October 9, 2023 at 6:00 PM - BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING

I. Call Meeting to Order

II. Public Forum

III. Consent Agenda (Note: Items on the consent agenda are considered routine and will be enacted under one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items at the meeting unless a Board Member requests an item removed from the agenda for separate action.)

III.A. Approval of Agenda

III.B. Approval of Minutes from the Monday, September 11, 2023- Budget Hearing, Monday, September 11, 2023- Regular Meeting, Monday, September 25, 2023- Special Meeting

III.C. Presentation of October Bills for Approval and Payment

III.D. Personnel:  Resignation(s) and Hiring of Personnel

IV. Items Removed From the Consent Agenda for Separate Action

V. Reports

V.A. Administrative Reports

V.B. Committee Report(s)

V.C. Coordinator Report- Facilities

V.D. Spotlight Report- Personnel and Curriculum Proposal Process

V.E. Lobbyist Report- None

VI. Unfinished Business- None

VII. New Business

VII.B. Discuss and Consider First Reading to Revise Policies 612.01 – Free Appropriate Public Education, 612.02 – Full Education Opportunity Goal, 612.03 – Child Find, 612.04 – Evaluation Procedures, 612.05 – Individualized Education Program, 612.07 – Participation in Assessments, 612.08 – Least Restrictive Environment, 612.10 – Procedural Safeguards, 612.13 – Confidentiality of Personally Identifiable Information, 612.14 – Suspension and Expulsion Rates, 612.15 – Access to Instructional Materials, 612.16 – Over Identification and Disproportion, 612.17 – Prohibition on Mandatory Medication, 505.03 – Suspension and Expulsion, and 706.01 – Purchase Procedures

VII.C. Discuss and Consider First Reading to Add Policies 612.18 – Appointment of Surrogates, 612.19 – Consent for Early Intervention Services, and 612.20 Disciplinary Removal of Children with Disabilities.

VII.D. Discussion on Annual Report

VII.E. Review and Discussion on Morgan Ridge Site

VII.F. Executive Session to Discuss Certificated Staff Negotiations

VIII. Time and Date of Next Regular Meeting- November 13, 2023- Regular Meeting at 6:00 p.m., Bennington District Office.

IX. Adjournment