TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute agreements with the Long Beach Unified School District for the operation of the After School Education and Safety Program at Burbank, Edison, Garfield, Grant, King, Lafayette, and Herrera Elementary, and Hudson K-8 school sites; authorize the required 15 percent match of $227,059 in the form of Community Development Block Grant and General Fund monies; execute any future documents, including amendments, necessary to accept, implement and administer the agreements; and
Increase appropriations in the General Grants Fund (SR 120) in the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department (PR) by $1,240,935.
(Districts 1,2,4,6,7,9)
DISCUSSION
The After School Education and Safety Program (ASES), funded by the California Department of Education, was established in 2002, as a collaborative program with the intent of creating partnerships between school districts and local government agencies for the purpose of providing after school literacy, academic enrichment, and safe constructive alternatives for K-9 students. ASES consists of two program elements: 1) an educational and literacy element that provides tutoring and/or homework assistance designed to help students meet State standards in core academic subjects; and 2) an educational enrichment element designed to provide an array of programs that include visual and performing arts, music, and general recreation activities. The Department of Education chooses the school sites that meet the criteria for funding. The Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) allocates grant funding to the City of Long Beach (City) for the ASES program on an annual basis. It is important to note that LBUSD, as the ASES grantor, also allocates funding for additional school sites through other contracted service providers at the remaining eligible schools. The Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine (PRM) has provided these services for ten years and anticipates app...
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