December 2, 2024 at 6:30 PM - Regular Meeting

Description:  MSBA Conference:  Everyone is registered unless you have notified Angel about not attending. MSBA Conference will take place on Thursday, January 16, and Friday, January 17, 2025, at the Minneapolis Convention Center. 

January Meeting:  We will be posting the January meeting date as January 13 beginning at 6:30 pm.  This meeting will be the First Monday in January Organizational Meeting.

The legislative session begins on January 14, 2025 and ends on May 19, 2025. The next budget forecast will be out in February. This will be followed by the Governors' budget. Policy and funding topics that will likely be discussed in some capacity and related to schools would be: READ Act, Per Pupil Formula, LTFM, Compensatory Funding, and more. 

The 2024 MSBA Delegate Assembly will be held at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, December 7. If you would like to preview this year’s resolutions, please access an online version of the 2024 Delegate Assembly Guidebook.

I have been working with the Transportation Department on a strategic planning process to improve morale, safety and security, communication, and radio etiquette. These items will help us to develop a plan to improve many aspects of the transportation department and are based on the IROD process with support from "Hardwiring Excellence in Education".

I have been selected by the Commissioner of Employment and Economic Development as a representative on the Energy Transition Advisory Committee (ETAC) to represent a school district facing revenue loss due to energy transition.  The Energy Transition Advisory Committee was established to develop a statewide energy transition plan and to advise the governor, the commissioner, and the legislature on transition issues, established transition programs, economic initiatives, and transition policy. More information can be found on MN Statute 116J.5492.

Description:  August 15, 2024 Special School Board Meeting
September 9, 2024 Regular School Board Meeting
September 25, 2024 Special School Board Meeting
October 7, 2024 Regular School Board Meeting (corrected from November agenda)
November 4, 2024 Regular School Board Meeting
November 13, 2024 Special School Board Meeting

Description:  I recommend approving the personnel items as presented.

Description:  M.S. 120B.11 requires the school board to adopt the prior year World's Best Workforce Report Summary.  In accordance with Becker School District Policy 601, I, along with Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Carla Nolan recommend adopting the 2023-2024 World's Best Workforce Report Summary.

Description:  Policy 706 Acceptance of Gifts permits the school board to accept donations or gifts under the terms of the policy.  I recommend accepting the gifts as described in the enclosure.  Thank you to those who have donated to our schools and students. 

Description:  Kevin Januszewski and I recommend approving the FY24 financial audit as presented.  The June 30, 2024 unassigned fund balance is 11.68%.   District Policy 714 Fund Balances states that the district will strive to maintain a minimum unassigned general fund balance of 8%.   (KDV Powerpoint Attached).

Description:  Truth in Taxation information will be presented by Kevin Januszewski, Director of Business Services.  I recommend approving the payable 2025 levy in the amount of $12,451,581.00.  This represents a .52% ($64,952.00) increase compared to the 2024 levy.

Description:  I recommend January 13 for the Organizational School Board Meeting

Description:  513 Student Promotion, Retention, and Program Design:  Adopt MSBA's version attached in replacement of our #550 (Student Acceleration) and 556 (Early Admissions), as MSBA's #513 incorporates language from those policies into theirs.

523 Animals in School Buildings and on School Grounds (and forms): First Reading of version proposed by attorneys.