Approves $50,000 for Oakland Public Education Fund to train and support parents of special education students
Oakland Public Education Fund will pay stipends so parents can train to become certified Family Navigators. It will also hold workshops for families of students entering special education that explain the Individualized Education Program (IEP) process and family rights. The agreement runs April 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024.
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- Vendor / partner
- Oakland Public Education Fund · Oakland, CA
- Action
- New agreement
- Category Categories and sub-categories are assigned by AI from each item's official text, using a fixed set of definitions. They can be wrong. How categories work
- Special education“Special Education” lumps together very different kinds of spending, from full-time private school placements to everyday staffing, and the public record rarely says which is which, so read its totals with caution. Why this matters
- Sub-category
- Programs & support
- Term
- Apr 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024
- This vote
- $50,000
- Funding
- Mental Health Services, S&C Carryover
- Resource / site
0006-975, 6546-975- Vendor no.
003143- Presented by
- Chief Academic Officer
- File
23-0860· agendaT.-40- Outcome
- Adopted on the General Consent Report, Apr 26, 2023
Official text
Approval by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2022-2023 by and between the District and Oakland Public Education Fund, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide parent stipends so that the parents can participate in training to become certified as a Family Navigator by the FRN Network; hold parent/caregiver workshops for families of students entering Special Education to orient families to the Individualized Education Program (IEP) process, explain rights and responsibilities as an educational rights holder for a child with an IEP, and how to address concerns or questions with the IEP team, and other related services, as delineated in Exhibit A of the Agreement, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, via Special Education Department, for the period of April 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00.
History
- Adopted on the General Consent Report