School board approves special-education budget transfer to buy 160 hours of behavior training

At the Nov. 7 meeting administrators requested a budget transfer in special education to reallocate funds from an unfilled psychological-intern position to a contracted professional training service (Suresk) to provide roughly 160 hours of trainer-model instruction for staff.

Administrators said the district had difficulty filling the psychological-intern position and proposed using the allocated salary funds to contract with an external provider to deliver a train-the-trainer model so school staff can write behavior plans and support non-identified students, primarily at the elementary level. The goal is to build in-district capacity for behavior supports and reduce future reliance on external contracted services.

A board member asked whether the transfer used funds from a currently vacant position; administrators confirmed the salary line was empty and that the contract training would be built into future budgets for continuing support as needed. The board approved the special-education budget transfer as described.