Produced: Apr 30, 2024, 06:49 PM UTC - By Garry Cameron
2024-25
Fiscal Declaration - Consortium Approved
- Consortium Name
- 39 Palo Verde River Consortium
- Funding Channel
- Fiscal Agent
- Fiscal Agent
- Palo Verde CCD
- Narrative
- In accordance with the current three-year plan, the consortium is firmly dedicated to broadening and enhancing adult education initiatives, unhampered by regional limitations or allocations. The geographical constraints, workforce demands, and opportunities outlined in the previous Three-Year Plan persist unchanged. Our consortium, comprising the Palo Verde College District, Palo Verde, and Needles Unified School Districts, along with active partners such as the Fort Mohave and Chemehuevi Indian Tribes, and evolving partners including the Progressive Farmers Association, City of Blythe, City of Needles, Creating a Legacy, Inc. (CALI), and San Bernardino and Riverside Regional Workforce Boards, continues to prioritize regional economic development. Regrettably, our region grapples with a talent exodus due to restricted workforce opportunities, compounded by retail stagnation and a gradual decline in agricultural employment. However, there are encouraging signs of imminent significant workforce prospects stemming from burgeoning cannabis investments in Needles and Blythe. Although nearby prison employment opportunities are presently capped, there are indications of a future decrease, with the impending closure of the Chukawalla State Prison by 2025, as announced by the State of California. All three consortium agencies are now actively engaged in providing or planning to provide adult education and workforce programs in the region for the first time. The current three-year plan underscores the consortium's unwavering commitment to expanding adult education programs within the confines of regional capacity and allocations. It emphasizes scalable pilot initiatives, with ongoing efforts in areas such as CompTIA Information Technology career preparation, Basic Skills, ESL, Workforce skills preparation, and Citizenship classes expansion, and GED preparation and testing in English and Spanish. Looking ahead, the new three-year plan will outline ambitious projects encompassing Health Career Pathways, expansion of noncredit programs at the community college, Culinary Pathways, ESL satellite locations, Career and workforce development, CTE program expansion, and support for Adults with Disabilities, all with a focus on easily comprehensible outcome measurements. The challenges facing the River Consortium transcend mere adult education and job training; they necessitate comprehensive planning, enhanced capacity, resource allocation, and strategic leveraging of funds, partly supported by the California Adult Education Program. Our concerted efforts in adult education and workforce development aim to create a lasting impact on regional and global employability within our consortium boundaries. However, our primary challenge remains navigating economic growth and employment opportunities effectively.
- Changes
- No Changes
Member Allocations
Member Name | (2024-25) | (2023-24) | (2022-23) |
---|---|---|---|
Needles Unified | $100,667 | $109,319 | $100,000 |
Palo Verde CCD | $805,339 | $779,610 | $712,536 |
Palo Verde Unified | $100,667 | $109,319 | $100,000 |
Total Allocated to Members | $1,006,673 | $998,248 | $912,536 |
Total CAEP Funds | $1,006,673 | $999,080 | $923,193 |
Total Remaining | $0 | $832 | $10,657 |
Carryover Threshold
Input a percentage of carryover that your consortium agrees will be considered an excessive amount.
Should a member, or members, exceed this carryover percentage upon certification of their Q4 report, they will be flagged as non-compliant with the carryover legislation (EC 84914). One year of non-compliance does not carry a penalty. However, should the same member, or members, have two consecutive years of non-compliance the consortium may agree, by majority vote, to reallocate an amount that does not exceed the carryover to other members.
A consortium does have the ability to opt-out. To do so, simply toggle the carryover threshold button to the off position.
Consortia Report on Governance Compliance of Rules and Procedures v.2
Member Agencies
Member Agency | Member Type | Contact | Phone |
---|---|---|---|
Palo Verde CCD | District | Clint Cowden | |
Needles Unified | Unified School District | Dr Garry Cameron | (760) 903-3947 |
Palo Verde Unified | Unified School District | Josie Koivisto | (760) 922-4164 ext: 1241 |
Certification & Assurances
By clicking "Approve" on the approval cards below, you are certifying the CFAD as well as confirming that you and ALL consortium members agree to the Assurances listed below.
Assurances
Membership & Decision-Making
- I certify that any community college district, school district, or county office of education, or any joint powers authority consisting of community college districts, school districts, county offices of education, or a combination of these, located within the boundaries of the adult education region shall be permitted to join the consortium as a member (EC 84905 (a)(b). (See Membership Box above).
- I certify that only members as described above (and in EC 84905) are allowed to join my consortium as members and participate in decision making and approvals whether in a public meeting, or via the NOVA planning, budgeting & expense reporting system.
- I certify that as a condition of joining a consortium, as a member, I shall commit to reporting any funds (as described in EC 84916) available to that member for the purposes of education and workforce services for adults and the uses of those funds through the annual Program Area exercise in NOVA for reporting leveraged funds, and instructional hours.
- I certify that as a member of the consortium my district shall be represented only by an official designated by the governing board of the member (EC 84905 (c)).
- I certify that as a member of the consortium, I shall participate in any decision made by the consortium (EC 84905 (d)(1)(A)).
- I certify that all decision made by the consortium and its members is final (EC 84905 (d)(1)(F)).
- I certify that I will adhere to the consortium rules and procedures and, as agreed upon by the consortium members, to any additional by-laws, charters, etc.
Public Meetings
- I certify that a proposed decision is considered at an open, properly noticed public meeting of the consortium at which members of the public may comment (EC 84905 (d)(1)(B)).
- I certify that the consortium has provided the public with adequate notice of a proposed decision and considered any comments submitted by members of the public, and any comments submitted by members of the public have been distributed publicly (EC 84905 (d)(1)(C)).
- I certify that the consortium has requested comments regarding a proposed decision from other entities located in the adult education region that provide education and workforce services for adults (EC 84905 (d)(1)(D)(i)).
- I certify that the consortium has requested comments regarding a proposed decision from other entities located in the adult education region that provide education and workforce services for adults (EC 84905 (d)(1)(D)(i)).
- I certify that the consortium has considered input provided by pupils, teachers employed by local educational agencies, community college faculty, principals, administrators, classified staff, and the local bargaining units of the school districts and community college districts before it makes a decision (EC 84905 (d)(1)(E)).
- I certify that in addition to the meeting requirements listed in EC 84905, and as agreed upon by the consortium members, that I will follow the public meeting requirements listed in the Ralph M. Brown Act as the Brown Act applies to the governing body of any “local body created by state or federal statute.” (Ed. Code, section 54952.)
Reporting Requirements
- I certify that I will participate in completing and updating any consortium long range and/or short range planning efforts and/or budget work plans (EC 84906, 84914(a)).
- I certify that all CAEP expenses have been expended in the CAEP seven program areas, and services provided are consistent with the 3-year plan, the annual plan, and my district’s work plan & budget as submitted in NOVA (EC 84913 (1-7), 84906, 8914(a)).
- I certify that my expenditures of CAEP funds match the objectives/activities included in the annual plan and the member work plan (EC 84906, 84914(a)).
- I certify that my expenditures of CAEP funds adhere to the allowable uses of funds as identified in the CAEP Fiscal Management Guide.
- I certify that I will report student level enrollment data and outcomes as prescribed by the State CAEP Office (EC 84920).
- I certify that I will share financial expenditure and progress reports with the members of my regional consortium.
- I certify that I understand that as a member if I do not meet any of these items I have certified, I will be deemed an ineffective member which may result in a loss or reduction of CAEP funding (EC 84914(b)).
- I certify that all CAEP expenses have been expended only for the education of persons 18 years of age or older (EC 84901(a)).
Needles Unified - Member Representative
Garry Cameron - Superintendent
- garry_cameron@needlesusd.org
- (760) 903-3947
Palo Verde CCD - Member Representative
Clint Cowden - VP-ISS
- clint.cowden@paloverde.edu
Palo Verde Unified - Member Representative
Josie Koivisto - Director of Curriculum and Instruction
- josie.koivisto@pvusd.us
- (760) 922-4164 ext: 1241