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Various expenses garner unanimous U-46 approval

By Seth Hancock
  The Board of Education in School District U-46 unanimously approved, by a 7-0 vote, of $2.7 million in expenditure items at its meeting on Monday, July 17.
  The largest item was $1 million, from the education fund, for a one-year contract renewal with Special Education Systems Incorporated.
  The contract is for an “interim alternative education setting” for “in-district interim placement for students in grades K-8,” the proposal states.
  A $132,444 (education) curriculum proposal was approved to add three computer programming courses, Computer Programming I and II as well as Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science A, and Computer Game Design I and II courses for Career and Technical Education (CTE).
  “The Information Systems program of study has many opportunities for students to succeed with a variety of career options,” the proposal states. “We examined the entire program of study to determine how our courses can align to best meet the needs of today’s students while preparing them for post-secondary college and career opportunities. CTE also examined the expansion of business courses to support the discontinuation of Web Design courses.”
  Related to CTE were contract renewals for resources from Project Lead the Way ($34,600) and Goodheart Willcox ($31,815), both from the education fund. Other education fund items were a proposal with New Meridian ($66,102) for a professional development system 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, a $279,079 contract renewal with Illinois Public Risk Fund for workers’ compensation insurance and a $100,666 contract renewal with CAN Insurance for property insurance.
  Several items to be paid by the nation’s taxpayers through federal grants were approved 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.
  The board also voted 7-0 to approve $20.6 million in itemized bills.