November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Regular Board Meeting
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1. Call to Order
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Call to Order. Secretary to the Board will take attendance.
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2. Action: Agenda - Additions, Corrections and Modifications
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3. Public Comments
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Individuals wishing to speak during public comment must complete the Public Comment Form and submit it to the Board Secretary prior to the start of the meeting. Members of the public may speak during this portion of the meeting. Comments are limited to five minutes. Board members will not respond to public comments or questions during "Public Comments". Should total Public Comments approach or exceed a cumulative time of 30 minutes, the Board may suspend additional Public Comments until immediately prior to the Board and Superintendent Comments portion of the agenda.
"Board Policy 2:230. At each regular and special open meeting, members of the public and District employees may comment to or ask questions of the School Board, subject to reasonable constraints. The individuals appearing before the Board are expected to follow these guidelines:
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4. Action: Consent Agenda Items
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"Board Policy 2:220 The President shall designate a portion of the agenda as a consent agenda for those items that usually do not require extensive discussion before Board action. Upon the request of any Board member, an item will be withdrawn from the consent agenda and placed on the regular agenda for independent consideration." There will be no separate vote on these items unless a Board Member so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as the first item after approval of the Consent Agenda.
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4.a. Approval of Board Meeting Minutes
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Consistent with Board Policy 2:220, the Board is asked to approve meeting minutes, and, once approved, open session minutes become public.
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4.b. Approval of Bills, Treasurer's Report, and Financial Documents
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4.c. Approval of Personnel Items
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4.c.1. Approval of Regular Personnel Report
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4.c.2. Approval of wage scales for Director of Facilities and Director of Technology. No changes to individual employee compensation.
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4.d. Approval of Donations/Grants
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4.d.1. Annual Approval School Maintenance Grant Project (FY26)
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The Board is asked to approve the submission of the School Maintenance Grant Project to ISBE and set aside sufficient funds to meet the district's financial obligation of the grant.
The grant project is tentatively planned to complete a total of 12 door upgrades, including doors at Broadmeadow, Northview, Eastlawn, Pleasant Acres, and JW Eater. The tentative estimated cost of the project is $108,000, $50,000 of which is funded by ISBE and the remaining dollars by the district. |
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4.e. Approval of Intergovernmental Agreement with Prairieview-Ogden District #197 for Medical Insurance Coverage through the Illinois Educators Risk Management Program Association.
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RCS employee health insurance is through the Illinois Educators Risk Management Program (IERMP). Currently, if both spouses are employed by RCS, these employees have the option to pool their board-paid health insurance contribution to purchase family coverage. This is a cost savings to the employees and no additional cost to the district. Through this type of IGA, we are able to extend this benefit to employees whose spouses are employed by another IERMP district when both districts are in agreement. Again, this is a cost savings to the employees and no additional cost to the district. RCS has extended this opportunity to all of its employees. An IGA will be required for each employee wanting to take advantage of this benefit.
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4.f. Approval of action on items no longer useful to the district and authorize superintendent to dispose, sell, or donate these items.
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Pursuant to Board Policy 4:80 Accounting and Audits, the Board is asked to approve the sale or disposal of the following district personal property as listed in the attachment.
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5. Action: Discussion and Possible Approval of Any Items Removed from Consent Agenda
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6. Action: Approval of Memorandum of Understanding with NIA
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7. Action: Approval of Separation Agreement
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8. Presentation: 2025 School Report Card Designation Information
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9. Presentation: Tentative Tax Levy
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The District is in the process of determining our annual Tax Levy. At the December Board Meeting, the Board will be asked to approve the Tax Levy. This year's levy will not require a Truth in Taxation Hearing. For the fourth year in a row, the Board will be able to lower the tax rate. The Tax Levy is the legal mechanism for the District to request that taxes are collected. It is typical that the Tax Levy exceeds the Extension (the amount collected by the county). This is done in order to account for possible errors, miscalculations, or last-minute changes. This year, the county estimates a property value increase in RCS of 10.4% with an additional $1,773,440 in new property. The District is limited in the amount of increase they can receive by the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (PTELL, also known as Tax Caps). Our tax extension is limited this year to 3.7%. This protects local property tax payers from a large increase in their tax bill. In a non-PTELL District, there could be a significantly higher property tax rate increase and even higher tax bills. The Tentative Tax Levy is to ask for a net 4.98% increase ($349,298). The likely Extension is estimated as a 3.62% increase ($245,409). The estimated total tax rate for RCS will decrease from 3.9681% to 3.7326%. This is the fourth consecutive year that the Board will cut the property tax rate for the district. The numbers provided here are estimates and subject to change prior to Board action at the December meeting.
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10. Discussion: Timeline for Completion of Superintendent Evaluation
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11. Information Items
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11.a. FOIA requests.
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10-27-2025 Steve Watts; 1300 Buchta Rd, Angleton, TX 77515; steve.watts643@gmail.com; employee directory and salary information.
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11.b. Media
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11.c. Student Discipline Report
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The Board is provided a monthly report detailing out-of-school suspensions. Due to the student record data contained in this report, this report remains confidential.
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11.d. Authorized Contracts Less than $25,000.
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11.d.1. Initial AHERA asbestos inspection for One Aviation Center Drive.
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11.e. Annually Required Postings / Reports
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11.e.1. Annual Statement of Affairs Fiscal Year 2025
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Attached is the required Annual Statement of Affairs for Fiscal Year 2025. This document is posted on the website. RCS is not required to post this in the newspaper because we currently have a waiver of this rule.
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11.f. Board Policy 7:270 First Reading.
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The administration is recommending the inclusion of language related to undesignated asthma inhalers. This would function similarly to our use of emergency EpiPens.
New paragraph: School District Supply of Undesignated Asthma Medication The Superintendent or designee shall implement 105 ILCS 5/22-30(f) and maintain a supply of undesignated asthma medication in the name of the District and provide or administer them as necessary according to State law. Undesignated asthma medication means an asthma medication prescribed in the name of the District or one of its schools. A school nurse or trained personnel, as defined in State law, may administer an undesignated asthma medication to a person when they, in good faith, believe a person is having respiratory distress. Respiratory distress may be characterized as mild-to-moderate or severe. Each building administrator and/or his or her corresponding school nurse shall maintain the names of trained personnel who have received a statement of certification pursuant to State law. |
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12. New Business (Consideration of Future Agenda Items)
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12.a. Consideration of Future Agenda Item: District Provided Mobile Phone for Board Members (D Sweat)
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12.b. Consideration of Future Agenda Item: Revise Board Policy 2:220: School Board Meeting Procedure to Establish Time Limits for Debate and Discussion. (R Vaughn)
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12.c. Consideration of Future Agenda Item: Additional Information Provided in Future Personnel Reports. (D Sweat)
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12.d. Consideration of Future Agenda Item: Request for Historical Hiring Personnel Data. (D Sweat)
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13. Board and Superintendent Comments
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14. Action: Adjournment
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