Ratifies up to $99,000 for Purple Communications to provide interpreters for hearing-impaired staff

The Board is ratifying (approving after the fact) a contract with Purple Communications for interpreter services for hearing-impaired district staff, as a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The contract period began July 1, 2024, before this vote, and runs through June 30, 2025.

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Discrepancy from the official text. The title names Purpose Communications, but the action text names Purple Communications as the contracting vendor. (Confirmed by a second, independent AI reading.)

Vendor / partner: Purple Communications · Austin, TX
Action: New agreement
Category: Legal, compliance & risk
Term: Jul 1, 2024 – Jun 30, 2025
This vote: $99,000
Funding: Property & Liability
Resource / site: 9031-987
Vendor no.: 003488
Presented by: Chief Financial Officer
File: 24-2188 · agenda T.-22
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, Sep 25, 2024

Official text

Ratification by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2024-2025 by and between the District and Purple Communications, Austin, TX, for the latter to provide interpreter services to hearing impaired staff as a form of a reasonable accommodation under the American with Disabilities Act, via Risk Management Department, for the period of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, in an amount not to exceed $99,000.00.

History

Sep 25, 2024 Adopted on the General Consent Report

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