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Resolution authorizing the City Manager or authorized designee to enter into a services agreement with the South San Francisco Unified School District in an amount not to exceed $1,940,100 for the Parks and Recreation Department to operate an extended learning program for students enrolled in the South San Francisco Unified School District’s Expanded Learning Opportunities Program for School Year 2026-2027 and amending the Parks and Recreation Department’s fiscal year 2026-2027 operating budget pursuant to Budget Amendment Number 27.004.
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WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco (City) has a long history of partnering with the South San Francisco Unified School District (District); and
WHEREAS, the City’s Parks and Recreation Department received a request from District staff to partner with the District to continue an extended day program through the Expanded Learning Opportunities Program (ELOP) for School Year 2026-2027, and the City is one of several providers who have been engaged to support the District’s ELOP; and
WHEREAS, ELOP is a state-mandated program from the California Department of Education that provides funding for after school and summer school enrichment programs for transitional kindergarten through sixth grade, with a focus on local educational agencies (LEAs) with the highest concentration of targeted disadvantaged students, including English learners and students categorically eligible for free or reduced-price meals; and
WHEREAS, LEAs must operate the ELOP pursuant to the requirements in California Education Code Section 46120, including the development of a program plan; and
WHEREAS, the Parks and Recreation Department continues to operate an ELOP on the six campuses where the City currently operates programs: Buri Buri Elementary School, Los Cerritos Elementary School, Martin Elementary School, Monte Verde Elementary School, Ponderosa Elementary School, and Spruce Elementary School; and
WHEREAS, the City’s ELOP is anticipated to serve up to 300 children in transitional kindergarten through fifth grade during School Year 2026-2027.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of South San Francisco hereby approves the services agreement with the South San Francisco Unified School District in an amount not to exceed $1,940,100 for the Parks and Recreation Department to operate an extended learning program for students enrolled in the South San Francisco Unified School District’s Expanded Learning Opportunities Program for School Year 2026-2027, attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit A, and amending the Parks and Recreation Department’s Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Operating Budget pursuant to Budget Amendment Number 27.004, as detailed in Exhibit B.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager or authorized designee to execute the agreement in substantially the same form as Exhibit A, and any other documents necessary to partner with the District and take any other actions necessary to carry out the intent of this resolution on behalf of the City Council, subject to approval as to form by the City Attorney.
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