FE_11-22-ED_AMD_17.pdf

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Procurement Section

1535 West Jefferson Street, Bin #37 Phoenix, Arizona 85007-3209

CONTRACT/AGREEMENT AMENDMENT

1. ISA AGREEMENT NO.:

11-22-ED

2. AMENDMENT NO.:

3. EFFECTIVE DATE:

October 1, 2025

4. PROGRAM:

ESS

5. CONTRACTOR NAME:

Northern Arizona University P.O.

Box 4130 Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4130 Email: April.Sutter@nau.edu

6. AUTHORITY FOR AMENDMENT Paragraph 3, “Renewal of Agreement”, Paragraph 7, “Changes”

7. PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: Contract Extension and Budget Form, scope of work, budget

8. DESCRIPTION OF THE SERVICE: Speech Language Pathologist

9. THE ABOVE REFERENCED AGREEMENT IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:

A. In accordance with the provisions of the agreement, paragraph 3, Renewal of Agreement, the Contract’s term is hereby extended for one (1) year from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.

B. In accordance with the provisions of the agreement, paragraph 7 Changes, the following have replaced with the attachments as follows:

• Attachment A Scope of Work

• Attachment B Budget

10. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN, ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS O

HERETOFORE CHANGED AND/OR AMENDED REMAIN UNCHANGED A

IN WITNESS WHEREOF THE PARTIES HERETO SIGN

THE

D IN

THEIR

ORIGINAL CONTRACT/AGREEMENT NOT

FULL EFFECT.

NAMES IN AGREEMENT.

CONTRACTOR ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

(SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED INDIVIDUAL)

NAME (Typed/Printed): Nicky Jurgens NAME:

(SIGNATURE)

Braulio Garcia

TITLE: TITLE: Chief Procurement Officer

DATE: DATE:

Assistant Director, Pre-Award Administration

09/26/2025

11-22-ED Scope of Work – 2025- 2026

Project Coordinator: Anna Sosa, PhD Arizona Department of Education – 11-22-ED NAU Contract

Recruiting and Preparing Highly Qualified and Diverse Speech-Language Pathologists to Work in Arizona Schools

Project Year: Oct 1, 2025 – Sept 30, 2026

Basic Concept: This proposal presents initiatives in response to Arizona’s shortage of speech-language pathologists, the current national and Arizona need for highly qualified and diverse speech-language pathologists, and the NAU Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders’ mission to recruit and train highly qualified speech and language professionals to work in Arizona’s school settings.

Purpose: The activities to be undertaken highlight NAU’s signature Clinical Speech-language Pathology Summer Track as a unique infrastructure for preparing speech and language service providers to work in Arizona school settings. In addition to emphasizing knowledge of culturally-relevant and linguistically responsive practices, this project focuses on preparing speech-language pathologists to address the learning needs of children from culturally and linguistically diverse and educationally underserved backgrounds.

Initiatives: In this partnership between the Arizona Department of Education and Northern Arizona University, a new class of 40 Summer Track NAU graduate students will receive the full scope of opportunities through coursework and clinical experiences to (1) acquire the knowledge and skill competencies necessary for the Master of Science degree in Clinical Speech-Language Pathology, and (2) acquire practical culturally responsive competencies proven to be effective in settings serving bilingual, culturally and socioeconomically diverse children, and (3) acquire competencies in the delivery of bilingual speech and language services.

The eight (A-E) specific aims related to this project are:

A. To recruit and accept 40 Speech-Language Pathology Assistants and Speech-Language Technicians into the NAU Summer Track graduate program. Included in this number of new students are approximately 10 new students in the Yuma cohort of the program.

Almost all of those students are anticipated to be SLP assistants working in one of the five school districts in Yuma County who will remain in their schools as SLPs upon graduation from the program. Innovative recruitment efforts will be used to draw working speech-language pathology assistants and speech-language technicians into the master’s degree program at Northern Arizona University. The accepted students will engage in coursework and practicum experiences to upgrade to a master’s degree in clinical speech-language pathology and acquire a state license and national certification to practice. They will graduate as highly-qualified speech-language pathologists prepared to provide culturally responsive services to children with disabilities in Arizona’s schools.

B. To advise and monitor the Summer Track students as they matriculate through the curriculum and provide support to the field clinical educators who provide on-site training toward the acquisition of clinical knowledge and skills to their graduate clinician supervisees.

C. To provide tuition support for all eligible NAU Summer Track students who are working in Arizona schools. All qualified Arizona applicants to the Summer Track are accepted into the graduate program. With the upcoming 2025 entering cohort and shifting eligibility among current students, we project that 62 students will be eligible for tuition support. To receive this funding, students must be in good academic standing and must complete an application that includes a personal statement of commitment to working with children in Arizona schools. This year Northern Arizona University set a target to accept 40 qualified students in the Summer Track of the master’s degree program, giving priority to Arizona resident students. A new Year 1 (2025) cohort of 40 students added to the Year 2 (2024) cohort, Year 3 (2023) cohort and Year 4 (2022) cohort comprise a combined total of approximately 155 students; 62 are projected to be Arizona residents working in Arizona schools. These 62 Arizona resident students will receive evidence-based course content, enhanced clinical education, and high-quality supervised clinical practica.

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES NOT CHARGED TO 11-22-ED

A. [Not charged] To provide a 10-week Praxis Review to graduate students as preparation for the speech-language pathology praxis exam. This Review is designed to support the Praxis pass rates of NAU graduate students and will be accessible in an online format to Summers Track students as part of their Practicum course following their third summer of in-person coursework on the NAU Mountain Campus.

B. [Not Charged] To provide faculty recruitment and mentoring support for underserved and historically underrepresented students accepted to the graduate program. This faculty member will engage in extensive recruitment efforts and assist underrepresented students who enter the program to address the educational barriers that students may face in graduate school.

This partnership between the Arizona Department of Education and Northern Arizona University builds and maintains a workforce of highly-qualified and culturally-competent speech and language services to Arizona’s children with disabilities.

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION INTERAGENCY

SERVICE/INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BUDGET/

ESTIMATED NEEDS PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR

INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, STATE AGENCIES

AND OTHER AGENCIES

INSTRUCTIONS

Submit original to ADE Contracts Management Unit as part of proposed Agreement/amendment. Final Agreement will contain instructions for submission of periodic/completion reports

A. AGREEMENT IDENTIFICATION FOR THE BUDGET PERIOD FROM : 10/1/2025 TO: 9/30/2026

1. Applicant Agency:

Northern Arizona University

2. Contact Person: Anna Sosa Phone No: 928-523-3845

3. Agreement No.: 11-22-ED

Index No.: IDEA200FAY20 4. Funding Source (Chapter 1, etc.)

CFDA No: 84.027A

5. Date submitted:

06/10/2025

6. Proposal Name (if any):

Speech Language Pathologists

7. Check ONE ☐ New ☐ Renewal Application ☐ Completion Report ☒ Amendment ☐ADE Revision

B. AGREEMENT BUDGET

*EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES

BUDGET

(1)

REQUEST

CHANGES

(2)

AMENDED

BUDGET

(3)

EXPENDITURE

TO DATE

(4)

BUDGET

BALANCE

(5)

8. Salaries – Instructional 76,838

9. Salaries – Non-Instructional 15,856

10. Employee Benefits 30,392

11. Travel

12. Supplies and Materials

13. Purch Services/Consultant Fees

14. Tuition 155,000

15. Printing and Reproduction

16. Utilities and Communications

17. Other:

18. SUBTOTAL

278,087

19. Indirect Cost (8% of subtotal less tuition expenses) 9,847

20. Capital Outlay

21. TOTAL

287,933

22. Administrative Costs

23. Cash Balance (For Completion Purposes)

*SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON REVERSE SIDE

C. COMPLETION REPORT SIGNATURE (Blue Ink Only)

I hereby certify that this is a reasonable statement of total expenditures for this contract.

Applicant Authorized Agent Date

D. SUMMARY OF AVAILABLE FUNDS INCLUDED IN BUDGET ABOVE

Prior FY C/O + FY State C/O + FY (New)+ Other = TOTAL FY

E. ESTIMATED NEEDS PAYMENT SCHEDULE ☐ Original ☐Revised Date:

FY State C/O FY FY

Jul: Jan: Jul: Jan: Jul: Jan:

Aug: Feb: Aug: Feb: Aug: Feb:

Sep: Mar: Sep: Mar: Sep: Mar:

Oct: Apr: Oct: Apr: Oct: Apr:

Nov: May: Nov: May: Nov: May:

Dec: Jun: Dec: Jun: Dec: Jun:

TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF

EDUCATION DETAILED INTERAGENCY

SERVICE AGREEMENT BUDGET

(1) Applicant Name/Agency: Northern Arizona University (2) Agreement No. 11-22-ED

(3)

EXPENDITURE

CATEGORY

NUMBER

(4)

AGREEMENT

BUDGET

LINE ITEM NAME

(5)

NAME AND TITLE OF STAFF AND/OR BREAKDOWN OF INDIVIDUAL ITEMS

INCLUDED IN AGREEMENT BUDGET LINE ITEM TOTAL

(6)

100% COST OF

EACH ITEM LISTED

COLUMN (3)

(7)

% ASSIGNED

TO THIS

AGREEMENT

(8)

AGREEMENT

COST

8 Salaries Instructional Julia Cai, Coordinator/Instructor 85,367 90% 76,838

9 Salaries - Non- Anna Sosa, Project Investigator/Project Director 140,636 10% 14,064

Instructional

Student Wages 1,792 100% 1,792

Wages –Student

Employee Benefits Benefits for Anna Sosa, Principal Investigator/Project Director 53,343 10% 5,334

Benefits for Julia Cai, Coordinator/Instructor 27,832 90% 25,049 Benefits for student wages 9 0% 9

Tuition Student Tuition 155,000 100% 155,000

Indirect Cost (8%) 9,847 100% 9,847

TOTAL: 287,933