Extends Sonja Biggs Educational Services' visual-impairment teacher contract to 2025; the $50,000 cap is unchanged

The board is asked to ratify an amendment extending the agreement from June 30, 2024 to June 30, 2025. Sonja Biggs Educational Services, Inc. provides a Teacher of the Visually Impaired who completes legally required assessments, serves students with documented or suspected visual impairments, joins Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings, and keeps service logs. The attached amendment leaves the $50,000 not-to-exceed amount unchanged, so no money is added; the $50,000 is the existing limit for the contract.

Plain-English summary written by AI from the official text. Reviewed Oct 3, 2026

Corrected Oct 3, 2026: Corrected: the $50,000 is the contract's existing not-to-exceed amount, which the attached amendment leaves unchanged, so this vote adds no money.

Discrepancy from the official text. The text gives a cost not to exceed $50,000 "(during term)" for an amendment whose attached form marks the not-to-exceed amount as unchanged, so the figure is the existing limit and not added money. (Confirmed by a reviewer.)

Vendor / partner: Sonja Biggs Educational Services, Inc. · Gilroy, CA
Action: Amendment
Category: Special education
Sub-category: Services & contract staff
Term: Dec 7, 2023 – Jun 30, 2025
Previous total: $50,000
New total: $50,000
Funding: Special Education Funding
Resource / site: 6500-975
Vendor no.: 007411
Presented by: Chief Academic Officer
File: 24-1471 · agenda T.-52
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, Jun 26, 2024

Official text

Ratification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1, Services Agreement 2023-2024 by and between the District and Sonja Biggs Educational Services, Inc., Gilroy, CA, extending the term of Agreement from December 7, 2023 through June 30, 2024 to June 30, 2025, for the latter to provide or continue to serve as a a Teacher of the Visually Impaired (TVI) to complete legally mandated assessments and deliver services for students who have documented or suspected visual impairments, through participation in Individual Education Program (IEP) meetings, complete progress reports, maintain service logs, serve students, and communicate with families, staff, and students, via Special Education Department at a cost not to exceed $50,000.00 (during term). All other terms and conditions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect.

History

Jun 26, 2024 Adopted on the General Consent Report

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