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Board approves $1.6 million operating amendment and adds therapy, nursing contractors under RFP 25-11
Summary
The board approved a $1,604,400 operating budget amendment for April 2026 (including restricted grants and a GASB lease/subscription accounting recognition of about $1.4 million) and approved a supplemental RFP to add E and E Educational Partners and AYA Healthcare as contractors for therapy and nursing services.
The Cecil County Board of Education voted on May 13 to approve an operating budget amendment totaling $1,604,400 and to authorize a supplemental contract under RFP 25-11 to add additional therapy and nursing service providers.
Finance staff (Miss Sopa) presented the April budget amendment, describing approximately $1.6 million in additional revenue and corresponding expenditures. The presentation noted restricted revenue items including a Maryland Center for School Safety grant of $25,000 for communications equipment at Cherry Hill and supplemental McKinney-Vento funds for tutoring and transportation; it also noted approximately $1.4 million recognized for GASB 87/96 lease and subscription right-of-use accounting as a technical entry.
"This GASB 87 lease and subscription implementation is a technical entry," Miss Sopa explained, adding the entry reflects recognition of right-to-use assets in financial statements rather than new cash revenue. After board discussion and clarification questions about GASB reporting, Superintendent Dr. Lawson recommended approval of the operating amendment; the motion passed.
On contracts, Dr. Lawson recommended approving a contract with E and E Educational Partners with AYA Healthcare Incorporated as additional contractors under CCPS RFP 25-11 for therapy, nursing and other school-based professional services. A motion to approve the supplemental RFP amendment was moved, seconded and carried.
The meeting record shows the board passed both the operating amendment and the supplemental RFP amendment during the May 13 meeting. The district described several specific revenue sources (grants and donations) that fund the amendment and noted some entries are accounting recognitions required by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board.
