Teachers that have been identified out of field for the subject area they currently teach in must be presented to and approved by the Board of Directors to comply with the FTE requirements. Teachers out of field status is monitored by the Certification department to ensure compliance.

We've worked for the last two months to submit an application for Clean School Bus Rebates Program directly. We worked with 5 vendors that will have to be involved in design and implementation of the electrical infrastructure at the school as well as installation of charging stations. After learning everything that will need to be done, we realized that the schools currently don't have resources to manage this project by themselves. Also, the school does not currently own any buses, which will make it difficult to apply for the grants. The bus manufacturer recommended us to work with Highland Electric Fleets, Inc. which can apply for the Rebate Program on the schools' behalf and manage the whole project if grant is approved. They will purchase the bus and the school will be able to leasing it from them. There is no commitment of any kind. At this time if the board approves, it will allow Highland Electric Fleets, Inc. to apply for the rebate on behalf of the school.

GOCA is still trying to apply for ERTC. Initially Board engaged Jorns & Associates LLC to prepare all the paperwork for submission. Once the process began, they realized that GOCA is part of PEO and advised that PEO will have to submit the paperwork and the PEO will also charge GOCA for services. At that time Board approved engaging Paychex PEO to submit ERTC and withdrew from Jorns & Associates LLC agreement. However, after working with Paychex, we realized that Paychex has no interest in making sure that GOCA receives maximum possible benefit of ERTC and is very reluctant to even submit the paperwork. After speaking with Jorns & Associates LLC, they offered to work with Paychex on GOCA's behalf to provide them clear directions on specific government orders and details about qualifications for ERTC for GOCA. Jorns & Associates LLC will earn 20% fee of the amount of the tax credit only after GOCA receives the funds. The Board has approved the engagement letter in the past. I'm asking the board to approve engaging Jorns & Associates LLC to work with Paychex on on GOCA's behalf to prepare paperwork for ERTC submission.