November 16, 2022 at 8:30 AM - Regular Meeting
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1. ESU Coordinating Council Information
Speaker(s):
Board President
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2. Call to Order
Speaker(s):
Board President
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Discussion:
Meeting called to order at 8:30 AM.
Staff: Kraig Lofquist, Deb Hericks, Priscilla Quintana, Scott Isaacson, Craig Peterson
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3. Roll Call
Speaker(s):
Board President
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4. Consent Agenda Items
Speaker(s):
President
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Action Item
Discussion:
The Board President shared consent items to be approved.
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4.1. Approval of Minutes
Speaker(s):
Board President
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4.2. Coop Contracts
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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4.2.1. Special Buy agreement with Scholastic
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Consent Item
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4.2.2. Special Buy agreement with Capstone
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Consent Item
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4.2.3. Extension to Special Buy agreement with Staples
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Consent Item
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4.2.4. Special Buy agreement with Newsela
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Consent Item
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4.2.5. Special Buy Agreement for Global Grid for Learning (GG4L)
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Consent Item
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4.2.6. Special Buy agreement with WeVideo
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Consent Item
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5. ESU Share Out Topics
Speaker(s):
Board President
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6. Petitions and Communications to the Board
Speaker(s):
Board President
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Discussion:
Paul Calvert and Deb Paulman will be retiring the end of June. ESU 5, 7, 13 have been working on an orientation plan. ESU 3 discussed the flyer with all the mandated trainings and NDE also has a document. Both documents are now up to date.
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6.1. Learning Community Update
Speaker(s):
Bradley Ekwerekwu
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Discussion:
Bradley Ekwerekwu was present to share updates from the Learning Community. They are in the process of electing new officials, to have 6 new faces on their Board in January. They are working on working on a building a 3rd facility in Southwest Omaha.
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6.2. State Board of Education and Nebraska Department of Education Report
Speaker(s):
Nebraska Department of Education
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Discussion:
Shirley Vargas was present to give NDE updates. Schools designation information will be released on November 23, 2022.
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6.2.1. NDE - Teacher Certification
Speaker(s):
Clayton Waddle
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Discussion:
Clayton Waddle was present to share updates on teacher certification. Double staff since 2019. Website has regular updates based on support tickets. Average of two weeks or less before an analysis is assigned. Communicaiton plan which includes presentations, targets emails,etc. LB 1281 allows the Commissioner to set certification fees.
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6.3. Association of Education Service Agency's Report
Speaker(s):
AESA Representative
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Discussion:
The AESA National Conference is coming up in the last week of November in Atlanta, GA. Our ESUs have several presentations. ESU 3 and 16 will be presenting our ESU standards process. They are continuing conversations with Secretary Cardona on student teacher stipends. They will meet again in December. We have extended an offer to Secretary Cardona to come visit Nebraska.
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7. Executive Reports
Speaker(s):
Board President
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7.1. Executive Director Report
Speaker(s):
Executive Director Lofquist
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Discussion:
The Executive Director shared updates. He is working on getting the Hanover license information out to the ESUs. The remaining funds will be used in professional development work which was approved at the NDE Board meeting in November. Mental Health Advisory meetings include NDE, ESUs and other departments to discuss LB 852. We continue to work on the LB112 - Computer Science Act.
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7.1.1. ESUCC Redesign: Update
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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7.1.1.1. Lead
Speaker(s):
Committee Cahir
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Discussion:
The committee chairs gave updates from their first meeting. Began with discussions on revamping PDO.
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7.1.1.2. Advocate
Speaker(s):
Committee Cahir
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Discussion:
This committee has not met.
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7.1.1.3. Influence
Speaker(s):
Committee Cahir
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Discussion:
The committee chairs met to begin their work. They will begin their work looking at the ESU's standards and infographics. They plan to create a communications plan.
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7.1.1.4. Invest
Speaker(s):
Committee Cahir
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Discussion:
This committee has not met.
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7.2. Executive Committee Report
Speaker(s):
Board President
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Discussion:
The Board President gave updates from the committee. The Executive Director's evaluation is now complete. We have a draft agenda for our Rule 84 meeting with NDE for January. We have begun the draft MSA for 2023-2024. Discussion regarding the 504 Plan that is new to the SRS System, adding a tier structure to the MSA for fees. There will be a calendar change for our October 2023 meeting, which will be moved to October 2-3, 2023 so that members can attend the Call to Action meeting in Washington DC.
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7.2.1. Approve Claims, Financials Statements, and Assets for Month of September
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
The Treasurer reviewed the claims, financial statements, and assets for the month of September.
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7.2.2. Approval of October Expenses to be paid in November.
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
The Treasurer reviewed the October expenses to be paid in November.
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7.2.3. Recommend approval of December Claims as approved by Executive Director
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
The Board President requested approval of December claims to be paid in December as approved by the Executive Director. December claims to be approved by the Board in January.
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8. Public Comment
Speaker(s):
Board President
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Discussion:
There was no public comment.
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9. Recommendations from Standing Committees and Project Reports
Speaker(s):
Board President
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9.1. Information Services Committee
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
The Committee Chair shared updates from the committee meeting. Shared updates on GEER funding. Discussion on the interlocal for cybersecurity.
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9.2. Education Resources
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
The Committee Chair shared updates from the committee meeting. NDE presented to the committee The Coherence Project. Discussed the repurposed funds from Hanover Research. We are awaiting the contract from NDE.
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9.3. Legal Committee
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
The Committee Chair shared updates from the committee meeting. Coop sales are up for the third quarter. Updates for the upcoming legislative session. The ESU Legislative Day will be on February 14, 2023.
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9.3.1. Approve Interlocal Agreement with Loup Basin Public Health Department
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
The Committee Chair reviewed the Interlocal Agreement with Loup Basin Public Health Department.
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9.3.2. Approve Interlocal Agreement with Panhandle Public Health District
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
The Committee Chair reviewed the Interlocal Agreement with Panhandle Public Health District.
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10. Board Orientation
Speaker(s):
Barrett, Polk, McNiff
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Discussion:
There has been a Board Orientation committee to create a process around orienting new board members.
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11. NEW ESU Chief Administrators
Speaker(s):
Executive Director Lofquist
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Discussion:
Discussion on the salary array is still not completed. Please add your information to the spreadsheet. What can we do to make the transition to a new ESUCC Board member? Acronymns are huge. Maybe a boot camp of sorts. Take several months of information from board meetings and share important topics/discussions to help keep them up with what we are currently discussing.
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12. Leadership and Learning
Speaker(s):
Sarah Salem
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Discussion:
There was no leadership and learning.
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13. Adjournment
Speaker(s):
Board President
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Procedural Item
Discussion:
The meeting was adjourned at 10:55 AM.
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