May 4, 2020 at 12:30 PM - Regular Meeting
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1. ESU Coordinating Council Information
Speaker(s):
Board President
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2. Call to Order
Speaker(s):
Board President
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Discussion:
Call to order at 12:30 PM.
Staff: Kraig Lofquist, Deb Hericks, Priscilla Quintana, Scott Isaacson, Craig Peterson, Rhonda Eis
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3. Roll Call
Speaker(s):
Board President
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4. Approval of Minutes
Speaker(s):
Board President
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Discussion:
Approval of minutes for meetings in April.
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5. ESU Share Out Topics
Speaker(s):
Board President
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Discussion:
Mental Health Conference - June 4/5 will be held virtually with a modified schedule. ESU 8 has continued with their improvement process via Zoom and has worked out quite well for them. ESU 15 will be doing their external visit via zoom. Monday will be presentations/reports with a panel discussion later in the day. Board to put their report together and then present it virtually as well.
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6. Petitions and Communications to the Board
Speaker(s):
Board President
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6.1. State Board of Education and Nebraska Department of Education Report
Speaker(s):
Nebraska Department of Education
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Discussion:
Russ Masco was present to share updates from NDE. Talking Points will be coming out with topics on the Rule 84 initiatives. Review of the three initiatives. The co-leaders are someone from NDE and ESU. Review of the committee members for each. Leadership and Educator Effectiveness, Instructional Supports and Continuous Improvement are the three areas to be worked on. Group leads have been working on work/action plans to begin their work. This work will lead discussion at the October/April Rule 84 meetings.
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6.1.1. Strategic Planning Process
Speaker(s):
Board President
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6.2. Association of Education Service Agency's Report
Speaker(s):
AESA Representative
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6.3. Learning Community Update
Speaker(s):
Dave Patten
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Discussion:
No report.
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7. Executive Reports
Speaker(s):
Board President
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7.1. Executive Director Report
Speaker(s):
Executive Director Lofquist
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Discussion:
Executive Director shared that they are getting close to launching their new website.
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7.1.1. ESUCC Redesign: Update
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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7.1.1.1. ESU Standards
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
Nothing new to report.
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7.1.1.2. Joint Decision Making Parameters
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
COntinue work on the Rule 84 work helps with the joint decision making process.
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7.1.1.3. SIMPL Inventory
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
Chair shared they met and will meet again on May 21, 2020. They have ideas of how to prioritize their work.
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7.1.1.4. Value-Add Metric
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
Nothing new to report.
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7.1.1.5. Value Proposition
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
Nothing new to report.
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7.2. Executive Committee Report
Speaker(s):
Board President
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7.2.1. Approve Claims, Financials Statements, and Assets for Month of March
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
Treasurer reviewed budget reports for March. Thorough review of the Budget Summary report.
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7.2.2. Approval of April Expenses to be paid in May.
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
Treasurer reviewed expenses to be paid in May.
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7.2.3. Recommend approval of May, June, July, August claims as approved by Executive Director
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
Discussion regarding permission to pay bills during May, June, July, and August.
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7.2.4. Approve Staff Salary Increase for 2020-2021
Speaker(s):
Executive Director
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Discussion:
Discussion regarding salary increases for staff for 2020-2021.
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7.2.5. Accept Final Audit Report
Speaker(s):
President
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Discussion:
Review and accept audit report for 2018-2019. Discussion regarding legal to research getting into a legislative cleanup bill to change the yearly state audit to several year with local audit in between years.
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8. Public Comment
Speaker(s):
Board President
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Discussion:
There was no public comment.
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9. Recommendations from Standing Committees and Project Reports
Speaker(s):
Board President
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9.1. Information Services Committee
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
Committee Chair gave an update from committee. Details Innovation Grant final report has been received. Review of staff reports.
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9.2. Education Resources
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
Committee Chair shared discussion in committee. Discussed the SRS report. They are working on ADVISER and will be attending the ADVISER work days later in the month. They continue to work on the 504 plan being added to the website. Cory Epler gave an update on high quality instructional materials and the "Launch Nebraska" 10 workshops that will be offered. Rule 62 petition has been filed and received by NDE. All Nebraska public and private schools need to get the petition via email. ESUs to send this letter and petition out to their schools. ESUs to notify ESUCC Executive Secretary that they have send it out.
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9.3. Legal Committee
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
Committee Chair discussions in committee. Discussion on Coop orders for COVID-19 related items. Discussion on school funding and core services. Legislature will be back in session in mid-June to take care of high priority bills.
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9.3.1. Approve Addendum with Securly
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
Chair reviewed contract to be approved.
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9.3.2. Approve Special Buy Agreement with Sergeant Laboratories for AristotleK12
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
Chair reviewed contract to be approved.
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9.3.3. Approve Addendum with Impero
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
Chair reviewed contract to be approved.
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9.3.4. Recommend approval to authorize Executive Director to approve/sign contracts during the months of May, June, July, August
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Discussion:
Chair shared the need
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10. NEW ESU Chief Administrators
Speaker(s):
Executive Director Lofquist
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Discussion:
No discussion.
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11. Adjournment
Speaker(s):
Board President
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Discussion:
Meeting adjourned at 1:43 PM.
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