April 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM - Regular School Board Meeting

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__ Ron Kubicek	__ Timothy Jensen	__ Andrea Van Gelder
__ Elizabeth Hedlund	__ Jolayne Mohs	__ Mark Sebring
__ Lori Weisenburger
__ Superintendent Elstad	__ Student Representative Erin Baker   __ Student Representative Ayoub Farah

Description:  Inspiring Excellence. Every Learner, Every Day.

Description:  The attached policy was reviewed by the policy committee and is being presented for a first reading.  Also attached is the policy revisions summary.

Key: (1) language to be deleted (2) new language
 

Description:  If desired, items may be removed from the consent agenda by request by an individual school board member for independent consideration.  A request is timely if made prior to the vote on the consent agenda.  The request does not require a second or a vote by the school board.  An item removed from the consent agenda will then be discussed and acted on separately immediately following the consideration of the consent agenda.

Roll call vote is required as the consent agenda contains the personnel report.

Description:  The attached policies were reviewed by the policy committee and were presented for a first reading at the March meeting.  They are being presented again for the second reading and consideration of approval. Also attached is the policy revisions summary.

Note: policies 210 (Conflict of Interest) and 610 (Field Trips) were added for review only. These policies do not have any recommended changes.

Key: (1) language to be deleted (2) new language
 

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The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE), Professional Educator Licensing Standards Board (PELSB), and Office of Higher Education (OHE) require annual designation of an Identified Official with Authority (IOwA) for each local educational agency that uses the Education Identity and Access Management (EDIAM) system. The IOwA is responsible for authorizing, reviewing, and recertifying user access for their local educational agency in accordance with the State of Minnesota Enterprise Identity and Access Management Standard, which states that all user access rights to Minnesota state systems must be reviewed and recertified at least annually. The IOwA will authorize user access to State of Minnesota Education secure systems in accordance with the user’s assigned job duties, and will revoke that user’s access when it is no longer needed to perform their job duties. 

Your school board or equivalent governing board must designate an IOwA to authorize user access to State of Minnesota Education secure websites for your organization. This EDIAM board resolution must be completed and submitted to the Minnesota Department of Education annually, as well as any time there is a change in the assignment of the Identified Official with Authority.

It is recommended that the Board authorize Superintendent Jeff Elstad to act as the Identified Official with Authority (IOwA) for Owatonna Public Schools through June 30, 2025. In June, the Board will be asked to authorize Superintendent Tamara Champa as the IOwA starting July 1, 2025.

Description:  Attached is the farm lease agreement for Board approval. The District will be renting the farm land it owns to the FFA rather than having a custom farm/labor agreement.  The FFA will enter into the custom farm/labor agreement with the farmer.

Mark Stotts will be available for any questions.
 

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Attached is a document regarding the renewal of the district's health insurance self-insured coverage through Blue Cross Blue Shield. As described in the document, the proposed renewal increase for the self-insured plan is 9%. The attachment also includes the district's self-insured dental coverage through Delta Dental which indicates a proposed renewal increase of 3%, and life insurance and long-term disability insurance through Madison National Life with no increase to rates.
 

Description:  Attached is an extended trip request from OHS for STEM/Science classes to go to Iceland in August 2026.

Description:  Attached is a trip request for the OHS Marching Band to go to Colorado in July.

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Policy 706 establishes guidelines for the acceptance of gifts to the District.  As specified by Minnesota Statute 465.03, the School Board may accept a gift, grant, or property only by the adoption of a resolution approved by two-thirds of its members. Any gifts accepted of more than nominal value (more than $5), shall become property of the District (Policy 421).

The gifts are listed on the attached resolution.