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Board tables $350,000 increase to Vital Health Care contract pending vacancy and usage data
Summary
Trustees asked for detailed vacancy counts and the number of students requiring nursing/health-aide services before approving a proposed $350,000 increase to the Vital Health Care contract; the item was tabled for staff to return with that data.
Trustees pulled and then voted to table a requested increase to the district's Vital Health Care (nursing and health-aid) contract while staff provide more detailed data on current vacancies and the number of students who require medical support.
Board member expressed surprise at repeated contract increases without accompanying service-level detail. One trustee told staff, "I think that's this is kind of information, like, you needed today so that we can make this decision," and asked whether the contract increases were driven by a rise in students needing nursing services or by using agencies to serve nonpublic-school placements. Special-education leadership said they would supply counts of students requiring nursing and health-aid services, a breakdown of in-house versus agency-provided staff, and the original caseload counts that prompted the initial contract.
Given staff assurances they could provide the requested supporting figures at the next meeting, trustees voted to table the increase to allow an informed decision.
