Authorizes up to $800,000 for Intermountain Deaconess to serve students with disabilities in 2025-26
The Board approves a master contract with Intermountain Deaconess Children’s Services (Helena, MT), a nonpublic school or agency, to provide special education services that students’ Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) require. The district may pay up to $800,000.00 for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, through the Special Education Department.
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- Vendor / partner
- Intermountain Deaconess Children’s Services · Helena, MT
- 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
- Nonpublic schools & agencies
- Term
- Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026
- This vote
- $800,000
- Funding
- Special Education
- Presented by
- Chief Academic Officer
- File
25-1803· agendaL.-77- Outcome
- Adopted on the General Consent Report, Aug 13, 2025
Official text
Approval by the Board of Education of a Nonpublic, Nonsectarian School/ Agency Services Master Contract 2025-26 by and between the District and Intermountain Deaconess Children’s Services, Helena, MT, for the latter to provide Special Education services, stated in Agreement, required by a student’s Individualized Education Program, for the period of July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, via the Special Education Department, in an amount not to exceed $800,000.00.
History
- Adopted on the General Consent Report