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Board approves $350,000 increase for contracted nursing and related services for students with intensive needs
Summary
The Governing Board approved a contract increase of $350,000 to pay for nursing and related therapy services for students with significant special education needs; the district said Medicaid reimbursement is the primary funding source and that agency contractors are used when employees are not available.
Mesa Public Schools' Governing Board on Aug. 14 authorized a contract increase of $350,000 to cover specialty services — including one‑to‑one nursing, speech‑language pathologists and related providers — needed by a small number of students with intensive special education needs.
The contract increase was presented to the board as an incremental, not open‑ended, authorization: district staff said the $350,000 figure is an estimate to cover agency providers for students who require full‑time nursing and other services while the district continues to recruit employees. "This is just authorization to spend up to an additional $300,000 because of these new students," a district staff member explained, adding the district…
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