21874 1 ORDINANCE NO. 21,874
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3 A ORDINANCE TO DECLARE IT IMPRACTICAL AND UNFEASIBLE
4 TO BID; TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXTEND A ONE
5 (1)-YEAR SOLE-SOURCE AGREEMENT WITH CITY YEAR, INC., AND
6 THE CITY YEAR AMERICORPS MEMBERS, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
7 EXCEED ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100,000.00),
8 RELATIVE TO THE CITY'S EDUCATIONAL INITATIVE FOR USE BY
9 THE LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO DECLARE AN
10 EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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12 WHEREAS, there is an educational need to provide single-point solutions to address a school or
13 student's needs,utilizing City Year's holistic approach,the Whole School Whole Child("WSWC")Model,
14 is designed to meet students' academic and social-emotional needs by providing support at the individual
15 student,classroom, at whole-school levels;and,
16 WHEREAS,WSWC creates pathways to keep students in school and on-track to graduate by ensuring
17 direct student support and providing schools with the additional capacity to create positive, school-wide
18 learning environments;and,
19 WHEREAS,at the core of this model program are the City Year AmeriCorps Members,who provide
20 full-time support from before the first bell through the conclusion of afterschool programming. AmeriCorps
21 Members function as"near peers"and build close, high-impact relationships with students by providing a
22 consistent presence in the students' lives and in the physical school building combined with thoughtfully
23 integrated programming to improve school climate and culture to foster a school environment that is more
24 conducive for positive communication, learning,and student success; and,
25 WHEREAS, in Little Rock, City Year AmeriCorps Members are currently working with 4,500
26 students through this model program in five(5)schools: Mabelvale Elementary School;Cloverdale Middle
27 School;Mabelvale Middle School;Hall High School;and the new Little Rock Southwest High School. At
28 Mabelvale Elementary School, AmeriCorps Members are working as Student Success Coaches with 490
29 students,providing full-time classroom support as well as 1:1 tutoring and interventions with students who
30 have been uniquely identified as"off-track"by teachers and school administrators.
31 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
32 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
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1 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby authorizes the City Manager to enter into an agreement to
2 provide funding support for this model program in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars
3 ($100,000.00) with City Year Inc., to establish an educational program whereby City Year AmeriCorps
4 Members provide single-point solutions to address a school or student's needs and designed to meet
5 students' academic and social-emotional needs by providing support at the individual student, classroom,
6 and whole-school levels and to create school-wide learning environments.
7 Section 2.Funds for this program is available through the Community Programs Account No. 108159-
8 S 15C203.
9 Section 3. Because of City Year's unique approach with educational organizations in the area, the
10 Board of Directors declares it is impractical and unfeasible to submit this model to competitive bids.
11 Section 4. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
12 word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
13 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and
14 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
15 ordinance.
16 Section 5. Repealer. All laws,ordinances,resolutions,or parts of the same,that are inconsistent with
17 the provisions of this resolution,are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
18 Section 6. Emergency Clause. The ability to have an adequate educational model with members
19 properly equipped to interact effectively is essential to the public health, safety and welfare;an emergency
20 is, therefore, declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of
21 its passage.
22 PASSED: June 16,2020
23 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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26 Allison Segars,Depu Clerk Frank Scott,Jr., r
27 APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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30 Thomas M. Carpenter,Ig Attorn
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