8/13/70 CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT: This Contract entered into as of this date, August 13, 1970, shall govern certain cooperative program activities jointly supported and jointly managed by the Dallas Independent School District, hereinafter sometimes referred to as the District, and the Council of the Great City Schools, sometimes referred to as the Council. The objectives of this cooperative program described herein are to: (1) jointly develop, design, and implement a management information system which will enable the District to systematically follow the development of its "Guaranteed Student Performance in Education and Training" project; (2) design said system to control costs incurred, to determine a basis for interim payments to contractors, and to establish the cost effectiveness of implementing the guaranteed contracts; (3) validate and/or modify design criteria and to predetermine unanticipated costs or debilitating factors with respect to Turnkey operations; (4) determine the feasibility of continuing such management support activities. Related to the above objectives, the District and the Council agree as follows: ARTICLE I: Period of Performance The period of performance of this contract shall be 115 8/13/70 116 ARTICLE II: District Commitment During the period of performance, the District agrees to provide: (1) supplementary secretarial support, (2) use of computer facilities as needed to make the system operational, (3) adequate office space. ARTICLE III: Council Commitment During the period of performance, the Council (1) provide support to the Project Director and his staff a. report student progress, by treatment, by school, b. report actual costs, as well as assigned costs, of other resources (for cost effectiveness analysis) in order to determine the optimal configuration and feasibility of Turnkey operations. (3) upon request, to assist the Project Director in the conduct of press conferences, briefings, and other forms of communication. (4) assist the Project Director in evaluating and then implementing new and proven cost effective techniques and strategies for the management of this project. (5) upon request, assist the Project Director in planning for the first and second years of the project, including: a. preparation for Turnkey and/or project expansion; b. development of an education resources management system; C. development of an objects network; and d. preparation of estimated second year budget. (6) upon request, assist in soliciting funds or developing proposals for operating and/or expanding the project. (7) upon request, to assist in preparation of summary and interim reports, school board agenda items, executive team reports, report to advisory groups 8/13/70 and to participating schools, and recommendations to project decision makers. ARTICLE IV: Management of Program Activities The management procedures for the cooperative program shall be in accordance with existing policies and procedures of both the District and the Council. Every effort shall be made to insure that the objectives of each of the cooperating institutions are achieved in a systematic way. ARTICLE V: Reports The Council will report to the following people for (1) To the Project Director for determining basis of in- (3) To the Project Director for renegotiating or ter- (4) To the Project Director for validating voucher (5) The instructional contractor/s to be used as feed- ARTICLE VI: Termination All obligations of DISD undertaken hereunder are wholly subject to Federal funds being made available to DISD and committed for the purposes of this Contract, and the actual receipt of such funds by DISD. This Contract shall neither encumber nor be funded from DISD revenues derived from local taxation nor from the State Foundation 117 118 8/13/70 Program funds as they are now allocated and committed. In the event the funding from Federal sources is not received by DISD as anticipated during the contract performance period, this Contract shall be terminated immediately upon written notice by DISD to The Council of the Great City Schools and DISD shall have no further liability for costs accrued or fees earned by The Council of the Great City Schools after the giving of such notice. Likewise all obligations undertaken are subject to the continuation of the prime contracts between DISD and New Century, Division of Meredith Corporation, and DISD and Thiokol Chemical Corporation, contract numbers 70-2 and 70-1 respectively, duly authorized and executed on August 13, 1970. The schedule for the above reports will be built around the interim and final data collection dates specified in the instructional contracts with New Century, Educational Division, Meredith Corporation and Thiokol Chemical Corporation. The Council will receive $59,810.00 for the described services as outlined in the attached budget. In witness herewith, the Dallas Independent School District and the Council of the Great City Schools have executed this Contract as of the date first above written. Dallas Independent School District: General Superintendent of Schools The Council of the Great City Schools: Executive Vice President |