T.-34 23-1985 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2023-2024 by and between the District and CORE [Consortium on Reaching Excellence in Education], Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide training for Middle Schools Literacy TSAs [Teachers on Special Assignment], Reading Teachers, and other OUSD staff who provide support for student reading to understand the importance of foundational skills in reading and implement the SIPPS [Systematic Instruction In Phoneme Awareness] curriculum, including the research base underpinning the program, placement and formative assessments, suggestions for grouping, modeling and practice of the routines, and lesson and program design and an overview of the online resources in the Learning Portal, via Academics and Instruction Department, for the period of September 1, 2023 through October 31, 2023, in an amount not to exceed $3,180.00.