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Board approves several special‑education service agreements and tuition rate updates
Summary
The Connellsville Area School District approved multiple contracts for special‑education services for 2025–26, including a tuition increase for Cloyan Heights and daily rates for partial hospitalization and other specialized placements.
The Connellsville Area School District Board of Education approved agreements with several specialized education providers for the 2025–26 school year and accepted updated tuition and daily rates as presented.
Approved items included an agreement with Cloyan Heights at an annual tuition cost of $34,245 for 2025–26 (the previous agreement was $31,126) and an addendum with Presley Ridge Greensburg setting a semester rate at $21,400 (up from $20,400 in 2024–25). The board also approved an agreement with Intermediate Unit 1 for partial hospitalization program services at $154.15 per day for education and $183.89 per day for mental health services based on an enrollment assumption of 10 students.
A New Story Schools agreement was approved at $350 per day (previously $339 per day). The board approved a behavioral health services agreement with Chestnut Ridge for the coming school year. All motions were moved and seconded and recorded as carried.
These agreements were presented under the special education agenda; brief informational notes indicated a committee meeting had been held June 5, 2025.
The motions included the standard district terms and conditions for purchase of goods and services; the board did not record extended public debate on the rates during the meeting.
