October 10, 2023 at 7:00 PM - REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION

1. REGULAR MEETING CALL TO ORDER (Policy 2:220)

1.1. Roll Call

1.2. Welcome

1.3. Pledge

1.4. Reminder to Sign Attendance Record

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Policy 2:220)

2.1. Regular Session, September 25, 2023

3. RECOGNITION, AWARDS, PRESENTATIONS, PUBLIC HEARINGS

3.1. ALOP Presentation – Anne Scalia & Geneva 304 Staff

3.2. Public Hearing, ISBE Waiver Application Renewal: Driver Education Fee

3.2.1. President Convenes Public Hearing

3.2.2. Overview of Waiver Application

3.2.3. Comments/Questions from the Board of Education

3.2.4. Comments/Questions from the Public

3.2.5. President Closes Hearing

3.3. FY2024 Budget Fund Balance Transfers Hearing (Policy 4:10)    

3.3.1. President Convenes Public Hearing

3.3.2. Public Hearing Agenda

3.3.3. Comments/Questions from the Board of Education

3.3.4. Comments/Questions from the Public

3.3.5. President Closes Hearing

4. LEGISLATIVE UPDATES

5. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT (Policy 3:40)

6. BOARD DIALOGUE TOPICS & PENDING ACTION CONSIDERATIONS

6.1. Board Action on Red Ribbon Week Resolution

6.2. Approval of ISBE Application for Five-year Renewal of Previously Approved Waiver: Driver Education Fee

6.3. Board Action on FY2023-24 Resolution to Transfer $6,200,000 from the O&M Fund to the Capital Projects Fund (Policy 4:10)

6.4. Board Action on FY2023-24 Resolution to Transfer $4,725,350 from the Education Fund to the O&M Fund (Policy 4:10)

6.5. Board Action on FY2023-24 Resolution to Transfer $354,675 from the Education Fund to the Debt Service Fund (Policy 4:10)

6.6. Board Action on FY2023-24 Resolution to Transfer $1,174,650 from the Transportation Fund to the O&M Fund (Policy 4:10)

7. WORK-STUDY TOPICS & FUTURE ACTION CONSIDERATIONS           

7.1. Policy Updates: First Reading – Updated, Reviewed & New (Policy 2:240)

7.1.1. Policy 2:260, Uniform Grievance Procedure – Updated

7.1.2. Policy 2:265, Title IX Sexual Harassment Grievance Procedure – Updated

7.1.3. Policy 5:10, Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Recruitment – Updated

7.1.4. Policy 5:20, Workplace Harassment Prohibited – Updated

8. INFORMATION

8.1. FOIA Requests (Policy 2:250)

9. CONSENT AGENDA (Bylaw 0166.1)

9.1. Personnel Report: Resignations, Retirements, Leave Requests, Changes in Assignment/FTE, New Hires (Policies 3:50, 5:200, 5:280)

9.2. Monthly Financials – July & August (Policy 4:40, 4:55) 

9.3. Gifts, Grants, Bequests: $1,500, Maid Brigade of Central DuPage & Kane Counties, for GHS Athletics for team supplies, uniform purchases, other needs

9.4. Authorization to Use Cooperative Purchasing Contracts Approved by The State of Illinois

9.5. Authorization to Solicit Request for Qualifications for Architectural and Civil Engineering Services

9.6. Authorization to Use Capital Improvement Funds for Masonry Repairs at Keslinger Transportation Facility

10. PUBLIC COMMENTS
Per Board Policy 2:230, attendees wishing to speak at the Board meeting must register their intention to participate in the public portion(s) of the meeting upon their arrival at the meeting. Complete the form found in the Welcome to Our Meeting brochure (print legibly) and give it to the Presiding Officer or the Recording Secretary before the meeting is called to order.

11. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS AND REPORTS 
Policy Committee, Finance Committee, Boundary Task Force, Communications Task Force, Facilities Task Force, Joint PTO, Geneva Academic Foundation, Geneva All-Sports Boosters, Geneva Music Boosters, Geneva High School Theater Boosters, GEARS, K-12 Discipline Committee, Geneva Coalition for Youth, PRIDE, Fox Valley Career Center, IASB/Legislative, IASB Kishwaukee Governing Board, REMS Grant Advisory Board

12. NOTICES / ANNOUNCEMENTS

13. EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER MATTERS PERTAINING TO LITIGATION, WHEN AN ACTION AGAINST, AFFECTING, OR ON BEHALF OF THE PARTICULAR PUBLIC BODY FINDS THAT SUCH AN ACTION IS PROBABLE OR IMMINENT, IN WHICH CASE THE BASIS FOR THE FINDING SHALL BE RECORDED AND ENTERED INTO THE MINUTES OF THE CLOSED MEETING [5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11)]; APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, COMPENSATION, OR DISCIPLINE, PERFORMANCE, OR DISMISSAL OF SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS IN A PARK, RECREATIONAL, OR EDUCATIONAL SETTING, OR SPECIFIC VOLUNTEERS OF THE PUBLIC BODY OR LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE PUBLIC BODY, INCLUDING HEARING TESTIMONY ON A COMPLAINT LODGED AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE, A SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL WHO SERVES AS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR IN A PARK, RECREATIONAL, OR EDUCATIONAL SETTING, OR A VOLUNTEER OF THE PUBLIC BODY OR AGAINST LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE PUBLIC BODY TO DETERMINE ITS VALIDITY. HOWEVER, A MEETING TO CONSIDER AN INCREASE IN COMPENSATION TO A SPECIFIC EMPLOYEE THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT WAGE INCREASE TRANSPARENCY ACT MAY NOT BE CLOSED AND MUST BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC [5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)]. [5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11)]

14. ADJOURNMENT