RULE TITLE: Purchasing Food with Certain Federal Funds.

RULE NUMBER: Policy 6.175.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To codify authorization to use certain federal funds to purchase food such as for Title I parent-involvement meetings and training sessions, as permitted by Fla. Stat. § 1001.43(2)(g) and federal guidelines.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Fla. Stat. § 1001.43(2)(g), the District is authorized to use certain federal funds to purchase food to the extent permitted by the federal program guidelines, such as for Title I parent-involvement meetings and training sessions. Such expenditures are permitted by relevant federal program guidelines.

SPECIFIC RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: Fla. Stat. §§ 1001.41(1), (2); 1001.43(2)(g).

LAWS IMPLEMENTED: Fla. Stat. § 1001.43(2)(g).

SUPPLEMENTAL REFERENCES: "Parental Involvement: Title I, Part A Non-Regulatory Guidance" (2004), and "Title I, Part C, Education of Migratory Children: Draft Non-Regulatory Guidance" (2003).

SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COST (optional, if one has been prepared): None prepared. Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or to provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative, must do so in writing within 21 days of the publication of this Notice.

CONTACT PERSONS: Kay Scott and Celia Elrod, 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33406.

PERSON ORIGINATING THE PROPOSED RULE: Celia Elrod.

TEXT OF PROPOSED RULE: Is available from the District's web site at www.SchoolBoardPolicies.com/revisions.htm .

SUPERVISOR OR PERSON WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Dr. Art Johnson.

DATE PROPOSED REVISION WAS APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD: September 13, 2006.

PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED: August 30, 2006, in The Palm Beach Post.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE: Adoption of the proposed rule is anticipated to be considered at the School Board's Special Meeting on Policies on November 1, 2006, anticipated to begin at 2:30 p.m. in the Board Chambers at 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fla. AGENDA: A copy of the agenda will be available on October 25 on the District's Web site. Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this hearing is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours in advance by contacting the Board clerk at 434-8139. This hearing is open to the public.

Publish: October 4, 2006