Pays National College Resources Foundation up to $15,000 to bring HBCUs to Oakland college fairs

National College Resources Foundation will work with the High School Linked Learning Office, the NAACP and Oakland Promise to bring at least 20 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to host two college fairs. Students who qualify may be offered scholarships and admission on the spot, and the partners will host an awards ceremony. The district may pay up to $15,000 for November 1, 2022 through February 5, 2023. The service period began before the board's vote.

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Vendor / partner: National College Resources Foundation
Action: New agreement
Category: Classroom & academic programs
Term: Nov 1, 2022 – Feb 5, 2023
This vote: $15,000
Presented by: Chief Academic Officer
File: 23-0727 · agenda T.-66
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, Apr 12, 2023

Official text

Approval by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2022-2023 by and between District and National College Resources Foundation (NCRF), for the latter to work with the District‘s High School Linked Learning Office, in partnership with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Oakland Promise (OP), to bring at least 20 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to District to host two college fairs: HBCU Caravan and HBCU Exposition, in which students will be introduced to HBCU representatives and if students qualify, will be offered on the spot scholarship opportunities and on the spot college admissions; in partnership with OUSD, NAACP OP, host the HBCU Awards Ceremony, for the term November 1, 2022 through February 5, 2023, in an amount not to exceed $15,000.00.

History

Apr 12, 2023 Adopted on the General Consent Report

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