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EXHIBIT 10.26

 

NON-EXCLUSIVE REQUIREMENTS AGREEMENT

FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES FOR

PRESCHOOL STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

 

REQUIREMENTS AGREEMENT entered into this
1st day of July 2012, by and between the BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK (hereinafter referred
to as the "Board" or "BOE"), with principal offices located at 52 Chambers Street, New York, N.Y. 10007, and

 

	Interactive Therapy Group
	(NAME OF PROVIDER)

 

(hereinafter referred to as the "Provider"),
with principal office located at:

 

	19 West 21st St., Suite 701, New York, NY 10010
	(FULL ADDRESS)

 

	State Education Department	 	 
	BEDS Code:	420411880007	 

 

	Federal Taxpayer Identification No.:	16-1503758	 

 

	Attachments: (Provider check all SED approved	NYCBOE School Code(s)1
	Services that are applicable and enter the code)	 

 

	 	£ 	A. Special Classes or	 	 
	 	 	Special Classes in Integrated Settings	 	 

 

	 	x	B.  Special Education Itinerant Services (SEIT): C214___________________________

 

	 	 ̈	C.  Individual Evaluations	 	 

 

Total Estimated Annual cost of the Agreement to the Board is
as follows: $950,000.00 dollars and no cents.

 

 

1 Incorporates by reference any additional BOE school
codes pertaining to additional program sites as may be approved by SED during the Term, following the effective date of this Agreement.

 

Non Exclusive Requirements Agreement for the Provision of Services
For Pre-k Students with Disabilities for the term July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2017.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

WITNESSETH

 

WHEREAS, the Board is required by
the Education Law of the State of New York to identify, evaluate and recommend free appropriate preschool special education services
or programs for New York City resident preschool students with disabilities;and

 

WHEREAS, the Board is authorized
by the Education Law of the State of New York to contract, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Education of the State
of New York, with private providers located within the State of New York that have been approved by the New York State Education
Department to provide individual evaluations, preschool special education services or programs, and special education itinerant
teacher services ("Services") for New York City resident students with disabilities; and

 

WHEREAS, the Board may be required
by order of the Commissioner, the State Review Officer, an impartial hearing officer, or by the courts, to provide individual evaluations,
preschool special education services or programs, and special education itinerant services for New York City resident students
with disabilities; and

 

WHEREAS, the Provider has been approved
by the New York State Education Department, subject to all applicable federal, State and local laws, and regulations, to provide
one or more of the following services for preschool students with disabilities: 1) individual evaluations; 2) preschool special
education services or programs; and/or 3) special education itinerant services, and

 

WHEREAS, by resolution adopted August
23, 1989 (calendar no. 18), the Board has authorized the Chancellor, to enter into agreements with providers that have been approved
by the New York Education Department to provide the services described herein; and

 

WHEREAS, the Provider is ready,
willing and able to provide the services described herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties mutually
agree as follows:

 

1. ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST OF AGREEMENT

 

The total estimated annual cost of the
Agreement to the Board is as set forth on the first page of the Agreement.

 

2. TERM

 

(a) Term

 

The Term shall be from July 1, 2012, through
June 30, 2017.

 

(b) Termination

 

		(1)	In addition to the specific causes for termination set forth in Sections 6 and 10, the
Board may elect to terminate the Agreement at the end of the first, second, third, or fourth year of the Term by sending a notice
of termination to the Provider by registered mail as follows: no later than, May 1, 2013, for termination at the end of the first
year of the term of the Agreement, May 1, 2014, for termination at the end of the second year of the term of the Agreement, May
1, 2015, for termination at the end of the third year of the term of the Agreement, and May 1, 2016 for termination at the end
of the fourth year of the term of the Agreement. Prior to terminating the Agreement the Board shall refer all students placed with
the Provider to the CPSE to consider termination of the current placement and recommendation of a new placement. Termination of
this Agreement will not occur until new placements have been recommended for all students.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(2)	In the event that termination is based upon any of the specific causes or reasons set forth
in Sections 6 or 10, the terms and conditions of those sections shall apply.

 

		(3)	At the discretion of the Board, termination in accordance with subparagraphs (1) or (2) above
may be limited to the provision of Services furnished in accordance with one or more of the Attachment(s) to the Agreement.

 

		3.	SERVICES

 

		(a)	The Agreement is a non-exclusive requirements agreement for the provision of Special Classes or
Special Classes in Integrated Settings, and/or Special Education Itinerant Services ("SEIT") and/or Individual Evaluations
(collectively referred to as "Services") provided by the Provider hereunder. The Provider shall furnish the Services
described in the Attachment(s) annexed to the Agreement. All Services shall be provided in accordance with the terms of the Agreement
and all applicable laws and regulations governing the provision of Services for students with disabilities. In addition, all bilingual
special services or programs provided by the Provider must be provided in accordance with the Provider's SED approved Linguistic
and Cultural Diversity Plan or approved bilingual program.

 

		(b)	The Provider may commence the provision of Services for a student with a disability effective only
on or after the date the Provider was approved to provide such Services to that student by the Board.

 

		(c)	Unless further restricted under the terms of the Provider’s SED approval, Services shall
be provided only on weekdays (Monday through Friday) and only between the hours of 8:00 AM through 6:00 PM. Exceptions that extend
the day or time restrictions can be made only upon the express authorization of SED.

 

		(d)	Services shall not be provided on national or New York State holidays as such terms are defined
by applicable SED regulation and guidance documents.

 

		(e)	SEIT services shall not be provided at any of the sites that are used by the Provider solely for
administration; SEIT may be provided at the site of a non-SEIT program operated by Provider.

 

		(f)	Providers shall maintain and produce upon request all records evidencing Board approval to provide
Services for each student placed by the Board.

 

		4.	PAYMENTS AND PAYMENT ADJUSTMENTS

 

		(a)	Provider shall enter its calendar for the following school year into the Certified Monthly Roster
by April 1 of the current school year or within ten (10) school days of the Board's posting of the following school year's calendar,
whichever is later. The calendar will be used by the Board to determine whether students' first attend dates are within Provider's
first and last dates of operation, among other purposes as stated within this Agreement.

 

		(b)	Any adjustments made to current school year payments pursuant to
this Section 4 and/or Section 10 shall be deemed to be additional to any other payment adjustments that are based on the agreement
of both parties, including agreements to repay prior years' overpayments under the terms of an installment agreement.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(c)	As it is not the intention of the Board to interfere with the SED's
rate setting process, it is understood that current year payments are subject to adjustment upon the certification of a reconciled,
appealed or audited rate for a particular school year, whereupon the Board will reconcile payments for that year using the certified
rate and either recoup funds or reimburse the Provider as appropriate.

 

		(d)	Unless the failure to certify is the result of the Board's electronic invoicing system being out
of service within three business days of the date(s) stated in Paragraph 4(i), below, in any case where Provider does not certify
its Certified Monthly Roster ("CMR") by the date(s) stated in Paragraph 4(i), below, the Board, in addition to any other
stated action, shall withhold payment for fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of CMR submission.

 

		(e)	If it is determined by the Board that Provider failed to state accurately a student's or students'
first and/or last attend date(s) on the CMR, and such failure caused the Board to make payment(s) to which the Provider was not
entitled for more than two payment periods, the Board shall have the right to interest of nine (9) percent calculated upon the
amount overpaid as a consequence of the first inaccurate CMR certification. Before the determination is finalized, Providers shall
be advised by email and shall have fifteen (15) school days from the date of the notification to present records or other proof
to the NPSP or other office as the Board directs, to address the disputed enrollment information. The Board shall have final authority
to determine whether the CMR enrollment information submitted by Provider was accurate. Repeated submission of inaccurate enrollment
information on the CMR may be grounds for a finding of material breach pursuant to Section 6. Notwithstanding whether the Board
is entitled to interest pursuant to this paragraph, the Board shall have a right to recoup all overpayments.

 

		(f)	SEIT Program Calculation of Payable Sessions

 

		(1)	Provider shall be paid at the applicable session rate for the number of services mandated within
a student's enrollment period notwithstanding the student or service provider's absence on scheduled service dates. Sessions shall
be counted on the basis of a four-week month within each student's enrollment period, subject to paragraphs 4(f)(2)(a) and (b).

 

		(2)	A student's SEIT enrollment period is calculated by the Board as follows.

 

		a)	The student's SEIT enrollment start date, recommendation for frequency and duration of service
determine the number of mandated sessions that will generate payment for the first week. If the student establishes enrollment
on a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday, the full number of mandated sessions for that week shall generate payment, notwithstanding the
student's actual attendance after the enrollment start date.

 

		b)	A student's SEIT enrollment end date, recommendation for frequency and duration of service determine
the number of mandated sessions that will generate payment for the last week. If a student's enrollment period ends on a Wednesday,
Thursday or Friday, the full number of sessions for that week will generate payment.

 

		(3)	The Board's calculation of SEIT sessions will be reported to the SED for its consideration in the
rate setting process.

 

		(g)	Special Class Two- and Ten-Month Program Calculation
of Payable Weeks.

Based on the school calendar submitted
by the Provider, the Board shall establish the Providers' number of payable weeks consistent with New York State Regulations of
the Commissioner section 175.6. The applicable tuition rate shall be converted to a weekly rate by dividing the applicable
annual rate by the calculated number of payable weeks in the school calendar. That rate shall be applied to each student based
on the student's period of enrollment.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(h)	Students Placed through Impartial Hearing Process

 

(1)       In
order to facilitate payment for students who are placed in Provider’s approved program(s) by an Impartial Hearing Order,
including an interim order in pendency, or any written agreement made during the Impartial Hearing process, and to be able to account
for those students separately from those placed by the Board, if directed by the Board or the Order/written agreement to do so,
the Provider will enter a first attend date for those students. At the discretion of the Board, Providers shall provide such additional
information in the CMR as necessary to facilitate accountability for the students' entire period of enrollment and tuition payment.
Failure to enter required information may delay payment.

 

(2)       The
Board shall issue tuition payments to the Provider at the applicable rate per the Current Year Tuition Payments Section unless
the Impartial Hearing Order specifically mandates a different rate. The Provider is strictly responsible for timely indicating
on the CMR any change in the student's enrollment of which they become aware including, discharge, or formal notice of an Impartial
Hearing Order terminating the Board's obligation to pay for the student, or notice that pendency has been withdrawn or the parent's
withdrawal of the student from the Provider's program.

 

(3)       Providers
will be required to certify that no other tuition payment for students who are the subject of this Paragraph 4(h) was/will be sought
from the Board or from the student's parent for the same Service for the same period.

 

		(i)	Current School Year Payments

 

		I.	Two-Month Program

 

		(1)	By July 21, the Provider shall submit electronically in a format specified by the Board a Certified
Monthly Roster "CMR" identifying students approved and enrolled with the Provider between the beginning of the two-month
period through July 15.

 

		(2)	If, by July 21, the CMR above-referenced is submitted, then on August 1, for each student approved
for the two-month program by July 1, the Board shall process a payment to the Provider for one hundred percent (100%) of the latest
SED-set certified/interim rate for the two-month program unless that rate is more than two years old. If the latest SED-set certified/interim
rate is more than two years old for reasons the Board determines are not attributable to the SED or other state agency based upon
information provided by the Director of the New York State Education Department Rate Setting Unit ("RSU"), the Board's
payments to the Provider shall be based on a "discounted rate," which will be eighty (80) percent of the latest school
year's SED-set certified/interim rate. If the CMR above-referenced is not submitted by July 21, the August 1 payment may be withheld
until the CMR is filed. Providers will be notified by email of the Board's decision to pay a discounted rate or withhold payments.
However, such notice will not delay the Board's action.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		II.	Ten-Month Program

 

		(1)	In recognition that the SED may set prospective or interim rates for a current school after the
school year has begun, unless the latest SED-set certified rate for Provider is more than two years old, the Board shall make payments
in a current school year based on the latest SED-set certified rate for Provider until such time as the SED sets prospective or
interim rates for the current school year, subject to the provisions of Paragraph 4(i)(ll)(3) and section 10, below. If the rate
that is set is a prospective rate, the Board will make retroactive payment adjustments; however, if the rate is an interim rate,
the adjustments will not be made retroactively.

 

		(2)	If the Provider's latest SED-set certified rate is more than two years old for reasons the Board
determines are not attributable to the SED or other state agency based upon information provided by the Director of the RSU, the
Board's payments to the Provider shall be based on a "discounted rate," which will be eighty (80) percent of the latest
school year's SED-set certified rate. Further, by November 30 of the current school year, if a Provider's prospective or interim
rate for the current school year has not been established by the SED for reasons the Board determines are not attributable to the
SED or other state agency based upon information provided by the Director of the RSU, payments made by the Board after that date
will be discounted an additional five (5) percent. Providers will be notified by email of the Board's decision to pay a
discounted rate. However, such written notice will not delay the Board's action. In the event that the SED sets a prospective
or interim rate for the current school year after November 30, effective from the date the rate is set, the Board will pay that
rate until the end of the school year. If the rate that is set is a prospective rate, the Board will make retroactive payment adjustments;
however, if the rate is an interim rate, the adjustments will not be made retroactively.

 

		(3)	For Providers whose current year payment rate has not already been discounted pursuant to section
(4)(c)(ll)(3) by November 30 of the current school year, if a Provider's prospective or interim rate for the current school year
has not been established by the SED for reasons the Board determines are not attributable to the SED or other state agency based
upon information provided by the Director of the RSU, payments made by the Board after that date will be based on a "discounted
rate," which will be eighty (80) percent of the latest school year's SED-set certified/interim rate. In the event that the
SED sets a prospective or interim rate for the current school year after November 30, effective from the date the rate is set,
the Board will pay that rate until the end of the school year. If the rate that is set is a prospective rate, the Board will make
retroactive payment adjustments; however, if the rate is an interim rate, the adjustments will not be made retroactively. Providers
will be notified by email of the Board’s decision to pay a discounted rate. However, such notice will not delay the Board's
action.

 

		(4)	On September 16 of each school year, the Board shall process an initial payment to the Provider
based on the number of payable weeks in September and October as applied to the total number of ten-month program students approved
as of August 15, subject to any adjustment made pursuant to this section 4. Thereafter, the Board is obligated to process payments
to the Provider in a current school year for the provision of Services only for approved students during their established period
of enrollment, as reported on the CMR, and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Agreement.

 

		(5)	The first CMR of the school year is due on the second Wednesday in October and shall reflect students'
enrollment start and end dates (if applicable) in September through the first Wednesday in October. Thereafter, a CMR is due on the tenth (10th ) day
of each month through June 10 to reflect students' enrollment status within the preceding months. The final CMR, which covers the
entire preceding school year, is due no later than August 15.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(6)	After the initial payment referred to in Paragraph 4(i) (11) (4), above, student enrollment information
reported in a timely submitted CMR will be reflected in the Provider's next payment which will be processed by the Board no later
than the tenth (1Oth) day of the month following the Provider's submission of the CMR, subject to the provisions for filing a final
CMR as stated in Paragraph 4(d). The payment made by the Board in June shall reflect an amount equal to seventy-five percent of
the applicable payment rate multiplied by the number of students enrolled by the end of April. The final payment will reflect the
students enrolled in May and June and will be made in accordance with the procedures applicable to ten month programs as set forth
in section 4(d).

 

		(7)	Nothing stated in this Section 4 shall preclude the Board from exercising its right to suspend
or discount payments under circumstances described in Section 10.

 

		(8)	Payments made pursuant to this Agreement, shall in all cases be made without prejudice to the Board's
rights to recoup or demand repayment of sums paid by the Board in excess of the amounts subsequently determined by the Board to
be due and owing to the Provider as a result of certification of tuition rates by SED; adjustment of enrollment by the Board pursuant
to section (4) (k) or Section 15; and/or in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

		(j)	Current School Year Payment Adjustments

 

		(1)	General Provisions

 

		(a)	NPSP's obligation to adjust payments pursuant to this section is subject to the Provider's submission
of the CMR. Payment will be delayed for fifteen (15) calendar days if the CMR is not filed timely.

 

		(b)	During the current school year, the Board will compare student information reported in the CMR
with data reflecting students' authorization to attend the Provider's school and approval of a one-to-one aide, if applicable.
In the case of a discrepancy pertaining to a student's authorization to attend and/or one-to-one aide services, the Board will
first attempt to resolve the discrepancy internally. If the discrepancy cannot be resolved internally, Providers will be advised
of the discrepancy by email and will have fifteen (15) school days from the date of the notification to present records or other
proof to the CBST or other office as the Board directs, to address the discrepancy. If records are not submitted within the fifteen
(15) day period, the NPSP will discontinue payments and recoup sums paid for that student. If, after the fifteen day period, the
Provider produces proof of authorization, which is accepted by the Board, the Board will restore payments for that student and
adjust payments accordingly.

 

		(c)	Any adjustments due to the parties under the terms of the Agreement that are not processed by the
NPSP prior to the termination of the Agreement shall remain an obligation that survives the Agreement.

 

		(2)	Types of Adjustments

 

		(a)	The Board may adjust payments during the school year to reflect:

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(i)	Student enrollment start and enrollment end.

		(ii)	A change in a student's approval status.

		(iii)	A change made by the SED to the Provider's tuition rate.

		(iv)	Provider's failure to comply with the terms of Section
10.

		(v)	Computational errors.

 

		(k)	Post Two-Month and Ten-Month Program Student Register
Adjustment.

		(1)	The Provider shall have no opportunity to amend a Final CMR after it has been submitted to the
Board.

		(2)	FTEs reported in Provider's CMR submitted pursuant to Paragraph 4(i)(ll)(5) shall be used by the
Board to populate Provider's SEDCAR pursuant to Section 34, below.

		(3)	The Board shall share information in the Two-Month and
Ten-Month Final Reconciliation Reports with the NYSED Rate Setting Unit.

 

		I.	Two-Month Program

 

		(1)	On or before September 15, Provider will submit electronically and by a certified hardcopy in the
format provided by NPSP a Final Two-Month CMR identifying students enrolled in the two-month program and one-to-one aide start
and end dates.

 

		(2)	If the Provider does not submit a Final Two-Month Program CMR by September 15, and the Board's
system for such submissions was available on that date, the Board shall withhold five (5) percent of the payments due as the first
payment for the ten-month program until such time as the Final Two-Month Program CMR is filed. Providers will be notified by email
of the Board's decision to withhold payment. However, such written notice will not delay the Board's action.

 

		(3)	Upon Provider's timely submission of the Final Two-Month Program CMR, the Board shall determine
whether discrepancies exist pertaining to a student's authorization to attend and/or receive one-to-one aide services.

 

		(4)	If no discrepancy is identified by the Board pursuant to Paragraph 4(k)(l)(3) pertaining to a student's
authorization to attend and/or receive one-to-one aide services, the Board shall process payment for the two-month program, less
any applicable adjustments, by October 30, and shall post a Final Two-Month Payment Reconciliation Report.

 

		(5)	If any discrepancy pertaining to a student's
authorization to attend and/or receive one-to-one aide services is identified by the Board pursuant to Paragraph 4(k)(l)(3), the
Board shall first attempt to resolve the discrepancy internally. If the discrepancy cannot be resolved internally, Providers will
be advised of the discrepancy by email and will have fifteen (15) school days from the date that notice to present records or other
proof to the CBST or other office as the Board directs to address the discrepancy. If records are not submitted within the fifteen
(15) day period or the discrepancy is resolved in the Board's favor, the Board will recoup funds paid in error, if any. If the
discrepancy is resolved in the Provider's favor and that resolution requires the Board to make a payment to Provider, such payment
shall be processed. Upon either resolution, the Board shall post a Final Two-Month Payment Reconciliation Report. The payment process
 between the NPSP and the Provider shall be deemed final and closed for
that school year, except as provided in paragraph 4(1).

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(6)	With respect to any amounts due the Board under this subparagraph, the Board may elect to (a) recoup
said amounts received in excess from any payments due the Provider from the Board for the Provider's ten-month program; or (b)
require repayment to the Board of any amounts received in excess. The Board shall duly consider information submitted by the Provider
pertinent to the Board's election. However, the determination of the final repayment method is within the sole discretion of the
Board. With respect to any amounts due the Provider under this subparagraph, such amounts shall be reflected in the Provider's
next regularly scheduled payment.

 

		(7)	In no event shall the Board process payments to a Provider for students and/or one-to-one aides
that cannot be entered into the SED's System to Track and Account for Children ("STAC") due to the Provider's failure
to timely report the student's enrollment.

 

		II.	Ten-Month Program

 

		(1)	As long as the CMR due by June 10 was filed timely, nothing stated in this Section will delay the
Board's release to the Provider of the scheduled seventy-five (75) percent payment made in June. Nonetheless, the Board will not
release the remaining twenty-five (25) percent until the Provider submits a Final Ten-Month Program CMR by August 15 in conformity
with the below requirements.

 

		(2)	By July 10 following the close of the prior school year, based on information submitted in the
CMRs and payment data, the NPSP will furnish to the Provider on a designated website a register detailing student-specific payment
summaries for Services and one-to-one aide services provided from September through May of the prior school year.

 

		(3)	On or before August 1, Provider will submit electronically and by a certified hardcopy in the format
provided by NPSP a Final Ten-Month Program CMR identifying students enrolled in the ten-month program and one-to-one aide start
and end dates from September through June. No other submission relative to student enrollment or one-to-one aide service periods
will be accepted for payment after August 1 except as provided in Paragraph 4(k)(ll)(6) below.

 

		(4)	Upon Provider's timely submission of the Final Ten-Month Program CMR, the Board shall determine
whether discrepancies exist pertaining to a student's authorization to attend and/or receive one-to-one aide services.

 

		(5)	If no discrepancy is identified by the Board pursuant to Paragraph 4(k)(ll)(4) pertaining to a
student's authorization to attend and/or receive one-to-one aide services, the Board shall process payment due to the Provider,
less any applicable adjustments, by September 15 and shall post a Final Ten-Month Payment Reconciliation Report.

 

		(6)	If any discrepancy pertaining to a student's authorization to attend and/or receive one-to-one
aide services is identified by the Board pursuant to Paragraph 4(k)(ll)(4), the Board shall first attempt to resolve the discrepancy
internally. If the discrepancy cannot be resolved internally, Providers will be advised of the discrepancy by email and will have
fifteen (15) school days from the date that notice to present records or other proof to the CBST or other office as the Board directs
to address the discrepancy. If records are not submitted within the fifteen (15) day period or the discrepancy is resolved in the
Board's favor, the Board will recoup funds paid in error, if any.If the discrepancy is resolved in the Provider’s
favor and that resolution requires the Board to make a payment to Provider, such payment shall be processed. Upon either
resolution, the Board shall post a Final Ten-Month Payment Reconciliation Report by September 30. The payment process between the
NPSP and the Provider shall be deemed final and closed for that school year, except as provided in paragraph 4(L).

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(7)	With respect to any amounts due the Board under this subparagraph, the Board may elect to (a) recoup
said amounts received in excess from any payments due the Provider from the Board; or (b) require repayment to the Board of any
amounts received in excess. The Board shall duly consider information submitted by the Provider pertinent to the Board's election.
However, the determination of the final repayment method is within the sole discretion of the Board. With respect to any amounts
due the Provider under this subparagraph, such amounts shall be reflected in the Provider's next regularly scheduled payment.

 

		(8)	In no event shall the Board process payments to a Provider for students and/or one-to-one aides
that cannot be entered into the SED's System to Track and Account for Children ("STAC") due to the Provider's failure
to timely report the student's enrollment.

 

		(I)	Changes in the Two-Month and Ten-Month Program Tuition
Rate for Services

 

		(1)	All amounts paid by the Board for Services shall be subject to post-school year upward or downward
adjustment, following establishment by SED of a certified tuition rate for the applicable school year.

 

		(2)	Where the tuition rate is decreased and the NPSP intends to recover amounts paid in excess of the
previous rate, unless the NPSP's notice of the decrease is based upon information received from the Provider, the NPSP shall notify
the Provider by email at least fourteen (14) school days prior that a recoupment will be made. The Board may consider information
submitted by the Provider pertinent to the Board's election of the method of recoupment. However, the determination of the final
repayment method is within the sole discretion of the Board.

 

		(3)	Where the tuition rate is increased, the payment procedures shall be adjusted to reflect the new
rate within thirty (30) days of the NPSP's receipt of notification by SED of the rate change and the effective date of such rate
change. In addition, the Provider may inform the NPSP in writing of any SED rate changes.

 

		(m)	Payment of Add-On Rates for One-to-One Aides for the Two-Month and Ten-Month Programs

 

		(1)	The Board will pay for one-to-one aides on the basis of Regional Rates set by SED annually. The
one-to-one aide add-on rate for a current school will be paid upon the SED's establishment of that rate. If the rate is set after
the school year has begun, the Board shall make payments retroactively where applicable.

 

		(2)	Payments for one-to-one aides will be based on each aide's beginning and end date of service. The
one-to-one aides' service periods for each student recommended for a one-to-one aide and other identifying information, including
the name and Social Security Number, must be reported on the CMR and certified each month separately from the students' enrollment.

 

		(3)	If, within a one-to-one aide's service period the one-to-one aide is absent for no more than five
consecutive school days and a substitute aide performs the absent aide's duties until the absent aide returns, the Provider shall
not be required to enter the substitute aide's service. However, if the one-to-one aide is absent for six consecutive school days
or more, the service period for that aide must be ended. If a substitute aide is assigned, that aide's start and end dates must
be reported in the CMR.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(4)	The Provider must maintain for all one-to-one aides, including those that provide substitute coverage,
records evidencing service for the assigned student on each date of service.

 

		(5)	Where the one-to-one aide services are provided for a period less than one school year, any amounts
to be processed for payment shall be prorated.

 

		(6)	Any adjustments to information provided in the CMR relating to one-to-one aides are subject to
the provisions of Section 4(k).

 

		(n) 	 Payments by the Department of Health

 

In the event
that the SDOH, or any public or private agency, pays tuition or makes any other payment to the Provider for the provision of the
services specified in a student's IEP, other than payments in accordance with 5(b)(2), such amount shall be reimbursed to the Board
in accordance with the procedures described herein above. However, such shall not constitute an adjustment of the tuition rate
established by the Commissioner. The Provider shall give immediate written notice of its receipt of such payments to the NPSP.

 

		5.	 MEDICAID and RECORDS MAINTENANCE

 

		(a)	As used in this Section 5, the term "clinician" refers to appropriately licensed individuals
providing Medicaid-eligible services either as an employee or consultant/contractor of the Provider.

 

		(b)	The Provider shall report all special services and programs and/or individual evaluations that
are paid by or reimbursable through Medicaid funds (hereinafter referred to as "special services") in a manner and format
that is approved and may be supplied by the Board. Providers shall comply with all rules governing program exclusions as defined
under applicable Medicaid regulations.

 

		(c)	The Board shall issue instructions by email, as warranted, to assist Provider in complying with
this Section. Such instructions shall include, as relevant, links to sites that contain templates, definitions and explanations
of terms used herein (for example, Current Procedural Terminology ["CPT"] codes associated with the provision of special
services as stated in paragraph 5(d)(2)(B)(vii)).

 

		(d)	SDOH Forms

 

		(1)	The Provider shall, upon executing this Agreement, also execute the attached "Provider Agreement
and Statement of Reassignment."

(See Appendix B) Both forms
can also be found online at: http://www.oms.nysed.gov/medicaid/resources/

 

		(2)	Except as otherwise stated immediately below in paragraph 5(c)(3), the provisions of paragraph
5(b)(1) shall not apply where the Provider, pursuant to Article 28 of the New York State Public Health Law, is a Medicaid provider
that is authorized to submit claims for payment for the provision of special services, provided pursuant to the Agreement, directly
to SDOH.

 

		(3)	Notwithstanding the provisions of 5(c)(2), if with respect to billing for special services, an
amendment to Article 28 of the Public Health Law or any other applicable law or regulation shall be adopted, or a revision to the
policy of SDOH shall be implemented, such that the Board, rather than the Provider, shall be charged with the primary responsibility
for direct billing for the provision of such special services, the Provider, upon receipt of written notice from the Board of such
amendment or revision, shall hereafter fully comply with the provisions of paragraph 5(c)(1).

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(e)	Service Record Collection and Transmission

 

		(1)	Provider understands that the specific obligations stated in this Section are subject to change
upon written notice to Provider in the event that federal and/or state regulations and requirements change. Provider agrees to
comply with those changes in a manner directed by the Board.

 

		(2)	Data Collection: Provider shall collect and maintain the following in either an automated or hardcopy
format. All records shall be maintained in an organized manner and shall be made readily available upon request.

 

		(A)	Providers shall maintain summary records of clinicians who provide special services in connection
with the Services covered by this Agreement. That database shall include the following information for each clinician.

 

		(i)	Name, with separate fields for first and last name

		(ii)	National Provider Identification ("NPI") number

		(iii)	Full nine digit NYS license number

		(iv)	Whether the NYS license is active

		(v)	NYS license registration expiration date

		(vi)	For physical therapists only, whether the physical therapist's training program and certificate
is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education

		(vii)	In any case where the identified staff/consultant provides special services under the direction
of a licensed clinician, Provider shall so indicate and identify the name of the supervising clinician. Provider shall complete
all relevant fields for that supervising clinician pursuant to paragraph 5(c)(2).

 

		(B)	Provider's clinicians who provide special services in connection with the Services covered by this
Agreement shall, for each service session provided, document the services that have been provided as close to the conclusion of
the session as practicable. Such documentation shall include the following.

 

		(i)	The name of the student

		(ii)	The date of the session

		(iii)	The type of special service provided (for example, occupational
therapy)

		(iv)	The clinician's name, license number and NPI number

		(v)	The start and end time in hours and minutes

		(vi)	The setting for the service (for example, classroom, therapy room, hallway)

		(vii)	The CPT code associated with any procedures/service(s)
performed during the session for eight minutes or more

		(viii)	Whether the session was provided as a group or an individual session

		(ix)	If the session was provided as a group session, the
actual number of participants at that session

		(x)	Session notes, that is, notes describing what was done and what progress was made during the encounter

		(xi)	The signature of the clinician providing the special service. In instances where the service provider
is required to be under the direction of a licensed clinician for Medicaid claiming purposes, Medicaid requirements must be followed
and the session notes must also be signed by that supervising clinician. If Provider uses an electronic system to capture such
information and that system allows an electronic signature, that system can be used for the creation of session notes.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

(f)       In
each school year, unless otherwise directed by the Board, within ten (10) school days of the Board making Parental Consent Letters
available, and as new students are enrolled, Provider shall distribute the Parental Consent Letters, track their return and provide
relevant information to the Board in a manner specified by the Board. If a Parental Consent Letter is not returned, Provider must
send the parent a follow-up letter, the content of which will be supplied by the Board. Provider will be required to provide electronic
or hardcopy data as directed by the Board indicating which students are associated with a signed Parental Consent Letter permitting
the Board to use Medicaid to pay for IEP services and to disclose information about their child's services for billing Medicaid.

 

(g)       Provider
shall, if so directed by the Board, distribute Board-provided prescriptions/orders/authorizations/referrals for service documents
(collectively referred to as "service documents') to students' parents and track their return and provide relevant information
to the Board in a manner specified by the Board. If service document is not returned, Provider must send the parent a follow-up
letter, the content of which will be supplied by the Board. Provider will be required to provide electronic or hardcopy data as
directed by the Board indicating which students are associated with a signed service document.

 

(h)       The
Board reserves the right to require all Provider personnel who are "relevant employees" as defined by NYSED to participate
in training delivered by the Board in compliance with New York Code of Rules and Regulations Part 521 and to certify receipt of
training.

 

(i)       Provider
shall ensure that all clinicians are properly licensed in New York State, have valid NPI numbers and, upon hire, do not appear
on any lists of providers who are unable to bill Medicaid, that is Exclusion Lists. The Board shall have the right to regularly
screen Provider staff against Exclusion Lists. In the event the Board notifies Provider that, upon the Boards inquiry, it appears
that a clinician engaged by the Provider is identified on an Exclusion List, Provider will confirm the identity of the clinician,
determine the cause of the exclusion, and report these finding to the Board.

 

(j)       All
Provider officers, administrators, members of the Board of Directors, classroom staff and all employees and consultants who provide
related services and their supervisors are to familiarize themselves with and adhere to the Board's Medicaid Compliance Plan, accessible
on the Board's website, including provisions related to reporting irregularities or instances of non-compliance.

 

(k)      Provider
will accurately record and maintain the following documentation in accordance with federal, state and/or local clinical documentation
guidelines for each applicable profession, in a readily available manner and place, for purposes of on-site fiscal audit and/or
contract compliance review of the Provider by the Board, the SDOH, SED and/or other New York State or federal agency authorized
to audit, investigate and/or monitor Medicaid claims, relative to special services and programs paid by or reimbursed through Medicaid:
{A) the name, social security number, copy of license, credentials, and the actual therapeutic weekly service schedule, of each
provider of special services and programs; {B) if applicable, records supporting provision of any related service under the direction
of a licensed therapist; (C) copies of the students' IEPs; evaluation reports; current prescriptions/orders/authorizations/referrals
for service, as provided by the CPSE or the student's physician or other licensed prescribing professional in the course of the
provision of any special services and programs establishing the medical necessity for the provision of such related service(s);
and, any other CPSE-generated record related to the Provider's provision of special services and programs for those students; {D)
all provider notes documenting the date, time, actual duration and group size of the provision of any special services provided
by the Provider, and a description of what was done and the progress made, and any other record pertaining to the delivery of the
service; (E) date the child received an evaluation (F) documentation that each service session was verified as delivered
by the dated signature of the service provider; (G) copy of the student's IEP; (H) copies of all progress reports required
by Section 16 of this Agreement for each service provided; (I) proofs of completion of all mandated SSHSP Medicaid Compliance
training for all applicable periods; and, (J) copies of all relevant professional credentials including but not limited
to licenses, registrations and certifications.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

(I)       Provider
understands that all documents, records and data referred to in this Section must accurately reflect reported conditions and that
the creation and/or submission of false or misleading documents, records and/or data may be deemed a material breach of this agreement
and may result in further civil action or referral to an investigative or law enforcement agency.

 

(m)      The
submission of electronic data does not relieve the Provider of its obligation to maintain in hardcopy the supporting records identified
in this Agreement

 

(n)       The
Provider shall retain all documents required by this section in accordance with Section 12 of the agreement.

 

(o)       Nothing
stated herein shall impair, infringe or impede the Providers' obligation to maintain and retain all records documenting the provision
of Services to students under the terms of this Agreement. The obligations stated in this Section 5 pertain to all students for
whom Services are provided under the terms of this Agreement, notwithstanding any student's Medicaid eligibility status.

 

(p)       Quality
Assurance Review

 

Provider
may request that the SDOH conduct a Quality Assurance Review of the Provider's records, in order to ensure the accuracy of the
information that it provides to the Board with respect to the provision of special services or programs that are paid by or through
Medicaid. The Board shall assist the Provider in the making of such a request. If the SDOH so requests, the Board will provide
the SDOH with assistance relevant to this subparagraph. The Provider shall fully comply and cooperate with any Quality Assurance
Review that is conducted by the SDOH.

 

(q)       Liability

 

If, as
a result of the Provider's willful or negligent failure to comply with the requirements of this section, the Board, following an
audit by the SDOH, is required to refund or forgo the receipt of any funds, or suffers any loss of funding that would be otherwise
due the Board in its capacity as a Medicaid Provider, the Board shall, upon written notice given thirty (30) calendar days in advance,
and upon an opportunity to be heard, begin to recoup such refund or loss that can be proportionately attributable to the Provider's
failure to comply with this Section from any payments due to the Provider under the terms of the Agreement. The Provider's liability
in this regard, and the Board's right to recoup such funds, shall survive the termination of the Agreement provided that the Board
has furnished the Provider with notice no later than ninety (90) calendar days after receiving notice of the loss of such funding.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		6.	TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT

 

		(a)	Specific Cause for Termination

 

		(1)	In all instances except those specified in paragraph 10(a)(3), the Board shall give notice
to the Provider if the Board shall determine that the Provider has materially defaulted in the performance of any of its programmatic,
and/or operational, and/or fiscal obligations hereunder. A material default of fiscal obligations under this agreement shall include,
but not be limited to, the Provider's failure to maintain financial records in accordance with law, regulation and/or NYSED guidance
and/or Provider's submission of a CFR and/or documentation requested by NYSED that is materially false, misleading and/or inaccurate.

 

		(2)	Upon notice to Provider that the Board is invoking its rights under Paragraph 6, the Board may
elect to suspend payments or apply a percentage of discount to current year payments, at the Board’s discretion. The Provider
will have thirty (30) calendar days in which to reply to such notice. Within the said thirty (30) calendar days, representatives
of the Provider and the Board shall meet to review said determination. If after such review, or if the Provider fails to timely
reply, and the determination of the Board remains that the Provider has materially defaulted in the performance of any of its obligations
hereunder, the Board shall immediately refer the student(s) placed with the Provider to the CPSE for a decision to terminate the
placement. Termination of this Agreement shall be effective as of the date of the CPSE recommendation(s) to terminate the
student(s') placement(s).

 

		(3)	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary stated in the Agreement, in the event that: (A)
appropriate governmental authorities, upon inspection of the Provider's offices(s) or facilities wherein any services are provided
pursuant to the Agreement, determine that there are violations of applicable building codes or other governmental laws, regulations
or ordinances which constitute(s) an imminent hazard to the health and safety of the student(s); or (B) the Provider, or
any of its staff takes or fails to take any action(s), which constitute(s) an imminent hazard to the health or safety of the students,
the Board may suspend payments immediately and terminate the Agreement upon two (2) calendar days’ notice to the Provider.
The Provider will immediately refer students to the CPSE for appropriate alternative placement recommendations. Such termination
shall be effective as of the date specified in the notice.

 

		(4)	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary stated in the Agreement, in the event the Provider
shall be unable or unwilling to comply with federal, State, or local laws and/or regulations applicable to students with disabilities
enrolled in approved programs, the Provider shall immediately notify the Board and the Commissioner of this fact. Upon the receipt
of such notice, payments will be suspended and all enrolled students shall be immediately referred to the CPSE for termination
of services by the Provider and recommendation for services by another provider. This Agreement shall be terminated upon the CPSE's
termination of the student(s') placement(s) with the Provider

 

		(5)	In the event that the Commissioner withdraws approval or conditional approval for the Provider
to provide Services for students with disabilities, the Agreement shall be deemed to have terminated as of the effective date of
such withdrawal of approval.

 

		(6)	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this document, if the Provider fails to submit required
documentation to the SED after several documented requests from SED, which failure prevents SED from setting a rate for that Provider
for a period of three consecutive years or more, the Board may terminate this Agreement upon 30 days’ notice of termination.
Such termination shall be governed by the procedures set forth at Paragraph 6 (a) (4), above.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(b)	General Provisions

 

		(1)	In the event that the Agreement is terminated for any of the reasons stated in this section 6 or
by operation of law, (A) the Provider shall be entitled to payment at the current year rate only up to the date of the notice of
termination referenced in Paragraph 6(a), above. Thereafter, if the Board has elected to discount payments those payments will
be made for Services rendered only until the effective date of termination; (B) the Provider shall return to the Board any advance
payment(s) received for the portion of the school year subsequent to the effective date of termination; (C) the Provider shall
return to the Board any other overpayments that are due under the terms of the Agreement; (D) if the Provider is owed money by
the Board, the funds owed will be released only upon the Provider's submission to the SED and the Board the CFR with attachments
for the current school year and any and all financial reports, including CFRs, that are outstanding for prior years.

 

		(2)	A notice of termination may be limited to the provision of Services furnished in accordance with
one or more of the Attachment(s) to the Agreement.

 

		(3)	Prior to terminating the Agreement the Board shall refer all students placed with the Provider
to the CPSE to consider termination of the current placement and recommendation of a new placement. Termination of this Agreement
will not occur until new placements have been recommended for all students.

 

		(4)	If it is finally determined in any legal proceeding(s) that any approved student was properly provided
Services by the Provider beyond particular termination date, the Board shall notify the Commissioner of the continuance of said
student(s) in program and the Board shall process payment to Provider for said period, as provided by the Agreement.

 

		(5)	Copies of the notices described in this Section 6 shall be simultaneously sent to the Commissioner.

 

		(6)	All notices of termination shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested.

 

		(7)	It is agreed that the Board and the Provider retain all their rights at law and in equity in the
event of a material breach of the Agreement by the other party.

 

		(c)	Provider's Cessation of Operations

 

		(1)	In the event that the Provider intends to cease operation
of any or all programs or services at any site, the Provider shall give notice of such intention to the Board and SED, as stipulated
in Section 200.7(e) of the Commissioner's Regulations, and to the Office of Pupil Transportation ("OPT") not less than
ninety (90) days prior to the intended effective date of such action. The Provider shall include a copy of the most recent CMR
with such notice. Upon cessation the Agreement, or in the case of a partial cessation of some programs or services then that portion
of the Agreement, shall be deemed to have terminated in accordance with Section 6(a), above.

 

		(2)	No later than ninety (90) days prior to the effective date of the cessation of operations, the
Provider shall comply with all the Regulations of the Commissioner regarding inventories, equipment, books and supplies. All inventoried
items shall thereafter be transferred in the manner determined by the SED and the Board. Failure to comply with this subparagraph
shall entitle the Board to suspend any payments due the Provider.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(3)	The Provider hereby certifies that promptly following cessation of operations, and in no event
later than sixty (60) calendar days following the later of cessation of operations or the receipt of a final student register from
NPSP, a final CFR will be submitted to the SED and to the Office of Auditor General consistent with the terms of Section 10 and
that no assets of the corporation will be transferred, nor will the corporation be dissolved, prior to the filing of the final
CFR and settlement of final claims with the Board. If the Provider is owed money by the Board at the time of the cessation of operations,
the funds owed will be released only upon the Provider's submission to the SED and the Board the CFR with attachments for the current
school year and any and all financial reports, including CFRs that are outstanding for prior years. In the case of a sole proprietorship
or a proprietary corporation, the Provider's owner(s) shall be personally liable, to the extent permitted by law, for any disallowance
of State or Federal funds incurred by the Board as a result of a non-submittal of the CFR or any adjustments based upon SED's issuance
of a reconciliation rate, if the assets are transferred or the corporation is dissolved prior to the settlement of final claims
with the Board. The obligation of personal liability, if any, shall survive the Provider's cessation of operations and the termination
of the Agreement. In the event that the Board incurs any disallowance of State or Federal funds as a result of a non-submittal
of the CFR or any adjustments by a not-for-profit Provider, the Board shall notify the New York State Attorney General Office of
Charities Regulation that a lien against transfer of any assets or dissolution of the corporation should attach pending settlement
of the claims of the Board.

 

		7.	INSURANCE INDEMNIFICATION

 

		(a)	The following terms, conditions and specifications shall prescribe and govern the Provider's obligations
with respect to insurance for all general and particular intents and purposes under the Agreement.

 

		(1)	The Provider shall obtain all required insurance coverage from insurers possessing an AM BEST rating
of at least A-7 or a Standard & Poor's rating of at least AA.

 

		(2)	On or before the date of the Provider's execution of this Agreement, the Provider shall submit
to the Board evidence of the insurance specified herein' together with all supporting documentation to the attention of NPSP reasonably
deemed necessary by the Chancellor or his/her designee(s). The Provider shall transmit certificates of insurance to the NPSP or
at the request of NPSP copies of the insurance policies. The Board's receipt of such policies and certificates shall be a condition
precedent to any payment by the Board to the Provider under this Agreement. Furthermore, the Provider shall transmit an informational
copy of this Agreement to its insurance carrier(s) together with a cover letter(s)-the cover letter(s) shall identify the Provider's
insurance policy(ies) and/or account number(s)-that alerts and informs the carrier(s) of the existence of this Agreement and the
particular insurance provisions contained herein.

 

		(3)	The Provider shall arrange with its carrier(s) to have the Board and the City of New York each
appear as an additional insured party on its commercial general liability and umbrella policies and certificates of insurance shall
indicate the additional insured status for all required coverage. The Board shall be a certificate holder for all other policies.

 

		(4)	The Provider shall not obtain or use any insurance policy(ies) or contract(s) for purposes of this
Agreement that contains any endorsement exclusions relating to the additional insured's negligence, relating to the maintenance,
use and operation of the additional insured's realty or personalty, or relating to any other activities by the additional insured
that arise from, or in the context of, this Agreement.

 

		(5)	The Provider shall maintain the hereinafter-prescribed levels of insurance coverage throughout
the Term of this Agreement (including, but not limited to, original, additional, renewal and extension periods):

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(A)	Commercial general liability insurance coverage on an occurrence basis, for bodily injury (including,
but not limited to death, sickness, disease, impairment and corporal punishment), property damage and personal injury, caused directly
or indirectly by any negligent act(s) of commission or omission of the Provider and/or the Provider's agents, servants, employees,
owners (including, without limitation, parent and over-parent entities), partners (including, without limitation, general, limited,
silent and apparent partners), directors, officers, elected or appointed officials, members, subProviders, subProvider employees,
volunteers, invitees, licensees, designees, assigns or any other representatives. The liability limit under this commercial general
liability insurance coverage shall be in an amount not less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) per occurrence. If more than
one premises is insured under Provider's policy any aggregate limit shall apply separately to each of Provider's insured premises,
however, deviations from the aggregate coverage may be considered by the Board on a case-by-case basis for Providers with a large
number of sites.

 

		(B)	School Board or School Leaders errors or omissions, or Directors and Officers liability insurance
or its equivalent in an amount not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00).

 

		(C)	Worker’s Compensation Insurance with the statutory benefits and Employers Liability as required
in the State of New York. If outside New York, Employers Liability insurance with coverage of not less than One Million Dollars
($1,000,000.00).

 

		(6)	Provider shall require independent contractor medical professional to maintain professional malpractice
liability insurance coverage in an amount not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) each claim and aggregate for any injury
or damage that is in any way connected with or related to this Agreement.

 

		(7)	Required Rider Provisions. The Provider shall ensure that every policy for all of the insurance
coverage required pursuant to this Agreement shall contain the following provisions via an endorsement attached to every
such policy:

 

		(A)	Any and all notices that the insurer(s) shall provide to the Board shall be addressed to the Chancellor
or his/her designee(s) at the address stated in Section 23.

 

		(B)	The Provider’s insurance policy(ies) or contract(s) shall not be terminated, revised, modified
or otherwise changed in such a manner as to reduce or limit the Provider's coverage for any services under this Agreement in any
way, unless the affected insurer(s) shall have provided at least thirty (30) calendar days advance written notice to the Chancellor
or his/her designee(s) regarding such termination, revision, modification or other change. If an insurer(s) notifies the Board
of the termination of any required coverage, the Provider shall provide written evidence, e.g., a new certificate of insurance,
before the effective date contained in such notice(s) that the affected insurance coverage has been fully replaced. If an insurer(s)
notifies the Board of any non—termination revision, modification or other change that causes the Provider's insurance coverage
to be out of compliance with the requirements of this Agreement, the Provider shall cure such non—compliance before the effective
date contained in such notice(s).

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(8)	The minimum coverage limit amounts and types of insurance coverage expressed in this Agreement
shall not be construed in any manner whatsoever to limit the nature and/or extent of the Provider's responsibility and liability
under this Agreement to protect, defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Board as hereinafter provided.

 

		(9)	If professional or errors and omission liability insurance has been issued on a "claims made"
basis, the Provider must comply with the following additional conditions. The Provider must either:

 

		(i)	Agree to provide certificates of insurance evidencing the above coverages for a period of two years
after final payment for the contract. Such certificates shall evidence a retroactive date, no later than the beginning of the Providers'
work under this contract, or

 

		(ii)	Purchase an extended (minimum two years) reporting period endorsement for the policy or policies
in force during the term of this contract and evidence the purchase of this extended reporting period endorsement by means of a
certificate of insurance or a copy of the endorsement itself.

 

		(b)	INDEMNIFICATION- The Board and the Provider do hereby agree that each party shall be solely
responsible for each party's own acts and omissions as well as the acts and omissions of each party's own agents, servants, employees,
owners (including, without limitation, parent and over-parent entities), partners (including, without limitation, general, limited,
silent and apparent partners), directors, officers, elected or appointed officials, members, subProviders, subProvider employees,
volunteers, invitees, licensees, designees, assigns or any other representatives. The Provider shall protect, defend, indemnify
and hold harmless the Board and the City of New York from and for any and all vicarious claims, damages and any and all other forms
of liability arising from, or in connection with, any negligent act(s) of commission and/or omission of the Provider and/or the
Provider's agents, servants, employees, owners (including, without limitation, parent and over-parent entities), partners (including,
without limitation, general, limited, silent and apparent partners), directors, officers, elected or appointed officials, subProviders,
subProvider employees, volunteers, invitees, licensees, designees, assigns or any other representatives. Likewise, the Board shall
protect, defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Provider from and for any and all vicarious claims, damages and any and all other
forms of liability arising from, or in connection with, any negligent act(s) of commission and/or omission of the Board and/or
the Board's agents, servants, employees, directors, officers, elected or appointed officials, members, volunteers, invitees, licensees,
designees, assigns or any other representatives.

 

		8.	PROVIDER STAFF

 

		(a)	General

 

All staff members, employees
and independent contractors of the Provider shall be deemed staff members, employees and independent contractors of the Provider
for purposes of the Agreement, and the Provider alone shall be responsible for their work, personal conduct, direction and compensation.
Provider shall maintain a complete and updated roster of all staff and consultants providing direct and indirect services to students
and shall list their names, titles and whether services provided are direct or indirect. Providers with more than one site shall
maintain site specific rosters. The foregoing information shall be submitted to the Board upon request.

 

		(b)	Service Provider Qualifications

 

		(1)	All staff members, employees or independent contractors providing Services hereunder shall be appropriately
certified or licensed to the extent required by applicable law and regulation.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(2)	Where applicable, current, valid documents evidencing state certification and/or licensure for
all pedagogical personnel, and the licenses, certificates and permits required under federal, state and local laws and regulations
shall be required to be presented by new employees to the Provider, prior to the commencement of employment. The Provider, or its
contracted agent shall either initial and date a copy of the aforesaid documents as substantiation that the Provider validated
the employee's credentials or print the government website screen that was accessed to validate the employee's credentials. All
such documentation shall be available for inspection during school hours at the principal offices of the Provider or at the program
site, whichever location the Provider shall have determined for the maintenance of employment records.

 

		(3)	The aforesaid certification and/or license requirements shall not be applicable to any employees
who are covered by relevant waivers or variances issued under applicable federal, state and local laws or regulations.

 

		(c)	Supervision of Students

 

		(1)	In accordance with the Commissioner's Regulations, all Services shall be provided by appropriately
licensed or certified personnel. Students shall be under the direct supervision of such personnel from the time that they arrive
at any facilities operated by the Provider through their time of departure.

 

		(2)	Unless the Provider has received a variance from SED, all personnel who spend fifty percent (50%)
or more of their time in an educational supervision role, or who are responsible for teacher training and observations, shall be
certified in School Administration and Supervision/School Building Leader to the extent required by the Commissioner.

 

		(3)	Staff records, including certificates, schedules, and written evaluations shall be available for
inspection, to the extent permitted by law, at the site where a staff member is assigned; provided, however, that where it is impossible
to maintain the confidentiality of evaluations, the Provider may request a variance from this requirement from the Board.

 

		9.	STUDENT SUSPENSION

 

		(a)	Under no circumstances shall a Provider discharge a student from the provision of Services, pursuant
to this Agreement, except upon express consent of the Board and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

 

		(b)	The suspension of preschool students with disabilities shall be governed by applicable federal,
state and local laws and regulations governing the discipline of preschool-age students with disabilities and the Provider represents
that it has in current force and effect a disciplinary policy and disciplinary procedures that conform to the requirements of those
laws and regulations including but not limited to Education Law §3214 and Part 201 of the Commissioner's Regulations.

 

		(c)	This section shall not apply to children excluded from attendance due to lack of age-appropriate
immunizations, for which the Provider shall follow the procedures in Paragraph 22.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

 

		(d)	The Provider shall cooperate with the Board with respect to the conduct of any CPSE review meetings,
manifestation determinations or impartial hearings regarding disciplinary matters. Such cooperation shall include but not be limited
to the following: (1) consultation with the appropriate representatives of the Board; and (2) after such consultation,
provision of a staff member with either direct knowledge of the student, or sufficient knowledge of same, such that the staff member
will able to effectively participate in the CPSE review meeting, manifestation determination or impartial hearing.

 

		10.	ANNUAL CONSOLIDATED FISCAL REPORTS CERTIFIED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

		(a)	Consolidated Fiscal Reports

 

		(1)	Providers that operate on a Fiscal Year (July 1 through June 30) shall file a Consolidated Fiscal
Report ("CFR") and certified financial statements, including attachments, with the SED pursuant to §200.9 of the
Commissioner's Regulations, regarding its provision of services under the Agreement by no later than November 1, or November 30,
if the Provider has availed itself of the SED's extension. Providers that operate on a Calendar Year (January 1 through December
31) shall file a Consolidated Fiscal Report ("CFR") and certified financial statements, including attachments, with the
SED pursuant to §200.9 of the Commissioner's Regulations, regarding its provision of services under the Agreement by no later
than April 30, or May 31, if the Provider has availed itself of the SED's extension. The Provider shall notify the Board in writing
of any waivers of filing requirements or filing extensions granted or permitted by the SED post November 30 or May 31, as applicable,
with respect to any CFR, which notice shall include written documentation. In the event the SED changes filing deadlines and/or
its regulations pertaining to extensions, the Provider is obligated to follow SED's guidance.

 

		(2)	Within 30 calendar days past the SED's CFR filing deadline or extension granted by SED, Provider
shall submit to the Office of Auditor General ("OAG") a copy of the CFR with the financial statement and any other attachments
filed with the SED; the Provider, in addition, shall submit to the OAG, in a format specified by the OAG, the following information
relative to student FTEs/sessions reported in the CFR for each program:

 

		(A)	The total number of students (Board plus other counties' students, if any) in each special education
program; and

 

		(B)	The total number of Board students that were enrolled in each special education program; and

 

		(C)	Student-specific enrollment information for each Board student (student's name, Board-issued student
identification ("OSIS") number, SED program code, first and last attend date, and, as applicable, an indicator that the
student was assigned to the Provider pursuant to an Impartial Hearing/Pendency Order; and

 

		(D)	The equated full-time equivalent enrollment or sessions (in the case of SEIT program) for each
Board student and separately, the aggregate equated full time equivalent enrollment/sessions for other counties (if any) per program.

 

		(3)	The FTE/sessions information in the final Reconciliation Report for the same school year issued
by NPSP pursuant to paragraph 4(b)(2)(C), which is based upon the Board's calculation of Payable Sessions as defined in Paragraph
4(f), and the information provided pursuant to this Paragraph 10, section 2(A)- (D) will be forwarded by the Board to the SED for
its consideration in setting the Provider's tuition rate.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(4)	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this document, if the Provider fails to submit any
CFR with attachments and/or related FTE disclosure referred to in paragraphs (2)(A) - (D), above, to the SED and OAG in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 10:

 

		(A)	The Provider's failure shall entitle the Board to suspend payments or apply a percentage of discount
to payments, at the Board's discretion, upon email or hardcopy notice to the Provider by the Board through the OAG that the CFR
is past due and must be submitted within the time stated in the written notice.

 

		(B)	Suspension or discount of payment shall continue until such time as the Provider submits the required
CFR. However, upon a showing of good faith efforts to rectify the situation, the Board may re-institute full payments before the
CFR is filed. In that event, however, the payments will not be retroactive to the date of suspension or discount.

 

		(C)	The Provider's failure to use good faith to rectify the situation within a reasonable period of
time following the suspension or discount of payments may be deemed to be a material breach of the Agreement, for which the Board
shall provide a ten (10) calendar day notice of termination. Such termination shall be governed by the procedures set forth at
Section 6 of this Agreement.

 

		11.	COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENTS

 

		(a)	The Provider agrees not to enter into a collaborative agreement with any third party unless in
compliance with this Section 11. For these purposes, a Collaborative Agreement is a written agreement between the Provider and
a third party ("Non-4410 Program"), including a third party that is in a less-than-arm's-length relationship with the
Provider, to effect the implementation of the Provider's approved Special Class in an Integrated Setting ("SCIS") program,
regardless whether monetary consideration is involved.

 

		(b)	The Provider shall not enroll or initiate services for a SCIS student under the terms of a collaborative
agreement until the Provider has submitted to the Board for review (1) two (2) copies of the collaborative agreement between the
Provider and the third party in order to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Section 29 and (2) the written approval
by the New York State Education Department to provide services to preschool students with disabilities in the site that is the
subject of the collaborative agreement. The Board shall review the collaborative agreement and respond to Provider within a reasonable
time.

 

		(c)	All collaborative agreements shall include, but not be limited to, provisions addressing the following:

 

		•	That nothing contained in the collaborative agreement shall impair the rights of the Board notwithstanding
any arrangement, agreement or understanding to the contrary.

		•	That the Provider’s responsibilities under this Agreement are not diminished, impaired, relieved
or otherwise altered.

		•	That nothing contained in the collaborative agreement or under this Agreement create any contractual
relationship between the non-4410 program and the Board.

		•	The duties and obligations of each party under the collaborative agreement.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		•	The specific consideration for which such duties and obligations are assumed, including any monetary
exchange between the parties and the basis upon which payment will be made. If no money will change hands, the collaborative agreement
must state that the section 4410 program expects to be compensated for its services solely through payments and reimbursements
from the Board for services provided under the Agreement and that the Non-4410 Program expects to be compensated for its services
solely through its funding source(s).

		•	Both parties will maintain documentation in support of shared costs and, as applicable to support
reasonableness of consideration and will make the documentation available in the event of an audit or review.

		•	Address of site(s) covered by the collaborative agreement.

		•	The nature of the non-special education program, for example, Head Start, Universal Prekindergarten,
daycare or private pay.

		•	Term of agreement, including

		o	The effective dates of the agreement;

		o	That implementation of the collaborative agreement is contingent upon approval from NYSED to operate
a SCIS class and the Board's approval of the collaborative agreement.

		•	How amendments to the terms of the collaborative agreement and termination/cancellation can be
effected.

		•	Each party's school calendar, hours of program operation and the ratio of each party's students
and staff in the integrated classes.

		•	Understanding as to which entity is providing snacks
and/or meals for the section 4410 students. How student records will be maintained to comply with privacy requirements.

		•	Specifics as to the equipment, materials and personnel, including administrators, teachers, support
and related services staff and substitutes, that each party is responsible for providing for the SCIS program during the approved
days and hours of the program's operation.

		•	All understandings with regard to staff development and parent engagement activities.

		•	The Non-4410 Program is prohibited from involving the staff, students or families of the 4410 program
in any religious and/or fundraising activities.

		•	Materials, equipment, furniture and/or durable classroom supplies provided by the section 4410
program are on the premises for the operation of the SCIS program and that they are property of the 4410 program's funding source(s).

		•	Each party will adhere strictly to the security clearance requirements mandated by its contracting/licensing
agency.

		•	The section 4410 program will carry insurance sufficient to meet the requirements of the Contract.
Each party will name the City and Department of Education as insureds to its policy. Any additional insurance arrangements between
the parties must meet the reasonable and necessary tests if the section 4410 program seeks reimbursement for additional costs.

		•	Each party will permit access to the SCIS program site(s) for the purpose of audits, reviews and
monitoring visits.

 

		(d)	It is understood and accepted that the Board's approval of a collaborative agreement does not signal
that the consideration, if any, that the Provider has agreed to pay to the Non-4410 program under the terms of the collaborative
agreement constitutes an allowable cost, either in whole or in part, as that is a determination only SED may make.

 

		(e)	The Provider agrees that it is fully responsible to the Board for the acts and omissions of the
its collaborative partner(s) and of persons either directly or indirectly engaged by them as it is for the acts and omissions of
persons directly employed by it. The Provider shall not in any way be relieved of any responsibility under this Agreement by any
collaborative agreement.

 

		(f)	Payments made under the terms of any collaborative agreement must be supported with documentation
that includes dated invoices identifying the site and detailing the service period and the number of students for whom payment
is made during that service period if payments are made on a per capita basis. Any additional documentation required by SED with
respect to financial reporting of revenue and expenses for purposes of tuition rate setting must be maintained in accordance with
regulations and guidelines promulgated by that agency.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		12.	Audits, Limited Scope and Contract Compliance Reviews

 

		(a)	Provider shall adhere to all expenditure and record-keeping rules, regulations and official advisements
of NYSED, including, but not limited to Regulations of the Commissioner Part 200, section 200.9, which requires that Providers
maintain accounts in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; that Providers use the accrual basis of accounting;
that accounting books of original entry include asset, liability and fund balance or equity accounts, as well as expenditure and
revenue accounts; that subsidiary revenue and expenditure accounts be maintained for each approved program requiring a tuition
rate, for preschool evaluation costs, and for each government grant administered by the Commissioner, including the federal Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA") grant from which the Provider may receive funds as a vendor to the Board.

 

		(b)	In the event that Provider's failure to maintain compliant records and documentation related to
expenditures reported on Provider's CFR substantially impacts the ability of any agency authorized in this Section 12 to conduct
an audit, the Board may deem that failure to be a material breach in accordance with Section 6 of this Agreement.

 

		(d)	The Board, pursuant to Education Law §4410(11)(c), and the City Comptroller, the SED and the
State Comptroller, or their authorized representative(s), shall have the right to conduct a fiscal audit of the Provider. The Board
shall, in addition, have the right to conduct limited scope reviews, including review of the Provider's compliance with selected
terms of this Agreement and review of the Provider's expenditure of IDEA vendor grant funds, in which case, all categories of supporting
records identified in this Section 12 may be sought and must be provided.

 

		(e)	Subject to student confidentially requirements, the Board shall have access to property,
                                                                    personnel and records including records of enrollment, attendance and other school records that document the provision of
                                                                    Services hereunder. Further, to substantiate the information contained in the Provider's CFR, the Provider shall produce upon
                                                                    request records of all direct and indirect program costs, whether allocated or otherwise, including, but not limited to,
                                                                    written allocation methodologies, financial statements, general ledgers, invoices, bills, cancelled checks and bank
                                                                    statements, payroll and service records, tax forms and filings, leases, mortgages, agreements, loan documents and credit
                                                                    transactions. If costs charged to the approved programs or services were shared with other programs, whether public or
                                                                    private, the Board reserves the right to review records evidencing total costs and the basis for the allocation among
                                                                    programs. In addition, if incurred costs resulted from a related party or less-than-arm's length transaction, the Board
                                                                    reserves the right to test the transaction for reasonableness and fairness and require submission of relevant records. 

		

 

		(f)	The parties acknowledge that the results of the Board's audits and reviews may be submitted to SED for its review and appropriate
action, including tuition rate setting and adjustments.

 

		(g)	The Board's audits shall conform to generally accepted auditing standards and be conducted pursuant
to the applicable Reimbursable Cost Manual that has been approved by the Commissioner for the time period being reviewed. Nothing
in this Section 12 shall require the Board to conduct any audit or contract compliance review.

 

		(h)	In conducting audits or reviews, the Board may make site visits at any time without prior notice,
provided that the visiting Board personnel first report to the Provider's site office and make their presence known. It is understood
that such visits may take place regardless whether or the Provider's Director is present and available.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(i)	By February 28 and September 30 of each school year the Provider shall furnish to the OAG a list
of final fiscal audit reports issued within the prior six months as a result of any Federal, State or city agency audit of programs
operated by the Provider. The Provider shall identify the title of the audit, the agency conducting the audit, and the date of
the report. If no reports were issued during the period covered, the Provider shall submit a statement to that effect.

 

		(j)	The rights afforded and the obligations imposed upon the parties under this Section 12 shall survive
the Agreement.

 

		13.	RETENTION OF RECORDS

 

		(a)	Except as otherwise directed by the Board or otherwise required by applicable laws, rules or regulations,
the Provider shall retain all books and records required hereunder, for the time periods hereinafter prescribed, including, without
limitation the following:

 

		(1)	All cost and accounting records and enrollment/attendance records shall be retained for seven (7)
years after the end of the reporting year. Information relating to the acquisition of fixed assets, equipment, land or building
improvements and any related financing arrangements and grants must be retained as long as the facility is used by any educational
program the Provider operates if this period exceeds seven years as required by Commissioner's Regulations Part 200.9(d)(3);

 

		(2)	Staff records and employee certifications shall be retained for nine (9) years after the end of
the Term of the Agreement, or until nine (9) years after the termination of the Agreement and may be maintained electronically
to the extent permitted by federal law;

 

		(3)	Staff (pedagogical and non-pedagogical) attendance, service and time records shall be retained
for nine (9) years after the end of the Term of the Agreement, or until nine (9) years after the termination of the Agreement;

 

		(4)	IEPs individual student files and student health, clinical, education and attendance and service
records shall be retained in the manner prescribed by Schedule ED-1 (Appendix I of Title 8 of the Codes, Rules, and Regulations
of the State of New York).

 

		(b)	Subject to applicable laws and regulations governing the confidentiality of student records, the
Provider shall make all books and records available to the Board, the SED, the State Comptroller, and the City Comptroller, or
their authorized representatives, for review and audit and desk review pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement, at such times
during business hours as they may request. In a review or audit conducted by the Board and upon request, the Board shall provide
written verification that the individuals requesting books and records are in fact Board authorized representatives.

 

		(c)	At the conclusion of the required retention period, or no later than ninety (90) days prior to
the Provider's cessation of operations, the Provider shall contact the: CBST or other office as the Board directs for instructions
regarding the disposition of all student records; and the OAG for instructions regarding the disposition of financial and all other
records.

  

    	 

    	 

    

 

		14.	SITE VISITS/ FACILITIES

 

		(a)	Modification of a Facility

 

If Provider operates, by ownership
or by lease, a facility in which the Provider furnishes special class or services hereunder, the Provider shall comply with the
requirements and timelines of the Commissioner's regulations in regard to: any major modification of a facility, structural addition
to a facility, or change in the Certificate of Occupancy of a facility. If the modification, structural addition or change was
for the purpose of a programmatic change for any of the services under this contract provided at the facility, the Provider shall
promptly notify CBST or other office as the Board directs when program approval has been issued by the SED.

 

		(b)	Relocation to New Facility

 

If a Provider plans to relocate
any services under this contract to a new facility, the Provider shall:

 

		(1)	notify CBST or other office as the Board directs and the Office of Pupil Transportation ("OPT")
of the general location of the planned change, specifically whether the planned relocation will be within the same school district
and/or within the same borough;

 

		(2)	comply with all Commissioner’s regulations regarding relocation, such as facility approval,
program approval, building permits, Certificate of Occupancy, and similar regulatory requirements;

 

		(3)	notify CBST or other office as the Board directs, at the earliest known time, of the anticipated
transition timeframe, and plan cooperatively with CBST orother office as the Board directs for any changes in children's IEPs,
program recommendations, or transportation approvals, which may be necessary, upon receipt of final program and/or facility approvals
from the SED, promptly notify CBST or other office as the Board directs;

 

		(4)	upon receipt of final program and/or facility approvals from SED, promptly notify CBST or other
office as the Board directs and OPT of location, schedule of service hours and half day schedules.

 

		(c)	Fire Drills

 

		(1)	The Provider shall develop and maintain on site written fire drill and evacuation procedures to
be used during the school year. The procedures shall include the specific responsibilities of staff in a fire evacuation and shall
be updated if roles change or the population served by the Provider changes. There should be no period during which such procedures
have lapsed; by November 1 of each school year the procedures must be reviewed, updated as necessary, and signed and dated by the
site Director/Principal. Fire drill and evacuation procedures are to be posted in all classrooms and instructional rooms and as
directed by the New York City Department of Buildings. During each school year, the Provider shall conduct the minimum number of
fire drills required by applicable State and local laws and regulations. Two (2) fire extinguishers are to be located on each floor
of a school structure and shall be inspected two (2) times per year. One (1) smoke detector for every six (6) classes shall be
located on each floor of a school structure and shall be installed in hallways, with a minimum of one (1) smoke detector per floor.

 

		(2)	The Provider shall request in writing that the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
or the Fire Department conduct an annual fire inspection. The Provider will not be held responsible for the failure of either agency
to conduct the inspection. A record of the written request shall be maintained on site.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(d)	Asbestos Abatement

 

		(1)	The Provider represents that it is in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws
or regulations regarding the inspection for, containment and removal of asbestos containing materials located on the premises of
the Provider which is under the control of the Provider (as either owner or lessee, in whole or part) which may pose an imminent
danger to any students.

 

		(2)	If upon review of any written reports, plans or other documentation, previously provided to the
Board, pursuant to a prior Agreement between the Board and the Provider, the Board determines that an issue exists regarding the
Provider's representation made in subparagraph 13(d)(1), the Board shall immediately notify the Provider of such issue by certified
mail, return receipt requested. Upon receipt of such notice, the Provider shall immediately undertake all necessary steps to achieve
or remain in compliance with the representation made in Paragraph14(d)(1}, such that no student is exposed to any imminent dangerous
conditions.

 

		(3)	A Provider that operates a facility wherein the Provider furnishes individual evaluations hereunder
shall comply with Paragraph 14(d).

 

		(e)	Site Visits

 

		(1)	Nothing in this Agreement shall limit the authority of the Board, through its CPSE, to conduct
on-site observations of student performance for the purpose of initial or subsequent determination of services and placement required
pursuant to applicable law and regulation. Such visit(s) may be made at any time without prior notice, provided that the visiting
Board personnel first report to the Provider site office and make their presence known. It is understood that such visits may take
place whether or not the Director of the provider is present and available.

 

		15.	ATTENDANCE RECORDS AND WITHDRAWAL/DISCHARGE PROCESS

 

		(a)	This Section 15 shall apply only where the Provider furnishes special services or programs. The
Provider's failure to comply with any of its terms and conditions shall constitute a material breach of the Agreement and entitle
the Board to suspend or discount payments at the Board's discretion.

 

		(1)	If the Board determines that the Provider has failed to comply with any of the provisions of this
Section 15, the Board may immediately suspend or discount payments at the Board’s discretion upon notifying the Provider
in writing of such failure and advising the Provider that it must rectify the failure within the lime stated in the notice.

 

		(2)	The Provider's failure to use good faith to rectify the situation within a reasonable period of
time following the suspension of payments shall be deemed to be a material breach of the Agreement, and the Board shall provide
notice of termination of the Agreement in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 6.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(b)	Register of Attendance

 

		(1)	The Provider shall keep a record of the attendance
and absence of each enrolled student. The record of each student’s attendance and/or absence shall be entered by the Provider
on a daily basis in a register of attendance in a format supplied and/or approved by the Board. The register of attendance shall
set forth at least the following for each student: full name; date of birth and student identification number issued by the Board.
Attendance is to be recorded and maintained in a manner that does not violate individual student confidentiality.

 

		(2)	The Provider's teachers are responsible for ensuring that accurate records of daily attendance
are kept for each student on register.

 

		(3)	The Provider shall designate a teacher or other appropriate employee to supervise the keeping of
the registers of attendance, oversee attendance services and ensure the timely and effective tracking, follow-up, and support of
absent students.
	 	 	 

		(4)	The register of attendance is a business record that shall be verified by the oath or affirmation
of the person making the entries in the register of attendance. The register of attendance must be maintained at the site and made
available to the Board immediately upon request.

 

		(c)	Report of Monthly Enrollment

 

The Provider shall document and
maintain on site the attendance of each approved student during each calendar month, or part thereof that the Agreement is in effect.
Such documentation shall be in a manner and format that has been previously supplied and/or approved by the Board.

 

		(1)	For the two-month program, the Provider shall submit through a CMR its certified cumulative enrollment
information for each child to the NPSP by no later than July 21; a final CMR is due no later than September 15.

 

		(2)	For the ten-month program the Provider shall submit through a CMR its certified cumulative enrollment
information for each child to the NPSP according to the schedules in Paragraph 4(h)(ll)(5); a final CMR is due no later than August
1 of the next school year.

 

		(d)	Establishment of Period of Enrollment

 

		(1)	"Legally Absent” or “Legal Absence" shall be defined by §175.6 of
                                                                    the Commissioner's Regulations.

 

		(2)	The Provider shall establish each approved student's actual period of enrollment by recording the
student's first and last dates of attendance, or legal absence as defined under §175.6 of the Commissioner's Regulations,
with the understanding that a student's first and/or last attend date cannot occur on a national or New York State holiday unless
otherwise permitted by SED.

 

		(3)	The Provider shall clearly document any claimed legal absence, with respect to the first and/or
last date(s) of attendance, in the student's attendance record, by:

 

		(A)	Maintaining on file a parent-provided note or physician's note which states the claimed legal absence
and the applicable dates of absence; or

 

		(B)	Recording the claimed legal absence along with the basis of the Provider's information supporting
the claimed legal absence in a manner and format required by the Board. Provider shall make a copy of such individual student records
available to the Board upon request or in the course of an audit of the Provider's records. Provider shall maintain originals of
all records referred to in this paragraph.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(e)	Student Absence and Voluntary Withdrawal/Discharge

 

(1) Request for Determination Regarding Student
Status/Notification Regarding Student Absence without Establishing a Legal Absence

 

		(A)	Any one of the following circumstances shall provide the basis for further action as stated in
the remainder of this Section 15(e):

 

		•	Five (5) consecutive school days/sessions since the date of the student's approval to attend without
the student establishing enrollment by physical presence or legal excuse.
	 	 	 

		•	The student had established enrollment by means of legal excuse, but then has failed to be present
within the next twenty (20) school days/sessions.
	 	 	 

		•	The Provider is unable to obtain information regarding the student's absence/failure to establish
enrollment.
	 	 	 

		•	The Provider has information that the student who has established enrollment by physical presence
is absent without legal excuse for more than 5 consecutive school days/sessions.

 

		(B)	The Provider shall with due diligence attempt to determine the reason the student has failed to
attend or establish enrollment or attempt to ascertain the continued existence and application of a claimed legal excuse. If upon
failing to reach the student's parent/legal guardian or upon determining that the student's absence is not based on a legal excuse,
the Provider shall complete a Request for Determination Regarding Student Status/Notification Regarding Student Absence without
Establishing a Legal Absence ("RDNA") Form.

 

		(C)	The RDNA form, which shall be signed by the Provider, shall set forth the Provider's efforts to
obtain relevant information and any information known by the Provider regarding the student's reason for absence or failure to
establish enrollment. The RDNA form so completed shall be submitted to the CPSE.

 

		(D)	The CPSE shall have fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of the mailing to the CPSE to make
a determination regarding the reason for the student's non-attendance and complete and sign the appropriate section of the RDNA
form which shall:

 

		•	Inform the Provider that the CPSE has determined that there is a basis for a legally excused absence
and that the student should remain on the roster unless the student fails to attend within twenty (20) school days from the date
of the RDNA signed by the CPSE in which case the Provider must submit a new RDNA. The records or other relevant information upon
which the determination of a legally excused absence has been made by the CPSE must be forwarded to the Provider who shall maintain
the records; or
	 	 	 

		•	Direct the Provider to send the parent/legal guardian a notice that within 10 (ten) school days,
or longer if the CPSE so directs, of the date of the notification to the parent/legal guardian the student's assignment/enrollment
will be terminated unless: the student is physically present before the enrollment termination date or the Provider is able to
confirm that the student's absence is due to a legal excuse. The notification letter must have appended to it the NYSED Procedural
Safeguards Notice to the parent/legal along with the RDNA signed by the Provider and CPSE.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

 

		(E)	If upon the expiration of the fifteen (15) calendar day period referred to in Paragraph 15(e)(1)(D),
above, the CPSE has not communicated with the Provider, the Provider shall send the parent/legal guardian a notice that
within 10 (ten) school days of the date of the notification to the parent/legal guardian the student's assignment/enrollment will
be terminated unless: the student is physically present before the enrollment termination date or the Provider is able to confirm
that the student's absence is due to a legal excuse. The notification letter must have appended to it the NYSED Procedural Safeguards
Notice to the parent/legal along with the signed RDNA that had been submitted to the CPSE.

 

		(F)	If, before the termination date stated in the letter of notification to the parent, the student
is physically present or establishes a legal excuse, the Provider shall complete the appropriate section of the RDNA form and submit
it to the CPSE.

 

		(G)	If the student is not physically present or has not established a legal excuse within the applicable
period stated in paragraph 15(e)(1)(D), above, and the Provider has thus terminated the student's assignment/enrollment,
the Provider shall complete Section IV of the RDNA and submit it to the CPSE.

 

		(H)	The Provider shall, upon completing Section IV of the RDNA immediately update the CMR to reflect
that the student's enrollment status has changed. The Provider shall not be entitled to receive payment for the provision of special
education services or programs for any portion of the school year after the date that the student's enrollment is terminated and
shall reimburse the Board for any advance payments for any period of the school year occurring after the termination of the student's
enrollment.

 

		(f)	Notice of Absence

 

		(1)	If a student who has already established a period of enrollment other than by a legal absence is
absent at any time during the course of the school year for five (5) consecutive school days/sessions or 20 school days/sessions
in aggregate within a four-month period, the Provider shall contact the student's parent in order to ascertain the reason for such
absence. The student's attendance record shall indicate that contact was made or attempted, the means used, the reason for said
absence (if known), and its anticipated duration (if known). The attendance record shall clearly identify the name and title of
the Provider employee recording such entry.

 

		(2)	If the Provider resolves the matter by establishing that the student is legally excused, the attendance
record shall be so noted and signed by the Site Director or other staff member with administrative authority and maintained on
site.

 

		(3)	If the Provider is unable to contact the parent or establish that the student has been legally
absent or if the Provider requests further review notwithstanding the parent's representations regarding the absence, in addition
to completing the RDNA if applicable, the Provider shall notify the CPSE by submitting a Notice of Absence Form to the CPSE. That
Form shall have appended a copy of the annotated attendance records.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(g)	School Calendars

 

		(1)	Provider shall enter its following school year's calendar into the Certified Monthly Roster by
April 1 of the current school year or within ten (10) school days of the Board's posting of the following school year's calendar,
whichever is later. The calendar must specify at least: (A) thirty (30) instruction days during the period of July 1 through August
31 for the July -August portion of the school year (if the Provider operates a twelve month program); (B) one hundred eighty (180)
instructional days during the period September 1 through June 30 for the September - June portion of the school year; and (C) the
times each daily school session begins and ends. Subsequent calendars shall be submitted in accordance with the Board's written
directive from NPSP.

 

		(2)	The scheduling of instructional days shall be in accordance with §3604 of the New York State
Education Law. For the purposes of this Agreement, an instructional day shall be defined as a school day of the minimum number
of hours required by the applicable Commissioner's Regulations.

		a.	Unless the Provider's SED approval includes instructional lunch, the time taken for students' lunch shall not to be included
within the calculation of hours comprising the school day.

 

		(3)	The Provider's calendar shall have the same number of school days for any of the special services
or programs provided pursuant to this Agreement.

 

		16.	INDIVIDUAL STUDENT FILES

 

		(a)	The Provider shall maintain an individual file for each student. This file shall contain a complete
and current record of all aspects of the Services that the student has received, or is currently receiving. Such file shall include,
without limitation, copies of all IEPs, the student's related service card, periodic progress reports reflecting the periodic progress
attained in achieving short-term objectives and annual goals, all CPSE provided clinical and educational data, and other contacts
as required by Section 17 (including all individualized notices provided by the Provider to parents in accordance with applicable
laws or regulations), attendance, and any health records that may be in the Provider's possession (excepting records governed by
Section 13 of the Agreement), as well as any and all documentation prepared and maintained by the Provider with respect to special
services or programs paid by or reimbursed through Medicaid in accordance with Section 5 of the Agreement. The Provider shall document
its attempts to obtain such records and documentation from the CPSE. Said file shall be available for review, subject to applicable
law and regulations governing the confidentiality of student records, at the Provider during school hours by representatives of
the Board and/or the SED. Such portion of the file that is specifically related to the provision of special programs or services
that are paid by or reimbursed through Medicaid shall be made available for review, subject to applicable law and regulations governing
the confidentiality of student records, at the Provider during school hours by representatives of the SDOH.

 

		(b)	Where the Provider furnishes services under either Attachment A or B, the Provider shall notify
the parents of all such students, in their native language if possible, by no later than December 1 of each school year that the
Agreement is in effect, apprising them of their right to review all student records relating to their own child that are maintained
by the Provider.

 

		(c)	Providers must maintain an emergency home contact form for each student including the full name;
date of birth; full names of parent(s); phone number, if any; address; and emergency contacts.

 

		(d)	Provider shall, as quickly as practical, inform the CPSE in writing if Provider becomes aware of
errors or changes in students' names, and/or the names of their parents or guardians, and/or errors in their dates of birth.

 

		(e)	The retention of individual student files is governed by the terms of Section 13 of the Agreement.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		17.	PERIODIC EDUCATIONAL AND RELATED SERVICE PROGRESS REPORTS

 

		(a)	As used in this Section 17 and hereinafter in this Agreement, the term "CPSE" refers
to an internal unit within the Board's structure of the Committee on Special Education ("CSE"). The use of such organizational
device is not intended to avoid any of the Board's legal obligations. It is understood that references to the "CPSE"
shall include the CSE.

 

		(b)	This paragraph shall apply where the Provider furnishes special services or programs (with or without
related services) and/or SEIT services hereunder. Reports for each student shall be maintained in the manner and for the duration
required in Section 13.

 

(c) Frequency of
Reports

 

Unless a greater number is required
by a child's IEP, the Provider shall provide three (3) reports of progress per year for preschool students receiving 10 months
special education services and four (4) reports of progress per year for preschool students receiving 12 month special education
services as required under the terms of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education, Part 200, section 200.4 (d)(2)(iii)(c).
Further, a "final" progress report is required if the student is discharged/terminated from service more than thirty
(30) days after the most recent progress report or more than thirty (30) days of service if the students period of enrollment was
not long enough to have required a first progress report .

 

(d)
Content of Reports

 

Progress
reports must contain, at a minimum:

 

(i) a review of the educational/related service(s)
IEP goals and objectives and the student's current levels of performance in achieving the goals;

 

(ii) a review of the educational/related service(s)
to which the report pertains, including a description of the student's response to the service and/or current levels of performance;

 

(iii) the extent to which
progress is sufficient to enable the child to achieve the annual goals and the extent to which that progress is sufficient to enable
the student to achieve the goals by the by the end of the IEP period; and

 

(iv) Suggested modifications
to the duration and frequency of educational/related service(s), if any, and recommended changes to goals and objectives, if any.

 

(e) Distribution of Reports

 

		(1)	Progress reports shall be distributed:

		(i)	to the child's parents; and

		(ii)	to the CPSE upon its request; and

		(iii)	not less than thirty (30) calendar days prior to a
student's IEP review, the Provider shall forward to the appropriate CPSE the most recent educational/related service(s)reports
from all teachers and related service providers for the student, for the purposes of the student's annual review.

 

		(2)	With respect to all students who are pending withdrawal or discharge from the Provider by reason
of their attainment of age eligibility to attend the public schools in accordance with §3202 of the Education Law, by no later
than March 1, the Provider shall forward to the appropriate CSE or other office as designated by the Department the most recent
progress report for each student and any additional reports specifically requested by the CSE and already in the student's files
pursuant to this Agreement.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(3)	Nothing stated in this Section 17 shall require the Provider to conduct any re-evaluations or re-testing procedures for the students covered in paragraph 17(c)(2) above or to submit draft goals and objectives beyond those already
stated in the student's most recent progress report provided under this subparagraph, draft IEPs, or new medical prescriptions
as may be required by the CSE for their review of the student's educational needs in kindergarten.

 

		18.	OTHER REPORTS

 

		(a)	The Provider shall furnish any additional data and reports, including, but not limited to, SED
submissions, as the Chancellor deems to be related to the performance of the Agreement, upon request of the Chancellor. The Provider
shall be given a reasonable time to respond to such requests.

 

		(b)	Upon request, the Provider shall advise the Board in writing of the number of Provider seats approved
by SED and the number of vacancies. The Provider shall notify CBST or other office as the Board directs of SED variances of class
size required and/or potential vacancies and arrange to review CPSE cases of students from non public school waiting list. Upon
review of student case material, the Provider shall inform CBST or other office as the Board directs of acceptance or the reason
for rejection of the students on the waiting list.

 

		(c)	In addition pursuant to the Commissioner's Regulations, parents shall be regularly informed of
their child's progress toward annual goals and the extent to which that progress is sufficient to enable the child to achieve the
goals by the end of the school year, by distribution to the parent of each educational/ related service(s) report.

 

		(d)	The Provider shall:

 

		(i)	prepare and maintain incident reports for all school related crimes and incidents and injuries
resulting from such crimes and incidents;

		(ii)	report child abuse as required by state law and report all school related crimes to the police
department; and

		(iii)	report all school related crimes and all serious non-criminal and/or serious medical incidents,
and all allegations of corporal punishment committed against a student while in the care, custody and control of the Provider to
the Board, in a procedure to be determined by the Board and communicated to the Provider.

 

		19.	COMPLIANCE WITH LAW

 

		(a)	The Agreement, and the Provider's provision of all Services hereunder, shall be subject to all
applicable federal, state and city laws and regulations, and all applicable orders of federal and state courts, including, but
not limited to The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Article 89, The Family Education and Privacy Rights Act, The Americans
with Disabilities Act, and §504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and all state guidelines governing the provision of special
programs or services to students with disabilities.

 

		(b)	The Board reserves the right to amend the Agreement, as may be necessary, in order to comply with
any change in, and ensure the provision of appropriate Services in accordance with, all applicable laws, regulations and guidelines
governing the operation of the Agreement and/or the provision of the Services required herein. Such amendment is subject to the
approval of the Commissioner.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		20.	MEDIATION AND IMPARTIAL HEARINGS

 

		(a)	If a mediation proceeding or impartial hearing is conducted, pursuant to Article 89 or any other
applicable law, rule or regulation, with respect to any student for whom the Provider has provided Services pursuant to the Agreement,
the Provider shall cooperate with the representatives of the Board assigned to conduct the mediation or impartial hearing. Such
cooperation shall include but not be limited to the following: (1) consultation with the appropriate representatives of
the Board; and (2) after such consultation, provision of a witness or witnesses with either direct knowledge of the student, or
sufficient knowledge of same, such that the witness or witnesses will be able to effectively participate in the mediation proceeding
or impartial hearing.

 

		(b)	In the event that proceedings described in the preceding subparagraph continue beyond the mediation
or impartial hearing level, the Provider shall continue to cooperate with representatives of the Board on the same terms as stated
in such preceding subparagraph until the final resolution of the matter.

 

		21.	CONFIDENTIAL HIV-RELATED INFORMATION

 

		(a)	The Provider, its agents and employees, shall strictly comply with all applicable regulations of
the Chancellor to maintain the confidentiality of all HIV-related information in the manner described for Board employees and as
prescribed by applicable law and regulation.

 

		(b)	The Provider shall comply with the Infection Control Policies and Procedures of the Board and in
such manner as may be appropriate for the educational setting and consistent with Article 27-F of the New York State Public Health
Law or such other state or city regulation as may become applicable.

 

		22.	IMMUNIZATIONS AND MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS

 

		(a)	If a student who has failed to obtain any immunizations required by applicable laws and regulations
is referred to the Provider by the CPSE for the provision of special services or programs, the Provider shall not enroll the student.
However, the Provider shall not deny the enrollment of students referred by the CPSE solely on the basis that they have been exempted
from said immunization requirements by reason of the application of §2164(8) or §2184(9) of the New York State Public
Health Law.

 

		(c)	In the event that a student who has established an enrollment fails to furnish a medical examination
as may be required by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for continued attendance at school, the Provider
shall contact the family both in writing and whenever possible verbally, and make every reasonable attempt to induce the family
to have the required medical examination completed. If the family continues to fail to furnish the required medical examination,
the Provider shall promptly notify the CPSE that the student must be excluded. Within ten (10) days of the receipt of such notice,
the CPSE shall advise the Provider whether the student shall be discharged.

 

		(c)	When necessary, the Provider shall refer all issues
involving a student's enrollment arising under paragraphs (22) (a) and (b) to the CBST or other office as the Board directs for
possible resolution.

 

		(d)	The Provider its agents and employees, shall strictly comply with all applicable provisions of
the New York State Public Health Law and applicable Chancellor's Regulation as same may be amended from time to time.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		23.	[Intentionally omitted.]

		24.	NOTICES

 

		(a)	Unless otherwise specified herein, any notices, notifications or communications between the parties,
that are required to be provided under this Agreement, (hereafter described as "Notice" or "Notices") shall
be given in writing, by email or by overnight delivery by Federal Express or other reputable courier service.

 

		(b)	(1)	Where it is specified that notice is to be given to the "Board",
the Provider shall give notice to the Board at the following address:	 

 

Director

New York City Department of Education

Chief Achievement Office

Students with Disabilities and English Language
Learners

Central Based Support Team

1780 Ocean Avenue, 4th Floor

Brooklyn, New York 11230

 

		(2)	Where it is specified in the Agreement that notice is to be given to a particular office of the Board, the Provider shall give
notice to that office.

 

		(c)	Providers shall submit and update as necessary the email addresses of at least two Provider staff
designated by the Provider to receive written notices from the Board by email. Such submission shall be made through the Board's
Certified Monthly Roster Component of CAFS or other system as the Board shall designate. Further, in that same database, Providers
are also required to designate and update as necessary the physical address and name of responsible party to which the Board may
send hardcopy mail. Failure to meet timelines set forth in this Agreement that begin with an email or hardcopy notification from
the Board shall not be excused on the basis that the Provider's email addresses were outdated or that the addressees did not read
or appropriately forward the Board's email or mail.

 

		25.	INCORPORATION OF ATTACHMENTS AND APPENDICES ORDER OF GOVERNANCE

 

		(a)	The indicated Attachments are incorporated into and made part of the Agreement (as applicable).
Provided, however, an Attachment shall not be incorporated into and made part of the Agreement in the absence of the Commissioner's
approval, in accordance with Article 89, of the Provider's provision of the Services described in the Attachment.

 

Attachment        Attachment Title

 

(A) Special Classes and Special Classes in Integrated
Settings for Preschool Students with Disabilities

(B) Special Education Itinerant Services for Pre-School
Students with Disabilities

(C) Individual Evaluations for Preschool Students
with Disabilities

 

		(b)	Except as provided below, the Board’s Standard Terms and Conditions (except for Sections
13, 16, 22, 23, 25.3(b), 25.4 and 25.7) and Supplemental Terms and Conditions are incorporated herein and made part of the Agreement.
Section 12 of the Terms & Conditions is modified to permit Non-Reimbursable Expenses only to the extent that they are included
in the tuition rate set by SED. Section 27 of the Terms and Conditions is modified to the extent that any requests for assignments
are further subject to Education Law §4410. The Terms and Conditions are attached hereto as Appendix A.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(c)	In the event of a conflict between this document and Appendix A the following shall order of governance
shall prevail. First, the Agreement and any Attachments, then Appendix A

 

		26.	CO-OPERATIVE PLANNING

 

		(a)	In order to: assure the provision of coordinated services to best meet the needs of students and
to aid in reducing existing waiting lists; foster sharing of information about new instructional techniques, equipment, and devices;
assure improved mechanisms to avoid necessary administrative problems or delays in payment for services; the Board and the Provider
agree as follows:

 

		(1)	The Board agrees to meet, upon request, with representatives of the Provider and other providers
furnishing contracted for Services to students with disabilities.

 

		(2)	The Provider agrees to attend all mandated conferences or workshops convened by the Board during
the course of the school year which shall not exceed three (3) times per year. It is agreed that nothing in the Agreement obligates
the Board to hold any minimum number of such conferences.

 

		(3)	The Board shall provide to the representatives of the Providers and approved Providers at any such
meetings, conferences or workshops, or directly to the Provider by periodic mailings, copies of all applicable official regulations,
circulars, guidelines, policy statements or other documents.

 

		(4)	Copies of the Providers' written requests for approval of the Commissioner (including supporting
documentation), for items covered in the Commissioner's Regulations and/or SED policy statements and guidelines, including, but
not limited to, acquisition of new facilities, purchase of equipment, changes in staffing curriculum or levels of service, shall
be submitted to CBST or other office as the Board directs.

 

		27.	SECURITY CLEARANCE AND HEALTH CLEARANCE

 

		(a)	Security Clearance Definitions

 

		(1)	"Designated Security Clearance Office" shall mean the Board's Office of Personnel Investigations
or any other division/office/unit designated by the Chancellor or his designees to carry out, in whole or in part, the Board's
Security Clearance Procedures.

 

		(2)	"Personnel Eligibility Tracking System" ("PETS") shall mean the Board's online
database available at https://schools.nyc.gov/offices/dhr/pets that allows the Provider to enter Staff information into
an electronic roster ("Roster') in order to monitor the background clearance status of each Staff member.

 

		(3)	Security Clearance Procedures includes, but is not limited to, the Board's fingerprinting procedures,
criminal background checks, criminal history reviews and background investigation, the Provider's compliance with and the Board's
monitoring of PETS, and any other procedures identified by the Board's Designated Security Clearance Office and as may be revised
as necessary to ensure the safety and well-being of Board students.

 

		(4)	"Staff' shall include any and all of Provider's employees, officers, directors, members, partners,
agents, volunteers or consultants who, at any time during the Term of this Agreement, (i) have direct contact with students; or
(ii) work in or visit a location during times that students are present unless such contact is only on an incidental and supervised
basis; or (iii) have regular access to students' confidential information. Provider's Staff shall also include any Staff who become
affiliated with the Provider after execution of this Agreement.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(b)	Procedures for Staff Subject to DOHMH/D01 Security
Clearance

 

		(1)	The Board recognizes that prior Agreements did not obligate center-based program Providers whose
Staff were fingerprinted by the New York City Department of Investigation ("DOl") on behalf of the New York City Department
of Health and Mental Hygiene ("DOHMH") to be fingerprinted by the Board, and that this current Agreement requires the
application of the Board's Security Clearance provisions (as described in 27 (C) below) to all Provider Staff, notwithstanding
that Staff may have been fingerprinted by the DOl. Therefore, in the case of center-based program Providers only, Providers may
elect immediately to follow the procedures stated in paragraph 27 (c), below, or to phase in compliance as follows:

 

(A) Within 60 days of
the start of School Year 2012/2013, all Staff providing direct services to students shall present to the Board for security clearance.

 

(B) Within 60 days of
the start of School Year 2013/2014, all supervisory and executive Staff shall present to the Board for security clearance.

 

(C) Within 60 days of
the start of School Year 2014/2015, all remaining Staff shall present to the Board for security clearance.

 

(D) It is understood and
agreed that the election of the phase-in option provided in paragraph (b)(1), above, does not relieve Provider of its obligation
to identify all Staff in PETS and to complete all relevant fields, notwithstanding that Staff who were fingerprinted by the DOl
on behalf of DOHMH have yet to be fingerprinted by the Board.

 

(E)It is understood and
agreed that Provider shall ensure that newly hired Staff are background cleared by the Board before providing service to Board
students regardless of the phase-in category of their employment or consulting arrangement.

 

(F) It is understood and
agreed that any of Provider's Staff who are not subject to DOHMH security clearance procedures must be fingerprinted by the Board
notwithstanding the phase-in category of their employment or consulting arrangement.

 

(G) If Provider's program
is situated outside New York City, Provider may elect to coordinate with the Designated Security Clearance Office to conduct the
security clearance procedures by means other than requiring Staff to appear personally at the Board.

 

(H) For the sake of clarity,
as more fully described in (c)(2) of this section Staff members who have been fingerprinted by the Board after July 1, 1990, do
not have to be re-fingerprinted

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(c)	SECURITY CLEARANCE PROCEDURES

 

		(1)	The Provider shall comply with all rules and directions regarding Security Clearance Procedures
that may be issued by the Board during the term of this Agreement. The Provider must contact the Board’s Designated Security
Clearance Office within ten school days of signing this Agreement to commence fingerprinting of Staff in accordance with this Section.
The Board shall provide Provider with a PETS user name and password. The Provider shall input the required information for all
of Provider's Staff, including each Staff member's full name, Social Security number/Tax Identification Number, title or functional
description, work address, email address and telephone number and such other relevant information as the Board may reasonably require.
PETS will provide notification to the Provider if a Staff member is ineligible or becomes ineligible to render services to the
Board due to security reasons. PETS notifications do not relieve Provider from its obligation to comply with the Board’s
Security Clearance Procedures.

 

		(2)	All Staff are required to undergo the Board's Security Clearance Procedures and be cleared to work
with Board students by the Designated Security Clearance Office prior to commencing services with direct contact with the Board's
students or access to their confidential information. If a Staff member has been fingerprinted by the Board after July 1, 1990,
pursuant to any Agreement with the Board, the Staff member does not have to be reprinted. However, the Provider must add such Staff
member to the Roster and ensure that the Staff member has been cleared prior to providing any services in accordance with this
Agreement.

 

		(3)	Provider has a continuing obligation to review and maintain its PETS Staff roster throughout the
term of this Agreement:

 

		(A)	The Provider must contemporaneously update information upon hiring new Staff, removing Staff, and/or
identifying new PETS contact information.

 

		(B)	Provider must respond within twenty-four hours to any notification and/or request for more information
generated by PETS.

 

		(4)	Provider shall grant the Board access to all Staff members' personnel records upon request, unless
otherwise prohibited by law, for the purpose of conducting a background check and monitoring compliance with Security Clearance
Procedures.

 

		(5)	The Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") of the Division of Human Resources and Talent ("DHRT")
for the Board or his/her designee shall determine, on an ongoing basis, whether and to what extent any Staff shall be ineligible
to provide services under this Agreement for security reasons. The Board shall have the right to require the removal of any Staff
who is the subject of an investigation by DHRT pending a final determination. In the event the CEO or his/her designee determines
that Staff is ineligible, the Provider does hereby consent and agree to abide by the following:

 

		(A)	The Board will notify the Provider and the individual of the specific grounds for the decision
and will afford the individual and/or Provider an opportunity to present information on his/her/its own behalf; and,

 

		(B)	Immediately upon notification, the Provider shall remove and bar the affected individual and/or
entity from providing any services in furtherance of this Agreement, unless and until the decision is reversed or modified; and,

 

		(C)	As soon as possible upon notification, if the removal of Staff pursuant to paragraph 6(b), above,
will impact delivery of Services to Board students, Provider shall assign another Staff member to fulfill the duties and responsibilities
of the removed individual and/or entity in connection with the performance of this Agreement, unless and until the decision is
reversed or modified.

 

		(D)	Provider shall make no demand for, nor be entitled to receive, any additional compensation for
costs arising from the debarment of any one or more of its Staff.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(6)	Provider agrees not to hire or retain any person as
a Staff member for purposes of this Agreement who is required to undergo Security Clearance Procedures and who refuses to grant
authorization for fingerprinting or criminal record review; who has not completely and truthfully reported information concerning
his/her criminal convictions; or who has a criminal conviction record, subject to and consistent with Article 23-A of the New
York State Correction Law.

 

		(7)	Provider is required to advise its Staff to notify
Provider in the event that the Staff is arrested and charged with a felony, misdemeanor or violation in any jurisdiction. Thereafter,
Provider shall:

 

(A)
notify the Designated Security Clearance Office in writing or by hand delivery to 65 Court Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201 or
by email to OPIARRESTNOTIFICATION@schools.nyc.gov within twenty-four hours of discovering such arrest; and

 

(B)
submit a copy of (a) the criminal complaint,(b) a court order or disposition resolving the case and (c) any other documents deemed
necessary by the Designated Security Clearance Office.

 

		(8)	Provider or Provider Staff, as Provider elects, shall
be responsible to pay for all fingerprinting costs at the time of fingerprinting.

 

		(9)	Any waiver of the Security Clearance Procedures set
forth herein or approval required hereunder shall not be effective unless in writing by the Chancellor or his designee.

 

		(d)	Health Clearance

 

(1) All Providers subject
to the requirements of the DOH or any other agency must comply with all applicable regulations and requirements for health clearance
for their personnel.

 

(2) All Providers that are
exempt from the requirements of DOH must maintain for each personnel, a statement from a certified physician, based on either a
review of medical history or a medical exam, that the employee is medically fit to perform his/her assigned duties, with or without
accommodation as construed under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Such statement shall include a tuberculin skin test or chest
x-ray and a history of immunization.

 

(3) Health clearance records
shall be kept on file and shall be confidential. The Board may at any time, require verification from the Provider that all required
health clearance forms are on file, that they are updated as required, and that they include the minimum requirements as described
above in subparagraph (a).

 

(4) Provider agrees to comply
with changes in Board policy regarding health clearance screening including re-certification of health clearance.

 

		28.	VENDEX

 

		(a)	The Provider shall submit,
                                                                      prior to the execution of the Agreement, a fully completed
                                                                      Vendex form. Forms are available online at http://www.nyc.gov/html/mocs/html/research/vendex.shtml
                                                                      . The Vendex form is incorporated into and made part
                                                                      of this Agreement as if attached hereto. The Board has relied
                                                                      upon the information contained in the Vendex and in the
                                                                      event of an omission, misrepresentation, or false statement,
                                                                      the Board may terminate the Agreement with five (5) calendar
                                                                      days notice and shall be entitled to a return of all payments
                                                                      received by the Provider under the Agreement, if the information
                                                                      was materially false or intentionally omitted. Such termination
                                                                      shall be governed by the procedures set forth at paragraph
                                                                      6(a) (3) of this Agreement.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(b)	The Provider, shall, upon execution of the Agreement, contemporaneously submit an Affirmation in
a form required by the City Comptroller. Such Affidavit shall be deemed incorporated into and made a part of the Agreement as if
fully attached hereto.

 

		(c)	Any dispute arising from the Vendex Questionnaire shall be referred to the Chancellor or his/her
designee for resolution.

 

		29.	MISCELLANEOUS

 

		(a)	No student or parent of a student shall be required to participate in any type of fund raising
activity for the Provider.

 

		(b)	No student or parent of a student shall be required to pay a fee to the Provider for any of the
Services provided by the Provider pursuant to the Agreement. Provider must reimburse the student or parent of the student any funds
that a student or parent of a student has delivered to the Provider upon provider’s notification of BOE approval of the enrollment
of the student in Provider's program covered by this Agreement.

 

		(c)	Nothing slated or required by the Agreement shall be in derogation of, or operate to abridge or
alter, any rights conferred upon students or their parents by applicable laws and regulations.

 

		(d)	Unless otherwise stated in this Agreement, communications will be made to Providers by the Board
through email sent to the email addresses designated by the Provider. Providers are also required to provide and update as necessary
the physical address and name of responsible party to which the Board may send hardcopy mail.

 

		(e)	Submission of all reports and data shall be in a format prescribed by the Board and SED and shall
include electronic data submission.

  

		30.	SUBCONTRACTING

 

		(a)	The Provider agrees not to enter into any subcontract for the performance of its obligations, in
whole or in part, under this Agreement except upon a written request to the Board and the Board's written approval. If such approval
is given, the Provider agrees that it is fully responsible to the Board for the acts and omissions of the subcontractors and of
persons either directly or indirectly engaged by them as it is for the acts and omissions of persons directly employed by it. The
Provider shall not in any way be relieved of any responsibility under this Agreement by any subcontract.

 

		(b)	The following arrangements
shall not be subject to the provisions of this Paragraph 30: 1) individual employer-employee contracts; 2) the engagement of individual
independent contractors who will perform Services; and 3) provision of related services to students by agencies and/or individuals
on the Board's Municipality List of Independent Providers(available at http://schools.nyc.gov/Academics/SpecialEducation/programs/relatedServices/RSinfo
rmation.htm)

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

 

		31.	DEFINITIONS

 

		(a)	"Agreement" means this document and all incorporated
Attachments and/or Appendices.

 

		(b)	"approved student(s)", or "student(s)"
means the children covered by the terms of  the Agreement, and includes a child who: (1) has been classified by
the committee on special education as a student with a disability and (A) has been recommended to receive
special services or programs; (B) which Services, as specified in the child's IEP, have been determined by the
Board to be appropriate to meet his individual needs; and (C) is enrolled in the Provider's State approved program.

 

		(c)	"Article 89" means Article 89 of the New York
State Education Law, §§ 4401 et seq.

 

		(d)	"Board" means the Board of Education of the
City School District of the City of New York or the Chancellor of the City School District of the City of New York and/or
his designee(s).

 

		(e)	"NPSP" means the Board's Bureau of Non-Public
School Payables.

 

		(f)	"CBST" means the Board's Central Based Support
Team, which is located at 1780 Ocean Avenue, 4th Floor, Brooklyn, New York 11230.

 

		(g)	"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Education
of the State of New York.

 

		(h)	"Commissioner's Regulations", unless otherwise
specified, means the applicable sections of Part 200 of Title 8 of the Commissioner's Regulations as published in
the Official Compilation of the Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York, as promulgated and/or amended in accordance
with Article 89.

 

		(i)	"Consolidated Fiscal Report" and/or "CFR"
mean the consolidated fiscal report that is described and defined by §200.9 of the Commissioner's Regulations.

 

		(j)	"CPSE" means the committee on special education
as defined by § 4402 of Article 89 and the Commissioner's Regulations.

 

		(k)	"days", or "daily", unless otherwise
specified, means days on which the New York City Board of Education is open for business, and is not limited to those days
on which the public schools are in session. It excludes Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays.

 

		(I)	"enrolled" means, and "enrollment"
or "enroll" shall mean the period commencing with the approved student's first date of attendance at or legal absence
from the Provider and terminating on the student's last date of attendance at or legal absence from the Provider, as defined
and/or described by the provisions of §175.6 of the Commissioner's Regulations and section 14 of the Agreement.

 

		(m)	"Individualized Education Program" and/or "IEP"
shall be as defined by Article 89, the Commissioner's Regulations and the SOPM.

 

		(n)	"OAG" means the Board's Office of Auditor General,
which is located at 65 Court Street, Room 1101, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201.

 

		(o)	"parent" shall be as defined by the Commissioner's
Regulations.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(p)	"process for payment" means, and "pay",
"payment", or "payments" refer to the fact, that upon the Board's receipt, review and data entry
of all information and documentation required to be provided by the Provider in support of the particular payment in question,
the Board will complete all necessary and appropriate administrative tasks relative to the issuance of the payment in question,
and thereafter notify the City Comptroller that such payment is due and owing to the Provider.

 

		(q)	"related services" shall be as defined by §4402
of Article 89 and the Commissioner's Regulations.It shall specifically exclude related services provided for a student pursuant
to any other agreement between the Board and the Provider and/or the Board and any other third party or parties.

 

		(r)	"Services" means the special services or programs
or related services, that the Provider furnishes in accordance with the terms of the Agreement.

 

		(s)	"SED" means the Education Department of the
State of New York.

 

		(t)	"SDOH" means the New York State Department
of Health.

 

		(u)	"special services or programs" shall be as
defined by §4401 and §4402 of Article 89 and the Commissioner's Regulations, and unless otherwise specified, shall include
special classes, and related services provided pursuant to an IEP placing a child in either of these class settings.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(v)	"school year" shall mean the period from July 1 of any calendar year through June 30
of the subsequent calendar year, or any part thereof, that may be applicable to the operation of the Agreement.

 

		(w)	"State Comptroller'' means the Comptroller of the State of New York.

 

		(x)	"tuition rate" shall be the tuition rate as defined by §4405 of Article 89 and the
Commissioner's Regulations with respect to special services or programs, which tuition rate has been certified in accordance with
the Commissioner's Regulations for use in connection with the Provider's provision of Services at a specific, identified program
site. Where applicable, it shall also mean "prospective rate", "interim rate", "corrected rate",
"rate based on audit" or "reconciliation" rate, as such terms are defined by the Commissioner's Regulations
or "instructional rate", "related services rate" or such other term as may in the future be defined by §200.9
of the Commissioner's Regulations.

 

		32.	WRITTEN MODIFICATION; MERGER

 

		(a)	This Agreement may not be modified except in writing signed by the parties, and approved by the
Commissioner.

 

		(b)	Requests on behalf of the Provider for modification of
any of the terms of the Agreement shall be made in writing and directed to the Board's Deputy Chancellor for Instruction. Any
such modification shall be subject to the approval of the Chancellor and then the Commissioner.

 

		(c)	The Agreement represents the entire understanding of the parties, and no other prior or contemporaneous
Agreement, oral or otherwise, regarding the subject matter of the Agreement shall be deemed to exist or to bind any of the parties
hereto, or to vary any of the terms contained herein.

 

		33.	TRANSPORTATION

 

		(a)	The Provider shall indicate the days on which transportation is required for the upcoming school
year no later than April 1 of the prior school year or within ten (10) school days of the Board's posting of the following school
year's calendar, whichever is later, and shall, in addition, provide the start and end times of the school session times in an
online calendar system provided by the Board.

 

		(b)	If provider plans to modify the start and end times of sessions or adds a session that will affect
the school's hours of operation during the current school year, the Provider shall notify CBST or other office as the Board directs
and the Office of Pupil Transportation ("OPT") of such planned modification in a manner indicated and supplied by the
Board.

 

		(c)	Provider shall refrain from changing the session time hours of operation during the school year
unless otherwise directed by NYSED, or an approved program with different operating hours is newly implemented, or emergency conditions
warrant. In any case where hours of operation must be amended during the school year, Provider will notify CBST or other office
as the Board directs and OPT in a manner indicated and supplied by the Board as soon as is practicable.

 

		(d)	In the event the Board makes a data system available for Provider's use, Provider shall enter information
pertaining to each of Provider's sites, including, but not limited to Site Director's name, email address, telephone number, fax,
student pick up and drop off address, and days of service. With the understanding that the Board relies upon up-to-date student
address information, Provider shall review the information in the system and make such changes as warranted. Upon notification
from a student's parent that the student's bus pick up and/or drop off location has changed, Provider shall make that change in
the system.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(e)	Providers shall submit to OPT with its school year calendar a snow emergency plan in a format to
be provided by OPT.

 

		(f)	Providers shall supervise the students during school bus arrival and departure.

 

		(g)	Provider shall cooperate to every extent possible with transporter arrangements to conduct a minimum
of 3 annual emergency bus drills. Provider shall maintain a record indicating the date such drills occurred.

 

		(h)	Provider shall be responsible for providing sufficient personnel to assist students with disembarking
from bus transportation up to fifteen minutes prior to the commencement of the student's session time.

 

		(i)	Provider shall have written rules and procedures for safely getting special education students
off and on transportation contractors' buses upon the students' arrival and departure from the school. Upon request, Provider shall
supply copies of the rules and procedures to the Board and to each transportation contractor and its crew, including the transportation
contractors' personnel who are responsible for arrival and departure procedures.

 

		(j)	Providers shall inform parents about rules of student conduct and busing procedures, including
those pertaining to procedures that will be followed in the event that the parent/guardian is not present to receive the student
upon the return trip home.

 

		(k)	The Provider shall maintain, and shall submit upon request in a format directed by the Board, up-to-date
information, including the school name; mailing address; school bus drop-off address; busing coordinator name and phone number;
and emergency school staff contact name and phone number.

 

		(I)	The Provider shall maintain and shall submit upon request in a format directed by the Board up-to-date
information disclosing the names of students' parents/guardians, their address, their BOE "handicap" and transportation
medical alert codes, the school they attend and at the end of the year their transportation needs for the coming year, and their
contact information; the names of students to whom MetroCards have been assigned as applicable; and, the names of students who
started school bus transportation, but stopped riding the school bus.

 

		(m)	Providers shall comply with all rules and regulations promulgated by the city, state or regulatory agency with respect to pupil
transportation.

 

		34.	SPECIAL CONDITIONS FOR RECEIPT OF IDEA VENDOR FUNDING

 

		(a)	This Section 34 shall apply to funds distributed to Providers
in their vendor relationship to the Department pursuant to federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and consistent
with §4410-b of the New York State Education Law , Section 611 and Section 619.

 

		(b)	Payment of IDEA vendor funds to the Provider will be
made by the Board consistent with federal law and SED guidance and in accordance with procedures it has developed.

 

		(c)	Provider agrees to notify the Department, in writing,
within thirty (30) days of any change in its eligibility to receive IDEA funding for any grant year.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(d)	In each school year, by a date fixed by the Board with
reasonable time to respond, Provider shall indicate in CAFS or a successor system whether Provider may be applying for IDEA vendor
grant funds for the following grant year. If the Provider indicates that such funds may be sought, the Board shall use the data
reported in Provider's CMR that is due no later than the second Wednesday in October to create a SEDCAR 1 form based on students
who were enrolled for Services in the Provider's approved program(s) as of the current school year Basic Educational Data System
("BEDS") date and are eligible for such funding upon the Board's application of business rules that are consistent with
grant guidelines. The Board shall post a report of the students who were counted for purposes of the SEDCAR-1 form and the Provider's
SEDCAR 1 with notice to Provider to indicate again whether Provider is applying for IDEA grant funds. That submission of a request
for IDEA grant funds shall serve as the submission of the Provider's SEDCAR 1 form.

 

		(e)	If, pursuant to paragraph 34(d), Provider indicates that
it is not applying for funds, or if the Provider fails to indicate whether it is applying for funds by the posted deadline,
the Provider will not be eligible to receive IDEA vendor funds for the applicable grant year.

 

		(f)	For the term of this Agreement, payment of IDEA vendor
funds, including carry-over funds, shall be made by the Board to the Provider in accordance with the payment schedule described
in the "Notice of Allocation." However, that schedule is subject to change contingent upon the timing of the Board's
receipt of its allocation of funds and/or other time-sensitive actions by the SED.

 

		(g)	It is understood and agreed that the payment schedule is further contingent upon Provider's submission,
and the Board's approval, as indicated by the release of vendor grant funds, of a Budget and Narrative and its submission of expenditure
reports, in a format prescribed by the SED and/or the Board, including, but not limited to, electronic format. As the Provider
is receiving IDEA funds through its vendor relationship with the Board, and, as the Board is not obligated to issue payments to
the Provider for use of funds inconsistent with the grant or for purposes with which the Board is not in agreement, the Board reserves
the right to reject the Provider's proposed use of IDEA vendor funds in whole or in part and to require Provider to re-submit the
Budget and Narrative with changes that are consistent with grant guidelines and the Board's determination as to the services/goods
it seeks to obtain from the Provider on behalf of Board-placed students.

 

		(h)	Provider agrees first to obligate "carry over"
funds from any previous grant year before obligating any current year sub-allocated IDEA Section 611 and Section 619 funds. Provider
further agrees not to obligate grant funds, including carry-over funds, beyond June 30th or the end date SED sets for the respective
grant year. For purposes of this Agreement, funds are "obligated" when the cost is accrued as defined by the SED Reimbursable
Cost Manual.

 

		(i)	Provider agrees that IDEA funds will be expended in accordance
with its approved Budget and Narrative and further agrees that it will disclose expenditures at such time and in such form as
required by the SED and/or the Board. If it is determined by the Board that funds were expended in a manner not consistent with
the budget and narratives approved by the Board, those funds will be subject to recovery by the Board.

 

		(j)	Provider agrees to complete and submit a final expenditure
report to the Board on or before a date and in a format directed by the Board. Failure to submit a final expenditure shall result
in recoupment of the grant funds disbursed to Provider in that grant year.

 

		(k)	The Provider's use of IDEA vendor funds is subject to
audit and limited scope reviews as stated in Section 12. Provider must maintain and produce records in accordance with that Section.

 

		(I)	The Provider shall comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws in connection with
IDEA vendor funding. If the Provider is in violation of aforesaid laws, and/or the terms of this Agreement, the Department shall
have the right to terminate Provider's IDEA funding.

 

		(m)	The Department reserves the right to amend this Section 34 by letter, as may be necessary, in order
to address a change in applicable law, regulation and guidelines governing the operation of IDEA vendor funding.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		35.	AFFIRMATION OF RESPONSIBILITY AND PAID TAXES

 

The Provider
affirms and declares that said Provider is not in arrears to the City of New York upon any debt, contract or taxes and is not a
defaulter, as a surety or otherwise, upon any obligation to the City of New York, and has not been declared not responsible, or
disqualified, by any agency of the City of New York, nor is there any proceeding pending relating to the responsibility or qualification
of the Provider to receive public contracts.

 

		36.	INTERNET ACCESSIBILITY

 

Provider
shall be required to maintain a high speed Internet connection for the Term of this Agreement in order to download and submit documents
electronically through the Board's Special Education Student Information System.

 

NO FURTHER TEXT BELOW THIS LINE

  

    	 

    	 

    

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed
the Agreement the day and year first above written.

 

	 	BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
	 	 
	 	
	 	FOR THE CHANCELLOR

  

Approved as to Program and Services:

 

		 
	Division of Students with Disabilities & English Language Learners	 

 

 

THIS CONTRACT
FORM HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OFFICE OF LEGAL SERVICES AND IS PENDING APPROVAL WITH NYSED.
SHOULD NYSED APPROVAL REQUIRE ANY CHANGES TO THIS FORM, CONTRACTOR SHALL BE NOTIFIED AND SHALL AGREE TO INCORPORATE SUCH CHANGES
OR THIS AGREEMENT SHALL TERMINATE. OTHER THAN CHANGES WHICH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR NYSED APPROVAL, NO ALTERATIONS, INSERTIONS, OR
DELETIONS ARE PERMISSIBLE AND ANY SUCH ALTERATIONS, INSERTIONS, OR DELETIONS SHALL BE DEEMED NULL AND VOID.

 

	 	PROVIDER	 
	 	 	 
	 	/s/ Jared M. Bauer	 
	 	Signature	 
	 	 	 
	 	Jared M. Bauer	 
	 	Print Name	 
	 	 	 
	 	President	 
	 	Title	 
	 	 	 
	 	Interactive Therapy Group	 
	 	Print Name of Provider	 

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

	PROVIDER ACKNOWLEDGMENT
	 	 
	STATE OF NEW YORK)	 
	COUNTY OF	)  ss.:

 

Onthis 27th day June 2012, before
me personallycame JARED BAUER, to me known and known to me to be the President of Interactive Therapy
Group to execute the foregoing Agreement on behalf of Interactive Therapy Group. and said JARED
BAUER acknowledged that he/she executed the foregoing Agreement for and on behalf ofInteractive Therapy Group

 

	ARACELIS ALVAREZ	 	/s/ ARACELIS ALVAREZ	 
	Notary Public, State of New York	 	Notary Public/Commissioner of Deeds	 
	No. 01AL6247957	 	 	 
	Qualified in Queens County	 	 	 
	Commission Expires September 6, 2015	 	 	 

 

	BOARD OF EDUCATION ACKNOWLEDGMENT
	 	 
	STATE OF NEW YORK	)
	COUNTY OF NEW YORK ss.:	 

 

On
this 15th day of 2012, August before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said State, personally
appeared one Janet McDonald, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the
individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same in her
capacity, and that by her signature on the instrument, the individual or person upon behalf of which the individual acted,
executed the instrument.

 

	 	/s/ Ronald  Eisenberg
	 	Notary Public/Commissioner of Deeds
	 	 
	 	RONALD EISENBERG 
	 	Notary Public,  State  of Now  York No. 31-5006130
	 	Qualified in New York County
	 	Commission Expires December 28, 2014

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

INDEX

 

Section

 

		1.	Estimated Annual Cost of Agreement

		2.	Term

		3.	Services

		4.	Payments, Payment Adjustments

		5.	Medicaid and Records Maintenance

		6.	Termination of Agreement

		7.	Insurance- Indemnification

		8.	Provider Staff

		9.	Student Suspension

		10.	Annual Consolidated Fiscal Reports and Certified Financial
Statements

		11.	Collaborative Agreements

		12.	Audits, Limited Scope and Contract Complinace Reviews

		13.	Retention of Records

		14.	Facilities/Site Visits

		15.	Attendance Records and Withdrawal/ Discharge Process

		16.	Individual Student Files

		17.	Periodic Educational and Related Service Progress Reports

		18.	Other Reports

		19.	Compliance with Law

		20.	Mediation and Impartial Hearings

		21.	Confidential HIV-Related Information

		22.	Immunizations and Medical Examinations

		23.	Intentionally Omitted.

		24.	Notice

		25.	Incorporation of Attachments and Appendices Order of
Governance

		26.	Co-operative Planning

		27.	Security Clearance and Health Clearance

		28.	Vendex

		29.	Miscellaneous

		30.	Subcontracting

		31.	Definitions

		32.	Written Modification; Merger

		33.	Transportation

		34.	Special Conditions for Receipt of IDEA Funding

		35.	Affirmation of Responsibility and Paid Taxes

		36.	Internet Accessibility

 

Attachments/Appendices

 

		(A)	Special Classes and Special Classes in Integrated Settings
for Preschool Students with Disabilities

		(B)	Special Education Itinerant Services for Pre-School Students
with Disabilities

		(C)	Individual Evaluations for Preschool Students with Disabilities

 

		Appendix A	Board's Standard Terms and Conditions and Supplemental
Terms and Conditions

 

		Appendix B	Medicaid Provider Agreement and Statement of Reassignment

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

ATTACHMENT A

 

SPECIAL CLASSES AND SPECIAL CLASSES IN
INTEGRATED SETTINGS FOR PRESCHOOL 

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

 

I. COMMENCEMENT DATE FOR PROVISION OF
SERVICES

 

		(b)	The Board shall notify the Provider, in accordance with
the SOPM, of the effective date for commencing the provision of special programs and services under the Agreement.

 

		(c)	As used in the Agreement and in this Attachment A, "CPSE"
refers to an internal unit within the Board's structure of the Committee on Special Education ("CSE"). The use of such
organizational device is not intended to avoid any of the Board's legal obligations. It is understood that references to the "CPSE"
shall include the CSE.

 

		(d)	As used in this Attachment A, "SOPM" refers
to the Board's internal Standard Operating Procedures Manual published on-line in School Year 2012/2013 and any amendments to
the SOPM about which the Provider is notified.

 

II. SERVICES

 

		(a)	Referral for IEP Development, Placement and Review

 

(1) The
Provider shall participate in the referral process in accordance with Article 89, the Commissioner's Regulations, all other applicable
laws and regulations. Upon appropriate notice given by the CPSE, or upon request of the parent, the Provider shall attend and participate
in all CPSE/CSE review meetings held with respect to any student who is enrolled at, or receives any special services or programs
pursuant to this Agreement, from the School, by arranging for the participation of the student's teacher as a member of the CPSE.
Such participation shall comply with the requirements of Article 89, the Commissioner's Regulations, and all other applicable laws
and regulations.

 

(2) To the
extent possible, in order to ensure the participation of all mandated and non-mandated participants, meetings of the CPSE shall
be held at a site and time that is mutually convenient to all such participants and the parent. In the event that any such persons
are unable to attend a meeting, the CPSE shall attempt to employ any alternative means allowing for their participation, including
conference telephone discussions (teleconferencing) in strict accordance with NYS guidelines on teleconferencing. The CPSE shall
document the use of, and/or any attempt to utilize, an alternative means of participation. The final determination to employ an
alternative means of participation, and the choice of a mutually convenient site and time for meetings of the CPSE, shall be within
the sole discretion of the CPSE chairperson or the chairperson's designee.

 

		(b)	Provision of Special Services or Programs

 

(1) The
Provider shall provide such special services or programs, including bilingual services, as are recommended by the CPSE, approved
by the Board, and stated in the student's IEP. Such services and programs must align with the Learning Standards set forth in Part
100 of the Commissioner's Regulations. Such service and programs may include assistive technology, supplies and equipment, and
1:1 classroom aides for which the Provider shall seek reimbursement in accordance with the procedures established by SED. The Provider
shall not accept for enrollment any student for whom the Provider is not able to provide the services and programs required in
the student's IEP.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

(2) The
Provider shall not enroll or initiate the provision of special services or programs to any student except upon: (A) the receipt
of approval in accordance with the SOPM; and (B) where necessary the approval of the Board.

 

(3) In
instances where child specific assistive technology devices are Board funded the device remains the property of the Board and Provider
shall return the device to the Board upon discharge of the child from the Provider's program. Provider shall contact the CPSE with
jurisdiction for that student to make arrangements for the return of the device.

 

		(c)	Related Services

 

(1) The
Provider shall provide such related services of the type, duration and frequency as are recommended by the CPSE, approved by the
Board, and stated in the student's IEP.

 

(2) If the
Provider is unable to provide any specific related services as required by the IEP, for any newly referred student, the Provider
shall immediately notify the CPSE and parent in writing in accordance with the SOPM by stating on the preschool acceptance letter
their inability to provide such related services and their commitment to look for an appropriate related service provider, so that
the CPSE may consider whether to recommend the placement and/or arrange for alternate provision of such related services.

 

(3) The
individuals providing each related service shall write, distribute and maintain reports for the related service in the same manner
and frequency as required for Providers in paragraph 16 of the Agreement.

 

		(d)	Modification, Revision, Initiation, or Termination
of IEP Recommendations

 

(1) The
Provider may not modify, revise, initiate or terminate the provision, duration or frequency of any of the special services or programs
or assistive technology recommended by an approved student's IEP, or transfer the student to a staffing ratio other than the ratio
recommended by the student's IEP, for any reason, unless such modification, revision, initiation, termination or transfer is first
recommended by the appropriate CPSE, as the result of a requested or annual review meeting, and where necessary, with approval
by the Board.

 

(2) If
at any point during the school year, the Provider is unable to provide any student with any recommended special services or programs,
related service, or assistive technology, and determines that there is no reasonable expectation that the full provision of such
services or programs is to resume in the immediate future, the Provider shall immediately notify, in writing, by regular mail,
the parent and the appropriate CPSE chairperson of such fact and the reason(s) therefore. Such notification shall specify the services
or programs not being provided, the documented attempts taken by the Provider to correct the situation (including contacting the
service providers on the municipal list) and the projected date of program or service resumption. The CPSE shall consider whether
to terminate the placement and/or arrange for the alternate provision of such services or programs, related services or assistive
technology.

 

		(e)	Location of Special Services or Programs

 

(1) The
Provider shall provide all special services or programs at an approved facility and site, having a physical plant appropriately
equipped and supplied to meet the needs of the enrolled students, with a valid certificate of occupancy permitting the actual use(s)
as a school or as a day care center or nursery.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

(2) No student may be transferred from one facility
of the Provider to another facility of the Provider except as the result of the recommendation and approval of the CPSE.

 

		(f)	Parent Involvement/Conferences

 

(1) The
Provider shall encourage the formation of, and provide technical assistance in, organizing parent organizations, which shall, to
the greatest extent possible, have elected officers. Schedules of parent organization meetings shall be prepared by no later than
November 1 of each school year that the Agreement is in effect, and maintained on site.

 

(2) The
Provider is encouraged to organize and operate two parent-teacher conferences during the course of each school year that the Agreement
is in effect. Such conferences should be held in consecutive school terms.

 

(3) The
Provider shall, upon a parent's reasonable request, hold an individual parent conference in order to discuss matters relating to
the provision of special services or programs to the student.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

ATTACHMENT B

 

SPECIAL EDUCATION
ITINERANT SERVICES FOR

PRESCHOOL STUDENTS
WITH DISABILITIES

 

I COMMENCEMENT DATE FOR PROVISION OF
SERVICES

 

		(a)	The Board shall notify the provider, in accordance with
the SOPM, of the effective date for commencing the provision of special education itinerant services under the Agreement.

 

		(b)	As used in the Agreement and in this Attachment B, "CPSE"
refers to an internal unit within the Board's structure of the Committee on Special Education ("CSE"). The use of such
organizational device is not intended to avoid any of the Board’s legal obligations. It is understood that references to
the "CPSE" shall include the CSE.

 

		(c)	As used in this Attachment B, "SOPM" refers
to the Board's internal Standard Operating Procedures Manual published on-line in School Year 2012/2013 and ay amendments to the
SOPM about which the Provider is notified.

 

II SERVICES

 

		(a)	Provision of Special Education Itinerant Services

 

(1) The
Provider shall provide such SEIT services as are recommended by the CPSE, approved by the Board, and stated in the student's IEP.

 

(2) The
Provider shall not enroll or initiate the provision of SEIT services to any student except upon the receipt of Board approval in
accordance with the SOPM.

 

(3) The
Provider shall, in accordance with the SOPM, execute one (1) SEIT Preschool acceptance letter for each student provided with SEIT
services under this Agreement.

 

(4) If
any point during the school year, the Provider is unable to provide any student with any recommended SEIT services, and determines
that there is no reasonable expectation that the full provision of such program or services are to resume in the immediate future,
the Provider shall immediately notify (within five days of the last date of SEIT services), in writing, by regular mail,
the parent, the appropriate CPSE chairperson, and the administrator of the site where the SEIT services are provided of such facts.
Upon receipt of such notification, in accordance with the SOPM, the CPSE shall notify the Provider of the student's discharge date.

 

		(b)	Referral for IEP Development, Placement and Review

 

(1) The
Provider shall participate in the referral process in accordance with Article 89, the Commissioner's Regulations, all other applicable
laws and regulations. Upon appropriate notice given by the CPSE, or upon request of the parent, the Provider shall attend and participate
in all CPSE review meetings held with respect to any student who is enrolled at, or receives any SEIT services pursuant to this
Agreement, from the School, by arranging for the participation of the student's teacher as a member of the CPSE. Such participation
shall comply with the requirements of Article 89, the Commissioner's Regulations, and all other applicable laws and regulations.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

(2) To
the extent possible, in order to ensure the participation of all mandated and non-mandated participants, meetings of the CPSE shall
be held at a site and time that is mutually convenient to all such participants and the parent. In the event that any such persons
are unable to attend a meeting, the CPSE shall attempt to employ any alternative means allowing for their participation, including
conference telephone discussions (teleconferencing) in strict accordance with NYS guidelines on teleconferencing. The CPSE shall
document the use of, and/or any attempt to utilize, an alternative means of participation. The final determination to employ an
alternative means of participation, and the choice of a mutually convenient site and time for meetings of the CPSE, shall be within
the sole discretion of the CPSE chairperson or the chairperson's designee.

 

		(c)	Modification, Revision, Initiation, or Termination
of IEP Recommendations

 

The Provider
may not modify, revise initiate or terminate the provision, duration or frequency of any of the SEIT services recommended by an
approved student's IEP for any reason, unless such modification, revision, initiation, termination or transfer is first recommended
by the appropriate CPSE, as the result of a requested or annual review meeting, in accordance with the SOPM, and where necessary,
with approval by the Board.

 

		(d)	Location of Special Education Itinerant Services

 

(1) The
Provider shall provide all special education itinerant services at a site initially identified by the parent and agreed to by the
CPSE, including but not limited to an approved prekindergarten or head start program, the work site of the Provider, the student's
home, a hospital, a state facility, or a child care location as defined in §4410 of Article 89.

 

(2) If
a student thereafter receives such services at another site, the Provider shall immediately notify the parent and the CPSE of its
intention to either continue or discontinue the provision of services at such alternate site.

 

		(e)	Coordination of SEIT and Related Services

 

With respect to any student
who is recommended to receive SEIT services and one or more related services, the SEIT Provider designated by the CPSE shall
be responsible for coordinating the provision of all SEIT services and related services. The coordination shall be at no additional
cost to the Board.

 

		(f)	Parent Conferences

 

The Provider shall, upon a parent's
reasonable request, hold an individual parent conference in order to discuss matters relating to the provision of SEIT services
to the student. Such parent conference shall not be provided in place of, or be considered as a substitute for, any recommended
SEIT service sessions.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

ATTACHMENT C

 

INDIVIDUAL EVALUATIONS
FOR

PRESCHOOL STUDENTS
WITH

DISABILITIES

 

I COMMENCEMENT DATE FOR PROVISION

OF INDIVIDUAL EVALUATIONS

 

		(a)	The Provider shall commence the provision of an Individual
Evaluation subsequent to its selection by a parent as the State approved evaluation site, and receipt of the parent's consent,
as evidenced on Board supplied and approved consent form, to conduct an Individual Evaluation.

 

		(b)	As used in the Agreement and in this Attachment C, "CPSE"
refers to an internal unit within the Board's structure of the Committee on Special Education ("CSE"). The use of such
organizational device is not intended to avoid any of the Board's legal obligations. It is understood that references to the "CPSE"
shall include the CSE.

 

		(c)	As used in this Attachment C, "SOPM" refers
to the Board's internal Standard Operating Procedures Manual published on-line in School Year 2012/2013 and any amendments to
the SOPM about which the Provider is notified.

 

II SERVICES

 

		(a)	Individual Evaluations

 

(1)   The
Provider shall provide each student covered by the Agreement with an Individual Evaluation, as required by the CPSE, and in accordance
with §4410 of Article 89, the Commissioner's Regulations, and all other applicable laws and regulations, and shall comply
with all matters required of evaluation sites by the Board as set forth in the SOPM.

 

(2)   Individual Evaluations
shall be provided:

 

(A)  at no cost to the
parent;

 

(B)  in
English or the student's dominant language, as may be determined by administration of the Home Language Survey, a parent intake
interview, or any information obtained from the student's current teacher, early intervention official with knowledge of the student,
or other referral source in accordance with the standards and requirements of the SOPM for bilingual evaluation and determination
of Limited English Proficiency.

 

(i)   Bilingual Individual Evaluations
shall be provided in accordance with the guidelines issued by the SED.

 

(3)   The Provider shall not:

 

(A) conduct
any initial Individual Evaluation until parental consent for such Individual Evaluation has been received in accordance with the
SOPM;

 

(B) conduct any updated Individual Evaluation
without first obtaining the prior written authorization of the CPSE.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

(4)  The Provider may, without
seeking CPSE pre-approval, conduct a psychological evaluation, a social history, an educational evaluation, an observation, and
a physical exam. The Provider, may, in addition, conduct up to two (2) additional assessments, but only if the Provider notifies
the Chair of the CPSE by email clearly stating its intention to conduct such additional assessment(s) and the reason(s) therefor,
and the Chair either agrees or fails to respond after two full school days from the date of the Provider's email. Any additional
assessments shall not be conducted and shall not be billable unless the Provider seeks permission by email clearly stating its
request and the reason(s) therefor, to the Chair and the Chair expressly agrees to the particular assessment(s).

 

(5)  The Provider shall be precluded
from obtaining any reimbursement for any Individual Evaluation conducted in the absence of required prior written consent or authorization
as described in this Attachment.

 

(6)  Within twenty (20) days
of the Provider's receipt of either: (A) parental consent to conduct an initial Individual Evaluation (SOPM Form C-1P);
or (B) parental consent and the CPSE chairperson's authorization to conduct a re-evaluation, the Provider shall conclude
the Individual Evaluation, evaluation summary and translations as required by the SOPM and forward documents to the appropriate
parties as required by the SOPM.

 

(7)  The Provider shall ensure
that each component of the Individual Evaluation is dated, signed and indicates the appropriate certification(s) and/or license(s)
of the person (s} who conducted respective component.

 

		(b)	CPSE Review Meetings

 

(1)
(A) Upon appropriate notice given by the CPSE or upon the request of the parent, the Provider shall attend and participate
in all CPSE review meetings held with respect to any student who has received an Individual Evaluation pursuant to the Agreement
from the Provider, by arranging for the participation of a staff member who conducted a component of the Individual Evaluation,
or who is knowledgeable about the Evaluation components, at the CPSE review meeting. Such participation shall comply with the requirements
of Article 89, the Commissioner's Regulations, and all other applicable laws and regulations. (B) If the student received
a bilingual Individual Evaluation, the Provider shall provide the CPSE, as part of the Individual Evaluation, with a daytime phone
number that will enable the CPSE to contact the bilingual evaluator in connection with any questions that may arise at the CPSE
meeting in connection with the any component of the bilingual Individual Evaluation.

 

(2)
To the extent possible, in order to ensure the participation of all mandated and non-mandated participants, meetings of the
CPSE shall be held at a site and time that is mutually convenient to all such participants and the parent. In the event that any
such persons are unable to attend a meeting, the CPSE shall attempt to employ an alternative means allowing for their participation,
including conference telephone discussions (teleconferencing) in strict accordance with NYS guidelines on teleconferencing. The
CPSE shall document the use of, and/or any attempt to utilize, an alternative means of participation. The final determination to
employ an alternative means of participation, and the choice of a mutually convenient site and time for meetings of the CPSE, shall
be within the sole discretion of the CPSE chairperson or the chairperson's designee.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(c)	Individual Student Files

 

(1)
The Provider shall maintain an individual file for each student. This file shall contain a complete and current record of all
aspects of any Individual Evaluation(s) provided to the student by the Provider. Such file shall include, without limitation, copies
of all evaluations components, test or assessments, all documentation from the CPSE which may be in the possession of the Provider,
requiring the provision of Individual Evaluations, all provider notes documenting the provision of Individual Evaluations, all
individualized notices provided to parents which may have been issued by the Provider, all signed STAC-5, and STAC-5a forms, and
any and all documentation prepared and maintained by the Provider with respect to services paid by or reimbursed through Medicaid
in accordance with paragraph 5 of the Agreement. The file shall be available at the Provider's offices during school hours
for review by representatives of the Board and the SED. Such portion of the file that is specifically related to the provision
of services that are paid by or reimbursed through Medicaid shall be made available for review by representatives of the SDOH.

 

(2)
Prior to commencing the evaluation of a student, the Provider shall notify parents of their right to review records related
to the evaluation, in accordance with the SOPM.

 

(3)
The Provider shall maintain on file at the Provider's site, for the period of time stated in paragraph 11 of the Agreement,
the protocols relating to any evaluation components, tests or assessments used in evaluating any students covered under the Agreement.

 

(4)
The Provider shall furnish all members of the CPSE with copies of the Individual Evaluation summary and components. The evaluation
components shall be translated into the parent's preferred language, or other mode of communication, as may be required by applicable
law.

 

III PROCESSING OR REIMBURSEMENT
FOR INDIVIDUAL EVALUATIONS

 

		(a)	General

 

(1) Payments to the Provider
for services provided under the agreement shall be processed only for those students for whom the provider has submitted all appropriate
documentation, as required by the Agreement.

 

(2) The Provider
is prohibited from claiming any reimbursement for the provision or review of Individual Evaluations that have not been provided:
(1) in accordance with applicable law and regulation, and/or the terms of the Agreement; or (2) directly by the Provider,
or conducted at the direct request, of the CPSE. The Board shall have the right to recover any payment(s) made to the Provider
for such prohibited Individual Evaluations, and the Provider's obligation to reimburse the Board for, and/or return, such payment(s)
shall remain an obligation that survives the termination of the Agreement.

 

(3) Absent
approval from the CBST, an Individual Evaluation Provider is prohibited from serving as an individual related service provider
for any student for whom it has provided an Individual Evaluation. However, an agency-based Individual Evaluation Provider which
is also a provider of special services or programs and/or SEIT services under the Agreement is not precluded from providing related
services, under the terms and conditions of either Attachment A and/or Attachment 8, for a student for whom it has conducted an
Individual Evaluation.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(b)	Submission of STAC-5 Evaluation Forms

 

For each child or student that
the Provider has provided an Individual Evaluation the Provider shall:

 

(1) Within
twenty (20) days from the receipt of (A) parental consent for an initial evaluation (SOPM Form C-1P), or (B) authorization
by the CPSE for an updated Individual Evaluation, complete a STAC-5 Evaluation Form and forward same to the appropriate CPSE in
accordance with the SOPM; and

 

(2)
Where the Provider has translated any summary report of an evaluation or documentation of an evaluation, the Provider shall also
forward to the CPSE written statements documenting the cost of such translations as reported on the STAC-5 Evaluation Form. The
Provider shall maintain copies of all such statements in accordance with the terms of paragraph 11 of the Agreement.

 

		(c)	Processing of Payments

 

During
each school year that the Agreement is in effect, reimbursement of the cost of all Individual Evaluations and translations of evaluation
summaries, as calculated in accordance with the provisions and methodologies of §200.9 of the Commissioner's Regulations,
shall be processed for payment to the Provider as follows:

 

(1) Upon
receipt of the documentation specified immediately above in subsection Ill (b), the CPSE shall verify the completeness of
the information contained in such documents and data enter all verified information as follows:

 

(A)
(i) For every child who receives a CPSE review meeting to consider the results of an Individual Evaluation conducted in accordance
with the agreement, at the CPSE review meeting, the CPSE shall verify the information contained in the STAC-5 Evaluation Form and
furnish the Provider with a signed copy of such Form; and

 

(ii)The
CPSE shall data enter all verified information at the same lime that recommendations made in the student's IEP are data entered,
whenever possible, but in no event later than twenty (20) days after the date of the CPSE review meeting.

 

(B) For
every child who does not receive a CPSE review meeting to consider the results of an Individual Evaluation conducted in accordance
with the Agreement: (I) the Provider shall, within twenty (20) days of receipt of notice of the child's withdrawal from
the review process, submit the evaluations, evaluation summary and STAC-5 Evaluation Form [all required documentation] to the CPSE;
and (II) the CPSE shall thereafter promptly verify the information contained n the STAC-5 Evaluation Form, and data enter
the information within twenty(20) days of receipt and verification of the evaluation report. At such time, the CPSE shall also
furnish the Provider with a signed copy of the Form.

 

(2)
The NPSP shall thereafter, on a weekly basis, process payment for all services stated in the STAC-5 Evaluation Forms submitted
by the Provider, that have been verified and data entered by the CPSE during the previous calendar week.

 

(3)
The NPSP shall provide the Provider with a written report of all processed payments, which shall accurately identify the services
and students for which payment has been processed.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

APPENDIX A

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

 

		1.	Definitions

 

		A.	Words used in this Agreement shall have their ordinary
meanings in the English language, except that scientific, technical, specialized or foreign words shall be given their appropriate
scientific, specialized or foreign meanings, and definitions specifically provided elsewhere in the Agreement shall apply.

 

		B.	The following words, names and titles shall have the
following meanings:

 

		(1)	"The Board" means the Board of Education of
the City School District of the City of New York.

 

		(2)	"The City" means the City of New York.

 

		(3)	"Contract Budget Detail" means the document
attached to and incorporated into the Agreement explaining and limiting how funds paid hereunder are to be expended by the Contractor.

 

		(4)	"The Comptroller" and "The Commissioner
of Finance" mean the Comptroller and the Commissioner of Finance of the City, respectively.

 

		(5)	"The Chancellor" means the Chancellor of the
Board.

 

		(6)	“Approved”, "Required," ''Directed,"Specified,"
"Designated" or "Deemed Necessary, unless otherwise expressed, mean approved, required, directed, specified, designated,
or deemed necessary, as the case may be by the Chancellor or his designee.

 

		(7)	"Completion" means full and complete compliance
with every requirement of the Agreement by the Contractor as certified by the Chancellor or his designee.

 

		(8)	"Final Payment" means (i) the payment or refund
by the Board or City of any moneys that exhausts the amount of money made available under the Agreement or (ii) any payment marked
"Final Payment."

 

		2.	Captions

 

The headings of this Agreement, the paragraphs,
and subparagraphs of the Agreement, and of any attachments, are included solely for convenience and reference, and they shall not
be used in any way to interpret this Agreement.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		3.	Conditions Precedent

 

This Agreement shall not become
effective or binding upon the Board until:

(1) it
shall have been approved as to legal sufficiency by the Board's Office of Legal Services; (2) it shall have been executed by the
Chancellor; (3) it shall have been approved as to legal authority by the New York City Law Department; (4) it shall have been registered
by the Comptroller; (5) it shall have been approved by the New York State Education Department, if applicable; and, (6) the Comptroller
shall have issued a certificate indicating there remains unexpended and unapplied a balance of the appropriation or fund applicable
hereto sufficient to pay the estimated expense of performing the Agreement as certified by the Board. A Requirement Agreement for
an extended period will require an endorsement upon the Agreement from time to time as services and/or items and materials are
ordered, of the sufficiency of the appropriation applicable towards the payment for said services and/or materials as and when
ordered. (Rev. 4/16/01)

 

		4.	Compliance with Laws

 

In connection
with the performance of this Agreement, the Contractor shall comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations. The parties
hereto agree that every provision of law required to be inserted herein be deemed a part hereof. It is further agreed that if any
such provision is not inserted or is incorrectly inserted, through mistake or otherwise, this Agreement shalt be deemed amended
so as to comply strictly with the Law.

 

		5.	Unlawful Provisions Void

 

If this
Agreement contains any unlawful provisions or portions thereof, they shall be deemed deleted from the Agreement and the remainder
of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. If the deletion of such provision frustrates the purpose of this Agreement,
either party may make application to the Chancellor's designee for relief. (Rev. 10/4/02)

 

		6.	Religious Activity Prohibited

 

There
shall be no religious worship, instruction, proselytizing, or other religious activity in connection with the performance of this
Agreement.

 

		7.	Political Activity Prohibited

 

No Board
property provided to the Contractor hereunder for the purposes of this Agreement shall be used for any political activity or to
further the election or defeat of any candidate for public office. As used herein the term "Board property" shall include,
but not be limited to, supplies, work sites, funds advanced and services.

 

		8.	Publication and Publicity

 

The Contractor or anyone employed
by the Contractor may not publish the results of its participation or findings in the performance of this Agreement without the
prior written approval of the Chancellor or his designee. All approved publications shall acknowledge that the program is supported
by funds from the Board. Five true copies of each approved publication shall be furnished to the Board without charge. (8/29/88)

 

		9.	Copyright

 

If the Contractor
or anyone employed by the Contractor shall write, record or otherwise produce copyrightable material within the scope or in furtherance
of this Agreement, the Board shall be considered the author for purposes of copyright, renewal of copyright, and termination of
copyright and, unless expressly waived in a written instrument signed by the Chancellor or his designee, the owner of all of the
rights comprised in the copyright. (6/88)

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

 

 

		10.	Patents

 

Any invention or discovery arising
out of or developed in furtherance of this Agreement shall be promptly and fully reported to the Board. The Board shall have the
exclusive right to apply for patent protection on such invention or discovery and to determine how the rights in said invention
or discovery, including rights under any patent issued thereon, shall be disposed of and administered.

 

		11.	Accounting for Property

 

If any property is acquired by
the Contractor with funds provided by the Board under this Agreement, the property shall be deemed purchased by the Board for the
use of the Contractor during the term of the Agreement shall be permanently embossed "Property of New York City Board of Education"
and shall be returned to the Board, at the Contractor's expense, within thirty (30) days after the end of said term, unless the
Contractor is otherwise notified in writing by the Chancellor or his designee. (6/21/88)

 

		12.	Non-Reimbursable Expenses

 

The following items may not be
claimed as a direct or indirect cost of the Services provided under this Agreement:

 

		a.	rental expense of apartments;

		b.	interest on loans;

		c.	penalties for delinquent filing of tax returns;

		d.	political or charitable contributions;

		e.	advertising and promotions;

		f.	legal expenses;

		g.	key-man life insurance premiums;

		h.	federal, state and city income taxes, state and city franchise taxes, and any costs for the preparation of such tax returns;

		i.	expenses incurred in preparing for operations;

		j.	cost of employee meals and lodging except when traveling outside the City and pursuant to the Contract Budget Detail of this
Agreement;

		k.	entertainment, gratuities, and any other items of a personal nature;

		I.	long distance telephone calls unless directly related to the services
provided under the terms of this Agreement;

		m.	any expense not ordinary, necessary or reasonable in the performance of the Agreement.

 

		13.	Limitation on Overhead

 

Notwithstanding any provision
of this Agreement to the contrary, the Contractor shall be reimbursed for overhead costs equal to the lesser of either (1) the
amount specified in the Contract Budget Detail of this Agreement or (2) the amount calculated by multiplying the total direct labor
cost plus fringe benefits stated in the Contract Budget Detail of this Agreement by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be
the total of all the Contractor's overhead costs during the term of this Agreement for all operations, and the denominator of which
shall be the total of all of the Contractor's direct labor costs plus fringe benefits during the Term of this Agreement for all
operations.

 

		14.	No Extra Compensation

 

The Contractor shall not seek,
ask for, demand, sue for or recover, as extra compensation or otherwise, any sum for labor, materials or Services other than the
compensation agreed upon and fixed.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		15.	Invoices and Payments

 

The Contractor shall furnish
proof of performance with each invoice, and shall comply with all Board requirements concerning the manner in which invoices are
to be submitted. The Contractor shall not be entitled to demand or receive full or partial payment, until each and every one of
the provisions of this Agreement is complied with, and the Chancellor or his designee shall have given written certification to
that effect. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to affect the right hereby reserved by the Board to reject the whole or
any portion of the performance, should said certification be inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, or otherwise erroneously
given.

 

		16.	Cancellation of Grant Funding

 

If the goods or Services to be
provided hereunder are to be paid for, in whole or in part, by means of grant funding received by the Board from federal, state,
city or private sources, the obligation to pay the Contractor shall be subject to the continuing availability of said funding.
The Board shall notify the Contractor within five (5) business days from the date the Board receives written notice of the cancellation
of grant funding, in whole or in part, whereupon the Contractor may cease further performance of this Agreement to the extent said
performance would not be supported by grant funding. However, the Board may, at its option, require completion of performance of
this Agreement by the Contractor upon giving written assurance, signed by the Chancellor or his designee, within fifteen {15) business
days of the date the Board receives written notice of such cancellation, that the completed performance of this Agreement shall
be supported by other available funds.

 

		17.	No Estoppel

 

The Board, City, and their respective
departments, divisions and offices, shall not be precluded or estopped by a statement or document issued by or on behalf of the
Board or the City, from indicating the true value of Services performed and supplies furnished by the Contractor or by any other
person pursuant to or as a result of this Agreement, or from indicating that any such return or certificate is untrue or incorrect
in any particular, or that the Services performed and supplies furnished or any part thereof do not in fact conform to the provisions
of the Agreement. Notwithstanding any such statement or document, or payment in accordance therewith, the Board and the City shall
not be precluded or estopped from demanding and recovering from the Contractor such damages as may be sustained by reason of the
Contractor's failure to comply with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

		18.	Acceptance of Final Payment

 

Receipt and negotiation by the
Contractor, or by any person claiming under this Agreement, of the Final Payment hereunder, notwithstanding whether such payment
be made pursuant to any judgment or order of any court, shall constitute a general release of the Board from any and all claims
and liability for anything done, furnished, or relating to the labor, materials, or services provided, or for any act of omission
or commission of the Board or its agents and employees. Said release shall be effective against the Contractor and the Contractor's
representatives, heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns.

 

		19.	Claims- Limitation of Action

 

No action at law or equity shall
be maintained by the Contractor, its successors or assigns, against the Board on any claim based upon or arising out of this Agreement,
or out of anything done in connection with this Agreement, unless such action shall be commenced within six (6) months after the
date of filing of the voucher for final payment hereunder or within six (6) months of the required completion date for the services
performed hereunder, whichever is sooner. None of the provisions of Article 2 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules shall apply to
any action against the Board arising out of this Agreement.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		20.	Notices

 

The Contractor's address stated
on page 1 of this Agreement is hereby designated as the place where all notices, letters or other communications directed to the
Contractor shall be served, mailed or delivered. Any notice, letter or other communication directed to the Contractor and delivered
to such address, or sealed in a post-paid wrapper and deposited in any post office box regularly maintained by the United States
Postal Service, shall be deemed sufficient service thereof upon the Contractor. Said address may be changed at any time by an instrument
in writing, executed and acknowledged by the Contractor and delivered to the Chancellor's designee. Nothing herein contained shall
be deemed to preclude or render inoperative personal delivery of any notice, letter or other communication, written or oral, to
the Contractor. Whenever it shall be necessary or required to prove the delivery of any notice, an affidavit describing such delivery
shall be conclusive evidence of such delivery.

 

		21.	Amendments and Waivers

 

		A.	This Agreement may be amended by a written instrument signed by an authorized officer for the Contractor,
and by the Chancellor or his designee. No amendment materially affecting the substance hereof shall be effective unless authorized
by the Chancellor, and a copy of said authorization is attached to the amendment and incorporated therein. (Rev. 11/27/02)

 

		B.	No waiver by the Board of any term or condition hereof shall be effective unless in writing and
signed by the Chancellor or his designee. Any waiver shall be specifically limited to its terms, and shall not be deemed applicable
to subsequent like circumstances.

 

		C.	Any purported oral amendment or waiver shall be void.

 

		22.	Suspension of Deliveries

 

The Chancellor or his designee,
may postpone, delay, or suspend the delivery of the goods or Services, or any part thereof, without additional compensation to
the Contractor. In such event, (A) the time established for performance by the Contractor of any duty during the Term of this Agreement
may, at the Contractor's option, be extended for the number of days the Contractor was delayed by said suspension, postponement,
or delay provided the Term is not thereby extended; however, (B) the Term may, at the Board's option, be extended for the number
of days the Contractor was delayed by said suspension, postponement, or delay.

 

		23.	Cancellation

 

		A.	If the Contractor violates any provision of this Agreement, the Chancellor or his designee may
pursue any legal or equitable remedies available to the Board. In addition, the Chancellor or his designee may seek to have the
Contractor declared in default by a panel to be designated by the Chancellor. In the event that the Chancellor's designee shall
determine the Contractor to be in default, the Board may cancel this Agreement and shall thereafter be relieved of all liability
hereunder. Upon a finding of default in violation of this contract, the Contractor shall be deemed not responsible and disqualified
from bidding for a period of four years, unless in such finding of default, a lesser penalty is imposed by reason of mitigating
circumstances. (Rev. 10/4/02)

 

    	 

    	 

    
 

		B.	In the event of breach of this Agreement by the Contractor, the Board shall have the right to cancel
and terminate said Agreement, and the Contractor shall be liable to the Board for any additional cost of completion of the within
services, the Board's other costs in connection with the termination, reletting and completion of the services. All such costs,
along with any liquidated damages for delay provided herein, may be assessed by the Board against the Contractor and deducted by
the Board from payment to be made to the Contractor under this or any other Agreement at any time between the Contractor and the
Board or City. In the event that said costs exceed all sums owed at the termination date of this Agreement, the Contractor shall
pay the amount of such excess to the Board upon notice from the Board of said amount, and in the event that said costs and liquidated
damages are less than the sum payable under this Agreement as if same had been completed by the Contractor, the Contractor shall
forfeit all claims to the difference to the Board. If the Board undertakes to secure the services or any part thereof under this
section of the Agreement, the certificate of the Chancellor or his designee indicating the amount of services secured, the cost
and excess cost, if any, of completing this Agreement, and the amount of liquidated damages hereunder, shall be conclusive and
binding upon the Contractor, its assigns and all other claimants.

 

		24.	Board Determination

 

The Chancellor or his designee
shall in all cases determine the acceptability of the labor, materials, or Services which are delivered pursuant to this Agreement,
including but not limited to their quality, delivery, and condition, and shall in all cases decide every question which may arise
relative to the performance of this Agreement. The Contractor may not rely upon, and the Board shall not be bound by, any explanations,
determinations or other statements by or from the Board which are not in writing and signed by the Chancellor or his designee.

 

		25.	Investigations

 

		25.1	The Contractor agrees to cooperate fully and faithfully with any investigation, audit or inquiry conducted by a State of New
York (State) or City of New York (City) governmental agency or authority that is empowered directly or by designation to compel
the attendance of witnesses and to examine witnesses under oath, or conducted by the governmental agency that is a party in interest
to the transaction, submitted bid, submitted proposal, contract, lease, permit, or license that is the subject of the investigation,
audit or inquiry.

 

		25.2(a)	If any person who has been advised that his or her statement, and any information from such statement, will not be used against
him or her in any subsequent criminal proceeding refuses to testify before a grand jury or governmental agency or authority empowered
directly or by designation to compel the attendance of witnesses and to examine witnesses under oath concerning the award of, or
performance under, any transaction, agreement, lease, permit, contract, or license entered into with the City, the State, or any
political subdivision or public authority thereof, or the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, or any local development corporation
within the City, or any public benefit corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York; or,

 

		25.2(b)	If any person refuses to testify for a reason other than the assertion of his or her privilege against self-incrimination in
an investigation, audit or inquiry conducted by a City or State governmental agency or authority empowered directly or by designation
to compel the attendance of witnesses and to take testimony under oath, or by the governmental agency that is a party in interest
in, and is seeking testimony concerning the award of, or performance under, any transaction, agreement, lease, permit, contract,
or license entered into with the City, the State, or any political subdivision thereof or any local development corporation within
the City, then:

 

		25.3(a)	The commissioner or agency head whose agency is a party in interest to the transaction, submitted bid, submitted proposal,
contract, lease, permit, or license may convene a hearing, upon not less than (5) days written notice to the parties involved to
determine if any penalties should attach for the failure of a person to testify.

    	 

    	 

    

 

		25.3(b)	If any non-governmental party to the hearing requests an adjournment, the commissioner or agency
head who convened the hearing may, upon granting the adjournment, suspend any contract, lease, permit, or license pending the final
determination pursuant to paragraph 25.5 below without the City and Board incurring any penalty or damages for delay or otherwise.

 

		25.4	The penalties which may attach after a final determination by the commissioner or agency head may
include but shall not exceed:

 

		(a)	The disqualification for a period not to exceed five (5) years from the date of an adverse determination
for any person, or any entity of which such person was a member at the time the testimony was sought, from submitting bids for,
or transacting business with, or entering into or obtaining any contract, lease, permit or license with or from the City and Board;
and/or

 

		(b)	The cancellation or termination of any and all such existing City and Board contracts, leases,
permits or licenses that the refusal to testify concerns and that have not been assigned as permitted under this agreement, nor
the proceeds of which pledged, to an unaffiliated and unrelated institutional lender for fair value prior to the issuance of the
notice scheduling the hearing, without the City and Board incurring any penalty or damages on account of such cancellation or termination;
monies lawfully due for goods delivered, work done, rentals, or fees accrued prior to the cancellation or termination shall be
paid by the Board.

 

		25.5	The Commissioner or agency head shall consider and address in reaching his or her determination
and in assessing an appropriate penalty the factors in paragraphs (a) and (b) below. He or she may also consider, if relevant and
appropriate, the criteria established in paragraphs (c) and (d) below in addition to any other information which may be relevant
and appropriate:

 

		(a)	The party's good faith endeavors or lack thereof to cooperate fully and faithfully with any governmental investigation or audit,
including but not limited to the discipline, discharge, or disassociation of any person failing to testify, the production of accurate
and complete books and records, and the forthcoming testimony of all other members, agents, assignees or fiduciaries whose testimony
is sought.

 

		(b)	The relationship of the person who refused to testify to any entity that is a party to the hearing, including but not limited
to, whether the person whose testimony is sought has an ownership interest in the entity and/or the degree of authority and responsibility
the person has within the entity.

 

		(c)	The nexus of the testimony sought to the subject entity and its contracts, leases, permits or licenses with the City and the
Board.

 

		(d)	The effect a penalty may have on an unaffiliated and unrelated party or entity that has a significant interest in an entity
subject to penalties under 25.4 above, provided that the party or entity has given actual notice to the commissioner or agency
head upon the acquisition of the interest, or at the hearing called for in 25.3(a) above gives notice and proves that such interest
was previously acquired. Under either circumstances the party or entity must present evidence at the hearing demonstrating the
potential adverse impact a penalty will have on such person or entity.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

	25.6	(a)	The term "license" or "permit" as
used herein shall be defined as a license, permit, franchise or concession not granted as a matter of right.

 

		(b)	The term "person" as used herein shall be defined as any natural person doing business alone or associated with another
person or entity as a partner, director, officer, principal or employee.

 

		(c)	The term "entity" as used herein shall be defined as any firm, partnership, corporation, association, or person that
receives monies, licenses, leases, or permits from or through the City or Board or otherwise transacts business with the City or
Board.

 

		(d)	The term "member" as used herein shall be defined as any person associated with another person or entity as a partner,
director, officer, principal or employee.

 

		25.7	In addition to and notwithstanding any other provisions of this agreement, the commissioner or
agency head may in his or her sole discretion terminate this agreement upon not less than three (3) days written notice in the
event the Contractor fails to promptly report in writing to the Commissioner of Investigation of the City of New York any solicitation
of money, goods, requests for future employment or other benefit or thing of value, by or on behalf of any employee of the City
or Board, or other person, firm, corporation or entity for any purpose which may be related to the procurement or obtaining of
this agreement by the Contractor or affecting the performance of this agreement.

 

		26.	Reports, Inspection and Records

 

		A	The Contractor shall promptly provide all reports required by the Board, including without limitation,
financial, program, statistical, analytical, narrative and progress reports. Unless otherwise provided herein, the final payment
hereunder shall not be made until all reports have been submitted and approved by the Board.

 

		B.	The Contractor shall, until six (6) years after completion of its services hereunder or six years
after date of termination of this Agreement, whichever is later, maintain and retain complete and correct books and records relating
to all aspects of the Contractor's obligations hereunder. Records must be maintained separately, so as to identify clearly the
hours charged to this Agreement and be distinguishable from all other hours charged which are not related to this Agreement.

 

		C.	The Contractor shall make its staff, and premises, books, records, operations, and Services provided
under this Agreement, and those of its subcontractors, available to the Board and to any person, agency or entity designated by
the Board, at any time, for program, audit, fiscal audit, inspection, observation, sampling, visitation and evaluation, and shall
render all assistance and cooperation for said purposes. The Contractor agrees to attend, upon demand, any investigation conducted
by the Board to produce any records and other documents required by the Board at that investigation, to cooperate with the Board,
and to give sworn testimony pertaining to those documents or the subject of the investigation;

provided only that the investigation,
testimony, records and documents relate to the subject of the Contractor's relationship with the Board of Education. If a corporation,
partnership or government agency, the Contractor agrees to require its officers, employees and partners to comply with the foregoing.

 

		D.	In its record keeping the Contractor shall also comply with all federal, state and local laws and
regulations pertaining to such records, including, without limitation, the regulations of the Comptroller, and shall require its
subcontractors to do likewise.

 

    	 

    	 

    
 

		E.	In the event that any federal, state or local government agency, or other public or private agency
conducts an audit of any of the Contractor's operations which pertains directly or indirectly to the goods and services provided
pursuant to this Agreement, within five (5) working days after receipt by the Contractor of notice of the commencement of such
audit the Contractor shall give notice of such commencement to the Board; and within five (5) working days after receipt by the
Contractor of a copy of any resulting interim or final audit report, the Contractor shall supply one copy thereof to the Board.
(6/24/88)

 

		27.	Non-Assignment of Contract

 

The Contractor shall give its
personal attention to the faithful performance of this Agreement. The Contractor covenants that it will not assign, transfer, convey,
sublet or otherwise dispose of this Agreement or its right, title or interest therein or its power to execute such Agreement, to
any other person or corporation without the previous written consent of the Chancellor or his designee. Request for permission
to assign a contract shall be submitted in writing to the Chancellor's designee, Executive Director of the Division of Financial
Operations, 65 Court Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201. A non-refundable processing fee of $250.00 for contract amounts less than
$100,000.00 and $500.00 for contract amounts $100,000.00 or greater shall be submitted with the request. Said fee shall be by check
or money order and made payable to the New York City Board of Education, Division of Financial Operations. The Chancellor's designee
shall grant or deny such requests after consultation with the appropriate Division or Office, the decision is final and binding.
If the Contractor in any way violates the terms of this provision, the Board shall have the right to cancel and terminate this
Agreement, and the Board shall thereupon be relieved from all liability hereunder. Nothing contained herein shall be construed
to affect an assignment by the Contractor for the benefit of its creditors made pursuant to the statutes of the State of New York.
No right under this Agreement, or to any monies due or to become due hereunder, shall be asserted against the Board or the City
in law or in equity by reason of a purported assignment of this Agreement, or any part thereof, or of any monies due or to become
due hereunder, unless authorized as aforesaid. (Rev.11/27/02)

 

		28.	Contractor's Staff

 

The Contractor shall employ or
contract for the services of only competent workmen, consultants, independent contractors and other employees as are, or reasonably
may be, necessary for the performance of the Services hereunder. The Contractor warrants that it shall be solely responsible for
its employees' work, direction, safety and compensation. (6/84)

The Contractor agrees to replace
immediately any employee, and not engage such employee in the performance of this Agreement, if the Contractor is notified in writing
that, in the opinion of either the Chancellor, a Community Superintendent, or their designees, such employee is incompetent or
otherwise impedes the performance of the services hereunder.

 

		29.	Confidentiality of Records

 

All personally identifiable student
and staff information obtained by or furnished to the Contractor by the Board, and all reports and studies containing such information
prepared or assembled by the Contractor, are to be kept strictly confidential by the Contractor and shall not be provided or disclosed
to any third party without the express written permission of the Chancellor or his designee. The Contractor shall limit access
to such material in its control to those of its employees performing services pursuant to this Agreement strictly on a need to
know basis. The Contractor shall restrict its use of the information to its performance under this Agreement and shall return all
such material to the Board upon the completion of the services herein.

 

		30.	Testimony

 

If the project which is the subject
matter of this Agreement at any time becomes involved in a proceeding, to which the Board or the City is a party, before any court,
board, tribunal, panel, arbitrator, referee or agency, the Contractor shall provide such knowledgeable witnesses as the Board shall
require, free of additional compensation of any kind. Nothing herein shall require the Contractor to provide testimony in any proceeding
in which it is a party with interests opposed to those of the Board.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		31.	No Personal Liability

 

Neither the Chancellor, nor any
board members, nor any officer, employee, agent or representative of the Board or of the City shall be personally liable, based
upon any theory of law or equity, to the Contractor or to any party claiming on behalf of or through the Contractor, under this
Agreement, or by reason of any individual's actions or failure to act in any way connected with this Agreement, whether or not
the action shall have been within or without an individual's scope of authority. The scope of this provision includes personal
injury to any personal interest (commercial or otherwise), physical injury (including death), property damages, and any pecuniary
damages where such injuries or damages result from or arise out of negligence. The Contractor further waives any and all rights
to make a claim or commence an action or special proceeding, in law or equity, against any of the aforementioned individuals, and
the Contractor hereby assigns its complete right, title, and interest in any such claim, action, or special proceeding to the Board.
(Rev. 12/12/02)

 

		32.	Indemnification

 

The Contractor shall protect,
indemnify and hold harmless the Board and the City from any and all claims, suits, actions, costs and damages to which the Board
and the City may be subjected by reason of injury to person or property, or wrongful death, as may result of any act, omission,
carelessness, malpractice or incompetence of the Contractor, or anyone employed or engaged by the Contractor, in connection with
the performance of this Agreement. (12/19/02)

 

		33.	Conflicts of Interest

 

		A.	Except as stated in paragraph B, no non-governmental Contractor may have on its Board of Directors
(or comparable body), employ or have under contract for services (1) any present full-time officer or employee of the City of New
York or the Board of Education or any part-time officer or employee of the Board, or (2) any present full-time officer or employee
of the City on leave from the City or the Board or any part-time officer or employee of the Board currently on leave from the Board.
Generally, the Conflicts of Interest Board may grant waivers of this provision, if an employee or officer is not involved in the
Contractor's business with the City or the Board. Said waivers are discretionary and must be approved prior to the commencement
of services by that individual. The Board of Education’s Ethics Officer must be contacted if an officer or employee wishes
to request a waiver. (Rev. 12/12/02)

 

		B.	No Board of Education officer or employee may serve as an unpaid member of a Board of Directors
(or comparable body) of a non-governmental not-for-profit Contractor without the permission of the Chancellor. To obtain this permission,
the officer or employee must contact the Board of Education's Ethics Officer. All other City officers or employees may serve as
unpaid members of Boards of Directors (or comparable body) of a non-governmental not-for-profit Contractor, if the officer or employee
has no involvement with the Contractor’s business with the City or the Board. (Rev. 11/27/02)

 

		C.	No officer or employee of the Board of Education, or the officer or employee's spouse/domestic
partner or unemancipated child(ren) can have an ownership interest in the contractor, defined as an interest which exceeds five
percent of the firm or an investment of $32,000 in cash or other form of commitment, whichever is less, and any lesser interest
when the officer or employee or spouse, unemancipated child(ren), or domestic partner exercises managerial control or responsibility
regarding any such firm. For Contractors with stock that is publicly traded, compliance with this subparagraph C is the obligation
of Board of Education employees and officers. (1/16/03)

 

    	 

    	 

    
 

		D.	No former officer or employee of the Board may appear before the Board on behalf of a non-governmental
Contractor within one year of the former officer or employee’s termination of service with the Board. An appearance before
the Board includes all communications with the Board. However, a former employee of the Board is not prohibited from serving on
a non-governmental Contractor's Board of Directors (or comparable body), or from employment or contracting for services with the
Contractor, provided that the former employee does not appear before the Board within one year of the termination of service with
the Board.

 

		E.	No former officer or employee of the City (including the Board) may have any involvement on behalf
of a non-governmental Contractor with any aspect of a contract, including services under that contract, if that former officer
or employee was involved substantially and personally with any aspect of that contract while employed by the City. Any former City
employee whose duties for the City or the Board involved a contract shall contact the New York City Conflicts of lnterest Board
for clarification before having any involvement with the contract on behalf of a non-governmental Contractor or any other private
interest.

 

		F.	The Contractor warrants that, other than a bona fide employee or contractor regularly working as
a sales representative for the Contractor, no person, selling agency, or other entity has solicited or secured this Agreement,
or has been employed or retained to do so, for a commission, percentage, brokerage fee or contingent fee.

 

		G.	The Contractor shall not give, and warrants that it has not given or promised to give, any gift
to a community school board member, school leadership team member or to any officer, employee or other person whose salary is payable
in whole or part from Board or City funds, or other funds under this Agreement. The word "gift" shall include, without
limitation, money, tangible goods, services, loans, promises or negotiable instruments. (2/13/01)

 

		H.	If the Contractor violates any provision of this paragraph, the Board may, at its option(1) cancel
and terminate this Agreement and be relieved of all liability hereunder; (2) deduct all amounts paid by the Contractor or other
value given by the Contractor in violation of this paragraph from payments made or to be made to the Contractor under this or any
other Agreement at any time; (3) require the refund of any funds paid hereunder; (4) any combination of the foregoing; or (5) any
other action the Board deems necessary and appropriate as permitted by law. Any breach of the warranties or violation of the provisions
of this paragraph shall be grounds to find the Contractor or its principals as not a responsible bidder on other Board or City
contracts.

 

		I.	Provider shall adhere to the Central Board of Education
policy on Conflicts of Interest, the Chancellor's Regulations on Conflicts of lnterest C-110, and the New York City Charterprovisions
on Conflicts of Interest which are hereby incorporated by reference as if fully attached hereto.

 

		34.	Antitrust

 

The Contractor assigns to the
Board its right, title and interest in and to any claim or cause of action arising under the antitrust laws of New York State or
the United States relating to the goods or Services purchased or procured by the Board pursuant to this Agreement.

 

		35.	Merger and Choice of Law

 

This written
Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties, and no other prior or contemporaneous agreement, oral or otherwise,
regarding the subject matter of this Agreement shall be deemed to exist or bind any of the parties hereto, or to vary any of the
terms contained herein. This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without
regard to its conflict of law rules.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		36.	Participation in an International Boycott

 

		A.	The Contractor agrees that neither it nor any substantially-owned affiliated company is participating
or shall participate in an international boycott in violation of the provisions of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended,
or the regulations of the United States Department of Commerce promulgated thereunder.

 

		B.	Upon the final determination by the Commerce Department or any other agency of the United States
that the Contractor or a substantially-owned affiliated company thereof, participated, or is participating, in an international
boycott in violation of the provisions of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended, or the regulations promulgated thereunder,
the Chancellor or his designee may, at his option, render forfeit and void this contract. (1/12/89)

 

		37.	No Discrimination

 

		A.	The Contractor will strictly comply with all applicable Federal, State and Local laws pertaining
to the subject of discrimination on any ground, as they may now read or as they may hereafter be amended.

 

		B.	The Contractor is, and will remain, an Equal Opportunity Employer. In addition to the other requirements
of this paragraph 37, the Contractor shall provide equal opportunity for all qualified persons, and shall not discriminate in employment
because of race, creed, gender, color, age, sexual orientation, national origin, handicapping condition, marital status, or religion
and shall promote the full realization of equal opportunity. (Rev. 9/20/88)

 

		C.	Pursuant to the provisions of the New York State Labor Law, the Contractor agrees, in its operations
performed within the State of New York:

 

		(1)	That in the hiring of employees for the performance of work under this contract or any subcontract
hereunder, neither the contractor, subcontractor, nor any person acting on behalf of such contractor or subcontractor, shall by
reason of race, creed, color, sex or national origin discriminate against any citizen of the State of New York who is qualified
and available to perform the work to which the employment relates;

 

		(2)	That no contractor, subcontractor, nor any person on his behalf shall, in any manner, discriminate
against or intimidate any employee hired for the performance of work under this contract on account of race, creed, color, sex
or national origin;

 

		(3)	That there may be deducted from the amount payable to the contractor by the state or municipality
under this contract a penalty of five dollars for each person for each calendar day during which such person was discriminated
against or intimidated by the contractor or subcontractor, or anyone acting on behalf of the contractor in violation of the provisions
of the contract;

 

    	 

    	 

    
 

		(4)	That this contract may be cancelled or terminated by the state or municipality, and all moneys
due or to become due hereunder may be forfeited, for a second or any subsequent violation of the terms or conditions of this section
of the contract;

 

		(5)	The aforesaid provisions of this section covering every contract for or on behalf of the state
or a municipality for the manufacture, sale or distribution of materials, equipment or supplies shall be limited to operations
performed within the territorial limits of the State of New York; and

 

		(6)	That the Board is, for purposes of this subparagraph C., a "state or municipality." (Rev.
11/25/96)

 

		38.	Equal Employment Opportunity Requirements for Professional Contractors

 

		A.	Definition of Terms for the Implementation of a Program of Affirmative Action.
	 	 	The following terms, when used
in this paragraph, shall have the meanings given for them.

 

		(1)	"Employee": Any person employed full or part-time in any capacity by the Contractor
or sub-contractor.

 

		(2)	"Minority Groups and Affected Classes": Blacks, Hispanics (Non-European), Asian
Americans, American Indians, females and individuals with handicapping conditions.

 

		(3)	"Program of Affirmative Action":
A detailed, result-oriented set of written procedures submitted by a Contractor or sub-contractor which when implemented with conscious
effort results in compliance with the Equal Opportunity Policy herein, through full utilization and equal treatment of minorities,
women and individuals with handicapping  conditions at all levels
and in all segments of the Contractor's or sub-contractor's work force. An effective Program of Affirmative Action shall include
but not necessarily be limited to, the following elements:

(Rev. 9/20/88)

 

		(a)	Development or reaffirmation of the Contractor's or sub-contractor's Equal Opportunity Policy;

 

		(b)	Dissemination of the Policy;

 

		(c)	Responsibility for implementation;

 

		(d)	A survey and analysis of employment at all levels and in all categories and aspects of the Contractor's
or sub-contractor's work force, which determines if and at which levels, categories, and aspects there is an underutilization of
minority and female employees;

 

		(e)	An analysis of employment policies and practices, including but not limited to seniority systems,
recruitment, training, promotion, insurance and job benefits and their effects upon minorities, women and individuals with handicapping
conditions;

 

		(f)	Corrective actions taken, or to be taken, toward the elimination of any employment policy or practice
having a discriminatory effect on minority group members and women; and

 

		(g)	Description of the Contractor's efforts to engage, as sub-contractors, bona fide minority business
enterprises and female enterprises.

 

    	 

    	 

    
 

		(4)	"Goals and Timetables": Projected levels of achievement resulting from an analysis by the Contractor or sub-contractor
of its deficiencies, and of what it can reasonably do to remedy them within a specified time period.

 

		(5)	"Underutilization": Having fewer minorities, women and individuals with handicapping conditions in a particular
job classification than would reasonably be expected by their availability in the appropriate labor force.

  

		(6)	"The Office": The Office of Equal Opportunity of the Board.

  

		B.	Required Program of Affirmative Action

 

		(1)	The Contractor is required to identify and eliminate overt and covert
discriminatory practices and implement the Program of Affirmative Action. Upon demand of the Office the Contractor shall submit
to the Office a detailed written Program of Affirmative Action (hereinafter referred to as a "P.A.A."). In the event
the Contractor submits a P.A.A. not acceptable to the Office, the Office will require the correction or revision of the P.A.A.
to its satisfaction.

 

		(2)	In the event the Contractor fails to submit such an acceptable P.A.A.
within the time specified in the demand, the Contractor may be declared in default. The Director shall be the sole judge of the
P.A.A.'s acceptability. The P.A.A. shall:

  

		(a)	Apply to all Board of Education professional services contracts with the Contractor;

 

		(b)	Encompass all phases of the employment process, including evaluation of job classification to ensure job relatedness, recruitment,
selection, validity of examinations, retention, layoffs, seniority, assignments, training, promotion, salary and benefits;

 

		(c)	Fulfill the following requirements:

 

		(i)	Include measurable goals, reasonable timetables and specific programs to be implemented by the
contractor to identify and eliminate deficiencies in employment practices with respect to the underutilization of members of minority
groups and members of affected classes;

 

		(ii)	Include a statement of the present utilization of minority group members and women in the Contractor's
work force and a projection of the minority utilization in the Contractor's work force for the life of the Contract and for at
least a one-year period succeeding its completion. This statement and projection shall include present and projected (1) rates
of hiring and promotion of minority group members and women in specific job categories at each wage rate within each level of employment
and according to major organizational unit, and (2) percentages of minority group and women utilization in specific job categories
at each wage rate within each level of employment, and according to major organizational work force;

 

		(iii)	Include all of the Contractor’s facilities within New York City as well as those facilities
located elsewhere within the continental limits of the United States;

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		(iv)	Specify the union(s) or other employee organizations to which the Contractor's employees belong,
and shall include commitments to good faith efforts to effect Equal Opportunity changes directly or indirectly, in programs by
such unions or organizations to recruit, train, qualify or otherwise select members, if such changes are deemed necessary. The
P.A.A. shall also include a copy of any agreement with an employee association which affects employment policies and practices;

 

		(v)	Be submitted in such format as shall be specified by the Director of the Office;

 

		(vi)	Include a commitment to submit to the Director a separate P.A.A., of the form (i) to (v) hereof,
for each subcontractor prior to approval of the subcontractor by the Board of Education;

 

		(vii)	Include a written evidence or proof which shows that minority entrepreneurs have been solicited
and given an equal opportunity to submit proposals and that such proposals have been given equal consideration for award;

 

		(viii)	Contain commitments as to goals for minority and affected classes employment and adoption of equal
employment practices not less strict than the commitments contained in the Contractor's most recent P.A.A. which was approved by
the Office.

 

		C.	Compliance Inspection Report

 

Upon
demand of the Office the Contractor shall, within the specified time, submit to the Office a Compliance Inspection Report. The
completed Compliance Inspection Report must be  returned to the Office
within such time as is specified in the requisition for information accompanying the report form.

 

		D.	Conferences

 

The Contractor shall attend such
conferences as shall be required by the Office for the purpose of acquainting it with the statutory and contractual requirements
and what specific measures shall constitute an acceptable P.A.A.

 

		E.	Implementation of P.A.A.

 

During the Term of the Contract,
the Contractor shall successfully implement the P.A.A. approved by the Office.

 

		F.	Default

 

If, in the opinion of the Office,
the Contractor has breached any of the requirements of paragraphs 36 or 37 hereof it may seek to have the Contractor declared in
default by the Chancellor's designee as provided elsewhere herein. (Rev. 10/10/02)

 

For further information concerning
these rules, regulations or procedures, contractors may consult with the Office of Equal Opportunity of the Board.

 

		39.	MacBride Principles Provisions for Board of Education Contractors

 

    	 

    	 

    
 

ARTICLE I. MACBRIDE

 

PRINCIPLES PART A

 

In accordance with section 6-115.1
of the Administrative Code of the City of New York, the Contractor stipulates that such Contractor and any individual or legal
entity in which the Contractor holds a ten percent or greater ownership interest and any individual or legal entity that holds
a ten percent or greater ownership interest in the Contract either (a) have no business operations in Northern Ireland, or (b)
shall take lawful steps in good faith to conduct any business operations they have in Northern Ireland in accordance with the MacBride
Principles, and shall permit independent monitoring of their compliance with such principles.

 

PART B

 

For purposes of this section,
the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

"MacBride Principles"
shall mean those principles relating to nondiscrimination in employment and freedom of workplace opportunity which require employers
doing business in Northern Ireland to:

 

		(1)	increase the representation of individuals from underrepresented religious groups in the work force,
including managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical and technical jobs;

 

		(2)	take steps to promote adequate security for the protection of employees from underrepresented religious
groups both at the workplace and while traveling to and from work;

 

		(3)	ban provocative religious or political emblems from the workplace;

 

		(4)	publicly advertise all job openings and make special recruitment efforts to attract applicants
from underrepresented religious groups;
	 	 	 

		(5)	establish layoff, recall and termination procedures which do not in practice favor a particular
religious group;

 

		(6)	abolish all job reservations, apprenticeship restrictions and different employment criteria which
discriminate on the basis of religion;

 

		(7)	develop training programs that will prepare substantial numbers of current employees from underrepresented
religious groups for skilled jobs, including the expansion of existing programs and
the creation of new programs to train, upgrade and improve the skills of workers from underrepresented religious groups;

 

		(8)	establish procedures to assess, identify and actively recruit employees from underrepresented religious
groups with potential for further advancement; and

 

		(9)	appoint a senior management staff member to oversee affirmative action efforts and develop a timetable
to ensure their full implementation.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

ARTICLE II. ENFORCEMENT OF ARTICLE I.

 

The Contractor agrees that the
covenants and representations in Article I above are material conditions to this contract. In the event the contracting entity
receives information that the Contractor who made the stipulation required by this section is in violation thereof, the contracting
entity shall review such information and give the Contractor an opportunity to respond. If the contracting entity finds that a
violation has occurred, the entity shall have the right to declare the Contractor in default and/or terminate this contract for
cause and procure the supplies, services or work from another source in any manner the entity deems proper. In the event of such
termination, the Contractor shall pay to the entity, or the entity in its sole discretion may withhold from any amounts otherwise
payable to the Contractor, the difference between the contract price for the uncompleted portion of this contract and the cost
to the contracting entity of completing performance of this contract either itself or by engaging another contractor or contractors.
In the case of a requirements contract, the Contractor shall be liable for such difference in price for the entire amount of supplies
required by the contracting entity for the uncompleted term of its contract. In the case of a construction contract, the contracting
entity shall also have the right to hold the Contractor in partial or total default in accordance with the default provisions of
this contract, and/or may seek debarment or suspension of the Contractor. The rights and remedies of the entity hereunder shall
be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any rights and remedies the entity has pursuant to this contract or by operation of law.
(8/9

 

		40.	Set-Off Rights

 

The Board shall have all of its
common law, equitable and statutory rights of set-off. These rights shall include, but not be limited to, the Board's option to
withhold for the purposes of set-off any moneys due and owing to the Board with regard to this Agreement, any other agreement with
the Board, including any agreement for a term commencing prior to the term of this Agreement, plus any amounts due and owing to
the Board for any other reason. The Board shall exercise its set-off rights in accordance with normal Board practices including,
in cases of set-off pursuant to an audit, the finalization of such audit by the Board, its representatives, or the State or City
Comptroller. (1/95)

 

		41.	Non-Collusive Bidding

 

If this Agreement was awarded
by the Board based upon the submission of bids or proposals, Contractor warrants under penalty of perjury, that its bid or price
quotation was arrived at independently and without collusion aimed at restricting competition. (10/92)

 

		42.	Intentionally Left Blank (Burma Provision Deleted 9/6/01)

 

		43.	Intentionally Left Blank (Year 2000 Compliance Required Deleted 11/27/02)

 

		44.	Fair and Ethical Business Practices

 

		A.	Fair and Ethical Business Practices shall be strictly adhered to during the term of this Agreement.
During the term of this Agreement, Contractor shall not:

 

		(1)	File with a government office or employee, a written instrument which intentionally contains a
false statement or false information;

 

		(2)	Intentionally falsify business records;

 

		(3)	Give, or offer to give, money, gifts or anything of value or any other benefit to a labor official
or public servant with intent to influence that labor official or public servant with respect to any of his or her official acts,
duties or decisions as a labor official or public servant;

 

    	 

    	 

    
 

		(4)	Give or offer to give, money, gifts or anything of value or any other benefit to a labor official
or public servant for any reason;

 

		(5)	Give, or offer to give, money, gifts or other benefit(s) to an official or employee of a private
business with intent to induce that official or employee to engage in unethical or illegal business practices;

 

		(6)	Knowingly participate in the criminal activities of any organized crime group, syndicate or "family,"
nor shall any person employed by or associated with any such organized crime "family," syndicate or group participate
through criminal means in any of the business affairs of Contractor.

 

		B.	Contractor certifies throughout the term of this Agreement, that there have been no changes in
circumstances, conditions or status of Contractor's qualification(s) as reflected in Contractor Questionnaire or other such documents
submitted to the Board. Any change in the information provided by Contractor in its questionnaire currently on file with the Board
must be immediately reported to the Board. In addition, Contractor shall immediately notify the Board of any of the following events
if it becomes known that any director, partner, officer, member or employee of Contractor, or any shareholder owning 5% of more
of Contractor's membership interests:

 

		(1)	is the subject of investigation involving any violation of criminal law or other federal, state
or local law or regulation by any governmental agency; or

 

		(2)	is arrested, indicted or named as an unindicted co-conspirator in any indictment or other accusatory
instrument; or

 

		(3)	is convicted of any felony under state or federal law and/or any misdemeanor involving a business-related
crime. (10/8/98)

 

		45.	Indemnification Language

 

The Contractor shall defend,
indemnify and hold the Department and the City harmless from and against any and all claims, suits, damages, judgments, liabilities,
costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, to which they may be subject because of or related to any claim that
the Copyrightable Materials or their use constitutes an infringement by the Contractor or a violation by the Contractor of the
copyright, patent, trademark, or any other property or personal right of any third party. For the purposes of this provision, "Copyrightable
Materials" shall include any reports, documents, data, photographs, software, and/or other materials provided pursuant to
this agreement, regardless of whether the copyright in such materials is or shall be owned by the Department, the Contractor, or
third parties. This indemnification shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement. This indemnification provision
shall not be limited in any way by the Contractor's obligations to obtain insurance as provided under this Agreement. Furthermore,
Contractor shall defend and settle at its sole expense all suits or proceedings brought against Contractor arising out of the foregoing.
However, in cases involving software, no such settlement shall be made that prevents the Department from continuing to use the
software without the Department's prior written consent, which consent shall not be withheld unreasonably. 1/15/03

 

SUPPLEMENTAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

 

1. SUBCONTRACTING RESTRICTIONS

 

A. The Contractor shall
not enter into any subcontract for the performance of its obligations, in whole or in part, under this Agreement without the prior
approval by the Board of the subcontractor. All subcontracts must be in writing.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

B. Prior to entering
into any such subcontract for an amount greater than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000), the Contractor shall submit a written request
for the approval of the proposed subcontractor to the Board giving the name and address of the proposed subcontractor and the portion
of the services that it is to perform and furnish. At the request of the Board, a copy of the proposed subcontract shall be submitted
to the Board. The proposed subcontractor's VENDEX Questionnaire must be submitted, if required, within thirty (30) Days after the
Board has granted preliminary approval of the proposed subcontractor. Upon the request of the Board, the Contractor shall provide

 

any other information demonstrating that
the proposed subcontractor has the necessary facilities, skill, integrity, past experience and financial resources to perform the
specified services in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Board shall make a final determination in
writing approving or disapproving the subcontractor after receiving all requested information. For proposed subcontracts that do
not exceed Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000), the Board's approval shall be deemed granted if the Board does not issue a written
approval or disapproval within forty-five (45) Days of the Board's receipt of the written request for approval or, if applicable,
within forty-five (45) Days of the Board's acknowledged receipt of fully completed VENDEX Questionnaires for the subcontractor.

 

C. All subcontracts
shall contain provisions specifying that:

 

I. The work
performed by the subcontractor must be in accordance with the terms of the agreement between the Board and the Contractor;

 

2. Nothing
contained in the agreement between the Contractor and the subcontractor shall impair the rights of the Board;

 

3. Nothing
contained in the agreement between the Contractor and the subcontractor, or under the agreement between the Board and the Contractor,
shall create any contractual relation between the subcontractor and the Board;

 

4. The subcontractor
specifically agrees to be bound by provisions in this Agreement regarding Non-Discrimination, Equal Employment Opportunity Requirements,
Confidentiality, and Cooperation with Audits and Investigations and specifically agrees that the Board may enforce such provisions
directly against the subcontractor as if the Board were a party to the subcontract;

 

5. The specific
consideration for the Subcontractor's services, including any monetary exchange between the parties and the basis upon which payment
will be made; and

 

6. That the
Subcontractor may not enter into second-tier subcontracting contracts for performance of services for the Board without the prior
written approval of the Board, and any such subcontracts must contain all of the provisions set forth herein. The Contractor remains
responsible for submission and approval of any second-tier subcontracts.

 

		D.	The Contractor agrees that it is as fully responsible to the Board for the acts and omissions of
its subcontractors and of persons either directly or indirectly employed by such subcontractors as it is for the acts and omissions
of any person directly employed by it.

 

		E.	For determining the value of a subcontract, all subcontracts with the same subcontractor shall
be aggregated.

 

		F.	The Board may revoke the approval of a subcontractor
granted or deemed granted pursuant to Paragraphs (A) and (B) of this section if revocation is deemed to be in the interest
of the Board in writing on no less than ten (10) days’ notice unless a shorter period is warranted by considerations of
health, safety, integrity issues or other similar factors. Upon the effective date of such revocation, the Contractor shall cause
the subcontractor to cease all work under the Agreement.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

The Board shall not incur any further
obligation for services performed by such subcontractor pursuant to this Agreement beyond the effective date of the revocation.
The Board shall pay for services provided by the subcontractor in accordance with this Agreement prior to the effective date of
revocation.

 

		G.	The Board's approval of a subcontractor shall not relieve the Contractor of any of its responsibilities,
duties and liabilities under this Agreement. At the request of the Board, the Contractor shall provide the Board a copy of any
subcontract.

 

		H.	Individual employer-employee contracts are not subcontracts subject to the requirements of this
Section.

 

		I.	Payments made under the terms of any subcontract for services under this Agreement must be supported
with documentation that includes dated invoices and work performed.

 

2. TERMINATION FOR CAUSE

 

A. If the Contractor violates
any provision of this Agreement, the Chancellor or his designee may pursue any legal or equitable remedies available to the Board.
In addition, the Board may seek to have the Contractor declared in default by the Executive Director of the Division of Contracts
and Purchasing or his/her designee (hereafter, the "Director") . Before the Director shall exercise the right to declare
the Contractor in default, the Contractor shall be given an opportunity to be heard upon not less than two (2) days notice; however,
it shall be within the discretion of the Director to suspend the Contractor and direct that it cease performing services pursuant
to the Agreement pending such opportunity to be heard. It shall also be within the discretion of the Director to provide for such
opportunity to be heard to be in writing or in person. In the event that the Director shall determine the Contractor to be in default,
the Board may cancel this Agreement and shall thereafter be relieved of all liability hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Board may terminate this Agreement immediately without notice in cases in which the Board has reason to believe that the Contractor
is performing in a manner which would endanger the health, safety and/or welfare of pupils and/or their families. In such case,
the Board shall administer the opportunity to be heard in a post-termination manner. Upon a finding of default, the default determination
shall be submitted to the New York City Mayor's Office of Contract Services for inclusion in the VENDEX database.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

APPENDIX B

 

PROVIDER AGREEMENT

BETWEEN THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH AND

THE SERVICE PROVIDERS UNDER CONTRACT
WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH IS ENROLLED IN THE NEW YORK STATE MEDICAID

SCHOOL SUPPORTIVE HEALTH SERVICES PROGRAM
(SSHSP)

 

Based upon a request by the school district
to participate in the New York State Medicaid SSHSP Program under Title XIX of the Social Security Act,

 

Interactive Therapy Group

 (Organization/Contracted Provider's
Name)

 

will hereinafter be called the (outside
contracted) Provider, agrees as follows to:

A)

		1)	Keep any record necessary to disclose the extent of services the Provider furnishes to recipients receiving assistance under
the New York State Plan for Medicaid Assistance.

 

		2)	On request, furnish the New York State Department of Health, or its designee and the Secretary of the United States Department
of Health and Human Services, and the New York State Medicaid Fraud Control Unit any information maintained under paragraph (A)(1),
and any information regarding any Medicaid claims reassigned by the Provider.

 

		3)	Comply with the disclosure requirements specified in 42 CFR Part 455, Subpart B.

 

		B)	Comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and all other
State and Federal statutory and constitutional non-discrimination provisions which prohibit discrimination on the basis of race,
color, national origin, handicap, age, sex, religion and/or marital status.

 

		C)	Abide by all applicable Federal and State laws and regulations, including the Social Security Act, the New York State Social
ServicesLaw, Part 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations and Title 18 of the Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York.

 

	/s/  Jared Bauer	 

	(Outside Contract) Provider's Authorized Signature:
	Address: 19 W. 21st Street, Suite 701
	City: New York                                                                   State: NY        
	Zip: 10010
	Telephone: 646-230-8190 Date Signed:    06/27/12
	Please list the School District(s) under contract with on the back of this form.
	NYC DOE

  

    	 

    	 

    

  

STATEMENT OF REASSIGNMENT

 

Interactive Therapy Group

 Name of the Outside Contracted Provider

 

By this reassignment, the above-named outside contracted provider
of services agrees:

 

1. to reassign all Medicaid
reimbursements to your school district that you contracted with for providing medical services billed under the School Supportive
Health Services Program (SSHSP),

 

2. to accept as payment in full the contracted reimbursement
rates for covered services,

 

3. to comply with all the rules and policies as
described in your contract with the school district, and

 

4. to agree not to bill Medicaid
directly for any services that the school district will bill for under the SSHSP program.

 

NOTE: 
Nothing in this "Agreement of Reassignment" would prohibit a Medicaid practitioner from claiming reimbursement for
Medicaid eligible services rendered outside of the scope of the School Supportive Health Services Program (SSHSP)

 

(Date) 06/27/12

	/s/  Jared Bauer	 

(Outside Contract Service Provider’s Signature)

NYC DOE

School District (under contract with): List additional ones
on back of this form.)MIMVI, INC.

 

2010 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

 

(Amended and Restated Effective October
5, 2012)

 

 

 

 

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

1.            
Purposes of the Plan. The purposes of the Mimvi, Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan are to attract and retain the best available
personnel for positions of substantial responsibility, to provide additional incentive to persons who are selected to be participants
in the Plan, and to promote the success of the Company’s business. This Plan permits the grant of Non-qualified Stock Options,
Incentive Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, and Other Stock-Based Awards, each
of which shall be subject to such conditions based upon continued employment with or service to the Company or its Subsidiaries,
passage of time or satisfaction of performance criteria as shall be specified pursuant to the Plan.

 

2.           
Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Plan, as used herein, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:

 

(a) “Administrator”
means the Board or any of its Committees as shall be administering the Plan, in accordance with Section 4 of the Plan.

 

(b) “Award”
means a Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit, or Other Stock-Based Award granted to
a Participant pursuant to the Plan, as such terms are defined in Section 7(a) herein.

 

(c) “Board”
means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(d) “Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as such is amended from time to time, and
any reference to a section of the Code shall include any successor provision of the Code.

 

(e) “Committee”
means a committee appointed by the Board from among its members to administer the Plan in accordance with Section 4.

 

(f) “Common Stock”
means the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company.

 

(g) “Company”
means Mimvi, Inc., a Nevada corporation.

 

(h) “Consultant”
means any person, including an advisor, engaged by the Company or a Subsidiary to render services and who is compensated for such
services; provided such services are not in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction and
do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Company’s securities; and provided further that the term
“Consultant” shall not include Directors who are paid only a director’s fee by the Company or who are not otherwise
compensated by the Company for their services as Directors.

 

(i) “Director”
means a member of the Board.

 

(j) “Employee” means
any person, including Officers and Directors, employed by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company. Neither service as a Director
nor payment of a director’s fee by the Company shall be sufficient to constitute “employment” by the Company.

 

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(k) “Exchange Act”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(l) “Officer”
means a person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.

 

(m) “Participant”
means any Employee, Director or Consultant selected by the Administrator to receive Awards.

 

(n) “Plan”
means this 2010 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.

 

(o) “Rule 16b-3”
means Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act or any successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect when discretion is being exercised with respect
to the Plan.

 

(p) “Section 162(m)”
means Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations thereunder, as amended.

 

(q) “Share”
means a share of Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance with Section 10 of the Plan.

 

(r) “Subsidiary”
means any corporation or entity in which the Company owns or controls, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the
voting power or economic interests of such corporation or entity.

 

3.           
Shares Subject to the Plan.

 

(a) Aggregate Limits. Subject
to the provisions of Section 10 of the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of Shares which may be issued pursuant to Awards
granted under the Plan is Fifteen Million (15,000,000) Shares (the “Fungible Pool Limit”). The Shares
subject to the Plan may be either Shares reacquired by the Company, including Shares purchased in the open market, or authorized
but unissued Shares. Any Shares subject to an Award which for any reason expires or terminates unexercised or is not earned in
full shall be added back to the Fungible Pool Limit and may again be made subject to an Award under the Plan. The following Shares
shall not be added back to the Fungible Pool Limit and shall not again be made available for issuance as Awards under the Plan:
(i) Shares not issued or delivered as a result of the net settlement of an outstanding Stock Appreciation Right, (ii) Shares used
to pay the exercise price or withholding taxes related to an outstanding Award, or (iii) Shares repurchased on the open market
with the exercise price proceeds received by the Company upon the exercise of an Award.

 

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(b) Treatment of Awards. Each
Share issued or to be issued in connection with any Award shall be counted against the Fungible Pool Limit as one (1) Share. For
these purposes, the number of Shares taken into account with respect to a SAR shall be the number of Shares underlying the SAR
at grant, and not the final number of Shares delivered upon exercise of the SAR. Any Shares previously the subject of an Award
that again become available for grant pursuant to Section 3(a) shall be added back to the Fungible Pool Limit in the same
proportion, and using the same multiplier, pursuant to which such Awards reduced the Shares in the Fungible Pool Limit. The Administrator
shall determine the appropriate methodology for calculating the number of Shares issued pursuant to the Plan.

 

4.           
Administration of the Plan.

 

(a) Procedure.

 

(i) Multiple
Administrative Bodies. If permitted by Rule 16b-3, the Plan may be administered by different bodies with respect to Directors,
Officers who are not Directors, and Employees who are neither Directors nor Officers.

 

(ii) Administration
with Respect to Directors and Officers Subject to Section 16(b). With respect to Awards granted to Directors or to Employees
who are also Officers or Directors subject to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, the Plan shall be administered by (A) the Board,
if the Board may administer the Plan in compliance with the requirements for grants under the Plan to be exempt acquisitions under
Rule 16b-3, or (B) a committee designated by the Board to administer the Plan, which committee shall consist of “Non-Employee
Directors” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3. Once appointed, such Committee shall continue to serve in its designated capacity
until otherwise directed by the Board. From time to time the Board may increase the size of the Committee and appoint additional
members, remove members (with or without cause) and substitute new members, fill vacancies (however caused), and remove all members
of the Committee and thereafter directly administer the Plan, all to the extent permitted by the requirements for grants under
the Plan to be exempt acquisitions under Rule 16b-3.

 

(iii) Administration with Respect
to Covered Employees Subject to Section 162(m) of the Code. With respect to Awards granted to Employees who are also “covered
employees” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations thereunder, as amended, the Plan shall be
administered by a committee designated by the Board to administer the Plan, which committee shall be constituted to satisfy the
requirements applicable to Awards intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m). Once
appointed, such Committee shall continue to serve in its designated capacity until otherwise directed by the Board. From time to
time the Board may increase the size of the Committee and appoint additional members, remove members (with or without cause) and
substitute new members, fill vacancies (however caused), and remove all members of the Committee and thereafter directly administer
the Plan, all to the extent permitted by the rules applicable to Awards intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation”
under Section 162(m).

 

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(iv) Administration with Respect
to Other Persons. With respect to Awards granted to Employees or Consultants who are neither Directors nor Officers of the
Company, the Plan shall be administered by (A) the Board or (B) a committee designated by the Board, which committee may be constituted
to satisfy the legal requirements relating to the administration of stock option plans under state corporate and securities laws
and the Code. Once appointed, such Committee shall serve in its designated capacity until otherwise directed by the Board. The
Board may increase the size of the Committee and appoint additional members, remove members (with or without cause) and substitute
new members, fill vacancies (however caused), and remove all members of the Committee and thereafter directly administer the Plan,
all to the extent permitted by applicable laws.

 

(b) Powers
of the Administrator. Subject to the express provisions and limitations set forth in this Plan, and in the case of a Committee,
subject to the specific duties delegated by the Board to such Committee, the Administrator shall be authorized and empowered to
do all things necessary or desirable, in its sole discretion, in connection with the administration of this Plan, including, without
limitation, the following:

 

(i) to prescribe, amend and rescind
rules and regulations relating to this Plan and to define terms not otherwise defined herein;

 

(ii) to determine which persons are
eligible to be Participants, to which of such persons, if any, Awards shall be granted hereunder and the timing of any such Awards,
and to grant Awards;

 

(iii) to grant Awards to Participants
and determine the terms and conditions thereof, including the number of Shares subject to Awards and the exercise or purchase price
of such Shares and the circumstances under which Awards become exercisable or vested or are forfeited or expire, which terms may
but need not be conditioned upon the passage of time, continued employment, the satisfaction of performance criteria, the occurrence
of certain events, or other factors;

 

(iv) to establish or verify the extent
of satisfaction of any performance goals or other conditions applicable to the grant, issuance, exercisability, vesting and/or
ability to retain any Award;

 

(v) to prescribe and amend the terms
of the agreements or other documents evidencing Awards made under this Plan (which need not be identical);

 

(vi) to determine whether, and the
extent to which, adjustments are required pursuant to Section 10;

 

(vii) to interpret and construe this
Plan, any rules and regulations under this Plan and the terms and conditions of any Award granted hereunder, and to make exceptions
to any such provisions in good faith and for the benefit of the Corporation; and

 

(viii) to make all other determinations
deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Plan.

 

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(c) Delegation
and Administration. The Administrator may delegate to one or more separate committees (any such committee a “Subcommittee”)
composed of one or more directors of the Company (who may but need not be members of any Committee comprising the Administrator)
the ability to grant Awards and take the other actions described in Section 4(b) with respect to Participants who are not
Officers, and such actions shall be treated for all purposes as if taken by the Administrator. The Administrator may delegate to
a Subcommittee of one or more officers of the Company the ability to grant Awards and take the other actions described in Section
4(b) with respect to Participants (other than any such officers themselves) who are not directors or Officers, provided,
however, that the resolution so authorizing such officer(s) shall specify the total number of rights or options such Subcommittee
may so award, and such actions shall be treated for all purposes as if taken by the Administrator. Any action by any such Subcommittee
within the scope of such delegation shall be deemed for all purposes to have been taken by the Administrator, and references in
this Plan to the Administrator shall include any such Subcommittee. The Administrator may delegate the administration of the Plan
to an officer or officers of the Company, and such administrator(s) may have the authority to execute and distribute agreements
or other documents evidencing or relating to Awards granted by the Administrator under this Plan, to maintain records relating
to the grant, vesting, exercise, forfeiture or expiration of Awards, to process or oversee the issuance of Shares upon the exercise,
vesting and/or settlement of an Award, to interpret the terms of Awards and to take such other actions as the Administrator may
specify. Any action by any such administrator within the scope of its delegation shall be deemed for all purposes to have been
taken by the Administrator and references in this Plan to the Administrator shall include any such administrator, provided that
the actions and interpretations of any such administrator shall be subject to review and approval, disapproval or modification
by the Administrator.

 

(d) Effect of Change in Status.
The Committee shall have the discretion to determine the effect upon an Award and upon an individual’s status as an employee
under the Plan (including whether a Participant shall be deemed to have experienced a termination of employment or other change
in status) and upon the vesting, expiration or forfeiture of an Award in the case of (i) any individual who is employed by an entity
that ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Corporation, (ii) any leave of absence approved by the Corporation or a Subsidiary, (iii)
any transfer between locations of employment with the Corporation or a Subsidiary or between the Corporation and any Subsidiary
or between any Subsidiaries, (iv) any change in the Participant’s status from an employee to a consultant or member of the
Board, or vice versa, and (v) any employee who becomes employed by any partnership, joint venture, corporation or other entity
not meeting the requirements of a Subsidiary.

 

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(e) Determinations of the Administrator.
All decisions, determinations and interpretations by the Administrator regarding this Plan shall be final and binding on all Participants
or other persons claiming rights under the Plan or any Award, unless any such decision, determination or interpretation is otherwise
determined by the Board in which case the Board's determination shall be final and binding. The Administrator shall consider such
factors as it deems relevant to making such decisions, determinations and interpretations including, without limitation, the recommendations
or advice of any director, officer or employee of the Company and such attorneys, consultants and accountants as it may select.
A Participant or other holder of an Award may contest a decision or action by the Administrator with respect to such person or
Award only on the grounds that such decision or action was arbitrary or capricious or was unlawful, and any review of such decision
or action shall be limited to determining whether the Administrator’s decision or action was arbitrary or capricious or was
unlawful.

 

5.           
Eligibility. Awards may be granted to any person who is a Participant under this Plan; provided that ISOs may be granted
only to employees eligible under applicable Code provisions. If otherwise eligible, a Participant who has been granted an Award
may be granted additional Awards.

 

6.           
Term of the Plan. The Plan was approved by the Board and became effective on November 2, 2010, and was approved by the
Company's stockholders on November 2, 2010. The Plan shall remain available for the grant of Awards until November 2, 2020 or such
earlier date as the Board may determine. The expiration of the Administrator’s authority to grant Awards under the Plan will
not affect the operation of the terms of the Plan or the Company’s and Participants’ rights and obligations with respect
to Awards granted on or prior to the expiration date of the Plan.

 

7.           
Plan Awards.

 

(a) Award Types. The Administrator,
on behalf of the Company, is authorized under this Plan to grant, award and enter into the following arrangements or benefits under
the Plan provided that their terms and conditions are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan: Stock Options, Stock Appreciation
Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, and Other Stock-Based Awards. The Administrator, in its discretion, may determine
that any Award granted hereunder shall be a performance Award the grant, issuance, retention, vesting and/or settlement of which
is subject to satisfaction of one or more of the Qualifying Performance Criteria specified in Section 8(e).

 

(i) Stock Options. A “Stock
Option” is a right to purchase a number of Shares at such exercise price, at such times, and on such other terms
and conditions as are specified in or determined pursuant to the document(s) evidencing the Award (the “Option Agreement”).
The Committee may grant Stock Options intended to be eligible to qualify as incentive stock options (“ISOs”)
pursuant to Section 422 of the Code and Stock Options that are not intended to qualify as ISOs (“Non-qualified Stock
Options”), as it, in its sole discretion, shall determine.

 

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(ii) Stock Appreciation Rights.
A “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” is a right to receive, in cash or stock
(as determined by the Administrator), value with respect to a specific number of Shares equal to or otherwise based on the excess
of (i) the market value of a Share at the time of exercise over (ii) the exercise price of the right, subject to such terms and
conditions as are expressed in the document(s) evidencing the Award (the “SAR Agreement”).

 

(iii) Restricted Stock. A
“Restricted Stock” Award is an award of Shares, the grant, issuance, retention and/or vesting of which
is subject to such conditions as are expressed in the document(s) evidencing the Award (the “Restricted Stock Agreement”).

 

(iv) Restricted Stock Unit.
A “Restricted Stock Unit” Award is an award of a right to receive, in cash or stock (as determined by
the Administrator) the market value of one Share, the grant, issuance, retention and/or vesting of which is subject to such conditions
as are expressed in the document(s) evidencing the Award (the “Restricted Stock Unit Agreement”).

 

(v) Other Stock-Based Awards.
An “Other Stock-Based Award” is an award other than those described in subsections (i) – (iv) above,
that is denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, or related to, Common Stock
or factors that may influence the value of Common Stock, including, without limitation, convertible or exchangeable debt securities,
other rights convertible or exchangeable into Common Stock, purchase rights for Common Stock, Awards with value and payment contingent
upon performance of the Company or business units thereof or any other factors designated by the Administrator, and Awards valued
by reference to the book value of Common Stock or the value of securities of or the performance of specified Subsidiaries or other
business units. The Administrator shall determine the terms and conditions of such Awards, which shall be expressed in the document(s)
evidencing the Award (the “Other Stock-Based Award Agreement”).

 

(b) Grants of Awards. An Award
may consist of one of the foregoing arrangements or benefits or two or more of them in tandem or in the alternative.

 

8.           
Terms of Awards.

 

(a) Grant, Terms and Conditions
of Stock Options and SARs. The Administrator may grant Stock Options or SARs at any time and from time to time prior to the
expiration of the Plan to eligible Participants selected by the Administrator. No Participant shall have any rights as a stockholder
with respect to any Shares subject to Stock Options or SARs hereunder until said Shares have been issued. Each Stock Option or
SAR shall be evidenced only by such agreements, notices and/or terms or conditions documented in such form (including by electronic
communications) as may be approved by the Administrator. Each Stock Option grant will expressly identify the Stock Option as an
ISO or as a Non-qualified Stock Option. In the absence of a designation, a Stock Option shall be treated as a Non-qualified Stock
Option. Stock Options or SARs granted pursuant to the Plan need not be identical but each must contain or be subject to the following
terms and conditions:

 

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(i) Price.
The purchase price (also referred to as the exercise price) under each Stock Option or SAR granted hereunder shall be established
by the Administrator. The purchase price per Share shall not be less than 100% of the market value of a Share on the date of grant.
For purposes of the Plan, “market value” shall mean the fair market value of the Company’s common
stock determined in good faith by the Administrator in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. The
exercise price of a Stock Option shall be paid in cash or in such other form if and to the extent permitted by the Administrator,
including without limitation by delivery of already owned Shares, withholding (either actually or by attestation) of Shares otherwise
issuable under such Stock Option and/or by payment under a broker-assisted sale and remittance program acceptable to the Administrator.

 

(ii) Duration, Exercise and Termination
of Stock Options and SARs. Each Stock Option or SAR shall be exercisable at such time and in such installments during the period
prior to the expiration of the Stock Option or SAR as determined by the Administrator. The Administrator shall have the right to
make the timing of the ability to exercise any Stock Option or SAR subject to continued employment, the passage of time and/or
such performance requirements as deemed appropriate by the Administrator. At any time after the grant of a Stock Option, the Administrator
may reduce or eliminate any restrictions on the Participant’s right to exercise all or part of the Stock Option. Each Stock
Option or SAR must expire within a period of not more than ten (10) years from the grant date. The Option Agreement or SAR Agreement
may provide for expiration prior to the end of the stated term of the Award in the event of the termination of employment or service
of the Participant to whom it was granted.

 

(iii) Conditions and Restrictions
Upon Securities Subject to Stock Options or SARs. Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, the Administrator may provide
that the Shares issued upon exercise of a Stock Option or SAR shall be subject to such further conditions or agreements as the
Administrator in its discretion may specify prior to the exercise of such Stock Option or SAR, including, without limitation, conditions
on vesting or transferability, forfeiture or repurchase provisions. The obligation to make payments with respect to SARs may be
satisfied through cash payments or the delivery of Shares, or a combination thereof as the Administrator shall determine. The Administrator
may establish rules for the deferred delivery of Common Stock upon exercise of a Stock Option or SAR with the deferral evidenced
by use of Restricted Stock Units equal in number to the number of Shares whose delivery is so deferred.

 

(iv) Other Terms and Conditions.
Stock Options and SARs may also contain such other provisions, which shall not be inconsistent with any of the foregoing terms,
as the Administrator shall deem appropriate.

 

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(v) ISOs. Stock Options intending
to qualify as ISOs may only be granted to employees of the Company or its related entities as who are eligible under applicable
Code provisions, as determined by the Administrator. If then required by the Code for ISO treatment, an ISO granted to an Employee
who, at the time the ISO is granted, owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all classes of
stock of the Company or of its parent or subsidiary corporation, must have an exercise price that is not less than 110% of the
market value of the Shares subject to the ISO, determined as of the date of grant and a term not exceeding five (5) years. To the
extent that the Option Agreement specifies that a Stock Option is intended to be treated as an ISO, the Stock Option is intended
to qualify to the greatest extent possible as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the
Code, and shall be so construed; provided, however, that any such designation shall not be interpreted as a representation,
guarantee or other undertaking on the part of the Company that the Stock Option is or will be determined to qualify as an ISO.
If and to the extent that any Shares are issued under a portion of any Stock Option that exceeds the $100,000 limitation of Section
422 of the Code, such Shares shall not be treated as issued under an ISO notwithstanding any designation otherwise. Certain decisions,
amendments, interpretations and actions by the Administrator and certain actions by a Participant may cause a Stock Option to cease
to qualify for the tax treatment applicable to ISOs pursuant to the Code and by accepting a Stock Option the Participant agrees
in advance to such disqualifying action.

 

(b) Grant, Terms and Conditions
of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units. The Administrator may grant Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units at any
time and from time to time prior to the expiration of the Plan to eligible Participants selected by the Administrator. A Participant
shall have rights as a stockholder with respect to any Shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award hereunder only to the extent
specified in this Plan or the Restricted Stock Agreement evidencing such Award. Awards of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock
Units shall be evidenced only by such agreements, notices and/or terms or conditions documented in such form (including by electronic
communications) as may be approved by the Administrator. Awards of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant
to the Plan need not be identical but each must contain or be subject to the following terms and conditions:

 

(i) Terms and Conditions.
Each Restricted Stock Agreement and each Restricted Stock Unit Agreement shall contain provisions regarding (a) the number of Shares
subject to such Award or a formula for determining such, (b) the purchase price of the Shares, if any, and the means of payment
for the Shares, (c) the performance criteria, if any, and level of achievement versus these criteria that shall determine the number
of Shares granted, issued, retainable and/or vested, (d) such terms and conditions on the grant, issuance, vesting and/or forfeiture
of the Shares as may be determined from time to time by the Administrator, (e) restrictions on the transferability of the Shares
and (f) such further terms and conditions as may be determined from time to time by the Administrator, in each case not inconsistent
with this Plan.

 

(ii) Sale Price. Subject to
the requirements of applicable law, the Administrator shall determine the price, if any, at which Shares of Restricted Stock or
Restricted Stock Units shall be sold or awarded to a Participant, which may vary from time to time and among Participants and which
may be below the market value of such Shares at the date of grant or issuance.

 

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(iii) Share Vesting. The
grant, issuance, retention and/or vesting of Shares under Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Awards shall be at such time
and in such installments as determined by the Administrator or under criteria established by the Administrator. The Administrator
shall have the right to make the timing of the grant and/or the issuance, ability to retain and/or vesting of Shares under Restricted
Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Awards subject to continued employment, passage of time and/or such performance criteria and level
of achievement versus these criteria as deemed appropriate by the Administrator, which criteria may be based on financial performance
and/or personal performance evaluations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the performance criteria for any Restricted
Stock or Restricted Stock Unit that is intended to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under
Section 162(m) of the Code shall be a measure based on one or more Qualifying Performance Criteria selected by the Administrator
and specified at the time the Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Award is granted. 

  

(iv) Termination of Employment.
The Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Agreement may provide for the forfeiture or cancellation of the Restricted Stock
or Restricted Stock Unit Award, in whole or in part, in the event of the termination of employment or service of the Participant
to whom it was granted.

 

(v) Restricted Stock Units.
Except to the extent this Plan or the Administrator specifies otherwise, Restricted Stock Units represent an unfunded and unsecured
obligation of the Company and do not confer any of the rights of a stockholder until Shares are issued thereunder. Settlement of
Restricted Stock Units upon expiration of the deferral or vesting period shall be made in Shares or otherwise as determined by
the Administrator. Dividends or dividend equivalent rights shall be payable in cash or in additional shares with respect to Restricted
Stock Units only to the extent specifically provided for by the Administrator. Until a Restricted Stock Unit is settled, the number
of Shares represented by a Restricted Stock Unit shall be subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 10. Any Restricted Stock
Units that are settled after the Participant’s death shall be distributed to the Participant’s designated beneficiary(ies)
or, if none was designated, the Participant’s estate.

 

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(c) Suspension or Termination of
Awards. If at any time (including with respect to Stock Options or SARs after a notice of exercise has been delivered) the
Administrator reasonably believes that a Participant has committed an act of misconduct as described in this Section, the Administrator
may suspend the Participant’s right to exercise any Stock Option or SAR or suspend the vesting of Shares under the Participant’s
Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Awards, as the case may be, pending a determination of whether an act of misconduct has
been committed. If the Administrator determines a Participant has committed an act of embezzlement, fraud, dishonesty, nonpayment
of any obligation owed to the Company, breach of fiduciary duty or deliberate disregard of Company rules resulting in loss, damage
or injury to the Company, or if a Participant makes an unauthorized disclosure of any Company trade secret or confidential information,
engages in any conduct constituting unfair competition, induces any customer to breach a contract with the Company or induces any
principal for whom the Company acts as agent to terminate such agency relationship, the Administrator may prohibit or restrict
the Participant and his or her successor(s) in interest from exercising any Stock Option or SAR and may cause the Participant’s
Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Agreement to be restricted or forfeited and cancelled. Any determination by the Administrator
with respect to the foregoing shall be final, conclusive and binding on all interested parties, unless any such determination is
otherwise determined by the Board in which case the Board's determination shall be final and binding.

 

(d) Transferability. Unless
the agreement or other document evidencing an Award (or an amendment thereto authorized by the Administrator) expressly states
that the Award is otherwise transferable as provided hereunder, no Award granted under this Plan, nor any interest in such Award,
may be sold, assigned, conveyed, gifted, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise transferred in any manner, other than by will or the
laws of descent and distribution. The Administrator may grant an Award that is, or amend an outstanding Award to provide that the
Award is, transferable or assignable to the extent that, following a transfer or assignment, exercise of the Award or resale of
underlying securities by the transferee could be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act") on Form S-8 (or any successor form used for employee benefit plan registrations) under the Securities Act, as such
form may be amended from time to time, provided that following any such transfer or assignment the Award will remain subject
to substantially the same terms applicable to the Award while held by the Participant to whom it was granted, as modified as the
Administrator shall determine appropriate, and as a condition to such transfer the transferee shall execute an agreement agreeing
to be bound by such terms; provided, further, that an ISO may be transferred or assigned only to the extent consistent
with Section 422 of the Code. Any purported assignment, transfer or encumbrance that does not qualify under this Section 8(d)
shall be void and unenforceable against the Company.

 

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(e) Qualifying Performance Criteria.
For purposes of this Plan, the term “Qualifying Performance Criteria” shall mean any one or more of the
following performance criteria, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, applied to either the Company as a whole
or to a business unit or Subsidiary, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, and measured either annually or
cumulatively over a period of years, on an absolute basis or relative to a pre-established target, to previous years’ results
or to a designated comparison group, in each case as specified by the Administrator in the Award: (a) cash flow, (b) earnings per
share, (c) earnings before interest, taxes and amortization, (d) return on equity, (e) total stockholder return, (f) share price
performance, (g) return on capital, (h) return on assets or net assets, (i) revenue, (j) income or net income, (k) operating income
or net operating income, (l) operating profit or net operating profit, (m) operating margin or profit margin, (n) return on operating
revenue, (o) return on invested capital, (p) market segment share, (q) product release schedules, (r) new product innovation, (s)
product cost reduction through advanced technology, (t) brand recognition/acceptance, (u) product ship targets, (v) customer satisfaction,
(w) strategic initiatives, or (x) acquisitions. The Administrator may appropriately adjust any evaluation of performance under
a Qualifying Performance Criteria to exclude any of the following events that occurs during a performance period: (i) asset write-downs,
(ii) litigation or claim judgments or settlements, (iii) the effect of changes in or provisions under tax law, accounting principles
or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results, (iv) accruals for reorganization and restructuring programs, and (v)
any extraordinary non-recurring items as described in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 and/or in management’s discussion
and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in the Company’s annual report to stockholders for
the applicable year. Notwithstanding satisfaction of any completion of any Qualifying Performance Criteria, to the extent specified
at the time of grant of an Award, the number of Shares, Stock Options, SARs, Restricted Stock Units or other benefits granted,
issued, retainable and/or vested under an Award on account of satisfaction of such Qualifying Performance Criteria may be reduced
by the Administrator on the basis of such further considerations as the Administrator in its sole discretion shall determine.

 

(f) Dividends. Unless otherwise
provided by the Administrator, no adjustment shall be made in Shares issuable under Awards on account of cash dividends that may
be paid or other rights that may be issued to the holders of Shares prior to their issuance under any Award. The Administrator
shall specify whether dividends or dividend equivalent amounts shall be paid to any Participant with respect to the Shares subject
to any Award that have not vested or been issued or that are subject to any restrictions or conditions on the record date for dividends.

 

(g) Documents Evidencing Awards.
The Administrator shall, subject to applicable law, determine the date an Award is deemed to be granted. The Administrator or,
except to the extent prohibited under applicable law, its delegate(s) may establish the terms of agreements or other documents
evidencing Awards under this Plan and may, but need not, require as a condition to any such agreement’s or document’s
effectiveness that such agreement or document be executed by the Participant, including by electronic signature or other electronic
indication of acceptance, and that such Participant agree to such further terms and conditions as specified in such agreement or
document. The grant of an Award under this Plan shall not confer any rights upon the Participant holding such Award other than
such terms, and subject to such conditions, as are specified in this Plan as being applicable to such type of Award (or to all
Awards) or as are expressly set forth in the agreement or other document evidencing such Award.

 

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(h) Additional Restrictions on Awards.
Either at the time an Award is granted or by subsequent action, the Administrator may, but need not, impose such restrictions,
conditions or limitations as it determines appropriate as to the timing and manner of any resales by a Participant or other subsequent
transfers by a Participant of any Shares issued under an Award, including without limitation (a) restrictions under an insider
trading policy, (b) restrictions designed to delay and/or coordinate the timing and manner of sales by the Participant or Participants,
and (c) restrictions as to the use of a specified brokerage firm for receipt, resales or other transfers of such Shares.

 

(i) Subsidiary Awards. In the
case of a grant of an Award to any Participant employed by a Subsidiary, such grant may, if the Administrator so directs, be implemented
by the Company issuing any subject Shares to the Subsidiary, for such lawful consideration as the Administrator may determine,
upon the condition or understanding that the Subsidiary will transfer the Shares to the Participant in accordance with the terms
of the Award specified by the Administrator pursuant to the provisions of the Plan. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof,
such Award may be issued by and in the name of the Subsidiary and shall be deemed granted on such date as the Administrator shall
determine.

 

9.           
Withholding Taxes. To the extent required by applicable federal, state, local or foreign law, the Administrator may
and/or a Participant shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the satisfaction of any withholding tax obligations
that arise with respect to any Stock Option, SAR, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Award, or any sale of Shares. The Company
shall not be required to issue Shares or to recognize the disposition of such Shares until such obligations are satisfied. To the
extent permitted or required by the Administrator, these obligations may or shall be satisfied by having the Company withhold a
portion of the Shares of stock that otherwise would be issued to a Participant under such Award or by tendering Shares previously
acquired by the Participant.

 

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10.         
Adjustments of and Changes in the Common Stock.

 

(a) The existence of outstanding Awards
shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments,
recapitalizations, reorganizations, exchanges, or other changes in the Company’s capital structure or its business, or any
merger or consolidation of the Company or any issuance of Shares or other securities or subscription rights thereto, or any issuance
of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock ahead of or affecting the Shares or other securities of the Company or
the rights thereof, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets
or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. Further, except as expressly
provided herein or by the Administrator, (i) the issuance by the Company of shares of stock or any class of securities convertible
into shares of stock of any class, for cash, property, labor or services, upon direct sale, upon the exercise of rights or warrants
to subscribe therefor, or upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares or other securities,
(ii) the payment of a dividend in property other than Shares, or (iii) the occurrence of any similar transaction, and in any case
whether or not for fair value, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number
of Shares subject to Stock Options or other Awards theretofore granted or the purchase price per Share, unless the Administrator
shall determine, in its sole discretion, that an adjustment is necessary or appropriate.

 

(b) If the number of outstanding Shares
or other securities of the Company, or both, for which Awards are then exercisable or as to which Awards may be granted or settled
shall at any time be increased or decreased by declaration of a stock dividend, a stock split, a reverse stock split, a combination
of shares or a similar transaction, or if the outstanding Shares or other such securities are changed or exchanged for a different
kind of securities of the Company by a recapitalization, reorganization or any similar equity restructuring transaction affecting
the Shares or such other securities of the Company, the Administrator shall make appropriate adjustments to the number and kind
of Shares or other securities that are subject to this Plan and that are subject to or issuable upon exercises of any Awards theretofore
granted, and to the exercise or settlement prices of such Awards. Any such adjustments shall appropriately maintain the proportionate
numbers of Shares or other securities subject to this Plan or outstanding Awards. Any such adjustment to an outstanding Award generally
shall be made without changing the aggregate exercise or settlement price, if any.

 

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(c) As used in this paragraph, an “Acquisition”
shall mean (i) a reorganization, merger or consolidation (not covered by Section 10(b)) as a result of which the Company
is not the surviving entity or as a result of which the outstanding Shares are changed into or exchanged for cash, property or
securities not of the Company's issue, or a combination thereof, except for a merger or consolidation with a wholly-owned subsidiary
of the Company or a transaction effected primarily to change the state of the Company's incorporation, or (ii) a sale or exchange,
or series of related sales or exchanges, by the Company of all or substantially all of its assets, or by one or more of the Company’s
Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, or (iii) the acquisition
in a single transaction (including without limitation a merger, sale or exchange), or series of related transactions, of outstanding
Shares representing more than 80% in voting power of the then outstanding Shares (assuming full conversion of all then convertible
securities of the Company and full cashless exercises of all warrants or options which can then be exercised by cashless exercises).
Subject to the following sentence, upon the closing of such an Acquisition, or upon the dissolution and liquidation of the Company,
each outstanding Stock Option or SAR shall terminate and each holder of an outstanding Stock Option or SAR shall, notwithstanding
any unfulfilled vesting requirement, be entitled prior to such closing or liquidation to exercise the unexercised portion of such
Stock Option or SAR. The preceding sentence shall be subject to any different terms contained in the grant of or agreement governing
such Award and shall not be applicable with respect to a Stock Option or SAR if provision shall be made in connection with such
Acquisition for the assumption of the Stock Option or SAR by, or the substitution for such Stock Option or SAR of a new option
or stock appreciation right covering the stock of the surviving, successor or purchasing corporation or a parent or subsidiary
thereof with appropriate adjustments as to the number and kind of shares or other property to be issued upon exercise of the Stock
Option or SAR and the exercise price, provided that with respect to an Incentive Option such assumption or substitution is permitted
(to preserve the applicability to the Incentive Option of Section 421(a) of the Code) by Sections 422 and 424 of the Code. The
grant or instrument evidencing any Option, SAR or other Award may also provide for other accelerations of vesting requirements
or its exercise or settlement.

 

(d) Subject to the requirements of
Section 155 of the Nevada General Corporation Law, unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, no right to purchase or receive
fractional Shares shall result from any adjustment in a Stock Option, SAR or other Award pursuant to this Section 10 and,
in case of any such adjustment, the Shares subject to the Stock Option, SAR or Award shall be rounded down to the nearest whole
share.

 

11.    
     Amendment and Termination of the Plan. The Board may amend, alter or discontinue the Plan and
the Administrator may to the extent permitted by the Plan amend any agreement or other document evidencing an Award made
under this Plan; provided, however, that the Company shall submit for stockholder approval any amendment (other
than an amendment pursuant to the adjustment provisions of Section 10) that otherwise would:

 

(a) Increase the maximum number of
Shares for which Awards may be granted under this Plan;

 

(b) Reduce the price at which Stock
Options may be granted below the price provided for in Section 8(a);

 

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(c) Extend the term of this Plan; or

 

(d) Change the class of persons eligible
to be Participants.

 

In addition, no such amendment or alteration
shall be made which would impair the rights of any Participant, without such Participant’s consent, under any Award theretofore
granted; provided that no such consent shall be required with respect to any amendment or alteration if the Administrator
reasonably determines that such amendment or alteration is not reasonably likely to significantly diminish the benefits provided
under such Award, or that any such diminishment has been adequately compensated.

 

12.          Compliance with Applicable Law. This Plan, the grant and exercise of Awards hereunder, and the obligation of the Company
to sell, issue or deliver Shares under such Awards, shall be subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and
regulations and to such approvals by any governmental or regulatory agency as may be required. If the Company shall use reasonable
efforts to satisfy such related requirements: the Company shall not be required to register in a Participant’s name or deliver
any Shares prior to the completion of any registration or qualification of such Shares under any federal, state or local law or
any ruling or regulation of any government body which shall be necessary; to the extent the Company is unable to or the Administrator
reasonably deems it infeasible to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the
Company’s counsel to be necessary or advisable for the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, the Company shall
be relieved of any liability with respect to the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite authority shall
not have been obtained; and no Stock Option shall be exercisable and no Shares shall be issued and/or transferable under any other
Award unless a registration statement with respect to the Shares underlying such Stock Option is effective and current or the Company
has determined that such registration is unnecessary.

 

13.          
Liability of Company. The Company shall not be liable to a Participant or other persons as to: (a) the non-issuance
or sale of Shares as to which the Company, despite its reasonably efforts, has been unable to obtain from any regulatory body having
jurisdiction the authority deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares
hereunder; and (b) any tax consequence expected, but not realized, by any Participant or other person due to the receipt, exercise
or settlement of any Stock Option or other Award granted hereunder.

 

14.          Non-Exclusivity of Plan. Neither the adoption of this Plan by the Board nor the submission of this Plan to the stockholders
of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board or the Administrator to adopt
such other incentive arrangements as either may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of Stock Options, Stock
Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units otherwise than under this Plan, and such arrangements may be either
generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.

 

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15.          Unfunded Plan. Insofar as it provides for Awards, the Plan shall be unfunded. Although bookkeeping accounts may be established
with respect to Participants who are granted Awards under this Plan, any such accounts will be used merely as a bookkeeping convenience.
The Company shall not be required to segregate any assets which may at any time be represented by Awards, nor shall this Plan be
construed as providing for such segregation, nor shall the Company or the Administrator be deemed to be a trustee of stock or cash
to be awarded under the Plan.

 

16.          Reservation of Shares. The Company, during the term of this Plan, will at all times reserve and keep available such
number of Shares as shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan.

 

17.         
Governing Law. This Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada (without
giving effect to conflicts of law principles).

 

18.         
Section 409A of the Code. To the extent applicable, the Plan is intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code. Unless
the Administrator determines otherwise, the Administrator shall interpret and administer the Plan in accordance with Section 409A.
The Administrator shall have the authority unilaterally to accelerate or delay a payment to which the holder of any Award may be
entitled to the extent necessary or desirable to comply with, or avoid adverse consequences under, Section 409A.

 

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