The Marion County School Board is scheduled to vote on two independent contractor agreements totaling nearly $180,000 to provide essential speech therapy and sign language services for the upcoming school year.
A total of $179,965.50 in contracts will be up for a vote during the board’s regular meeting on Tuesday, July 14. Both agreements are placed on the meeting’s consent agenda under the Exceptional Student Education category, meaning they are slated to be approved in a single collective vote without individual board or public comment unless a board member intentionally separates them for standalone discussion.
The first agreement on the agenda is a $73,495.50 contract with Thank Me Later Vending & Catering L.L.C., which does business as TJ Signs 4U. Under the agreement, the company will provide one school lead sign language interpreter to support the districtwide delivery of interpreting, transliteration, and translation services to approximately 40 students in Marion County Public Schools…