May 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM - ESUCC Regular Board Meeting
| Regular Board | |
| Attendance Taken on 5/6/2025 at 1:27 PM | |
| Dr. Laura Barrett | Present |
| Dr. Kanyon Chism | Absent |
| Corey Dahl | Present |
| Ted DeTurk | Present |
| Kris Elmshaeuser | Present |
| Geraldine Erickson | Present |
| Drew Harris | Present |
| Dr. Bill Heimann | Present |
| Dr. Brian Maschmann | Present |
| James McGown | Present |
| Dr. Brenda McNiff | Present |
| Dr. Takako Olson | Present |
| Phillip Picquet | Present |
| John Poppert | Present |
| Gregg Robke | Present |
| Dr. Dan Schnoes (NE) | Absent |
| Dr. Melissa Wheelock | Present |
| Present: 15, Absent: 2 | |
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1. Call to Order
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Procedural Item
Discussion:
Meeting called to order at 1:33pm.
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1.1. Roll Call
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Procedural Item
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2. Welcome Visitors
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
Marci Ostmeyer and Mitch Hoffer attended the board meeting.
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3. Public Comment
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
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4. Consent Agenda Items
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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4.1. Approval of Minutes
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
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4.2. Cooperative Contracts
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
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5. BIRT Demo
Speaker(s):
Andrew Easton
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
ESUCC CLO, Andrew Easton and ESUCC CIO, Scott Isaacson provided a demo of the BIRT tool. To clarify, it is BITS training and BIRT reporting tool.
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6. Petitions and Communications to the Board
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
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6.1. Learning Community Update
Speaker(s):
Gerald Kuhn
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
No one from the Learning Community was present.
Goals:
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6.2. NCSA - Ambassador Program Updates
Speaker(s):
Kevin Wingard, NCSA
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
Dr. Wingard, NCSA Ambassador, was not present.
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6.3. State Board of Education and Nebraska Department of Education Report
Speaker(s):
Shirley Vargas, NDE
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
Dr. Shirley Vargas, NDE, was not present.
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6.4. Association of Education Service Agency (AESA) Report
Speaker(s):
AESA Representative
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
ESUCC CEO Dr. Polk reviewed the attached Seoul and Singapore - ESUCC and ESU 3 Boards document.
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7. 2:15pm: TeamMates - Literacy Project Proposal
Speaker(s):
DeMoine Adams
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
TeamMates CEO, DeMoine Adams, reviewed the attached proposal for a partnership with the ESUCC.
The board received the information favorably and approved the ESUCC to move forward with the proposal.
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8. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Report
Speaker(s):
CEO Polk
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
ESUCC CEO Dr. Polk reviewed the linked CEO Report to the Board - May 2025.
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9. NDE Update from Commissioner Maher
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Maher
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
Commissioner Maher was able to attend via Zoom to provide the NDE update.
Dr. Maher has had the opportunity to work with a multitude of partners during his career as Commissioner, and he really appreciates the partnerships with the ESUs. Strategic planning has occupied a lot of time. The Commissioner has multiple meetings scheduled within the next couple of days, which are meetings 8 and 9 out of 10 of the community meetings for the strategic plan. The strategic plan will be in place for the next five years. Throughout the strategic planning process, there has been a lot of emphasis to get back to basics. The Commissioner and NDE have been dealing with the Federal grants information. The Commissioner has instructed NDE to look at the facts and not make assumptions. |
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10. Bold Step Committee Reports
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair(s)
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
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10.1. Lead
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair DeTurk/McNiff
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
No update.
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10.2. Influence & Invest
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair Wheelock/Barrett
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
No update.
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10.3. Advocate
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair Skretta/Harris
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
No update.
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10.4. SMART
Speaker(s):
Co-Chairs Schnoes/Piquiet
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
SMART rollout will be announced at the PDO event on May 7, 2025. The site is smart.esucc.org.
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11. Committee Reports
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
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11.1. Information Services Committee
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair(s)
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
There was a lot of discussion around cybersecurity in the Information Services Committee. NOC will make a proposal to the Information Services Committee if an ESUCC statewide effort for cybersecurity would be beneficial. NOC was directed to provide recommendations.
Sparq Negotiations meeting was held to discuss the categories. The deadline to have everything entered is August 1, 2025. A procedure will be drafted by the Sparq Negotiations Committee.
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11.2. Education Resources
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair(s)
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
ESUCC CEO Dr. Polk spoke about the LETRS TOT statewide project.
Mindy Reed will send out the Literacy Redistribution Letter to all ESUs by the end of the week or as soon as information is received from the Department of Education. ESUCC CEO Dr. Polk talked with NDE about a new data set for the teacher count formula, which may impact the amount on the redistribution letter. Each of the seven regions will have a process for registering for the training. The SDA Affiliate budget was resubmitted.
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11.3. Legal Committee
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair(s)
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Jason Bromm, Bromm and Associates, was able to attend via Zoom to provide a legislative update. ESU Core Service funding may be reduced by $528,000 over the next two years.
ESUCC CEO Dr. Polk will revise the ESU allocations historical spreadsheet to include deficit core services certification.
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11.4. Executive Committee Report
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
There was discussion about the total percentage of the CEO compensation increase.
ESUCC CEO Dr. Polk reviewed the attached Modified Committee Day Before document. The Executive Committee likes the modified committee day before calendar. In September, Dr. Schnoes will move off the Executive Committee. Dr. McNiff will move to Past President, Dr. Heimann will move to President. Committee membership will change. If you have an interest in a certain committee, notify Dr. McNiff. The committee membership will be reviewed in July. Review the CEO Evaluation documents and if there are changes, notify Dr. McNiff.
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11.4.1. Claims, Financial Statements, and Assets for the Month(s) of March
Speaker(s):
ESUCC Treasurer
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
ESUCC CEO Dr. Polk reviewed the attached Budget Summary March 2025 document.
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11.4.2. April Expenses to be paid in May
Speaker(s):
ESUCC Treasurer
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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11.4.3. Authorization for the CEO to pay the June bills in the absence of the June Board Meeting and the July bills due to the late date of the July Board Meeting
Speaker(s):
ESUCC Treasurer
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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12. ESU Share Out and New Chief Administrator Topics
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
Dr. Barrett recognized the two retiring board members: Dr. Ted DeTurk, ESU 2 Administrator and Kris Elmshaeuser, ESU 7 Administrator.
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13. Adjournment
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Procedural Item
Discussion:
Meeting adjourned at 4:49pm.
Minutes respectfully submitted by Mindy Reed, ESUCC Executive Secretary to the CEO. |
