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District considers managed service provider to centralize special-education contractors
Summary
Executive director Jen Herbal proposed using a managed service provider to broker ESA contractors and billing; staff said it would not cost the district directly and could standardize rates and reduce administrative time, but procurement must follow federal/state bidding rules.
The Clover Park School District discussed a proposal to engage a managed service provider to act as a single broker for contracted educational‑service‑agency (ESA) staff such as school psychologists, occupational therapists and one‑to‑one paraprofessionals.
Jen Herbal, executive director for special education, early learning and nursing, told the board the district employs approximately 145 ESAs and relies on contractors for roughly 78 positions. She described national shortages and the administrative burden of working with about 23 separate agencies and multiple purchase orders. Herbal said a managed service provider would offer a single point of…
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