FROM:
Community Services
SUBJECT:
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Approve the purchase of Sandy Spin Inc. Skillastics curriculum for the Fontana Expanded Learning Program’s school sites
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Authorize the Community Services to utilize Article V. PURCHASING Sec. 10-152(3). - Exceptions from bid procedures of the Fontana City Code to acquisition the proprietary Skillastics curriculum from Sandy Spin Inc. for the Fontana Expanded Learning Program (FELP).
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COUNCIL GOALS:
• To operate in a businesslike manner by becoming more service oriented.
• To practice sound fiscal management by living within our means while investing in the future.
DISCUSSION:
The City of Fontana is currently in its fifteenth year of collaboration with the Fontana Unified School District as the Fontana Expanded Program (FELP) provider. The Fontana Expanded Learning Program is an After School Education and Safety (ASES) grant and Expanded Learning Opportunities Program funded program.
As part of the curriculum components, the Fontana Expanded Learning Program provides physical education opportunities and 21st Century Skill lessons to meet the program requirements as well as align with the districts’ efforts to prepare students to have physically active lives and make healthy choices.
To enhance the current physical education curriculum at the FELP sites the Fontana Expanded Learning Program is recommending purchasing Sandy Spin Inc Skillastics Curriculum. The program will support student physical development and expose them to physical education skills needed for successful healthy living.
The Skillastics curriculum offers a wide range of physical activities and specialty programs, such as dance and marital arts, for a variety of ages and skill levels. The curriculum focuses on teaching students important values in living a healthy life such as mindfulness, physical exercise and healthy nutrition. FELP will have access to this curriculum for the life of the program.
Due to the various physical and healthy education components the Skillastics curriculum provides and the recommendation of the Fontana Unified School District, staff is recommending this purchase be processed under Article V. PURCHASING Sec. 10-152(3). - Exceptions from bid procedures, no competitive market due to the proprietary nature and can only be provided by one vendor.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The program is budgeted in the adopted FY 2021/2022 Community Services Department operating budget as designed by the FUSD Operating Agreement. The cost of the curriculum is $425,517.91 and will be funded from Budget Unit #38524101 in the Fontana Expanded Learning Program Account # 8010.
The City, per the Operating Agreement with the Fontana Unified School District, will be reimbursed in an amount not to exceed $4,407,402 per year for services provided to the grant-funded after school program.
MOTION:
Approve Recommendation