November 18, 2015 at 8:30 AM - Regular Meeting

Discussion:  Call to order at 8:30 AM

Discussion:  Staff: David Ludwig, Deb Hericks, Beth Kabes, Priscilla Quintana, Craig Peterson (DL) Guest: Karen Haase, Curt Bromm, Jason Bromm

Discussion:  Freida Lange, NDE was presented to discuss AQuESTT. The role of the ESUs will be continued systems of support. All schools in the state are in need of support to continuously improve. November 1, 2015 the assurance statement were due, evidence based analysis (EBA). Next NDE Board meeting, December 4, 2015 the announcement of the three priority schools. The focus will be on continuous improvement, standards for quality schools. Diagnostic reviews will be done in March, 2016. April-June will be creating the action plans to be presented to the NDE Board in August 2016. Phase Two will be implementing the School Improvement Plan (SIP). Review, monitor and submit evidence to NDE Board in 2017. The EBA will be done by all schools annually. There will only ever be three priority schools identified. Phase Three will be to continue on the improvement plans. AQuESTT tenets are Key Investments. Executive Director reviewed the November NDE Board Meeting.

Discussion:  AESA Annual Conference in first week of December. Jeff West is the new President Elect of AESA. Congratulations to Jeff West on his election to the AESA Board.

Discussion:  Executive Director was able to be at NDE to see the nine pilot schools staging in action.

Discussion:  Curt and Jason Bromm gave an overview of their services as lobbyist for ESUCC. Curt gave a historical background of his time/services with the state as legislator and lobbyist. They look forward to getting the voice of ESUCC/ESU out among the legislators and educate them as to what ESUCC/ESU do for the state. They shared their vision of what they expect to see in the legislator this upcoming short session.

Discussion:  President West reviewed the discussion held in Executive Committee. The workshop for PPACA (Affordable Care Act) is to be held on December 16, 2015 via DL across the state with ESU 2 being the host site. There will be a sub committee of member of the Exec Committee and the FAB Committee to review the way we invoice for the MSA (Master Service Agreement). Executive Director and NASB will be meeting with AESA on insurance.

Discussion:  Executive Director and Kraig Lofquist met and reviewed the notes from 2007 and updated the goals. The list is not all inclusive, invite board members to add to the goals. Send any comments to Executive Director.

Discussion:  There was no public comment.

Discussion:  Committee Chair reviewed budget reports.

Discussion:  Committee Chair reviewed the financial statements for the month of October.

Discussion:  Committee Chair reviewed the October expenses paid in November.

Discussion:  Committee chair reviewed the payment procedure.

Discussion:  Committee chair submitted his resignation as of December 31, 2015.

Discussion:  Committee recommends to appoint Dan Schnoes, ESU 3 as the new Board Treasurer.

Discussion:  Approve the addition of Dan Schnoes and Brian Gegg on the Union Bank and Trust account. Suggest that the ESUCC leave Dennis Radford on the bank account for emergency reasons.

Discussion:  Scott Isaacson gave an update on the progress of work being currently done on Tech Plan. Some of the new hardware has been delivered and starting to be installed.

Discussion:  On review of the storage area network (SAN) component of the hardware purchase, the vendors discovered a flaw in the configuration of the unit as originally proposed. Additional disk drives and licensing are needed to achieve the performance and redundancy expected. The attached quote addresses these issues and results in an increase in the cost of this component of $6,558.55, from $24,200.40 originally quoted, to $30,758.95 as in the attached quote. While the cost of this SAN has increased, the project overall remains under its original budget amount of funds received from NDE.

Discussion:  Committee Chair review discussion held within the Coop Committee meeting.

Discussion:  ETA hand2mind is a company that deals with educational manipulatives, instructional curriculum, and learning kits to include product lines; VersaTiles, Reading Rods, Home Team Advantage, Hands-On Standards, Paths to Problem Solving, The Super Source, and others.

Discussion:  Agreement Expired November 6, 2015. Coop Director Peterson has been trying since August to get this renewed with Adobe but hadn't receive the renewal documents. He is also working with Adobe to correct the Agency name and mailing addresses on the documents. The Cumulative Licensing Program (“CLP”) is a flexible volume licensing program offered through Adobe Volume Licensing. The CLP applies the same discount level to all of Member’s and its Self-enrolled Consortium Members’ qualified Adobe software purchases (“Software”) during the Term

Discussion:  The agreement allows schools in Nebraska to order Licenses and services at academic pricing through Microsoft re-sellers. The agreement is being provided in Draft form because Microsoft will send an electronic signature request and will not accept hard copy format. The attached document will allow Legal to review and approve having Executive Director sign the digital version. Current Agreement doesn't expire until February 1, 2016.

Discussion:  The City of Pawnee City passed a Resolution on November 9, 2015 to enter into an Interlocal Agreement between the City of Pawnee City and ESUCC for the solicitation of public bids and enter into contracts on its own behalf and to purchase supplies, material, equipment, and services

Discussion:  The City of Alliance is wanting to enter into an Interlocal Agreement between the City of Alliance and ESUCC for the solicitation of public bids and enter into contracts on its own behalf and to purchase supplies, material, equipment, and services. The City of Alliance plans to have this as an agenda item at a future board meeting, either November 17 or December 1.

Discussion:  Committee Chair reviewed the discussions held at PD Committee. PD Planning Committee will begin to create a log term goals for PDO. New calendar has been started for the 2016-2018. ESUCC was not selected for the i3 Development grant.

Discussion:  Committee Chair reviewed discussion held in the Special Populations Committee. Discussions regarding ILCD And Mental Health. Para Conference discussion were held regarding possibility of having a second location, held on a Saturday or staff only day so that more Para's can attend this conference.

Discussion:  Executive Director reviewed discussions held in the Legislative Committee. Review of the concept papers and discussion held regarding those papers. The committee also discussed some short (communication, awareness) and long (core funding, ESUCC funding, facilities, digital learning) term goals.

Discussion:  There was no public comment.