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Home My WebLink About16393 1 RESOLUTION NO. 16,393 2 3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER 4 INTO A SUB-AWARD AGREMEENT WITH THE LITTLE ROCK 5 SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ADMINISTER A GRANT TO SUPPORT 6 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AT THE GEYER SPRINGS EARLY 7 CHILDHOOD CENTER; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 8 9 WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock, Arkansas (City), was awarded One Hundred Fifty Thousand 10 Dollars ($150,000.00) from the Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, to 11 implement a Language Environment and Analysis (LENA) for the Little Rock School District (LRSD); 12 and, 13 WHEREAS, the City has partnered with LRSD to administer the grant and will align and build upon 14 the City's existing efforts to provide Early Childhood Education;and, 15 WHEREAS the City will make a Sixty Thousand Dollar($60,000.00) Sub-Award to LRSD for the 16 benefit of sixteen(16)classrooms at the Geyer Springs Early Childhood Center;and, 17 WHEREAS,the remaining Ninety Thousand Dollars($90,000.00)from the Arkansas Department of 18 Education, Office of Early Childhood Grant for LRSD will provide support for the State's new Quality 19 Rating System, a communications campaign to promote the importance of early childhood education and 20 additional program materials for early childhood providers. 21 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY 22 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS: 23 Section 1. The Board of Directors authorizes the City Manager to enter into a Sub-Award Agreement 24 with Little Rock School District, in the amount of Sixty Thousand Dollars($60,000.00) to provide Early 25 Childhood Education for the benefit of sixteen (16) classrooms at the Geyer Springs Early Childhood 26 Center. 27 Section 2. Funds for the Sub-Award will be allocated in Account No. G 15P231. 28 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or 29 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or 30 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution, which shall remain in full force and 31 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the 32 resolution. 33 Section 4.Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions,or parts of the same, that are inconsistent with 34 the provisions of this resolution,are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. [Page 1 of 2] 1 ADOPTED: August 6, 2024 2 ATT T• APPROVED: 3 5 usan , ity Clerk Frank Scott,Jr.,Mayor 6 APPR AS TO LEGAL FORM: 7 8 9 Thomas M. Carpenter,City Attor 10 // 11 // 12 // 13 // 14 // 15 // 16 // 17 // 18 // 19 // 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // 31 // 32 // 33 // 34 // 35 // [Page 2 of 2]