ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 04-19 The following resolution was offered by seconded by : A resolution 1) declaring exceptional circumstances at Edgar P. Harney Elementary School that justify an expenditure from the general fund balance reserve for the purpose of investing in student learning priorities and facilitating efficient and effective academic programs and learning environments, and 2) approving such expenditure, in an amount not to exceed $754,236.50, to address said exceptional circumstances through the remainder of the 2018-2019 fiscal year. WHEREAS, the Orleans Parish School Board recognizes the importance of investing resources in student learning priorities and in facilitating efficient and effective academic programs and learning environments; and WHEREAS, the Orleans Parish School Board desires to allocate $754,236.50 from its general fund balance reserve to fund said priorities and programming for the remainder of the 2018-2019 fiscal year; and, WHEREAS, due to an unanticipated reduction in revenues, which resulted from a shortfall in grant funding available for Harney Elementary in the amount of $431,780.00, and due to an unanticipated change in the level of teaching staff and external services needed to support the aforementioned priorities and programming, an allocation from the general fund balance reserve is necessary; and WHEREAS, the unanticipated reduction in revenues and the unanticipated change in the level of services needed to support students constitute exceptional circumstances that justify the use of the School Board’s general fund balance reserve. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orleans Parish School Board hereby declares exceptional circumstances at Edgar P. Harney Elementary School that justify an expenditure from the general fund balance reserve for the purpose of investing in student learning priorities and facilitating efficient and effective academic programs and learning environments, and 2) approving such expenditure, in an amount not to exceed $754,236.50, to address said exceptional circumstances through the end of the 2018-2019 fiscal year. This resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: NAYS: ABSENTS: ABSTENTIONS: PASSED AND ADOPTED AT THE ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD BUSINESS MEETING held at Timbers, 2401 Westbend Parkway, Multi-purpose Room 1050, New Orleans, Louisiana, on the 21st day of February, 2019. ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD ________________________________ John A. Brown, Sr., President CERTIFICATE STATE OF LOUISIANA PARISH OF ORLEANS I, the undersigned Secretary-Treasurer of the Orleans Parish School Board, State of Louisiana, do hereby certify that the foregoing two (2) pages constitute a true and correct copy of Resolution No. 04-19 adopted by said Orleans Parish School Board on February 21, 2019. IN FAITH WHEREOF, witness my official signature and the impress of the official seal of the School Board at New Orleans, Louisiana, on this the day of , 2019. (SEAL) Henderson Lewis, Jr., Ph.D., Secretary-Treasurer