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Board hears nursing-contract change after state law, and funding for literacy intervention materials
Summary
Following a 2025 state law, district staff recommended a case-by-case nursing contract with Bright Horizons for one student and presented a proposal to use IDEA set-aside funds for Core 95 intervention materials and decodable texts for K-5 students.
Moore County Schools staff briefed the board about two personnel- and program-related items for students with specialized needs: a proposed single-student nursing contract and a federal IDEA-funded intervention purchase.
Neil (presenter identified as Neil) described a statutory change from the 2025 General Assembly (cited in the meeting as "session law 2025-40, Senate Bill 77") that requires school systems to enter contracts with a family's private nursing agency for students already receiving contracted skilled nursing care when certain conditions are met. "This law..mandated basically that in situations where a student was already receiving nursing services from a nurse who is part of a nursing agency... it gives the family flexibility to... require us to enter in with a contract with that nursing agency on a case by case basis," he said.
As a result, the district proposed a case-by-case contract with Bright Horizons Home Care for one student for the remainder of the year; staff said the vendor met the law's conditions including matching or lowering the district's rate and providing comparable skilled care. District staff said the arrangement will shift one student from the current MGA staffing (seven students) to Bright Horizons; the total projected cost for five hours per day, five days per week, for the remainder of the year is approximately $60,000.
District staff also presented a proposal to use a portion of IDEA (referred to as Fund 70) set-aside funds to purchase 95% group intervention materials and decodable texts to support K-5 instruction and interventions. Donna Gephart and other staff described the purchase as a way to provide intervention materials aligned to the district's core phonics program so struggling students experience consistent routines and receive decodable text for practice. Staff said the materials would supplement core instruction and are intended to reduce reliance on exceptional-children placements by strengthening early interventions.
Both items were presented with staff recommendations and will be placed on the consent or action agenda as noted by staff.
What happens next: the nursing contract and the IDEA-funded materials were presented with a recommendation for approval and will be returned to the board for action according to the board's consent/action schedule.
