Board hires 1 Plus Strategies for legislative work and ends Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney contract

The Pittsburgh Board of Public Education on Feb. 25 approved two linked actions on legislative consulting. The board voted to enter a consulting agreement with 1 Plus Strategies for legislative services and separately voted to terminate its existing consulting agreement with Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney.

On new business item 17.02 the board approved the legislative consulting agreement with 1 Plus Strategies; the meeting record shows the vote recorded as 8–1. The transcript records one "no" vote during the roll-call sequence. The meeting transcript does not include contract dollar amounts or the full scope of services; those details were not presented during the legislative session.

The board then considered item 17.03, the termination of the legislative consulting agreement with Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney. Following a motion and second, Mr. Weiss called the vote; the Chair reported the termination was approved 7–2. The transcript records two "no" votes named during the roll call. The Chair thanked directors for conducting the business and moved on to announcements.

The meeting record does not include an implementation timeline for handing off legislative responsibilities or transitional arrangements between the outgoing and incoming consultants. The board did not provide fiscal figures for either the new agreement or the termination during the legislative session.