Revised 01/08

Contract Programs vs. Regular PO Processing

Questions	Contract Programs Processes	Regular ES PO Processes
What is included	CP Courses and Group Educational Activities (CWCS GEAs created by office only)	Educational Activities, Courses with Business vendors
Who can instruct	Any who is qualified by ES	Vendor approved businesses
Who Oversees this	It is our school course, the ES oversees	It is not our course, the business oversees
How many students needed	1 to instructor-specified course maximum(see Conflict of Interest Protocol for restrictions)	Limited to 1 student or 1 family only (see Conflict of Interest Protocol for restrictions)
How are they qualified	ES gives educational approval	Vendor Relations
How much can they charge	Based on CP Instructor pay scale (office function)	Same as they charge the community
How do we get supplies	Reimbursement process based on contract or ES submits PO for supplies	ES submits PO for supplies
What account pays for this	ES Instructional Fund account	ES Instructional Fund account
Who approves enrollment	ES	ES
How often do they bill	Monthly, if at all possible	Monthly or once at the end of the activity
When can it begin	When signed contract has been mailed to CP	When business receives the PO from school
Who can enroll	Enrolled students only (No parents, siblings, etc.)	Enrolled students only (No parents, siblings, etc.)
Who selects the standards?	ES who sets up the course or activity	ES Selects student standards on Learning Record
Who follows up	ES documents all learning on the LR	ES documents all learning on the LR
Approval criteria	Meet student standards in any of the 7 growth areas and any additional High Risk requirements met.	Meet student standards in any of the 7 growth areas, and have all High Risk requirements to ES prior to creation of the PO.