July 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM - ESUCC Budget Preview and Board Meeting
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1. Call to Order
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Procedural Item
Discussion:
ESUCC Board President, Brenda McNiff, called the meeting to order at 3:00pm.
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1.1. Roll Call
Speaker(s):
Board President
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Procedural Item
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2. Welcome Visitors
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
Members of NCSA attended the meeting.
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3. Public Comment
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
No public comments provided.
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4. Consent Agenda Items
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
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4.1. Approval of Minutes
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
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4.2. Policy 1007. Committees
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
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4.3. Policy 1008. Standing Committees
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
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4.4. Policy 3002. Funds Management
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
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4.5. Policy 3011. Distance Education Project
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
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4.6. Approve the Distance Learning Director for 2025 - 2026, Andrew Easton
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
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4.7. Approve Home Base for Staff for Next Year
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
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5. Claims, Financial Statements, and Assets for the Month(s) of April and May
Speaker(s):
ESUCC Treasurer
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Discussion:
ESUCC CEO Dr. Polk reviewed the attached May 2025 Budget Summary.
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6. June Expenses to be paid in July
Speaker(s):
ESUCC Treasurer
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
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7. Authorization for the CEO to pay the August bills in the absence of the August Board Meeting
Speaker(s):
ESUCC Treasurer
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
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8. Budget Preview
Speaker(s):
CEO Polk
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
ESUCC CEO Dr. Polk reviewed the attached Budget Pre-View for 2025-2026.
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9. Policy 1005. Officers
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
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10. Policy 4017. Anti-Discrimination and Harassment and Policy 4020. Equal Opportunity Employment Changes
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
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11. ESUCC Evaluation Policies
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
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12. Committee Structure for 2025 - 2027
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Discussion:
ESUCC Board President, Dr. McNiff reviewed the attached Committee Membership document.
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13. ESUCC Board Officers for 2025 - 2027
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Discussion:
ESUCC Board President will be Dr. Bill Heimann.
ESUCC Board President - Elect: Drs. Laura Barrett and Melissa Wheelock were nominated. After a secret ballot vote, Dr. Melissa Wheelock was in the majority for the ESUCC Board President-Elect. Board Secretary: James McGown, Drew Harris, and Dr. Laura Barrett were nominated. After a secret ballot vote, Dr. Laura Barrett was in the majority for the ESUCC Board Secretary. Board Treasurer: Geraldine Erickson is the Board Treasurer. |
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14. Petitions and Communications to the Board
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
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14.1. NCSA - Ambassador Program Updates
Speaker(s):
Kevin Wingard, NCSA
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
NCSA Ambassador, Dr. Kevin Wingard attended to provide a quick update. NCSA Associate Executive Director Dr. Troy Loeffelholz discussed mentoring and working with the ESUCC Leadership Cadre in efforts to support and retain principals. NCSA Communications Manager, Tyler Dahlgren, notified the board that NCSA is always looking for stories for their publication and would be willing to go out to ESUs and schools to get stories.
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15. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Report
Speaker(s):
CEO Polk
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
ESUCC CEO Dr. Polk reviewed the linked CEO Report to the Board - July 2025.
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16. SPARQ Negotiations
Speaker(s):
Dr. Brian Maschmann and Darion Miller
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
Board member and ESU 6 Administrator, Dr. Maschmann and Sparq Data Solutions Client Service Manager, Darion Miller, reviewed the attached Revised Sparq Negotiations document.
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17. ESU Share Out and New Chief Administrator Topics
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
Dr. Schnoes - AESA Summer Leadership Event took place in Austin, Texas. The AESA Advocacy event in Washington will be coming up in September. The AESA Regional Symposium will be held in October in Omaha.
Geraldine Erickson wanted to express the importance of knowing the changes to Medicaid in public schools. |
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18. Adjournment
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Procedural Item
Discussion:
The ESUCC Budget Preview and Board Meeting adjourned at 4:43pm.
Minutes respectfully submitted by Mindy Reed, Executive Secretary to the ESUCC CEO. |
