August 14, 2024 at 7:00 PM - August Regular Meeting
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I. Call Hearing to Order
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I.A. Student Fees Hearing
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I.B. Public comment
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There was no public comment.
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II. Adjourn Student Fees Hearing
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III. Call Meeting to Order and Notification of Open Meeting Law
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III.A. Posted in the room
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III.B. Publication of Meeting was provided according to 84-1411
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III.C. District Mission Statement:
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IV. Board Member Roll Call
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V. Approval of the Agenda and changes to the Agenda
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VI. Approval of Consent Agenda
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VI.A. Mintues from the July 8th regular meeting
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VI.B. Claims and Accounts
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VII. Public Comment
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There was none
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VIII. Information Items: Reports
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VIII.A. Administrator reports
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Mrs. Uhl reported the Teammates kickoff will be on Monday, August 19th. She also informed the board about a new program called Books are Fun which will involve students in Grades PK-5. Every student in those grades will walk away with a free book and more incentives can be earned. Mr. Coviello reported that Fall practices began on Monday, August 12th. A discussion was held regarding transporting students to softball practice in Ponca and Homecoming week will be September 9-13.
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VIII.B. Superintendent report
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Dr. Lefdal shared a letter from NDE allowing our substitute teachers to sub more than 90 days per year. Area membership awards were mentioned as well for Harris and Hall. Dr. Lefdal also visited with the board about how our board meetings will now be run through SPARQ Data. He is also looking at placing all our policies on SPARQ as they will keep our policies up to date for us. He also shared information about the latest legislation. We did have an OCR complaint in regard to our website not being disability compliant, especially for the visually impaired. Work will be done to get our website up to compliance.
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VIII.C. Facility report
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Jeff Reed reported they have still been meeting weekly regarding HVAC issues. Will see how room temperatures react with students in the building. Several changes have been made. Still addressing how to address the water coming off the roof. Also discussed playground drainage.
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VIII.D. Board Committee Report
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The transportation committee met, and they discussed ideas about different transportation options.
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IX. Discussion Items
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IX.A. 2024-25 Budget
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Dr. Lefdal informed the board we would need to have a budget amendment hearing for Nutrition and Activities. We will see a substantial increase in property taxes for our district and a small increase in state aid. He is hoping to have the budget worked through by August 22nd.
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X. Action Items
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X.A. Consider, discuss, and take action to approve the 2024-25 substitute teacher pay.
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X.B. Consider, discuss, and take action to approve the updated policies from NASB.
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Discussion was held regarding various policy updates.
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X.C. Consider, discuss, and take action to approve the 2024-25 Student Handbook.
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Dr. Lefdal informed the board that random drug testing was added back into the handbook.
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X.D. Consider, discuss, and take action to set the adult meal prices for the 2024-25 school year at $4.95 for lunch and $2.80 for breakfast.
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X.E. Consider, discuss, and take action to reaffirm the Parent and Family Engagement Policy (1005.03)
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X.F. Consider, discuss, and take action to approve staff training requirements fulfilling requirements for LB 1329.
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X.G. Consider, discuss, and take action to approve the 2024-25 tax authority resolution.
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The school district's property tax request authority is calculated by taking the school district's property tax request from the prior year, adding total non-tax revenue from the prior year, and then increasing the school district's base growth percentage.
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X.H. Consider, discuss, and take action to approve the 2024-25 certified and classified staff handbooks.
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X.I. Consider, discuss, and take action to reaffirm the 2024-25 Student Fee Policy.
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X.J. Consider, discuss, and take action to approve the Homer Education Association as the exclusive bargaining agent for the district's non-supervisory certificated staff for the 2026-27 contract year.
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X.K. Consider, discuss, and take action to approve the opening of a bank account at First Community Bank for the Qualified Capital Purpose Undertaking Funds (QCPUF).
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We are currently putting QCPUF and Special Building funds in the same account. This will save time as well as be more transparent with fund balances.
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XI. Next Meeting
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The budget Amendment hearing will be on August 29th at 7:00pm.
The budget hearing and tax levy will be on September 12th at 7:30pm. The next regular board meeting will be on September 16th at 7:00pm. |
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XII. Adjournment
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