Agenda Item
b. Georgia State University Technical Service Agreement Amendment and Ratification (Year 4 of 5)
Summary: Presented by: Mrs. Kiana King, Interim Chief of Student Services, Division of Student Services
Request: It is requested that the DeKalb County Board of Education approve the amendment and ratification of the Georgia State University (GSU) School Based Mental Health Services Grant for year 4 of 5. DCSD is the fiscal agent of the grant and these funds are used to support the recruitment, training, tuition, student health insurance, graduate research assistantships, professional association memberships, conference fees, and other school-related costs for newly incoming school psychology graduate students, practicum students, and interns who will become school psychologists upon graduation and who will seek to work in the DeKalb County School District upon graduation. This cost represents year 4 of the 5-year School-Based Mental Health Services Grant that DeKalb County School District was awarded by the United States Department of Education, in conjunction with Georgia State University to alleviate the financial burden of graduate school for school psychology students from underrepresented groups and/or living in communities served by our school district. Through the grant funding, DCSD was able to hire 2 school psychologists at the end of the 24-25 SY and are on track to hire 4 GSU graduates at the end of the 25-26 SY. There is no financial impact to the general operating budget.
Why: DCSD applied for the School-Based Mental Health Services grant with GSU. This is the fourth year of implementation of the DCSD-RTR grant project. DCSD is the fiscal agent of the grant and is requesting to provide GSU with funds to implement the following technical services as outlined in the grant proposal: Course development to prepare practitioners to work in high-needs districts specifically DCSD; targeted professional development for DCSD school psychologists and/or mental health personnel; enhanced recruitment activities; supplies; conference travel; the support of a graduate research assistant; co-direct support of all project activities including gathering and analyzing annual outcome data to write the annual report for US DOE; coordinate efforts to engage in equity audits in schools and analyze data; and attend all grant and Advisory Board meetings.
Details: The DeKalb County School District (DCSD) partnered with Georgia State University (GSU) and was awarded the United States Department of Education’s School-Based Mental Health Services grant. The grant is designed to hire more school psychologists.
The DeKalb County School District - Recruit, Train, and Retain (DCSD-RTR) project will specifically focus on increasing the number of future school psychologists to mitigate the environmental, social, and financial barriers that make it difficult for students to enter graduate school and complete their training.
The Technical Services Agreement includes a total of $1,681,766 over 5 years for implementing the grant as follows:
Year 1 - $220,088;
Year 2 - $352,808;
Year 3 - $399,840;
Year 4 - $408,405; and
Year 5 - $300,625.
DeKalb County School District (DCSD) was awarded the U.S. Department of Education’s (USDOE) School-Based Mental Health Services grant. The DeKalb County School District - Recruit-Train-Retain (DCSD-RTR) project has the primary goal of addressing mental health services for PreK - 12th grade students by increasing the overall number of school psychologists. The proposal was written in collaboration with Dr. Tamika La Salle, Associate Professor of School Psychology and Director of the Center for Research on School Safety, School Climate & Classroom Management at Georgia State University and Dr. Catherine Perkins, Coordinator of the Educational Specialist Program in School Psychology and School Psychology Internship Program at Georgia State University.
The primary objectives supporting the goal of this grant include (1) recruiting school psychologists who live within the communities served by DCSD; (2) preparing school psychologists to provide mental-health services to student populations within regions across the school district; and (3) retaining school psychologists in DCSD and reducing the ratio of school psychologists to students, particularly those living in communities served by DCSD.
Financial impact: There is no cost to the district to implement the DCSD-RTR grant project. The grant is fully funded by the United States Department of Education’s School-Based Mental Health Services grant. The GSU budget of $408,405 listed in the Technical Services Agreement is based upon year 4 for calendar year 2026 to support the implementation of the grant. GSU requested to include the year 4 budget amount in the Technical Services Agreement.
Contact: Mrs. Kiana King, Interim Chief of Student Services, Division of Student Services, 678.676.1809,
Dr. Erin Broyard-Baptiste, Interim Executive Director, Exceptional Education, Division of Student Services, 678.676.1814,
Mrs. Kimberly Franklin, Senior Coordinator Psychological Services, Division of Student Services 678.676.2222
Effective: June 15, 2026 - June 14, 2027
Status: Approved by the Office of Legal Affairs
THIRD AMENDMENT TO TECHNICAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO TECHNICAL SERVICES AGREEMENT (“Amendment”)
made effective as of January 1, 2026, by and between the Georgia State University (“GSU”) and
DeKalb County School District, with a principal place of business at 1701 Mountain Industrial
Blvd, Stone Mountain, Georgia 30083 (hereinafter “Sponsor”).
RECITAL
WHEREAS, Sponsor and GSU entered into a Technical Services Agreement dated January 1,
2023, Amendment 1 thereto dated May 20, 2024 and Amendment 2 thereto dated July 24, 2025
(collectively, the “Agreement”);
WHEREAS, Sponsor and Institution desire to amend the terms of the Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises herein, GSURF and
Sponsor agree to amend the Agreement as follows:
1. Sponsor shall make additional equal fixed quarterly payments in the amount of
$102,101.25 each on March 31, 2026, June 30, 2026, September 30, 2026 and December
31, 2026 that equal a total amount Four Hundred Eight Thousand and Four Hundred
Five ($408,405.00) dollars in accordance with Attachment B-1 – Budget.
2. GSU commits cost share in the amount of $175,200 as set forth in Attachment B-1.
3. The term of the Agreement is extended to December 31, 2026.
4. All other provisions of the Agreement shall remain unchanged and as set forth in the
Agreement.
[SIGNATURES ON FOLLOWING PAGE]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed by their duly
authorized representatives.
Georgia State University DeKalb County School District
Signature Signature
Katherine Pope Dr. Norman C. Sauce, III_________
Printed Name Printed Name
Director, Pre-Award Services Interim Superintendent__________
Title Title
11/13/2025
Date Date
ATTACHMENT B-1
INSTRUCTIONS: Enter R
project budget information a
only into fields highlighted t
in yellow. Spreadsheet e
will autocalculate s
PI Name: :
Department: #
Agency: #
Program: #
Title: FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26 FY27 FY28
Grants & Contracts Officer: 56% 56% 56% 56% 56% 56%
No. of budget periods:
Today's Date:
Salary Raise & Inflation Index:Year 1 entry wi Raise & Inflation Index 3%
Year 4
Personnel: Combined Totals
% Sponsored Cost
Effort Sponsor
Name Person Salary Share
Fringes totals
(Enter names in the fields below) Months Requested Totals
Tamika LaSalle - Academic 15.0% 1.35 16,391 5,901 - 22,292
Tamika LaSalle - Summer * 33.3% 3.00 12,140 4,370 - 16,511
Catherine Perkins - Academic 10.0% 0.90 9,779 3,520 - 13,299
Catherine Perkins - Summer * 33.3% 3.00 10,864 3,911 - 14,776
Faculty - Academic - - - - -
Faculty - Summer * - - - - -
Faculty - 12 month appointment - - - - -
Staff (including postdocs) - - - - -
Staff - - - - -
Temporay Staff/Part time Faculty - - - - -
GRA 100.0% 12.00 152,500 5,185 175,200 157,685
GRA - - - - -
Student Assistants - - - - -
Total Personnel 201,674 22,887 175,200 224,562
y & Fringe 399,762 175,200 224,562
EQUIPMENT Year 4 -
Combined Cost
Sponsor
Total Share
Domestic TRAVEL Year 4 3,000 3,000
Foreign TRAVEL Year 4 -
TRAVEL TOTAL 3,000 - 3,000
PARTICIPANT SUPPORT s: Year 1: #, year 4
Stipend per individual 45,390 - 45,390
Tuition/Fees/Insurance /person - - -
Travel per individual - - -
Subsistence per individual - - -
Other per individual - - -
Participant Support Total 45,390 - 45,390
OTHER DIRECT COSTS Combined Year 4
total Cost
share Sponsor
Materials and Supplies 5,140 - 5,140
Publication Costs - - -
Consultant Services - - -
Alterations/Renovations/Rental Use - - -
Human Subject Renumeration - - -
Other - - -
Other - - -
Other Direct Costs Total 5,140 - 5,140
WARDS (Overwrite "Subaward #" with actual
Year 1 Total Share Sponsor
453,292 175,200 278,092
453,292 175,200 278,092
407,902 175,200 232,702
130,313 130,313
583,605 175,200 408,405