The Examiner U-46 News FeedExpense items, IGA slated for vote in District U-46 By Seth Hancock
The Board of Education in School District U-46 is set to vote on an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) and $479,160 in expenditure items at its upcoming meeting on Monday, Nov. 21.
The items were presented at the Monday, Nov. 7 meeting.
The IGA is with Elgin Community College to continue a dual credit program “allowing high school students to take high school courses and college courses concurrently,” the proposal states.
Currently, there are 40 juniors and 70 seniors in the full-time program. There are 524 students in part-time programs.
The board will vote on a $404,160 contract with Gorbold Behavioral Consulting which will be paid for by the nation’s taxpayers, if approved, through federal bailout funds. It is a supplemental contract to a $181,725 contract approved in September.
“Additional specialized support is needed for the Emotional Development Instructional Program (EDIP) classrooms to assist staff and our students within an EDIP classroom exhibiting challenging behaviors towards self and/or others,” the proposal states. “Specialized Student Services is opting to contract with GBC to provide training, interventions, revision of BIPs, and behavior supports. These services and training will assist and support the EDIP classrooms and the Instructional Learning Programs (ILP) across the district based on student IEP needs.”
Costing $75,000 from the education fund, the board will vote on a contract with 5 STAR Interpreting.
“With staffing shortages, we are also experiencing a shortage in sign language interpreters,” the proposal states. “Sign language interpreters are necessary for some of our students to access their educational learning environment because they have an eligibility of Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH). In lieu of not being able to hire our own sign language interpreters, we contract with 5 STAR Interpreting. This year, we are again accessing their services for seven students every instructional day.”
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