Students in the Northern Lehigh School District will have to pay slightly more to eat next year.

The school board agreed on an 8-0 vote on Monday to raise the cost of breakfast and lunch in the 2014-15 school year, effective Aug. 25. Director Mathias Green was absent.In other business, the board:• Authorized administration to renew a contract with the Carbon-Lehigh Intermediate Unit #21 for the eLearn 21 Virtual Learning Program partnership beginning July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2016.• Approved an Extended School Year Program for special education students in the district.• Approved teacher Elizabeth Vasquez at a rate of $28 per hour, four hours per day, and instructional aide Stephanie Stillwell at a rate of $13.32 per hour, for three hours per day, from July 21 through Aug. 1, 2014; teacher Susan Beil and nurse Tracy Hoffman at a rate of $28 per hour, and instructional aide Robin Blocker, at a rate of $11.59 per hour, for three hours per day, with one extra hour a day for the teacher, from Aug. 4-14, 2014.• Approved administration entering into a partnership agreement with Lehigh Carbon Community College to provide Northern Lehigh School District's students with greater options to earn concurrent high school/college credit. The term of the Dual Enrollment Program Proposal between the district and LCCC will be from Aug. 19 through June 30, 2015.• Approved the Supplemental Personnel Salary Schedule for the 2014-15 school year.• Approved a resolution opposing restricting federal medical assistance reimbursement.• Approved the co-payment amount of student athletes receiving a sports physical from OAA during the 2014-15 school year at a cost of $10 per student, in accordance with school board policy #122.• Approved the awarding of fuel bids, with a contract period of July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015, for unleaded gasoline tank wagon delivery, at a fixed price of $3.1950 per gallon; #2 grade fuel oil tank transport delivery, at a fixed price of $3.0521 per gallon; and biodiesel fuel tank wagon delivery, at a fixed price of $3.3861 per gallon, all to Talley Petroleum Enterprises Inc.• Approved a tuition fee of $30 per student for a six-week elementary summer band program, and also approved a stipend for summer band program director Steven Jonkman. Jonkman's stipend will be equal to the amount collected for student participation, but will not exceed $1,000. The summer band program will run on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings from July 1-31, 2014.• Approved contracting with Spots, Stevens, & McCoy Group Inc. for environmental consulting (AHERA, Right-to-Know, MSDS, IAQ Testing, and two-hour mandatory training of maintenance and custodial staff) to include all buildings in the amount of $5,700 for the period July 1 through Dec. 31, 2014; $7,525 from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2015; $7,860 for Jan. 1, 2016, through Dec. 31, 2016; $7,975 for Jan. 1, 2017, through Dec. 31, 2017; and $8,225 for Jan. 1, 2018, through Dec. 31, 2018.• Elected Director Donna Kulp as board treasurer for the 2014-15 school year, effective July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015.• On a 7-1 vote, with Director Robert Keegan Jr. opposed, to appoint Sweet, Stevens, Williams & Katz, LLP, as special counsel for the 2014-15 school year. The hourly rate for nonroutine matters will be $185 per hour; the rate for routine or general advice will be $140 per year; and the hourly rate for legal assistants for routine and nonrouting matters will be $115 per hour. There is no increase over last year's rates.• Authorized the secretary to publish a legal advertisement notifying every resident or inhabitant within the school district who is 18 or older to contact the proper Per Capita Tax Enumerator within 12 months of his or her becoming a resident or inhabitant, in accordance with the School Laws of Pennsylvania, Section 680, as amended June 16, 1972, Act 138. The assessors to contact are as follows: Borough of Walnutport, Annette Lacko, borough secretary, Walnutport Borough Building, 417 Lincoln Ave., Walnutport, PA 18088, 610-767-1322; Washington Township, JoAnn Ahner, township secretary, Washington Township Municipal Building, PO Box 27, Slatedale, PA, 18079, 610-767-8108; and Borough of Slatington, Karen Gill, assistant secretary, 125 South Walnut Street, Slatington, PA, 18080, 610-767-2131.