Approves up to $6.5M for Speech Pathology Group to provide special education therapy and behavior services
Speech Pathology Group will provide services that let the district carry out the plans for students with disabilities (Individualized Education Programs, or IEPs). These include speech-language services, behavioral consultation, intensive individual services, and psychological, occupational and physical therapy as set out in the agreement's addendums. The district can pay up to $6.5 million for July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, or until the services are completed or the agreement is ended.
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- Vendor / partner
- Speech Pathology Group · Walnut Creek, CA
- Action
- New agreement
- Category Categories and sub-categories are assigned by AI from each item's official text, using a fixed set of definitions. They can be wrong. How categories work
- Special education“Special Education” lumps together very different kinds of spending, from full-time private school placements to everyday staffing, and the public record rarely says which is which, so read its totals with caution. Why this matters
- Sub-category
- Services & contract staff
- Term
- Jul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021
- This vote
- $6,500,000
- Funding
- Special Education
- Resource / site
6500-975- Presented by
- Chief Academic Officer
- File
20-2416· agendaV.-8- Outcome
- Adopted on the General Consent Report, Jan 13, 2021
Official text
Approval by the Board of Education of Agreement between the District and Speech Pathology Group, Walnut Creek, CA, for the latter to provide services to pupils as described in Addendums A, B, C, D and/or E, of Agreement, among other services, enabling the District to implement the services in special education students’ Individual Education Plan (IEP), including speech-language services, behavioral consultation and intensive individual services, via the Special Education Program Department, in an amount not to exceed $6,500,000.00, for the period July 1, 2020 and ends on the earliest of the following: June 30, 2021; the completion of the Services (as stated in addendums A (speech) and/or B (behavior) and/or C (Psychological Services) and/or D (Occupational Therapy Services) and/or E (Physical Therapy Services); or when terminated as set in Agreement.
History
- Adopted on the General Consent Report