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Expense proposals slated for vote in District U-46

By Seth Hancock
  The Board of Education in School District U-46 is set to vote on $2.7 million in expenditure proposals at its meeting on Monday, July 17.
  The items were presented at the June 26 board meeting
  The largest item is $1 million for a one-year contract renewal with Special Education Systems Incorporated, to be paid for through the education fund if approved.
  The proposal states the contract will provide an “interim alternative education setting.” It adds: “This is a contract renewal and is a one-year contract. Administration recommends approval due to the ongoing need to have a diagnostic, in-district interim placement for students in grades K-8.”
  There are several education fund proposals including a new curriculum proposal for the information systems pathway. The cost is $132,444 with Career and Technical Education (CTE).
  The curriculum will include three computer programming courses, Computer Programming I and II as well as Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science A. It also includes Computer Game Design I and II.
  There are contract renewals with Project Lead the Way ($34,600) and Goodheart Willcox ($31,815), both resources for the CTE program.
  Other education fund items are a proposal with New Meridian ($66,102) to “provide ‘a train-the-trainer’ professional development system,” the proposal states, and a proposal from Scholastic ($63,418) for a district-wide Scholastic News subscription.
  Several tort fund items were presented including a $469,221 contract with Illinois Counties Risk Management Trust for liability insurance.
  “Due to an increase in the severity of school liability claims and settlements nationally, it is recommended that the district add excess liability insurance to its risk management plan,” the proposal states.
  Two contract renewals from the tort fund are with Illinois Public Risk Fund ($279,079), for workers’ compensation insurance, and CAN Insurance ($100,666), for property insurance.
  Several items to be paid by the nation’s taxpayers through federal grants will be voted on including a one-year contract renewal with Northwestern Illinois Association ($245,380) for hearing and vision supervision and services, Geneva Hearing Services ($214,000) for audiology services and with CDW ($63,400) for continued usage of Zoom.