Public Meeting Minutes: January 17, 2024 at 7:00 PM - REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING

A. Call to Order and Roll Call. 6:15 p.m.

B. Enter into Closed Session for the purpose of discussing:

Description: •The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the District or legal counsel for the District, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee or against legal counsel for the District to determine its validity. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1).

•Collective negotiating matters or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees.5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2).

C. Return to Open Session. 7:00 p.m.

D. Public Comment/Response.

E. Changes to the Agenda.

Description: This item allows Board Members to add or modify the agenda at the beginning of the meeting. The Board President will need consensus to modify the agenda.

F. Superintendent's Report:

F.1. Student Presenters - Ames Elementary School.

F.2. Audit Presentation by Eccezion.

F.3. eLearning Thank You.

F.4. Virtual Kindergarten Information Night - March 7, 2024.

F.5. 2024-2025 School Calendar - Pending.

F.6. Upcoming Parent and Family Events.

F.6.a. Keeping Our Kids Cyber Safe - February 12, 2024

F.6.b. Family STEM Night - February 28, 2024.

F.7. School Board Governance Recognition.

G. Approval of Consent Agenda.

Description: Utilization of a Consent Agenda should not limit the Board's ability to make District issues as transparent as possible. You have the right as an individual Board Member to request any item under the Consent Agenda to be moved from the Consent Agenda and placed under business for discussion and action. If you want to have a no-vote or abstention recorded on any item, this would be reason for removal of an item off the Consent Agenda.

G.1. Minutes of the Previous Meetings.

G.1.a. 12.6.23 Minutes of the Committee of the Whole Meeting.

G.1.b. 12.20.23 Minutes of the Regular Business Meeting.

G.1.c. 12.20.23 Minutes of the Closed Session Meeting

G.2. Personnel Report.

G.3. Payables Pre-List as of January 17, 2024.

G.4. Payables Pre-List as of December 31, 2023.

G.5. School District Library Program Grant.

G.6. Employee Recognition Event 2023-2024.

G.7. Employee Wellness Event 2023-2024.

H. Board Member Comments.

I. Old Business.

I.1. School fees-Action item.

I.2. Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) Regarding Improvements to Blythe Park Tennis Courts Between Riverside School District 96 and The Village of Riverside - Action Item.

I.3. PRESS Plus #113 Policies - Second Reading and Approval - Action Item.

I.3.a. Policy 1:20 - District Organization, Operations, and Cooperative Agreements.

I.3.b. Policy 2:20 - Powers and Duties of the Board of Education; Indemnification.

I.3.c. Policy 2:120 - Board Member Development.

I.3.d. Policy 2:200 - Types of Board of Education Meetings.

I.3.e. Policy 2:220 - Board of Education Meeting Procedure.

I.3.f. Policy 4:10 - Fiscal and Business Management.

I.3.g. Policy 4:30 - Revenue and Investments - Review and Monitoring.

I.3.h. Policy 4:60 - Purchases and Contracts.

I.3.i. Policy 4:130 - Free and Reduced-Price Food Services.

I.3.j. Policy 4:160 - Environmental Quality of Buildings and Grounds.

I.3.k. Policy 5:30 - Hiring Process and Criteria.

I.3.l. Policy 5:190 - Teacher Qualifications.

I.3.m. Policy 5:200 - Terms and Conditions of Employment and Dismissal.

I.3.n. Policy 5:210 - Resignations - Review and Monitoring.

I.3.o. Policy 5:220 - Substitute Teachers.

I.3.p. Policy 5:330 - Sick Days, Vacation, Holidays, and Leaves.

I.3.q. Policy 6:15 - School Accountability.

I.3.r. Policy 6:30 - Organization of Instruction.

I.3.s. Policy 6:50 - School Wellness.

I.3.t. Policy 6:60 - Curriculum Content.

I.3.u. Policy 6:230 - Library Media Program.
One question needs to be answered. See the description below.

Description: *Question 1.

Updated in response to 75 ILCS 10/8.7, added by P.A. 103-100, eff. 1-1-24, requiring districts that wish to be eligible for State library grants (e.g., school library grants under 75 ILCS 10/8.4) to adopt the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights (available at https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill) or a written statement prohibiting the practice of banning books. In order to be eligible for a School Library Grant, a district must also be a member in good standing of a regional multitype library system (e.g., Illinois Heartland Library System or Reaching Across Illinois Library System) or have applied for membership and been approved for membership in such a system within specific timeframes. 23 Ill.Admin.Code §3035.120.

If the board prefers the alternative language permitted by 75 ILCS 10/8.7, added by P.A. 103-100, eff. 1-1-24, for Standard #5, it may substitute with the following: "The practice of banning books or other materials within the District's library media program is prohibited."

Which policy language has the board adopted?

_X_ The program adheres to the principles of the American Library
Association's Library Bill of Rights, which indicate that materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval. (Default)

__ The practice of banning books or other materials within the District's
library media program is prohibited. (IASB will make this
substitution.)

I.3.v. Policy 7:60 - Residence.
One question needs to be answered. See the description below.

Description: *Question 1.

105 ILCS 5/10-20.12a(a), amended by P.A. 103-111, allows boards to adopt a policy to waive nonresident tuition if the student is the child of a district employee. A child means a district employee's child who is a biological child, adopted child, foster child, stepchild, or a child for which the employee serves as legal guardian.

Does the board wish to accept requests from district employees for their nonresident children to attend school in the district on a tuition-free basis?

X No. (Default)

Yes. (IASB will add the following paragraph to a new subhead "Requests for Nonresident Admission": For a nonresident student who is the child of a District employee, if the Superintendent approves the request for nonresident admission for the student, the tuition cost is waived pursuant to 105 ILCS 5/10-20.12a(a).)

I.3.w. Policy 7:70 - Attendance and Truancy.

I.3.x. Policy 7:160 - Student Appearance.

I.3.y. Policy 7:190 - Student Behavior.
One question needs to be answered. See the description below.

Description:

*Question 1.

The building principal must notify the student’s parent/guardian only when the alleged offense is firearm possession. 105 ILCS 5/27.1A(b). The policy expands this notification duty to include drug-related incidents and battery of a staff member.

Would the board like to expand the notification duty, or align it with 105 ILCS 5/27.1A(b)?

_X_ Expand the notification duty to include drug-related incidents and
battery of a staff member. (Default)

__ Align notification duty to 105 ILCS 5/27.1A(b). (IASB will amend the
second sentence as follows: "In addition, upon receiving a report on any of the above (1)-(3), the Building Principal or designee shall notify the Superintendent or designee and, if a student is reportedly in possession of a firearm, also any involved student’s parent/guardian.")

I.3.z. Policy 7:270 - Administering Medicines to Students.
One question needs to be answered. See the description below.

Description:

105 ILCS 5/22-30(f), amended by P.A. 103-196, eff. 1-1-24, permits a district maintaining special educational facilities to maintain a supply of undesignated oxygen tanks in a secure location that is accessible before, during, and after school where a person with developmental disabilities is most at risk, including, but not limited to classrooms and lunchrooms. Special educational facility is not specifically defined in 105 ILCS 5/14-4.01; consult the board attorney for advice regarding this term and if it is limited to separate buildings, self-contained classrooms, and/or programs attended solely by students with disabilities. For example, this option may not be available if a district utilizes a special education cooperative for all of its special education programming. There is a reference to special education facilities in 105 ILCS 5/14-12.01, which may provide some guidance; it addresses reimbursement for the construction and maintenance of "special education facilities designed and utilized to house instructional program, diagnostic services" and "other special education services for children with disabilities." 105 ILCS 22-30(f), amended by P.A. 103-196, eff. 1-1-24, does not specify who can administer undesignated oxygen, nor does it specify any training requirements for its use in schools. To minimize potential liability and ensure proper administration, a best practice is to restrict who can administer undesignated oxygen to school nurses and other school personnel who have received appropriate training on the emergency use and storage of oxygen. See sample administrative procedure 7:270-AP2, Checklist for District Supply of Undesignated Medication(s), available at PRESS Online by logging in at www.iasb.com.

Consult the board attorney about the consequences of informing the community that the district will obtain a prescription for a supply of undesignated oxygen tanks and implement a plan for their use, and then not doing it, as doing so may be fraught with legal liabilities. Also fraught with legal liabilities is if the district provides them, but does not have them accessible before, during, and after school where a person with development disabilities is most at risk as required by 105 ILCS 5/22-30(f), amended by P.A. 103-196, eff. 1-1-24. See In re Estate of Stewart, 406 Ill.Dec. 345 (2nd Dist. 2016)(denying tort immunity to district, finding its response to a student’s asthma attack was willful and wanton (which district disputed as a possible heart attack)); In re Estate of Stewart, 412 Ill.Dec. 914 (Ill. 2017)(school district’s appeal denied).

Does the district maintain special educational facilities for children with disabilities under 105 ILCS 5/14-4.01?

X No. (IASB will delete the subhead regarding School District Supply of Undesignated Oxygen Tanks.)

Yes. If yes, does the board want the district to maintain a supply of undesignated oxygen tanks in the name of the District and provide or administer them as necessary? Type "yes" or "no." If no, IASB will delete the subhead regarding School District Supply of Undesignated Oxygen Tanks.)

I.3.aa. Policy 7:285 - Anaphylaxis Prevention, Response, and Management Program.

I.3.ab. Policy 7:290 - Suicide and Depression Awareness and Prevention.

I.3.ac. Policy 8:30 - Visitors to and Conduct on School Property.

I.4. Policy 5:250 - Leaves of Absence.
One question needs to be answered. See the description below.

Description:

How many full-time employees does the district employ?

_X_ The district employs more than 250 employees. (Default)

__ The district employs between 50-249 employees. (IASB will substitute the following sentence: "Accordingly, if the District employs at least 50 but not more than 249 employees on a full-time basis, an employee is entitled to a total of six weeks of unpaid leave within one year after the employee notifies the District of the loss.")

__ The district employs fewer than 50 employees. (IASB will delete the
subhead regarding Child Extended Bereavement Leave and the Legal Reference to 820 ILCS 156/.)

I.5. Board Member participation/feedback from IASB/IASBO/IASA Conference November, 2023.

J. New Business/Discussion.

J.1. Acceptance of Bids for the Central Elementary School & Hauser Junior High School 2024 Site Work - Action Item.

J.1.a. Updated MOU - Information Only.

J.2. Acceptance of Bids for Ames Elementary School 2024 Masonry Repair - Action Item.

J.3. Chronic Absenteeism-proposed reporting considerations.

K. Public Comment/Response.

L. Future Meeting Dates.

L.1. February 7, 2024 - Committee of the Whole, 7:00 p.m. - multi-purpose room at Central Elementary School.

L.2. February 21, 2024 - Regular Business Meeting, 7:00 p.m. - in the Hauser Auditorium. (The Board will enter into Closed Session at 6:15 p.m., if necessary, and return to Open Session at 7:00 p.m.).

L.3. March 6, 2024 - Committee of the Whole, 7:00 p.m. - multi-purpose room at Hollywood Elementary School.

L.4. March 20, 2024 - Regular Business Meeting, 7:00 p.m. - in the Hauser Learning Resource Center. (The Board will enter into Closed Session at 6:15 p.m., if necessary, and return to Open Session at 7:00 p.m.).

M. Information Items.

Description: These items are usually items that the Board appropriately makes public but generally, there is no comments made on these items. However, the Board should always feel free to ask questions or comment on any information items listed.

M.1. District 96 Student Enrollment Report.

M.2. District 96 Absence Report.

M.3. District 96 Substitute Report.

M.4. Budget Progress Statement.

M.5. Financial Statements.

M.6. Legal Bills.

M.7. Architect Bills.

M.8. School Lunches Served Report.

N. Enter Into Closed Session (If needed).

Description: •The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the District or legal counsel for the District, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee or against legal counsel for the District to determine its validity. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1).

•Collective negotiating matters or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees.5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2).

O. Return to Open Session.

P. Adjournment.

January 17, 2024 at 7:00 PM - REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING

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