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Approval by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2024-2025 by and between the District and Oakland Public Education Fund, Oakland, CA, for the latter to manage the stipend process for student interns participating in the Cypress Mandela Internship involved with the pathway-based summer Work-Based Learning program, “ECCCO” (Exploring College, Career, and Community Options), including setting up the intern stipend process and timeline, issuing stipend payments as directed by OUSD's Work-Based Learning Coordinator on the agreed-upon timeline, professionally resolving stipend issues, invoicing OUSD for the amount of processed stipends, and issuing year-end tax documents to stipend recipients; pay stipends for high school student interns engaging in extended on-site work-based learning experiences in various industries; and invoice for these stipends and distribute initial stipends, with 10% of processed stipend checks going Oakland Public Education Fund as payment for their services, via Linked Learning Department, for the period of June 1, 2025 through June 30, 2025, in an amount not to exceed $43,000.00.