August 22, 2022 at 5:30 PM - Regular School Board Meeting

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__ Deborah Bandel	__ Timothy Jensen	__ Eric Schuster
__ Nikki Gieseke	__ Jolayne Mohs	__ Mark Sebring
__ Lori Weisenburger
__ Superintendent Elstad	__ Student Representative Jace Forcelle   __ Student Representative Hailey Kjersten

Description:  The attached policies are being presented for a first reading by the school board. They have been reviewed by the policy committee.

New text is shown with underlined words and text with strikethroughs indicates text that should be deleted. 

• 506 - Student Discipline
• 515 - Protection and Privacy of Pupil Records
• 524 - Electronic  Technologies Acceptable Use
• 903 - Visitors to School District Buildings and Sites
• 950 - Public Data Requests
• 406 Form - Public and Private Personnel Data

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.

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State law requires a public entity to conduct a public hearing when it intends to increase local tax rates.  The specific dates for the hearing are established by the county and should be approved by the School Board as a matter of providing appropriate public notice.  The Truth in Taxation meeting will be scheduled for December 12, 2022 at 6:00 pm.

Description:  The attached policies were made available to the full board at the July 11, 2022 meeting for a first reading. The policies are attached here again for a second reading and consideration for approval. Underlined text is new text, and text with strikethroughs represents text that is to be deleted. Policy 504 has minor updates to text and the rest of the policies are for review only.

504 - Student Dress and Appearance

Review only:

• 410 - Family and Medical Leave Policy
• 415 - Mandated Reporting of Maltreatment of Vulnerable Adults
• 522 - Title IX Sex Nondiscrimination Policy, Grievance Procedures and Process
• 806 - Crisis Management

Description:  To comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Affordable Care Act regulations, the District uses an hourly rate for casual workers in order to accurately track the number of hours these employees work in the District. The Act requires the District to offer benefits to all employees working 30 hours or more per week. With this rate schedule, the District is able to properly track hours worked for these positions to ensure that we are applying benefits accurately and consistently. 

A summary of recommendations for hourly rates for casual workers for the 2022-2023 school year is attached.

Description:  In June, the Board approved the breakfast and lunch prices along with the preliminary budget for 2022-2023. The state recently released guidelines for meal prices. Based on those guidelines, Owatonna Public Schools will need to adjust the adult lunch prices to $4.95. All other meal prices will remain the same as previously approved by the Board in June.

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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.