May 10, 2022 at 12:00 PM - REGULAR MEETING

Discussion:  President Repass called the meeting to order at 12:03 pm CT.

Discussion:  Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

Discussion:  President Repass advised every one of the open meetings act being posted and available.

Discussion:  Present were: Cheri Burke, Marty Conroy, Mary Dueland, Don Remington, Kate Repass and Jess Stevens. 

Discussion:  Absent board members: Gossen, Loop and Sandman

Discussion:  ESU 15, SPED Director, John Hanson, discussed the Early Childhood review with NDE at 1:00pm today. ESU 15 will be offering in-person Para training for all schools this summer. John will also be doing a CPI training with that. NDE is requiring all ESU's and schools to update their SPED procedures. It has been twelve years since districts have updated their procedures. For the 2022-23 school year, all our schools are asking for the same amount of services and no staff are leaving this year. There is a big shortage of teachers for next year.

Discussion:  May Payables of $128,843.24 and Payroll of $72,672.91.

Discussion:  Board approved Nathan Behlke to fill District 1 position.

Discussion:  Mr. Calvert updated the board on a part-time position that would be two days a week every two weeks. Motion was tabled

Discussion:  Mr. Calvert updated the board on the MOU with ESU 16. Motion was tabled.

Discussion:  Mr. Calvert updated the board on the redesign of the ESUCC. The ESUCC is working to find a brand for the ESUCC. SIMPLE is an overview of what services the ESU's provide and cost savings to the schools. 

Discussion:  Mr. Calvert updated the board on the Statewide Cyber Security Team. There is a push to make a cyber security team. The state school board was hacked and it cost them over $200,000 to fix. 
Alicap has decided they will not cover ESUs or schools if they get hacked and don't do certain things to prevent the hacking.  The total cost is estimated to be around $200,000 a year. Service units are not all on the same page about how to cover the cost and who will hire the team. ESU 15 and ESU 16 have discussed using SNDEN funds to pay for this.

Discussion:  Mr. Calvert updated the board on the end of year events happening.
-End of year staff day, May 19th in Trenton.
-ESUCC meets with NDE  2 times a year and the state has rescheduled for tomorrow 10 am to 12 noon.
-Core Service money is out. Just about the same as last year.
-Early evaluations are looking to be at about a 2.5% increase in property value.
-June meeting June 13th at noon in McCook.
-Skip July board meeting- Pre-approve bills in June and re-approve bills in August.
-Preliminary board budget for next year will be discussed at the August Meeting.

Discussion:  The meeting adjourned at 12:33 pm.  The next Board Meeting is June 13, 2022, in McCook NE @ 12 pm.