SANTA ANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT/ROP (3) - 2010

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accounting functions are automated via the Oracle system. The specific Santa Ana Unified School District Board Policy and Administrative Regulation that govern procurement are attached at the end of this application. Following standard procedure for local public school districts in California, all accounts and programs are audited regularly by the local County Department of Education and every district conducts an annual audit conducted by an outside firm in which every categorical progam like WIA is audited for both fiscal and legal compliance. As indicated above, the SAUSD's Career Development/ROP office has had a great deal of experience working with WIA, 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). Invoicing is done by the ROP Accountant, Mr. Young with the assistance of Mr. Quezada and if additional assistance is needed, Dr. Dalessi. As a longtime Accounting Technician with the District, Mr. Young is well qualified for the invoicing and other fiscally-related duties associated with the operation of a WIA-funded program. Also, given the specific experience with previous WIA programs the District has demonstrated that the Secondary Enrichment Programs staff from the Career Development/ROP office can manage a program within its allotted budgetary constraints. Representing much less than 1/1000 of the District budget, the Santa Ana Unified School District's financial stability is certainly not dependent upon the funding of this WIA grant; however, the same can not necessarily be said for the lives of the thirty potential participants. As with prior WIA 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. 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. 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. SUBCONTRACTING There will be no subcontracting with this program. 28 n v 4t N It W RP 3t A -n n w -a o, EXHIBIT A