File #: 2021-2658    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Preliminary Item
File created: 5/26/2021 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 6/8/2021 Final action:
Title: Commission District(s): ALL DISTRICTS Approval of an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between DeKalb County Government and Georgia Piedmont Technical College for the purpose of joint administration of the DeKalb Virtual Career Academy and not to exceed $160,000.

                                    

Public Hearing:  YES      NO                                                   Department: WorkSource DeKalb                                     

 

SUBJECT:

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Commission District(s): ALL DISTRICTS

Approval of an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between DeKalb County Government and Georgia Piedmont Technical College for the purpose of joint administration of the DeKalb Virtual Career Academy and not to exceed $160,000.

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Information Contact: Theresa Austin-Gibbons

Phone Number: 404.371.6354

 

PURPOSE:

To consider approval of $160,000 for an Intergovernmental Agreement between DeKalb County Government and Georgia Piedmont Technical College for instruction and utilization of the Blackboard/GALIS learning management software for the DeKalb Virtual Career Academy.

 

NEED/IMPACT:

The purpose of the Intergovernmental Agreement is to allow the aforementioned parties to collaborate and provide academic enrichment, career readiness training, credentialing courses, GED instruction, and additional counseling to DeKalb County youth between seventeen (17) and twenty-four (24) years of age in a safe, healthy, and remote, virtual learning environment due to the circumstances of the pandemic, the shelter in place order, and social distancing guidelines.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

The fiscal impact would not exceed $160,000.

 

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommended Action

To approve the resolution and authorize the chief executive officer to execute all necessary documents....