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Meeting Date:
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9/18/2024 - 5:30 PM
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Category:
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OFFICE OF STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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17.4 Student Assistance Services For Substance Abuse Prevention Services 2024 - 2025 School Year
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District Goals:
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Goal 4 Support Student Needs Establish inclusive learning communities that support students with diverse social and
emotional needs for equitable student growth and development.
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Enclosure
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File Attachment:
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Rationale:
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Special Education- GML-104B
1. Student Assistance Services For Substance Abuse Prevention Services
Term: September 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025
Account: 490-5271-25J115-2250-B2300 (IDEA Grant 611 Pending NYSED approval)
Amount: $ 459,565.00
Scope: The purpose of the Student Assistance Services, Corp. program is to prevent and reduce substance use and abuse by providing programs and activities to support student awareness of drug misuse.
The contract is funded by Special Education’s Section 611 IDEA Grant.
(This resolution is to the State mandate to use a percentage of Section 611 IDEA funds to address disproportionality.)
FOCUS POPULATION: At-Risk Middle/High School Students
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Funding:
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Account: 490-5271-25J115-2250-B2300 (IDEA Grant 611 Pending NYSED approval)
Amount: $ 459,565.00
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Resolution:
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Yonkers Public Schools wishes to fulfill its obligations to provide a comprehensive drug prevention intervention and education program to its high school students in order to maintain a safe school environment, and
WHEREAS the Student Assistance Services Program increases perception of risk of harm of drug use, decreases students’ association with peers involved in delinquent behavior, increases student bonding to school, and prevents and reduces student’s substance use, and
WHEREAS the Student Assistance Services helps students with chemically dependent parents become educated about their parents’ addiction and improve school performance, interactions with others, and increase participation in healthy activities, and
WHEREAS the Student Assistance Services is a science-based national model prevention program as determined by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Education, and
WHEREAS the Student Assistance Services will provide part-time Student Assistance Counselors in the high schools.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Superintendent of Schools is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with Student Assistance Services to provide these services at a total cost not to exceed $ 459,565.00
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Dr. Stephanie McCaskill - Associate Superintendent
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Signed By:
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Tom Collich - Purchasing Director
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Signed By:
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Finance Department - Finance Reviewer
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Signed By:
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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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Signed By:
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Matthew Gallagher - Corporation Counsel
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Signed By:
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Anibal Soler, Jr. - Superintendent of Schools
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Vote Results:
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| Original Motion | Member Kevin Cacace Moved, Member Sheila Greenwald seconded to approve the Original motion 'Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Yonkers Public Schools wishes to fulfill its obligations to provide a comprehensive drug prevention intervention and education program to its high school students in order to maintain a safe school environment, and
WHEREAS the Student Assistance Services Program increases perception of risk of harm of drug use, decreases students’ association with peers involved in delinquent behavior, increases student bonding to school, and prevents and reduces student’s substance use, and
WHEREAS the Student Assistance Services helps students with chemically dependent parents become educated about their parents’ addiction and improve school performance, interactions with others, and increase participation in healthy activities, and
WHEREAS the Student Assistance Services is a science-based national model prevention program as determined by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Education, and
WHEREAS the Student Assistance Services will provide part-time Student Assistance Counselors in the high schools.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Superintendent of Schools is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with Student Assistance Services to provide these services at a total cost not to exceed $ 459,565.00'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 6 Nay: 0. | | The motion Carried 6 - 0 | | | | | Felix Rios | Yes | | Lawrence Sykes | Yes | | Gail Burns | Yes | | Sheila Greenwald | Yes | | Dr. Rosalba Corrado Del Vecchio | Yes | | Kevin Cacace | Yes | |
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