Agenda Item
Meeting Date:
7/17/2024 - 6:00 PM  
Category:
OFFICE OF STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES  
Type:
Action  
Subject:
16.11 Agreement with OT KIDS PLUS, LLC. July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025  
District Goals:
 
Enclosure:
 
File Attachment:
Schedule B OT Kids Plus, LLC. 24-25.pdf
BOCS OT Kids Plus, LLC. 24-25.xlsx
Guidelines OT KIDS Plus 24-25.pdf
 
Rationale:
Special Education-GML-104B 1. Agreement with OT KIDS PLUS, LLC. Term: July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025 Amount: $79,240.00 Account: 450-5271-100000-2250-B2300 - $43,240.00 (General Funds) 490-5160-25J100-2206-B2300 - $36,000.00 (Extended School Year Program) Scope: OT Kids Plus, LLC will provide Occupational, Physical and Speech Therapy services to students in order to maintain compliance with the students’ IEP. In addition to students attending Yonkers Public Schools, OT Kids Plus will also servicing students who are severely disabled and home-bound students.(This resolution is responsive to Part 200 requirements to provide a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) to all students. If the nature or severity of the student’s disability is such that it precludes them from attending an in-district program, then a program must then be provided to the homebound student). BOE Stated Meeting 7/17/24 ASSESSMENT PROCESS: Informal communication is ongoing between parents, provider and other school personnel. This communication is in the form of written letters and consults with teachers. Formal communication is via end-of-the-year summaries, monthly progress and statistical reports. Assessment of progress will be done at CSE and Annual Review Meetings. CONTRACTOR: OT Kids Plus, LLC. 18 Tuckahoe Road Yonkers, NY 10710  
Funding:
Amount: $79,240.00 Account: 450-5271-100000-2250-B2300 - $43,240.00 (General Funds) 490-5160-25J100-2206-B2300 - $36,000.00 (Extended School Year Program)  
Resolution
WHEREAS the Board of Education wishes to obtain the services of a Contractor to provide Occupational, Physical and Speech Therapy services as recommended by the Committee on Special Education, and WHEREAS the Board has selected OT Kids Plus, LLC. to provide these services. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to enter into a contract with the above-named provider in the amount of $79,240.00.  
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Dr. Stephanie McCaskill - Interim Assistant Superintendent
Signed By:  
Tom Collich - Purchasing Director
Signed By:  
Finance Department - Finance Reviewer
Signed By:  
Elizabeth Janocha - Deputy Commissioner
Signed By:  
John Liszewski - Commissioner
Signed By:  
Matthew Gallagher - Corporation Counsel
Signed By:  
Anibal Soler, Jr. - Superintendent of Schools
 
Vote Results:

Original Motion
Member Sheila Greenwald Moved, Member Amjed Kuri seconded to approve the Original motion 'WHEREAS the Board of Education wishes to obtain the services of a Contractor to provide Occupational, Physical and Speech Therapy services as recommended by the Committee on Special Education, and WHEREAS the Board has selected OT Kids Plus, LLC. to provide these services. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to enter into a contract with the above-named provider in the amount of $79,240.00.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 6 Nay: 0.
The motion Carried 6 - 0
   
Dr. Rosalba Corrado Del Vecchio     Yes
Kevin Cacace     Yes
Dr. John Castanaro     Yes
Gail Burns     Yes
Sheila Greenwald     Yes
Amjed Kuri     Yes