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Board approves special-education contractor to write IEPs; debate over per-IEP rate
Summary
Board approved hiring an independent contractor to write elementary IEPs after staff noted licensure gaps and workload concerns; the contractor (named Belida in the transcript) was hired at $500 per IEP after discussion that $700 might be high and that other sites pay more (one cited figure: $1,400).
The board approved hiring an independent contractor to prepare individualized education program (IEP) documents for the elementary school after staff said an existing staff member lacked required licensure to handle all IEP responsibilities. S6 described the hire as a way to ensure the district "stay[s] legally acceptable in our IEPs," and presented time estimates and suggested per-IEP rates during the discussion.
"Basically, what this is doing is kind of ensures that we're gonna stay legally acceptable in our IEPs," S6 said while outlining the proposal. The board debated hourly estimates (S6 suggested 4–8 hours per IEP in typical cases) and per-IEP rates: a $500-per-IEP proposal was discussed, a $700 figure was called "getting crazy" by another member, and S6 cited that a speech-pathology school site had billed about $1,400 per IEP. Committee member S4 moved to hire Belida as an independent contractor at $500 per IEP; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.
Board members also raised longer-term staffing options, including creating a director-level special-education position to centralize IEP work; the motion adopted at the meeting was limited to contracting for the coming year and did not create new staff positions in the transcript.
