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Mark Redmond presents 2025–26 ESD local service plan, highlights special‑education staffing and preschool slots
Summary
At a Nyssa SD 26 board meeting, Mark Redmond reviewed the ESD's 2025–26 local service plan, emphasizing special‑education staffing (counselors, diagnosticians, speech supports), preschool promise slots and related funding estimates; the board deferred a formal vote to next meeting.
Mark Redmond presented the 2025–26 local service plan for the regional education service district, telling the Nyssa SD 26 board the document is a working "best guess" while the governor's budget and the legislative session are still pending. He described the plan's three main local components: special‑education staffing, services and supports, and preschool/early‑intervention programs.
Redmond singled out special‑education supports as the plan's largest section, listing counselors, diagnosticians and speech‑language resources. "It usually runs about $1,200 per kid," he said when describing an evaluation line item; he also said the district's count for that service is roughly 150 children. He flagged a possible modest rise in the state school fund rate (he cited a change from 11.3 to 11.4 as a possibility) but emphasized the plan can be adjusted as budget details are finalized.
On early education, Redmond described how preschool‑promise slots are allocated (about 18 slots discussed in the meeting) and noted the mix of preschool‑promise and private‑pay placements. Board members and staff discussed logistical challenges: program hours that run roughly 8 a.m.–4 p.m. leave gaps for parents who need earlier or later care, and private‑pay rates were described in the meeting as roughly $200–$300 per month.
Redmond reviewed the ESD's broader funding pots, saying early intervention/ECFC funds total about $1.7 million countywide and that a variety of smaller, coordinated grants and supports are administered through the ESD. He told the board the ESD uses a consortium model intended to return funding to participating districts and that some program details (and line items) typically change year to year.
The board did not take a formal vote on the local service plan at the session. Redmond and district staff said the plan will appear on the next board agenda for action, and staff will update figures once state budget information is finalized.
