AN ORDINANCE relating to the 2018 Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise Levy; amending the levy implementation and evaluation plan adopted by Ordinance 125807 to grant the Department of Education and Early Learning temporary authority to modify the implementation and evaluation plan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Bill passes and the chair will sign it. Will the clerk please affix my signature to the legislation on my behalf? Okay. Committee reports the report of the Governance and Education Committee will please read the short title of item seven into the Record Report of the Governance and Education Committee Agenda. Item seven Constable. 119967. Relating to the. 2018. Families, Education, Preschool and Permits. Levy and Medical Levy Implementation and Evaluation Plan adopted by Ordinance 20 5807. The Committee recommends the bill pass. Thank you, Madam Clerk. As chair of the committee, I will provide the committee report and then open the floor to comments. Colleagues, we did have an opportunity. I did have an opportunity to explain and describe this legislation to the full council during this morning's council briefing. This is legislation that is designed to temporarily modify the FEP Levy Implementation and evaluation plan that has been previously adopted and approved by the City Council. These modifications will allow the Department of Education and Early Learning some additional flexibility as they continue to modify their programing and services in the context of COVID 19. We did have a robust presentation by the Department of Education and Early Learning in my committee last week where they described how the flexibility will roll out in context of early learning K through 12 and the Seattle Promise. Lots of good stuff there on the Seattle Promise. For example, there will be flexibility allowed for students who are part of the cohort for Seattle promise to to continue to attend part time as opposed to requiring full time attendance. That's one of the changes there. And the K-through-12 space will be additional ongoing flexibility in light of and in response to the fact that children are remote learning as opposed to learning on site and for early learning, there will be additional flexibility, particularly as it relates to tuition related to those who are looking for child care services in the early learning space. So that those are some highlights. There's other additional details included in in the ordinance and really appreciate deals attractiveness in terms of seeking this now so that they can begin to modify how they're going to roll out the operational plan for these funds in the 2021 2022 academic year they're planning starts in earnest here very shortly. So looking for swift approval of this gives them a long ramp to be able to prepare and to engage stakeholders to to get this right. So the committee did consider this and unanimously voted to recommend that the city council pass this council bill. Are there any additional comments on the bill? Hearing no additional comments on the bill. Will the Court please call the will on the passage of the bill? A want? Yes. Strauss. Yes. HERBOLD. Yes. Whereas I. Lewis. Yes. Morales. Yes. Mr.. Yes. Peterson. Yes. Council President Gonzales. Yes. Nine in favor. Nine oppose. The bill passes. Metro will sign it. Will the clerk please affect my signature to the legislation on my behalf? Hey, colleagues. Item eight. Well, the clerk please read item eight into the record. Agenda item.