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School board tables Syringa student-services contract over indemnity language
Summary
The board postponed approval of a contract with Syringa (Saringa in packet) for registered behavior technician services after trustees said the agreement required the district to indemnify the vendor without reciprocal protections; trustees asked for indemnity language drafted or approved by the district attorney.
The school board on Wednesday voted to table a proposed contract with Syringa for student behavior support services, saying the draft would make the district solely responsible for services delivered under student individualized education programs (IEPs) without a matching indemnity for the district.
Trustees said the contract, which would allow Syringa’s registered behavior technicians (RBTs) to provide in-school services that the district can bill Medicaid for, left the district vulnerable because it requires the district to “defend, indemnify, and hold harmless” the vendor but does not say Syringa will do the same for the district.
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