During this 2021-22 Fiscal Year, Desert Sands USD (DSUSD) continued to partner with and contract Coachella Valley Adult School (CVAS) to offer courses in the areas of Adult High School Diploma, English as a Second Language (ESL), High School Equivalency Preparation, and Citizenship Preparation. To support the student needs for this program, DSUSD employs a Program Coordinator at 16.15% of 1 FTE, a 1 FTE Career Guidance Specialist, and 90% of a 0.75 FTE Office Specialist/Bilingual. Services provided include providing information to the public, staff, and students, assisting students with enrollments, career guidance, discussing transitions, and counseling. Additional services available to students include tutoring and testing services.
Fourth Quarter expenditures include salaries and the related benefits for the Program Coordinator, salaries and the related benefits for the Career Guidance Specialist, and salaries and the related benefits for the Office Specialist Bilingual positions afore described. Expenditures for Services and Operations include the Fourth quarter Invoice of Contractual services provided by CVAS, copier maintenance costs, reprographic services, communication (telephone) costs, and Indirect Costs @ 5% accessed on actual expenditures, excluding the contractual CVAS costs.