Tamaqua Area School Board's finance committee recently recommended approval for the following:

• The Education Service Agreement between the Schuylkill Intermediate Unit 29 and the district to provide appropriate special education services with the exception of the Gifted Program. The tentative amount is $550,337.• Bus contracts for a three-year extension from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2020, for Kistler Transportation Inc., Felty Transportation, and Lech Transportation Inc. It represents a 1 percent increase in the 2017-18 year, followed by cost of living adjustment in the second and third year. The value in the first year is a total of a $17,000 increase; Kistler ($10,000); Lech ($4,000) and Felty ($3,000).• The print quotes as follows: Seider's Printing, $8,950; Eastern Press, $2,443, for various forms and envelopes.• Board President Larry Wittig to the AVTS Authority for the 2017-18 school year.• The purchase price of $1 for the repository sale of a parcel located at 252 W. Cottage Ave., Tamaqua.In other business, the education committee recommended approval for the following:• The daily substitute rate for the 2017-18 school year as follows: Daily, $100 per day; 20-plus consecutive days, $120 per day. That represents an increase of $90 for the daily rate, and $100 for the 20-plus consecutive days rate.