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Recommendations: Actions and Next Steps
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(a) Direct staff, in partnership with appropriate networks and leading agencies, to establish evidence-based quality standards for all programs that are City-funded, sponsored, or endorsed; align program standards with existing standards and program assessments whenever possible.
(b) Direct staff to establish and convene an expanded learning collaborative network that engages City, County, community, and school agencies.
(c) Direct staff to develop a draft policy in collaboration with stakeholders and return to Council for review and approval. The policy should clarify the City’s role and intent in a policy statement that guides investment, establishes expected service delivery and reporting requirements.
(d) Establish a clear framework for annual and programmatic reporting;
• Establish the Library and Early Education Commission as the oversight commission for the City’s education initiative;
• Direct staff to recommend additional changes to the Commission’s governing documents to establish the change in scope; and
• Establish annual and programmatic reporting through the Neighborhood Services and Education Committee and the City Council.