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16-0599 Ratification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1, Professional Services Contract between the District and Refugee Transitions, San Francisco, CA, for the later to provide additional services hours for up to 40 newly resettled refugee and asylee students at Roosevelt Middle School and Bret Harte Middle School, as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, in the additional amount of $37,500.00, increasing the Contract not to exceed amount from $1,000.00 to $38,500.00 and extending the term of the Contract from September 1, 2015 to June 20, 2016 to June 30, 2016, via the Community Schools and Student Services Department. All other terms and conditions of the Contract remain in full force and effect.

Legislation Text 16-0599 Amendment No. 1, Professional Services Contract - Refugee Transitions - Refugee & Asylee Program - Community Schools and Student Services Department

16-0685 Approval by the Board of Education of First Amendment, University Services Agreement (#A18461) Between the Regents of the University of California and the District, for the U.C. Davis, Department of Student Affairs and its Sacramento Area Youth Speaks, with the latter, adding the Project Objectives - Community Empowerment, 8th Annual SAYS Summit College Day May 2016, primarily for the Office of African-American Male Achievement, as described in Exhibit "A" of the Amendment, in the additional amount of $41,200.00, increasing the not to exceed amount of the Agreement from $41,200;00 to $82,400.00 and extending the term of the Agreement from February 11, 2015 through June 30, 2015 to June 30, 2016. All other terms and conditions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect.

Legislation Text 16-0685 First Amendment - University Services Agreement - The Regents of the University of California - African American Male Achievement

16-0695 Ratification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Contract between the District and Soccer Without Borders, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide additional hours of service to the end of the fiscal year, as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, via the Community Schools and Student Services Department, in the additional amount of $35,700.00, increasing the Contract not to exceed amount from $1,000.00 to $36,700.00 and extending the term of the Contract from September 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015 to June 30, 2016. All other terms and conditions of the Contract remain in full force and effect.

Legislation Text 16-0695 Amendment No. 1 - Professional Services Contract - Soccer Without Borders - Transitional Students and Families Unit - Community Schools and Student Services Department

16-0725 Approval by the Board of Education of Agreement between the District and Stetson & Associates, Inc., Houston, TX, for the latter to facilitate/co-facilitate Inclusion Task Force meetings for the District, as described in the Agreement, via the Teaching and Learning Department, for the term January 4, 2016 through June 30, 2016, for a fee not to exceed $50,600.00 and travel expenses not to exceed $10,000.00.

Legislation Text 16-0725 Agreement - Stetson & Associates, Inc. - Teaching and Learning Department

16-0728 Ratification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Contracts between the District and Niam Group, LLC, Oakland, CA, with Malo Hutson, PhD, as the Lead Consultant, in support of the District's Equity Policy (Board Policy 5032) to add 13 focus groups for a total of 27 to reach a broader range of stakeholders and also analyze the content returned in the From The Desk (FTD) survey administered by OUSD and incorporate that analysis into the Engagement report to the Board. Additionally, they will complete individual abstracts for each focus group and an extensive final report to inform the next phase of developing regulations, plan and timeline via the Community Schools and Student Services Department, in the amount of $12,550.00, increasing the contract from $55,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $67,550.00, and extending the Contract term of November 15, 2015 through March 31, 2016 to May 31, 2016. All other terms and conditions of the Contract remain in full force and effect.

Legislation Text 16-0728 Amendment No. 1 - Professional Services Contract - Niam Group, LLC - Equity Policy Engagement - Community Schools and Student Services Department

16-0746 Acceptance by the Board of Education of Grant Award from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, San Francisco, CA, in the amount of $750,000.00, to support the District's Collaborating Districts Initiative to promote Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) for all students District-wide, via the Community Schools and Student Services Department, for the period of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2018, pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof, and authorization to submit amendments thereto, for the grant period, if any.

Legislation Text 16-0746 Grant Award - Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors - Social Emotional Learning and Leadership Unit - Community Schools and Student Services Department

16-0748 Approval by the Board of Education of a Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement between the Marcus A. Foster Education Institute dba Marcus Foster Education Fund and the Oakland Unified School District, County of Alameda, and the City of Oakland, a joint public entity called the Youth Ventures Joint Powers Authority (JPA), to advocate for children, youth, and families who reside in the City of Oakland, as enumerated in said Agreement and incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth for the period of November 5, 2015 through November 30, 2017, in an amount not to exceed $100,000.00.

Legislation Text 16-0748 Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement - Marcus A. Foster Educational Institute dba Marcus Foster Education Fund - Oakland Unified School District

16-0833 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and NO BULLY, San Francisco, CA, for the latter to provide two part-time content experts in the NO BULLY System to support 6 schools - Crocker, Franklin, Lafayette, Joaquin Miller, Allendale, Community United, Futures, Horace Mann, International Community, Burckhalter, New Highland, and REACH - to provide bully prevention training to all staff, via the Community Schools and Student Services Department, for the term of September 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016, in an amount not to exceed $15,000.00.

Legislation Text 16-0833 Professional Services Contract - NO BULLY - Behavioral Health Initiatives Unit - Community Schools & Student Services Department

16-0846 Approval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 2, Standard Agreement - Subvention Contract - Vocational Rehabilitation Third Party Cooperative/Case Agreement - Transition Partnership Program - between District and California State Department of Rehabilitation, accepting term and condition changes in Exhibits B,D,E,F, certified budget and narrative are hereby revised as attached hereto for fiscal years 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, regarding original grant award of $1,174,917.00, for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2018, for Special Education pupils. All other terms and conditions of Agreement remain in full force and effect.

Legislation Text 16-0846 Amendment No. 2 for Standard Agreement - Subvention Contract - California State Department of Rehabilitation - Programs for Exceptions Children Career Transition Department

16-0848 Approval by the Board of Education of a Memorandum of Understanding between the District and City of Oakland, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide two MSW Case Managers to work at specific District school sites to address chronic absence or truancy; work with students, families, teachers, school staff and other resource organizations to help support students to improve attendance, with District supporting efforts as described in the Agreement, via the Community Schools and Student Services Department, for the period of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2017, at no cost to the District.

Legislation Text 16-0848 Memorandum of Understanding - City of Oakland - Attendance and Discipline Support Services Unit - Community Schools and Student Services Department

16-0849 Approval by the Board of Education of Grant Agreement between District and the City of Oakland, accepting $120,000.00, City's Measure Z Violence Intervention Services Grant, for violence intervention services and intensive case management services, for District students, via the Community Schools and Student Services Department, pursuant to terms and conditions thereof, for the term of January 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017.

Legislation Text 16-0849 Grant Agreement - City of Oakland - Violence Intervention Services - Community Schools and Student Services Department

16-0896 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and The Regents of the University of California, on behalf of its UCB Department of History, Berkeley, CA, for the latter to provide Professional Development Workshops for Teachers - 3 Day institute - as described in the Scope of Work, via the Teaching and Learning Department, for the period of June 1, 2015 through May 30, 2016, in an amount not to exceed $7,550.00.

Legislation Text 16-0896 Professional Services Contract - The Regents of the University of California - Teaching and Learning Department

General Counsel

16-0847 Ratification by the Board of Education of an Educational Contract between the District and Naturalists at Large, Ventura, CA, for the latter to provide field trip services including lodging, meals, and training of leaders, as described in Exhibit "A" of Contract, for Hillcrest Elementary School, for the period of May 17, 2016 through May 20, 2016, at no cost to the District.

Legislation Text 16-0847 Educational Organization Contract - Naturalists at Large - Hillcrest Elementary School

16-1048 Approval by the Board of Education of the Professional Services Agreement between District and Niam Consulting, LLC, for the latter to support Phase III of Community Engagement as provided in Board Policy 7155 during the construction of the Central Kitchen Project, for the period from May 1, 2016 to May 31, 2017, in an amount not to exceed $86,000.00.

Legislation Text 16-1048 Agreement - NIAM Consulting, LLC - General Counsel