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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute agreements and any necessary documents with the Long Beach Unified School District of Los Angeles County (LBUSD) to include Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine Summer Day Camps in the LBUSD's Extended School Year Optional Program for Fiscal Year 2015. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
As required by California Education Code 3043, the Long Beach Unified School District of Los Angeles County (LBUSD), Division of Special Education, provides Extended School Year (ESY) services to its Special Education students, who have an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) indicating the need for summer instruction in order to prevent regression. Traditionally, ESY instruction has been provided by LBUSD at its own program sites. However, beginning in the summer of 2013, LBUSD began offering its ESY students an alternative to traditional LBUSD onsite instruction by allowing them to select and attend non-LBUSD program sites throughout Long Beach. In the summer of 2013, the Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine (PRM) and LBUSD entered into agreements to include PRM Summer Day Camps (Day Camps) as alternative ESY program sites for ESY students. In February 2015, LBUSD requested the inclusion of ten PRM Day Camps as alternative program sites for its ESY students (Attachment). The recommended action would allow ESY students from Kindergarten to 12th grade the option of selecting and attending PRM Day Camps from July 6, 2015 through August 28, 2015. The specific selection of the Day Camps would be at the discretion of LBUSD and/or students' parents/guardians, and would be based upon the Day Camp's compatibility with each student's IEP. All costs for the proposed inclusion of PRM Day Camps would be borne by LBUSD and the parents/guardians of the ESY students. Registration fees paid would be those set by the City Council for Day Camps conducted in the Tidelands area, and by the Parks and Recreation Commission for Day Camps conducted in the Upland areas. LBUSD would manage the Day Camp selection process by working with each ESY student's parent/guardian to choose the appropriate Day Camp. Each student's parent/guardian would be required to register their child for the Day Camps via PRM's standard registration process. They would also be required to provide their own transportation, 1:1 aides (if applicable), occupational therapy, and/or physical therapy, if required to do so by the student's IEP.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Kendra L. Carney on February 25, 2015, and by Budget Management Officer Victoria Bell on February 24, 2015.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action is requested on March 10, 2015, in order to enable the execution of the proposed agreements and any related documents in time to allow ESY students to select, register, and participate in PRM Summer Day Camps as soon as possible.
FISCAL IMPACT
Although the exact amount is unknown at this time, the recommended action may result in an increase in revenue from Day Camp registration fees collected from LBUSD for ESY students, which will accrue to either the General Fund (GF) or the Tidelands Operations and (TF 401) in the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department (PR), as they currently do for the general public. All costs would be borne by the Long Beach Unified School District and the parents/guardians of the ESY students. There is no impact to jobs associated with the recommended action.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
Respectfully Submitted,
GEORGE CHAPJIAN
DIRECTOR OF PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE
APPROVED:
PATRICK H. WEST
CITY MANAGER