March 3, 2026 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting
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1. Call Regular Meeting To Order
Presenter:
Board Chair
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2. Welcome
Presenter:
Board Chair
Description:
Guests attending the meeting will be introduced.
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3. Lane Education Service District Statement of Accountability: Land Acknowledgment
Presenter:
Board Member
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Lane ESD acknowledges that the lands we call Lane County - the lands that sustain our children, our future, and our collective well-being - are the traditional ancestral home of the Kalapuya, Siuslaw, Molalla, and other indigenous people who have lived in Lane County since time immemorial. Native children, families, and communities bear witness to a legacy of displacement and forced relocation. As an educational institution we are accountable for addressing the current and former silencing, erasure and genocide of native people in Oregon and Turtle Island. We aim to join with indigenous people, honoring their resilience, courage, and self-determination in a purposeful pursuit of justice. |
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4. Public Participation
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This is an opportunity for the audience to address the Board on topics either on, or not on, the agenda. There will also be opportunities for the audience to comment on specific agenda items as the Board addresses them.
Comments Regarding Staff Members - Speakers may offer objective criticism of ESD operations and programs. The Board will not hear comments regarding any individual ESD staff member. The Board chair will direct the visitor to the procedures in Board policy KL - Public Complaints for Board consideration of a complaints involving a staff member. The association contract governing the employee's rights will be followed. A commendation involving a staff member should be sent to the superintendent, who will forward it to the staff member, his/her supervisor and the Board. The Board requests that a public comment add information or a perspective that has not already been mentioned previously, and that the patron refrains from repeating a similar point. To make a comment or present a topic during public comment, if the opportunity is available on the Board agenda, please complete the Intent to Speak card and submit it to the Board secretary prior to the start of the meeting. An individual that has submitted an Intent to Speak card and has been invited to speak by the Board chair, will be allowed three minutes. Any person, who is invited by the Board chair to speak to the Board during a meeting, should state his/her name and address and, if speaking for an organization, the name of the organization. A spokesperson should be designated to represent a group with a common purpose. |
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5. Agenda Review
Presenter:
Board Chair
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6. Presentation: Lane ESD | District Equity Committee | Upbeat Survey
Presenter:
District Equity Committee (DEC)
Description:
The Board of Directors of Lane ESD will hear a presentation from the district's Equity Committee members, Alyssa Leraas, Echo Ingram, Eric Anderson and Morgan Christensen.
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7. Action Items
Presenter:
Board Chair
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7.A. Consent Agenda
Presenter:
Board Chair
Description:
The Lane ESD Board of Directors has agreed to implement a consent agenda. All items in the consent agenda are adopted by a single motion unless a member of the Board or the Superintendent requests that such item be removed from the consent agenda and acted upon separately.
Generally, consent agenda items are matters which members of the Board agree are routine in nature and should be acted upon in one motion to conserve time and to enable the Board to focus on the other matters on the agenda. Back-up materials for consent agenda items are included in the agenda packet as needed. Minutes of this meeting will reflect action on each item. If any board member wishes to withdraw any consent group item, it will be moved to the appropriate section of the agenda. BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of Lane ESD adopts the consent group as submitted and listed below. 1. Lane ESD Board Meeting Minutes of February 3rd, 2026
2. Human Resource Report, dated March 1st, 2026 3. Authorize Contracts for Licensed Staff for 2026-27 4. Authorize Contracts for Licensed, Administrative Staff for 2026-27
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7.B. Accept Financial Report
Presenter:
Board Chair
Description:
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of Lane ESD accepts the Financial Report for January 2026.
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7.C. Consideration of Possible Board Action Related to Executive Session Hearing
Presenter:
Chair Harris
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Consideration of possible Board action related to the hearing held in executive session. |
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7.D. Grant Proposal | Rooted and Connect: A Youth-Centered Substance Use Prevention Initiative
Presenter:
Superintendent Scurto
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The purpose of this grant is to provide funding to develop projects or expand services that promote community health and well-being by addressing upstream risk factors such as food insecurity, housing instability, and social isolation. Projects may include culturally responsive family supports, youth programming, and services that improve access to basic needs. The goal is to strengthen community resilience, reduce risk factors associated with substance use, and advance health equity for those most impacted by social and economic disparities.
The proposal will impact students, schools, and communities that are directly and indirectly served by these programs positively. Suggested motion: BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of Lane ESD approves the Youth-Centered Substance Use Prevention Initiative grant proposal.
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7.E. Local Service Plan Update
Presenter:
Superintendent Scurto
Description:
The following are districts who have submitted approval resolutions.
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7.E.1. Acknowledge Component District Approval of the 2025–2028 Local Service Plan - Year 2
Presenter:
Superintendent Scurto
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7.F. Second Reading: Adopt Policy Updates and Recommendations
Presenter:
Board Chair
Description:
The Board shall exercise its rule-making power by adopting policies consistent with the Oregon Revised Statutes, Oregon Administrative Rules or opinions of a court of competent authority, for its own governance and for the organization and operation of Lane ESD. The Board accepts the definition of policy set forth by the National School Boards Association:
School Board policies are statements which set forth the purposes and prescribe in general terms the organization and program of a school system. They create a framework within which the superintendent and his/her staff can discharge their assigned duties with positive direction. They tell what is wanted.
Such policies may be adopted, amended or repealed at any Board meeting provided that the proposed adoption, amendment or repeal shall have been proposed at a previous Board meeting and, once proposed, shall have remained on the agenda of each succeeding meeting until approved or rejected and except that the Board may adopt, amend or repeal policies at any meeting of the Board in the event of an actual emergency, as determined at the sole discretion of the Board. Additionally, when in the best interests of the district immediate adoption of a proposed policy is necessary, the Board may adopt such policy at the first meeting in which it is presented. Policies shall be adopted, amended or repealed by the affirmative vote of four or more Board members. Policies and amendments adopted by the Board will be attached to, and made a part of, the minutes of the meeting at which they are adopted and also will be included in the ESD’s policy manual. The Board shall communicate its position on matters of public policy and shall interact with the community, other governmental bodies and agencies and the media through the spokesperson designated by the Board. |
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7.F.1. Section J: Students | Recommend Adopt | Parts JHFE/GBNAB to JOD
Presenter:
Chair, Superintendent Scurto
Description:
Lane ESD has engaged with OSBA to complete a desk rewrite of the Board Policy Manual. Presented for second read are parts JHFE/GBNAB to JOD of Section J. These updates were first read at the February 3rd, 2026 meeting of the Board of Directors. Policy Section J: Students - Suspected Abuse of a Child Reporting Requirements** JHFE/GBNAB - Proposed Adopt- Reporting of Suspected Abuse of a Child JHFE/GBNABAR(1) - Proposed Adopt - Abuse of a Child Investigations Conducted on ESD Premises JHFE/GBNABAR(2) - Proposed Adopt - Suspected Sexual Conduct with Students and Reporting Requirements JHFF/GBNAA - Proposed Adopt - Suspected Sexual Conduct Report Procedures and Form JHFF/GBNAA-AR - Proposed Adopt - Student Fees, Fines and Charges JN - Proposed Adopt - Education Records/Records of Students with Disabilities** JO/IGBAB - Proposed Adopt - Education Records/Records of Students with Disabilities Management JO/IGBAB-AR - Proposed Adopt - Directory Information** JOA - Proposed Adopt - Personally Identifiable Information** JOB - Proposed Adopt - Legal Names of Students JOC - Proposed Adopt BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of Lane ESD adopt policy updates as presented.
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7.F.2. Section J: Students | Recommend Adopt Policy Deletions | Parts JHFE/GBNAB to JOD
Presenter:
Superintendent Scurto
Description:
The policy deletions for Section J were presented at the Regular Meeting of the Board for first read on February 3rd, 2026.
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7.F.3. Section E: Support Services | Recommend Adopt
Presenter:
Chair, Superintendent Scurto
Description:
Presented for second read is Section E, previously presented at the Regular Meeting of the Board for first read on June 3rd, 2025. Policy Section E: Administration BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of Lane ESD adopt policy updates as presented.
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7.F.4. Section E: Support Services | Recommend Adopt Policy Deletions
Presenter:
Superintendent Scurto
Description:
The policy deletions for Section E were presented at the Regular Meeting of the Board for first read on June 3rd, 2025.
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8. Discussion/Reports
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8.A. Legislative Update
Presenter:
Superintendent Tony Scurto
Description:
Superintendent Scurto will provide an update in legislative activities if there are any updates.
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8.B. Superintendent Report
Presenter:
Superintendent Tony Scurto
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8.C. Pending Policy
Presenter:
Superintendent Scurto
Description:
Policy sections held over for OSBA updates or updated information.
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8.C.1. Pending Policy from Section E: Support Services
Presenter:
Superintendent Scurto
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Local Wellness EFA - HOLD *updated draft to Policy Committee |
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9. Information from Administrative Staff
Presenter:
Administrative Staff
Description:
The Directors of School Improvement, Special Education, and Technology have submitted written reports to the Board on matters of interest concerning their area of responsibility.
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10. Board Member Reports and Comments/Agenda Planning
Presenter:
Lane ESD Board, Liaisons, Advisors
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10.A. Agenda Planning
Presenter:
Board Chair
Description:
Board members are invited to send agenda items to be considered for the next board meeting. Please call or email to the Board Chair or Superintendent.
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10.B. Board Member Reports
Presenter:
Board, Advisors, Liaisons
Description:
Board members are asked to submit their reports in writing to be attached to Boardbook. Reports can be sent to the Executive Assistant in advance of the meeting.
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11. Announcements/Correspondence
Presenter:
Board Chair
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11.A. Announcements
Presenter:
Board Chair
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11.A.1. Classified Employee Appreciation Week
Presenter:
Superintendent Scurto, Board Chair
Description:
Classified Employee Appreciation Week is celebrated every year during the first full week of March. Classified employees are the backbone of our public education system by working directly with students, educators, parents, volunteers, business partners and community members.
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11.A.2. Lane ESD Board Member Activities and Opportunities
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12. Adjournment
• The next regular meeting is scheduled to be held Tuesday, April 7th, at the Lane ESD Main Campus, 1200 Highway 99 N, Eugene.
Presenter:
Chair Harris
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