December 5, 2019 at 6:30 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. Call to Order
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2. Approval of the Agenda
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3. Consent Agenda
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3.a. Meeting Minutes from November 7, 2019 Called Meeting
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3.b. Meeting Minutes from November 16, 2019
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3.c. Field Trip Requests
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4. Public Comment - Agenda Items
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5. Communications to the Board
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5.a. Director's Comments
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5.a.a. Christmas Card Contest Winners
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5.a.b. Ava Elliott, Colonial Heights Middle
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5.a.c. Kara Carter, Sullivan South Golf
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5.a.d. Sullivan South Volleyball Team
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5.b. Board Chairman Comments
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6. Unfinished Business
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6.a. Policies for Adoption on 2nd Reading
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6.a.a. Policy 1.802 Section 504 and ADA Grievance Procedures
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6.a.b. Policy 6.200 Attendance
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6.b. Holston Warehouse Property
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7. New Business
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7.a. Policies for Review on 1st Reading
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7.a.a. Policy 1.101 Role of the Board of Education
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Updated by TSBA
Replace current version with TSBA updated version.
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7.a.b. Policy 1.202 Duties of Board Members
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Revised by TSBA
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7.a.c. Policy 1.2021 Boardsmanship Code of Conduct
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Renumber from 1.1061. Recommended updates by TSBA.
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7.a.d. Policy 3.600 Insurance Management
Rationale:
Boards are required to maintain a provision on the compliance of HIPAA's security standards. This is missing from board policy 3.600. TSBA recommends including this information as it is required to be in board policy per federal law.
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7.a.e. Policy 4.605 Graduation Requirements
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This was recently updated 9-5-19. TSBA says there are legal concerns.
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7.a.f. Policy 5.203 Recommendations and File Transfers (New)
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NEW policy. All boards are required to have a policy that prohibits employees from assisting former employees to obtain new employment if the individual knows or has probable cause to believe that the new employee engaged in sexual misconduct regarding a minor.
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7.a.g. Policy 6.405 Medicines
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Boards are required to have a policy that provides for the administration of medications that treat adrenal insufficiency. This information is missing from the board's current version of Policy 6.405. TSBA recommends including this section to align with the requirments found in state law.
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7.a.h. Policy 6.411 Student Wellness
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TSBA recommends removing the reference to the number of health index modules. The State Board updated the number of modules to eight. As a result, TSBA recommends revising this language to "on each of the recommended School Health Index modules."
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7.b. Policies for Adoption on 1st Reading - Waiver of Rules Requested
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7.b.a. Policy 4.600 Grading System
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Each local school board that offers honors courses and early postsecondary opportunities are required to adopt a policy providing for additional weighting for these courses.
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7.b.b. Policy 4.608 Transcript Alterations (New)
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NEW policy recommended by TSBA. Needs to be adopted in order to make changes to transcripts due to the change in Policy 4.600 Grading System.
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7.c. Curriculum Selection Committees
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7.d. Bus Contract Transfer
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On November, 30, 2019 Cox Bus Lines, Inc. will cease to exist. Owner, Clark Cox is retiring. Clark Cox is requesting the transfer of 3 routes, 414, 417, and 465 to his son, Roger Cox for the duration of the 3 contracts. Upon reaching the end of each contract, each route will be up for bid per normal process. Roger Cox and wife Sandy Cox are the owners of S&R Buses, Inc. and Roger Cox is also part owner in Clark Cox’s business, Cox Bus Lines, Inc. |
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7.e. West Ridge High School Bus Loop
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7.f. ADA Transition Plan
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7.g. Public Comment - Non-Agenda Items
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8. Adjournment
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