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Meeting Date:
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Category:
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DIVISION OF EQUITY AND ACCESS - CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION, SCHOOL SUPERVISION |
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Subject:
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17.6 Textbook vendors per attached list |
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District Goals:
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Goal 1 To educate all students for academic excellence.
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Enclosure:
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File Attachment:
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Rationale:
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Textbook vendors per attached list Term: 2021-2022 Amount: Not to exceed $2,410,000 Scope: To provide textbooks and classroom resources for Yonkers Public Schools and Non-Public Schools at discounted costs from vendors listed that are either Sole Source vendors or offer discounts from New York State contracts. The allocation will be used for various textbook vendors depending on the needs of the Schools. NW contract #/VENDOR/ AMOUNTS: 1. Not Assign yet/Follett School Solution Inc./$400,000 2. Not Assign yet/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/$400,000 3. Not Assign yet/Curriculum Associaltes, Inc./$150,000 4. Not Assign yet/McGraw-Hill School Education/$50,000 5. Not Assign yet/Continental Press, Inc/$50,000 6. Not Assign yet/Cengage Learning/$50,000 7. Not Assign yet/ETR Associates, Inc./$80,000 8. Not Assign yet/Great Minds/$500,000 9. Not Assign yet/Benchmark Education/$730,000 Total $2,410,000 |
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Funding:
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(Purchase Orders Only) (Non-Capital Bonded Funds) ACCOUNT NUMBER: Pending NON-CIP Account (Teaching – Regular Schools – Textbooks) - $2,000,000 Pending NON-CIP Account (Occupational Education – Textbooks) - $80,000 Pending NON-CIP Account (Teaching – Non Public Schools – Textbooks) - $330,000 Total = $2,410,000 |
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Resolution
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WHEREAS the Board of Education wishes to enter into a contract with the attached vendors to purchase textbooks and classroom resources to support Yonkers Public Schools and Non-Public Schools textbook/resource needs for the 2021-2022 school year, WHEREAS the district administration has designed in conjunction with the attached vendors a program which meets the objectives set forth by the Board and the New York State Education Department, and, WHEREAS the Board of Education authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to enter into an agreement with the attached vendors to provide these services, and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to enter into an agreement with the attached vendors at a cost not to exceed $2,410,000 It is acknowledged and agreed that pursuant to the terms of that certain intermunicipal agreement by and between the City of Yonkers Board of Education (“BOE”) and the City of Yonkers (the “City”) as filed in the Office of the City Clerk on June 16, 2014, the terms of this agreement are subject to review and revision by the Corporation Counsel, as well as approval by the City’s Board of Contract and Supply. Furthermore, this Agreement shall not be enforceable until signed by both parties and approved by the Corporation Counsel’s Office. |
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Approvals:
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Dr. Fenix Arias - Manager of Administration |
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Tom Collich - Purchasing Director |
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Finance Department - Finance Reviewer |
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Elizabeth Janocha - Deputy Commissioner |
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Signed By: |
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John Liszewski - Commissioner |
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Matthew Gallagher - Corporation Counsel |
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Dr. Edwin M. Quezada - Superintendent of Schools |
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Vote Results:
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Original Motion | Member Dr. Rosalba Corrado Del Vecchio Moved, Member Abdool H. Jamal seconded to approve the Original motion 'WHEREAS the Board of Education wishes to enter into a contract with the attached vendors to purchase textbooks and classroom resources to support Yonkers Public Schools and Non-Public Schools textbook/resource needs for the 2021-2022 school year, WHEREAS the district administration has designed in conjunction with the attached vendors a program which meets the objectives set forth by the Board and the New York State Education Department, and, WHEREAS the Board of Education authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to enter into an agreement with the attached vendors to provide these services, and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to enter into an agreement with the attached vendors at a cost not to exceed $2,410,000 It is acknowledged and agreed that pursuant to the terms of that certain intermunicipal agreement by and between the City of Yonkers Board of Education (“BOE”) and the City of Yonkers (the “City”) as filed in the Office of the City Clerk on June 16, 2014, the terms of this agreement are subject to review and revision by the Corporation Counsel, as well as approval by the City’s Board of Contract and Supply. Furthermore, this Agreement shall not be enforceable until signed by both parties and approved by the Corporation Counsel’s Office.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 9 Nay: 0. | The motion Carried 9 - 0 | | | Gail Burns | Yes | Sheila Greenwald | Yes | Dr. John Castanaro | Yes | Lakisha Collins-Bellamy | Yes | Andrea Brown | Yes | Rev. Steve Lopez | Yes | Dr. Rosalba Corrado Del Vecchio | Yes | Kevin Cacace | Yes | Abdool H. Jamal | Yes | |
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