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April 22, 2014 Next Steps Following Council Action: • Finance will complete the necessary budget adjustments. 1. Mark Geduldig-Yatrofsky, P. O. Box 50141, spoke in support of this item. Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Ms. Psimas, to adopt the following ordinance, and was adopted by the following vote: "ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE IN THE OTHER FUNDS-GRANTS FUND PORTION OF THE FY 2013-14 EDUCATION FUND THE SUM OF $19,536 IN PROJECT GRADUATION GRANT FUNDS RECEIVED FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA." Ayes: Cherry, Edmonds, Meeks, Moody, Psimas, Randall, Wright Nays: None 14 - 161 -Adoption of an ordinance to appropriate in the Portsmouth Public School's FY 2013-14 Grants Fund-Schools Operating Fund the sum of $6,000 in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Teacher Recruitment and Retention Incentive Awards grant funds received from the Commonwealth of Virginia. Vision Principles: Quality of Life and Lifelong Learning Community. Background: • As part of its Fiscal Year 2013 -14 Budget, the Commonwealth of Virginia has established several grant opportunities which includes Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Teacher Recruitment and Retention Incentive Awards. • The STEM Teacher Recruitment and Retention Incentive Grant is designed to provide incentive awards in Fiscal Year 2013-14 to teachers who meet specified criteria and are employed in a Virginia public school. • Successful teachers selected to participate in the pilot program under specified criteria will be eligible to receive a $5,000 initial incentive award after the completion of the first, second, or third year of teaching with a satisfactory performance evaluation and a signed contract in the same school division for the following school year. • In addition, a $1,000 incentive award may be granted for each year an eligible teacher meeting certain criteria who receives a satisfactory evaluation and teaches a qualifying STEM subject in which the teacher has an endorsement for up to three years in a Virginia school division following the year in which the teacher receives the initial incentive award. Discussion: • Under the STEM Teacher Recruitment and Retention Incentive Award, the Commonwealth of Virginia awarded $5,000 to the Portsmouth City Public Schools as an incentive award to Ms. Stephine A. Hamill, who met the specified criteria. • In addition, the Commonwealth of Virginia awarded $1,000 to the Portsmouth City Public Schools as a continued incentive award to Ms. Dana M. Olson, who met the specified criteria. • The STEM Teacher Recruitment and Retention Incentive Award Grants do not require a local match. • The Portsmouth School Board passed resolutions on 9 January 2014 and 6 February 2014 requesting that City Council appropriate these two amounts for use in its Grant Fund for Fiscal Year 2013 -2014. Financial Impact: • The appropriation of $5,000 and $1,000 will increase the funding in the Fiscal Year 2013 -2014 Portsmouth Public Schools Grant Fund Budget. Recommended Action: • Adoption of the ordinance. Vision Principles: Quality of Life and Lifelong Learning Community. Next Steps Following Council Action: • Finance will complete the necessary budget adjustments.