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Strategic Imperative: Academic Excellence (SI-1) Focus Area(s): Academic Growth (FA-2)

Clark County School District Regulation 3312 provides guidelines for all purchases that exceed $50,000.00 in cost. The Clark County School District proposes to purchase a portion of the May 2019 Advanced Placement testing fees from the College Board, for the purpose of student success for approximately 19,500 students, for an approximate cost of $2,352,000.00, effective May 1, 2019, through June 30, 2019.

The College Board’s Advanced Placement program enables high school students to participate in college- level coursework while still in high school, with the opportunity to earn college credit, advanced placement in college, or both. Advanced Placement courses give students access to rigorous college-level work with the built-in support of high school teachers and peers. Students not only learn content, they also build confidence and learn essential time management and study skills necessary for college and career success. Students have the opportunity to develop advanced research and communication skills, in addition to learning problem-solving and analytical skills to address course challenges. Research indicates that students who participate in an Advanced Placement exam in high school are more likely to graduate from college in four years.

The College Board supports Advanced Placement access by providing low-income students with a savings of $41.00 per AP exam, reducing the Advanced Placement exam fee cost from $94.00 to $53.00 per exam. The Department of Education Advanced Placement Test Fee Program previously funded an additional $38.00 per test for low-income students, lowering the total cost for low-income students. Under the Every Student Succeeds Act, this fee reduction of $38.00 per exam was eliminated. This purchasing proposal will lower Advanced Placement exam fees for all low-income students in the District participating in Advanced Placement exams using monies from the College and Career Readiness Advanced Placement Grant. Shifting this financial obligation from the students to the District provides greater access for low-income students and initiates students’ earlier entry on the road to college.

Additionally, the Title I Services Department proposes to fund a portion of the Advanced Placement exam testing fees to be utilized in the following eight Title I schools:

Advanced Technologies Cimarron-Memorial High School Academy East Career and Technical Mojave High School Academy Southeast Career and Sunrise Mountain High School Technical Academy

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The following high schools will fund the remaining Advanced Placement exam testing fees for all students through school Strategic Budgets:

Advanced Technologies Basic Academy of International Academy Studies Boulder City High School Canyon Springs High School and the Leadership and Law Preparatory Academy Centennial High School Chaparral High School Cheyenne High School Cimarron-Memorial High School Coronado High School Cowan Sunset Southeast High School Del Sol Academy of the Desert Pines High School Performing Arts Desert Rose High School Durango High School East Career and Technical Academy Ed W. Clark High School Eldorado High School Foothill High School Global Community High School Green Valley High School Indian Springs High School at Morris Hall Academy of the Arts Laughlin Senior High School Legacy High School Liberty High School Moapa Valley High School Mojave High School Morris Sunset East High School Nevada Learning Academy at CCSD Northwest Career and Rancho High School Technical Academy Sandy Valley High School Shadow Ridge High School Sierra Vista High School Silverado High School Southeast Career and Technical Southwest Career and Technical Academy Academy Spring Valley High School Sunrise Mountain High School Valley High School Veterans Tribute Career and Virgin Valley High School West Career and Technical Technical Academy Academy Preparatory Institute, School for Western High School Academic Excellence at Charles I. West Hall

The College Board shall furnish the Advanced Placement exams and accompanying deliverables and reports to all Clark County School District high schools.

The Purchasing Department has reviewed the request for purchase and has determined that contracting for these goods may be exempted from the competitive bidding process in accordance with Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) 332.

If approved, a contract will be executed by the Purchasing Department to include District indemnification and any necessary insurance requirements. The supplier must agree to all District contract requirements prior to providing services. Page 2 of 3

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Should the Board of School Trustees not approve this expenditure, low-income students across the District will have to pay the subsidized fee of $53.00 per Advanced Placement exam, and students at all District high schools will have to pay the full fee of $94.00 per Advanced Placement exam, which may potentially limit access for these students.

Discussion and possible action on authorization to purchase a portion of the May 2019 Advanced Placement testing fees from the College Board, for the purpose of student success for approximately 19,500 students, for an approximate cost of $2,352,000.00, from May 1, 2019, through June 30, 2019, to be paid from the high school Strategic Budgets as listed: 9310001436, 9310001579, 9310001951, 9310001452, 9310001941, 9310001578, 9310001563, 9310001554, 9310001454, 9310001453, 9310001551, 9310001573, 9310001888, 9310001577, 9310001445, 9310001562, 9310001550, 9310001555, 9310001409, 9310001352, 9310001572, 9310001878, 9310001945, 9310001932, 9310001353, 9310001251, 9310001946, 9310001556, 9310001565, 9310001942, 9310001245, 9310001815, 931000633, 9310001548, 9310001246, 9310001351, 9310001935, 9310001576, 9310001564, 9310001940, 9310001870, 9310001448, 9310001502, 9310001446, 9310001552, 9310001449, 9310001944, 931000603, 9310001447, 9310001793, 9310001451; College and Career Readiness Advanced Placement Grant, Internal Order G4473000119, Fund 0279; and Title I Grant, Internal Order G6633015319, Fund 0280, is recommended.

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