SEDNET is an acronym for The Multi Agency Network for Students With Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities, which agency is under the supervision and control of the Clay School District. Lutheran Services Florida, Inc. d/b/a LSF Health Systems, LLC (“LSF”) has maintained a contractual relationship with The School Board of Clay County, Florida through SEDNET for several years. The contract allows LSF, a non-profit corporation which obtains funds from both Federal sources and pursuant to a contract with the State of Florida, to then contract with regional SEDNET units, of which the Clay School District’s is one, to provide mental and behavioral health resources to students in need throughout the Northeast Florida region which consists of Duval, Clay and Nassau Counties. SEDNET acts as an independent contractor to LSF and provides the contracted behavioral and mental health services through its employees, agents and subcontractors after which the services are billed to LSF. The limit of LSF financial commitment and responsibility, as well as the requirements binding SEDNET are the subject of the attached contract. The total commitment by LSF, which theoretically should equal the expenditures by SEDNET for the 2020-2021 fiscal year are $936,659.00. This amount, as well as all terms, are set forth in the attached contract. Under the previous administration the SEDNET supervisor was given the authority to contract with LSF. The supervisor, by direction, approved the attached contract on July 8, 2020. It is a three (3) year contract. There are minor amendments to this contract submitted periodically as required by LSF. Most amendments increase the total amount of the contract by 2% or less. With the change of administration and the implementation of updated purchasing policies it is necessary to ask the Board to ratify the contract. Without such ratification, each minor amendment to the contract will have to be brought to the Board, which action will create a lag in the availability of resources. The Board Attorney, in collaboration with the Supervisor of SEDNET, the Supervisor of Purchasing, the Assistant Superintendent of Finance and the Superintendent of Schools concur that it is imperative for the Board to be aware of the existence of this contract and that the Board ratify the contract in order for the month to month operations of SEDNET and its implementation of the contract with LSF to continue without interruption. Pursuant to current School Board Policy all future Master contracts between LSF and SEDNET would require approval by the School Board.

Ratification of this contract will allow the Superintendent to execute the minor amendments to the contract that occur routinely.

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It is expected that the School Board will ratify this contract, thereby allowing the Superintendent to execute the minor amendments to the contract that occur routinely.  

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Ratify the contract between LSF and the School Board of Clay County-SEDNET