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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />19, 2017 <br />TITLE: <br />APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITH <br />RANCHO SANTIAGO COMMUNITY <br />COLLEGE DISTRICT FOR SANTA ANA <br />COLLEGE WORKFORCE SERVICES <br />PROGRAM <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 2,4) <br />Clik MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />F-11:41060:11- <br />L1 <br />_1»:Zi0:11 <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1� Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement recognizing <br />$91,906 awarded to the City of Santa Ana, Santa Ana WORK Center by the Rancho Santiago <br />Community College District for workforce and job development activities, effective December <br />19, 2017 through June 30, 2018, subject to non -substantive changes approved by the City <br />Manager and City Attorney. <br />2. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing $91,906 in funds from the Rancho Santiago <br />Community College District in revenue account (no. 12418002-52027) and appropriate the <br />same amount to expenditure account (nos. 12418751 -various). <br />DISCUSSION <br />Rancho Santiago Community College District (RSCCD) on behalf of Santa Ana College received a <br />grant award entitled, Community Colleges Basic Skills and Student Outcomes Transformation <br />Program, from the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office, Academic Affairs Division. <br />The purpose of the program is to improve the progression rate of basic skills students from <br />remedial education to college level instruction. Colleges that receive funding will need to <br />implement or expand evidence -based practices and principles that are innovative, sustainable and <br />redesign in the areas of assessment, student services, and instruction that are geared toward <br />improving the students' progress toward college readiness at a faster rate. The grant also includes <br />the provision of workforce services activities. <br />The Santa Ana WORK Center, in collaboration with Santa Ana College's School of Continuing <br />Education, will be contracted to provide adult education students with workforce services that may <br />include comprehensive assessment, case management, supportive services and job development <br />to eligible students. WORK Center staff will be co -located at the School of Continuing Education to <br />20A-1 <br />