The Examiner U-46 News FeedIGA, expenses approved by District U-46 board By Seth Hancock
The Board of Education in School District U-46 unanimously approved, via a 7-0 vote, of $479,160 in expenditure items as well as an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) at its Monday, Nov. 21 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.
“Early College and Dual Credit opportunities will be offered to all eligible students at all five comprehensive high schools and the DREAM Academy,” the proposal states. “School District U-46 will use empirical and quantitative data to drive decisions at the district and school level to continuously evaluate and refine the dual credit programming options.”
Currently, there are 40 juniors and 70 seniors in the full-time program. There are 524 students in part-time programs.
A contract with Gorbold Behavioral Consulting costing a $404,160, paid for by the nation’s taxpayers through federal bailout funds, was approved. 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 approved a contract with 5 STAR Interpreting for sign language interpreters for seven students.
Also unanimously approved were a personnel report and workers’ compensation cases report, including two new positions (a logistic coordinator and athletic trainer), and $10 million in itemized bills.
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