September 25, 2023 at 5:30 PM - Regular Board Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER
Bohnsack, Hesse, Nierenhausen, Schurman, Thompson

2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The School Board Chair will lead the school board and attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance.

3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Board action to approve the agenda for the meeting is expected.

4. CONSENT ITEMS
Action is requested on the following items of the consent agenda. Consent agenda items are typically adopted without discussion of the individual items because they are routine or ordinary in action.  Any consent agenda item may be removed for further discussion and deliberation by any member of the board.

4.A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes from the Regular Board Meeting held on September 11, 2023. 
Recommend approval of the minutes from the meetings.

4.B. APPROVAL OF BILLS
Treasurer Nierenhausen will have been at the school site to review bills, ask questions, and confirm information prior to the meeting.
Recommendation is to approve the bill payment of $2,614,165.26 subject to any adjustments or direction offered by the Treasurer.

4.C. TREASURER REPORT
Treasurer Nierenhausen will have reviewed financial information for the board. This information is included in the Treasurer's Report.

4.D. LANE CHANGES
The Master Agreement with our teaching staff allows our teachers to request a lane change in September, December and March of each school year. A report of the requested lane changes is included in your documents for approval. Once approved, the change becomes part of their pay the following month.
Recommendation: Approve the lane changes as presented. 

4.E. EMPLOYMENT
Recommend approval of the assignment as outlined.

4.E.1. District Education Facility-Childcare Aide: Sam Drontle

4.F. RETIREMENTS-RESIGNATIONS
Recommend approval of the following resignations and/or retirements.

4.F.1. Resignation-Cold Spring Elementary-Special Education Teacher:  Amy Johnson-Weston

4.G. FACILITIES AND GROUNDS EQUIPMENT AND REDUCTION REQUEST
Brent Neisinger has deemed 130 chairs, 40 desks, 15 filing cabinets,10 tables as obsolete and request for disposal.
Recommendation: Approve the designation of obsolete equipment.

5. ACTION
Action items receive individual attention because of the nature of the issues, the need to discuss or review the information prior to taking action, or the specific kind of action required for the item.

5.A. RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT A DONATION
Be It Resolved, by the School Board of ISD 750, ROCORI, as follows, that the following donation be accepted with gratitude: Thank you to all the organizations and individuals for their donations. 
The school district appreciates your generosity and continued support. 
Recommend adoption of the resolution to accept the donation

5.B. POLICY 
Bullying Prevention Policy 514
The following policy has been reviewed by the policy committee and is being presented for a third and final reading.
Recommendation: Approve the policy as presented as directed by the policy committee.

5.C. POLICIES
The following policies have been reviewed by the policy committee. They are being presented for a first reading. Any changes are following the MSBA language.
Recommendation: Approve the policies as presented.

5.C.1. 705 Investments

5.C.2. 401 Equal Employment Opportunity

5.C.3. 703 Annual Audit

5.C.4. 407 Right to Know - Exposure to Hazardous Substances

5.D. POLICIES
The following policies have been reviewed by the policy committee. It has been recommended they be removed from the ROCORI District Policy Manual.
Recommendation: Approve the discontinuation of the policies.

5.D.1. 540 Policy Regarding Assaultive Behaviors

5.D.2. 542 Behavior Intervention Policy

5.E. APPROVE PRELIMINARY LEVY
The levy implementation process is conducted in two stages--initial certification and final certifications of the tax assessments applied within the School District. In order to prepare and finalize the levy authorization, initial action is required in September to set the expected tax levy within the district.
Recommendation: Approve the initial maximum levy authority, with final amounts to be approved in December.

5.F. BUSINESS MANAGER SERVICES: CESO

6. DISCUSSION ITEMS
Discussion items receive individual attention because of the nature of the issues and the need for introductory or other discussion in order to review the information prior to taking action.  This is also the agenda location for items which simply need school board review, but no formal action on the item is required.  Discussion items will typically return to the agenda at a future point for more specific action.

6.A. POLICIES
The following policies have been discussed in the policy committee.  It is being presented for a first reading and call for public comment.  No formal action is expected.

6.A.1. 421 Gifts to Employees and School Board Members

6.B. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER VACANCY

7. ADMINISTRATIVE AND BOARD REPORTS

7.A. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT
The Superintendent will make his report about ROCORI Public Schools.

7.B. BUDGET COMPARISON REPORT AUGUST 2023
The business office provides an update of district expenditures and revenues through the Budget Comparison report. The report is intended to provide a financial picture of the district in a couple ways. One is to compare current year expenditures to the previous year. The second is to simply give a report on the current financial status. In addition to the report, special items of note are highlighted in the explanations offered. This report does not require formal action but is provided as an informational item.

7.C. BOARD COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS
Board members will report on activities within their portfolio of committee and representative assignments.

8. COMMENTS AND REQUESTS FROM VISITORS
The agenda is open to visitors of the meeting to offer comments to and/or requests of the school board. The comments and requests should follow the adopted district guidelines which are printed and available at the meeting.  As a general rule, items introduced in the opportunity for comments and requests do not receive action from the School Board, but are taken under advisement or consideration for future action.

9. UPCOMING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
A calendar of upcoming issues of concern to the school board is included as part of the agenda.

10. ADJOURN