February 3, 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
Agenda Item Type:
Procedural Item
Discussion:
Call to order 8:30 AM.
Staff: Kraig Loquist, Deb Hericks, Priscilla Quintana, Scott Isaacson, Craig Peterson
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3. Roll Call
Speaker(s):
Board President
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4. Approval of Minutes
Speaker(s):
Board President
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Action Item
Discussion:
The President reviewed minutes to be approved.
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5. ESU Share Out Topics
Speaker(s):
Board President
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Discussion:
Administrators share updates on events they have hosted and upcoming events.
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6. Petitions and Communications to the Board
Speaker(s):
Board President
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6.1. EHA Update
Speaker(s):
Linda Kenedy
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Discussion:
Linda Kenedy was present to share updates from EHA and the use of Headspace for educators.
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6.2. Audit Presentation by Seim Johnson
Speaker(s):
Darren Osten
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Discussion:
Darren Osten, Seim Johnson presented the FY 2020-21 audit to the Board.
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6.3. Learning Community Update
Speaker(s):
Bradley Ekwerekwu
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Discussion:
Not present.
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6.4. State Board of Education and Nebraska Department of Education Report
Speaker(s):
Nebraska Department of Education
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
Russ Masco, NDE was present to give updates from NDE.
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6.5. Association of Education Service Agency's Report
Speaker(s):
AESA Representative
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
The President shared that he was elected to the AESA Board. There will be a Central Region networking meeting in Minneapolis this October.
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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
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
The Executive Director gave updates on the Federal Advocacy meeting that was held virtually. An update on Powerschool, Sheri Schultis has taken a different position and we will be hiring Becky Sosalla. He also gave some legislative updates on current legislation. Discussed the salary increase for the Executive Director for 2022-23. Reviewed the updates to the committee meeting times for 2022-23.
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7.1.1. ESUCC Redesign: Update
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
We will be meeting on April 8th at ESU 3 and Joan Wade and Doreen Marvin will be walking us through the process to review our bold steps.
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7.1.1.1. ESU Standards
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
Working to create some consistency on how the standards are utilized.
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7.1.1.2. Joint Decision Making Parameters
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
Nothing to report.
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7.1.1.3. SIMPL Inventory & Value Add Combined
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
The Committee Chair gave updates on their SIMPL work with PDO this year. We will share out information with Sneators at our legislative day next week.
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7.1.1.4. Value Proposition
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
Nothing to report.
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7.2. Executive Committee Report
Speaker(s):
Board President
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Discussion:
The President gave updates on discussions in committee. Discussed adding a consent agenda to our policies for future meetings. Shared results on adding a grant writer to the MSA. Shared the updates on the ESUCC calendar for 2022-2024. The Executive Director shared updates to the MSA for 2022-2023 to be approved next month.
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7.2.1. Approve Claims, Financials Statements, and Assets for Month of December
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Action Item
Discussion:
Treasurer reviewed claims, financial statements and assets for the month of December.
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7.2.2. Approval of January Expenses to be paid in February
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Discussion:
The Treasurer reviewed January expenses to be paid in February.
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7.2.3. Accept ESUCC Audit 2020-21
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Discussion:
Seim Johnson presented the FY 2020-21 audit to the board.
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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 discussions in committee. The GEER Projects are winding down. The Future Ready Digital Learning Collaborative continues to work on securing funding for some future projects. Reviewed staff reports.
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9.2. Education Resources
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
The Committee Chair shared discussions in committee. There were presentations and reports given from several people to this committee.
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9.3. Legal Committee
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
The Committee Chair shared discussions in committee and review of contracts to be approved. Bromm's were present to share legislative updates.
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9.3.1. Approve 2022-ESUCC-Annual Buy awards
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Discussion:
The Committee Chair shared the Annual Buy bids for approval.
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9.3.2. Approve Extension to 2021-2022 Food Buy agreement with Sysco
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Discussion:
The Committee Chair shared the Food Buy contract to be approved.
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9.3.3. Approve Special Buy agreement with NetSupport Inc.
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Discussion:
The Committee Chair shared the NetSupport Inc. contract to be approved.
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9.3.4. Approve Special Buy agreement with Voss Lighting
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Discussion:
The Committee Chair shared the Voss Lightening contract to be approved.
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9.3.5. Approve Addendum to Special Buy with Syscloud
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Discussion:
The Committee Chair shared the Syscloud contract to be approved.
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9.3.6. Approve Special Buy agreement with Dreambox/Reading Plus
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Discussion:
The Committee Chair shared the Dreambox/ Reading Plus contract to be approved.
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9.3.7. Approve Special Buy agreement with Renaissance Learning for Freckle
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Discussion:
The Committee Chair shared the Freckle contract to be approved.
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10. NEW ESU Chief Administrators
Speaker(s):
Executive Director Lofquist
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
Discussed that a group that has been making public records requests for information regarding liabilities, bonding, etc. Shared information from Business Managers on their request to have Kevin Lyons attend their MArch meeting to discuss core service dollars and coding that goes along with the AFR reporting process. Discussed conference, travel and cell phone procedures for staff.
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11. Leadership and Learning
Speaker(s):
Sarah Salem
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12. Adjournment
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Procedural Item
Discussion:
Meeting adjourned at 11:51 AM.
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