June 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM - Public Hearings & Regular Meeting

Rationale:  This allows the Board to approve the agenda as published according to policy 204.07.

Rationale:  Schools are required to hold a public hearing annually to review fees and/or materials supplied by students and to consider changes to the policy.  Additionally, schools are required to provide a complete list of fees and materials that students are expected to provide during the following school year.

It has been and continues to be reasonable to ask students to provide certain items or fees on a voluntary basis.  Students eligible to receive Free and/or Reduced Lunch benefits are also eligible to receive a waiver of any student fee or for the provision of certain items if required by the school.  Section 4 of the Revised Statute 79-2,127 provides that a governing body may require and collect fees or other funds from or on behalf of students or require students to provide specialized equipment or specialized attire for any of the following purposes:

-Participation in extra-curricular activities.
-Admission fees and transportation charges for spectators attending extra-curricular activities.
-Postsecondary education costs.
-Transportation pursuant to 79-241, 79-605 and 79-611.
-Copies of student files or records pursuant to 79-2,104.
-Reimbursement to the school for property lost or damaged by the student.
-Before-and-after school or Pre-K services pursuant to 79-1104.
-Summer or night school.
-Parking.
-Breakfast and lunch programs.

No fees, specialized equipment or attire may be required unless the maximum dollar amount of the fee, and specifications of the specialized or non-specialized equipment or attire are specified in the student fee policy approved by the board.  Reimbursement for property lost or damages may be required without specification in the student fee policy.

For the 2024-25 school year, 133 waiver forms were approved.  This is a routine annual hearing, and there are no changes, updates, or unique items to report or discuss regarding student fees.

Rationale:  A parental involvement policy hearing is to be held annually according to statute 79-533.  This will review the district’s Parental Involvement Policy 1005.03 and Title 1 Family Member Engagement Policy 1005.12 and General Parental/Community Involvement in Schools.

*Please note:  policy 1005.03 is being revised due to the action of the legislature and by direction of the NASB Policy Review service and is part of the action items in this month's agenda.

Rationale:  This is an annual review of the Bullying Policy 0504.20.  No changes to this policy are recommended at this time.  The last update and revision were provided by the NASB Policy Update Service in the Fall of 2020 and approved by the Board on October 12, 2020.

Rationale:  Caden Frank, with NASB, will be in attendance to discuss strategic plan next steps with the Board.  

Rationale:  Wendy Allen and Amanda Ganser will be in attendance to provide the Board with an update regarding our report from Cognia in response to our 5 year school improvement review.

Rationale:  The Nebraska Revised Statute (NRS) 79-11,157.01 data collection (previously titled Information Related to Learning Disabilities, Including Dyslexia) is to be completed by each public school building in each public district in the state. School building level data must be entered individually within this data collection on the NDE Portal.

Scott Steinhauser leads the collection of this data for reporting as the district's Special Education Coordinator.  A short update will be provided to the board on how, what, and why this data is collected and reported.

Rationale:  Cory Friedrich has been offered a contract to teach middle school for 2025-26.

Rationale:  Jim Luebbe, with NASB Policy Review Service, has provided the first round of updates in response to recent legislation, etc.

Please see Jim's email, which is attached, that provides an explanation for each policy and the policies in question. I have also reached out to Jim for some clarification on this update.  There will be more updates to come related to the outcomes legislative session.

Rationale:  The next regular meeting of the Board is scheduled for July 14, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. in the District Office. Current agendas will be available for public inspection in the office of the superintendent.