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Title: Recommendation: I recommend that the School Board approve additional expenditures on the negotiated agreements for FY 05 Transportation of Special Needs / Disabled Students in the not-to-exceed amount of $200,000. Description: Approve request for additional estimated expenditure for FY 05 Transportation of Special Needs / Disabled Students in the amount of $200,000. · Vendor Names: Med Aide Services and · Original Estimated Expenditure: $800,000 Additional Estimated Expenditure: $250,000 · Type of Contract: Negotiated Agreement for a Fixed Unit Price. · Presented to Board: October 15, 2003 Agenda Item: 13B-9 · Contract Period: November 16, 2003 – June 30, 2005 · Purchase Orders Issued: $1,050,000 Requisitions Pending: Invoices for April, May and June · The revised estimated expenditure is requested to be increased by $200,000 for a total of $1,250,000. The current budget has sufficient funds to cover estimated costs in the fiscal year. No additional budget funds are required. · The number of students being transported under this agreement has been increased higher than anticipated when the original agreement was done in October 2003. The cost of services provided by vendors has not increased and will remain the same for the remainder of the agreement. · In 2001 Congress passed the McKinney-Vento Act to strengthen existing laws which gave children and youth in homeless situations the right to go to school, no matter where they lived or how long they had lived there. This new law gives children and youth in homeless situations and foster care the right to stay in their school even if they move and get transportation to school for the continuity of their education. In some situations transportation is provided by our current providers by taxi service. Financial Impact: For Additional Information, contact: Joseph M. Moore moorej@palmbeach.k12.fl.us Bob Riley
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