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Brandon Valley board approves Teach Well Transitions agreement despite retroactive start date
Summary
The Brandon Valley School District 49-2 board approved an agreement with Teach Well Transitions to provide services for one student for $20,550 for the 2025–26 school year; a board member raised concern that the contract’s effective date is retroactive to Aug. 20, 2025 and the superintendent said staff will avoid making that common practice.
The Brandon Valley School District 49-2 Board of Education voted to approve an agreement with Teach Well Transitions to provide services for one student at $20,550 for the 2025–26 school year, with the agreement listed as effective Aug. 20, 2025, through May 21, 2026.
Board member Odey raised concerns that the contract’s effective date began before the board approved it. “I just would like to make sure that from here going forward that any policies or any line items that need board approval, that they go into effect today or, the next day, whatever,” Odey said during the discussion.
Superintendent Larson acknowledged the concern and said that approving contracts before their effective dates is best practice and that the situation was situational. “You are absolutely correct that, we certainly, do not make this common practice,” Larson said, adding staff would “do our very best to make certain that we, don't have it happen again.”
The board chair asked for a motion to approve the item as presented; members moved, seconded and approved the agreement by voice vote. The meeting record does not list a recorded roll-call vote or the names of the motion mover and seconder.
The board also approved subsequent consent items during the same portion of the agenda (items 2 and 3) by voice vote; details of those items were not specified on the public transcript.
The action authorizes a district contract for special-education-related services with Teach Well Transitions for a single student for the 2025–26 school year at the stated annual rate. The transcript includes no subcontract language, start-of-service clarifications, or further fiscal-year budget references tied to the contract; those details were not specified in the public discussion.
The board’s formal approval closes the item as presented during the meeting; the superintendent’s remarks committed staff to try to avoid retroactive effective dates in future contract approvals.
