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Board ratifies numerous special-education consultant contracts and service agreements
Summary
The Board approved multiple consultant agreements to deliver special-education services districtwide — including vision therapy, independent educational evaluations, ABA services, and contract amendments — several with specified not-to-exceed amounts.
Montebello Unified's Board on Nov. 19 ratified a broad set of consultant agreements to provide special-education services, assessments, therapies, and related supports for the 2025–2026 school year.
The packet and minutes list vendors and services that include psychoeducational evaluations, vision therapy, occupational and physical therapy, speech-language assessments, Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services, independent educational evaluations (IEEs), and more. Examples cited include Mindful Neuron Psychological Center PC (NTE $16,000 for IEE-related services in one line item), Douglas W. Stephey, OD (vision therapy services with itemized fees), PRIDE Learning Co., Kadiant LLC (ABA services with fees and NTE amounts), and Therapy for Kids, Inc. dba Gallagher Pediatric Therapy (hourly rates with NTE limits). One combined line in the packet lists a Special Education total not-to-exceed $1,750,000 (with a combined NTE $3,500,000 across related items in that grouping).
District materials attached to the official minutes specify funding sources for these agreements (Special Education Ages 5–22, LEA funds, Title I in some cases) and indicate that contracts will be filed in the Procurement Office. The approvals were recorded on the consent agenda and passed by roll call with the four board members present voting "aye." The minutes do not include student-level identifiers beyond coded references and include NTE caps and hourly rates for multiple vendors; those details are in the procurement files on record at district offices.
