similar programs in WIA, JTPA and CETA programs. This has provided the knowledge to adequately staff the proposed program. Salaries for project staff are based on the negotiated salaries for the District's two bargaining groups; Certificated (teachers) and Classified (all others). Specific experience with previous WIA and JTPA programs has demonstrated that the Secondary Enrichment Programs staff from the Career Development/ROP office can manage a program within its allotted budgetary constraints. The budget and staffing information for this program outlined in the following budget narrative section is based on a twelve -month implementation plan. All documentation will be based on monthly District printouts, as these are the official public school document used to capture and report fiscal data. As evidenced by the entries on Attachment C Budget Planning Form, over 95% of the requested funds will go towards providing direct program services to participants. As with prior JTPA programs, 5% or less of the amount expended will be charged for indirect costs, administrative costs and overhead. Recent changes in procedures and staff within the District now dictate that the standard Indirect Cost rate calculated by the California Sate Department of Education for federal and state categorical programs must be budgeted. The current approved rate is approximately 4% for all expenditures excepting those for capitol improvements that are not included. As Santa Ana Unified is a current recipient of WIA funding, fiscal and/or audit reports have not been included as these items have been reviewed already this year by W /O /R/K Center staff. There will be no changes until a new audit report is available next fall; at that time, the report will be ready for review by City staff. Many of the services that will be available to Success Bound! participants will be leveraged (or matched) by other ongoing categorical programs such as Cal- WORKS, Carl Perkins Vocational Education Act and ROP. These programs operate at the ROP Ritchey Center and each high school's College /Career Center. These services are either college or career oriented; other categorical programs within the District focus on the academic needs of participants. These include Title I which funds most of the after and before school tutorial programs at the high school level and EIA (a state funded program for at -risk youth) that funds services for ELL (English Language Learners) identified participants. One of the tasks of the program staff will be to ensure that participants have full access to and use of these services. Specifically, the tutorial services at the currently participating sites are: Valley HS- Library & staff, Century HS- Library & staff plus PAL peer tutoring; Santa Ana HS- Homework Cafe (Library) & staff; Saddleback HS- Library & staff, and, Cesar Chavez HS- Library & staff. Of course, for any Success Bound! participant who is identified as a special needs student, the complete services of the District's Special Education Department will be leveraged for not only the identified student, but also his/her family. 27