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Board hears request for speech services contracts as district flags SLP budget shortfall
Summary
The special education department asked the board to approve RFP #8648 (three vendors including Delta T Hartford Inc.) to provide speech and language pathology services for ages 3'22 at an estimated $400,000 over three years; staff and commissioners discussed acute SLP shortages, agency rates and a projected deficit in the SLP salary line item.
The Waterbury Board of Education reviewed a request from the Special Education Department to approve RFP #8648, a split award among three vendors including Delta T Hartford Inc., to provide speech and language services for children ages 3 through 22. The department said the contract term will run through 06/30/2029 and that the three-year value for the block presented is $400,000, paid from general funds.
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