·        The current SACC rate is $2.00 per hour per student, with a sibling rate of $1.50 per hour.

·        Effective August 1, 2005, the School Age Child Care (SACC) sibling rate will increase from $1.50 per hour to $2.00 per hour.

·        The total SACC population is approximately 16,793 students.  Approximately 2,614 or 16% receive the current sibling rate.

·        Program costs and salary levels have increased in the past four years since the last SACC rate increase on July 11, 2001.

·        Increasing the sibling rate eliminates the need to increase the rate for all students.

·        One base rate for SACC fees will:

o       Simplify accounting procedures

o       Simplify revenue payment from Family Central for families receiving subsidies

o       Simplify and streamline the Memorandums of Understanding between Community Based Organizations and District-operated SACC programs in Beacon schools

o       Eliminate the need for identifying and verifying siblings entering and exiting elementary schools, thus freeing the staff to have more time to interact with the students

·        The SACC Advisory Committee, which is comprised of school principals, District administrators and SACC directors, will determine future SACC rate increases, limited to no more that five percent per year.

·        This fee increase and procedures for future increases was recommended and approved by the SACC Advisory Committee.