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Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Service Contract between District and Mary Bacon PhD, Hillsborough, CA, for the latter to provide a)consultation with relevant staff to help define the District's priorities for addressing the continuing disproportionate representation of African-American students as emotionally disturbed; b) assist in formulating the District's CEIS Pl an for submission to the State so that its content is consistent with CDE requirements; c) provide to ensure that the proposed activities: have a reasonable probability of reducing the number of inappropriately identified youth in the designated target group while addressing systemic changes that can serve all students who might be considered for referral for Special Education as emotionally disturbed, for the Special Education Department, for the period January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013, at a cost not to exceed $9000.00.