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Cotter School Board cancels Ozark Therapy contract, approves Martin School Based Therapy for 2025–26
Summary
At its March 20 meeting, the Cotter Public Schools Board unanimously voted to cancel the Ozark Therapy contract for 2025–26 and approved a contract with Martin School Based Therapy to provide physical and occupational therapy services; the board also reviewed a Special Education audit.
The Cotter Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously March 20 to cancel the district’s contract with Ozark Therapy for the 2025–2026 school year and to approve a new contract with Martin School Based Therapy (MSBT) to provide physical and occupational therapy services.
Superintendent Jayme Jones introduced the Special Education audit findings and recommended the change in therapy providers. Russel Duggins moved to approve canceling the Ozark Therapy contract; Cameron Ross seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Separately, Cameron Ross moved to approve the 2025–2026 MSBT contract and Jimmy Morgan seconded; that motion also passed unanimously.
The minutes record the board’s actions and list the motions and seconders but do not specify the financial terms of the MSBT contract or the district’s rationale for canceling the Ozark agreement. The record does not include service-level details or dollar amounts for the new contract. According to the minutes, the motions were approved without recorded dissent.
The board’s approval follows Superintendent Jones’s presentation of the Special Education audit; the minutes include the presentation item but do not provide the audit’s findings in this excerpt. The board entered an executive session later in the evening; the minutes log the start and end times but do not disclose the executive-session subject matter in the provided transcript.
Next steps recorded in the minutes are limited to the formal approvals. The district did not list an effective date beyond indicating these actions apply to the 2025–2026 school year, and no additional follow-up or reporting requirements are specified in the provided excerpt.
