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District to hire board certified behavior analyst to support intensive behavioral needs
Summary
Granite City CUSD 9 approved recruiting and funding a full‑time board certified behavior analyst after administrators described increasing numbers of students needing intensive behavioral interventions and limitations of sporadic contracted services.
The Granite City CUSD 9 Board of Education approved a recommendation to recruit and fund a full‑time board certified behavior analyst (BCBA) after administrators said the district has seen a significant increase in students requiring intensive behavioral intervention.
Administrators told the board that current needs are largely met through contracted consultant services and overextended special education staff and psychologists. Hiring an in‑district BCBA would allow the district to provide more immediate support to classrooms, build internal capacity and help ensure compliance with special education requirements.
"Hiring a dedicated district employee board certified behavior analyst would allow us to provide immediate support, build internal capacity and ensure compliance," an administrator said during the meeting.
The motion to approve the recruitment and funding was moved, seconded and approved by roll call. No cost estimate or funding source for the new position was provided in the public record presented at the meeting.
The board moved directly from this item into several other personnel and routine approvals; next procedural steps include posting the position and returning recommendations for hire to the board as required by district hiring policy.
