June 14, 2021 at 7:30 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

1. Routine Business

1.1. Call Meeting to Order

1.2. Pledge of Allegiance

1.3. Roll Call

1.4. Excuse Absent Board Member(s)

1.5. Approval of Agenda

2. Regular Meeting Agenda

2.1. Public Participation

2.2. Presentations - Staff/Students

2.3. Student Ambassador Report

2.4. Consent Agenda

2.4.1. Approval of Previous Minutes

2.4.2. Approval of Treasurer's Report

2.4.3. Approval of School Activity Fund Report

2.4.4. Approval of Revenue Budget Report

2.4.5. Approval of Expense Budget Report

2.5. Approval of Previous Months Claims

2.6. 2021-2022 Occupational Therapist Interlocal Agreement

2.7. Policy #3014 Use of School Property

2.8. Review, discuss, and take action to approve a purchase agreement for two tracts of land with The Scully Estates Limited Partnership in the amount of $170,000.
 

3. Correspondence

3.1. June 2021 Board Quicks

3.2. NASB Monthly Board Update

4. Discussion Items

4.1. Policy Review - Section 3 continued

4.2. Special Services Director Report

4.3. Superintendent's Report

1.  Update on busses
2.  Update on flooring
3.  
The Unicameral ended its session a little early.   NRCSA has been working on several bills. When help is needed we will be in contact with you. A few bills that were passed into law:
 

• LB 2 (Sen. Briese): Sets ag land valuations at 50% of actual value in school bond elections. LB 2 only affects bond elections that are passed after the operative date of January 1, 2022. 
• LB 83 (Sen. Flood): Provides for the use of virtual meetings of some public bodies, including ESU Boards of Education and the ESUCC. Public school Boards of Education are not provided that same opportunity, other than in a declared emergency situation. Another provision in the law states that school districts must post Board of Education agendas and minutes on the school website. The law became operative on April 22, 2021. 
• LB 143 (Sen. Kolterman): Requires DHHS to contact a school district before placing a foster child in the district. NRCSA supported the bill. The bill passed and has an effective date of August 28, 2021. NRCSA appreciates the work of Supt. Brad Best of Heartland for his work on this bill over the past two years.
• LB 322 (Williams): Requires NDE to develop a statewide reporting system that will allow individuals, including students, school staff, parents, and others to anonymously report possible threats to people or school property. The system would then alert the school safety and security team. It became operative on May 25, 2021.
• LB 388 (Sen. Friesen at the request of the Governor). Provides state funding for projects to increase availability of broadband in rural areas. NRCSA supported LB 388. It went into effect on May 27, 2021.
• LB 389 (Sen. Sanders): Provides for the issuance of a Nebraska teaching permit to spouses of military personnel stationed in Nebraska if he/she holds a valid teaching certificate in another state. The law goes into effect on August 28, 2021.
• LB 396 (Sen. Brandt): Establishes the Nebraska Farm-to-School Program. Provisions of the bill include (1) providing school lunch programs with locally produced fresh food, (2) provide for programs to encourage students to eat healthy. It becomes operative on August 28, 2021.
• LB 452 (Sen. McKinney): Creates the Financial Literacy Act. Beginning with the 2023-24 school year, districts will be required to provide financial literacy in elementary and middle school, and require high school students to complete a financial literacy class as a graduation requirement. NDE is required to develop content standards. The law becomes operative on August 28, 2021.
• LB 639 (Day): Adopts the Seizure Safe Schools Act. It requires each school to have at least one employee who is trained to deal with situations involving a response to seizures. Schools will be required to develop seizure action plans. The law goes into effect on August 28, 2021.
• LB 644 (Sen. Ben Hansen): Requires political subdivisions, including school districts, to participate in a public hearing if the subdivision intends to raise its property tax request from the previous year by more than 2% plus real growth. The subdivision is required to appoint a representative to be a representative at the meeting. A postcard will be mailed by the county containing notice of the meeting and the political subdivisions involved in the hearing. The law establishes some date changes to the budgeting schedule that Superintendents and Boards of Education will want to pay particular attention to. The law has an effective date of January 1, 2022.

4.4. Report from Board Committees

4.5. Budget Workshop

4.6. College Credit Classes

4.7. Summer School

4.8. June Legislative Notes

4.9. Federal Funds under ESSER III - The board will receive input on potential expenditures for money allocated through ESSER III

5. Items for Next Board Meeting

6. Adjournment