Thank you for uh being here. This is the uh meeting of the uh district 191 Burnsville Egan Savage Policy Review Committee. Uh the date is March 24th and the time is 5:00. Uh thank you for those
uh here in person and those online. Uh we appreciate your attention to uh what we talk about today. Uh so I'd like to start with the policies with changes. Uh we have no new policies uh today. Uh so our policies with changes, we're going
to start with number 211. Uh criminal or civil action against school uh against the school district, school board member, employee or student. and uh it'll be Dr. Latana Daniels, superintendent, who will be speaking. >> Thank you so much, Director Mickelson.
Yes, I am presenting policy 211, criminal or civil action against school district, and the changes that have been made are changes that MSBA recommends. And so, um with that, I'm bringing this to the board um actually to the policy review committee for your approval.
Yeah, I noticed that pretty much I mean the only real change is that uh there was an update to uh cross reference >> that was there. Yeah. Okay. Um any questions or >> no >> anything? Yep. I don't have any either.
Um I would say you know such a minor change we'll just do that on consent at the next board meeting will be just fine. >> Thank you Director Mickelson. >> Yep. Thank you Dr. Daniels. Um, all right. So, our next policy with changes is number 404, employment background
check. Uh, and it'll be Stacy Sovine, our executive director of admin services that'll be speaking. >> Good evening. Uh, 404 employment background checks. MSBA is recommending just some minor wording changes throughout the the the
policy. Nothing substantial by um real definition. Um, just bringing to you these changes and with these recommendations. >> There it goes. >> Sorry. Question. >> I was having trouble with
>> No, I'm good on that one. >> Um, got >> if I could just ask uh for clarification with the wording in here at times with some of the changes. Is this referencing
a an employment background check for someone who will be working in a school or just specifically or for the school district at large? >> School district at large. Okay, that was my assumption because of something a
little bit later because um in uh article 2 section A um it talks about um that uh employees that who will be in a school
versus the school district. I'm thinking that um we need to remove the of and add district. So that it would read and so again this is um article 2 section A. It would
read, "The school district shall require that applicants for school district positions who are offered employment," getting rid of the of in the school district and all individuals except enrolled
student volunteers yada yada yada. Um that that it would specify that for the whole school district versus just in the school. Um and then a similar comment in article 3 section A uh where in that first
paragraph again it's saying provide service to a school that would be provide service to the school district. Um because just when when it says to a school, it it seems like it's ignoring
anybody at like Diamond Head for example. >> This is miring statute language that is fairly specific as to who we are actually required to do this. So, if you're if you're somebody working in a school with students or in a school,
yes, you have to go through the background check. If you're coaching, if you're volunteering and providing one-on-one instruction, I I I understand the intent of what you're saying is kind of like a little bit broad, but I think what MSBA is doing, they're looking at this saying,
"Here's the statutory requirements of anybody working with the student. We do this as practice and I'm wondering if we might need to if there's a different place to say any any adult that is coming to us goes through a background. The school
district also conducts criminal history background checks on all adults who provide >> after well during school academic. That's the the language again. It's it's really the second sentence under purpose to that. An independent school district will seek a criminal
history background check for applicants who receive an offer of employment and with the school district and on all individuals except enrolled student volunteers and who offered. >> So that's kind of where we're saying we're doing it for all employees as the
school district. However, by mandate, understand if you're working with students, if you're in a school, if you're coaching, if you're providing instructional tutoring, volunteering, we also require for these positions as
well. On top of that, neither six or you know, six one way, half dozen the other. But I I that language as you're reading it >> is like no that that's specific language that's referencing back to statute. That's why that's doing that.
>> So if we want to add district again, it isn't going to hurt the policy. It's practice anyway. >> Gotcha. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yes. Just wanted you make sure that yes, somebody couldn't come back and go, well, hey, I'm not working with students. What's this whole thing with? Yeah. >> So what is the decision? Are we going to
make a school district? Yeah, I think that if anything it would be just need to remove the of >> kind of in that article 2 section A, but but yeah, otherwise we can just keep in the school is fine without having to specify district for what Stacy is
saying. >> Um but uh and this one would go to first read. >> I think that other change is minor enough. We don't have to bring it back here to the committee. All right. Um, anything else for that
one? >> For that one? No. >> Okay, that's good. >> Yes. Thank you. All right. Uh, then next is uh policy 405, which is veterans preference. Uh, also speaking is Stacy Sovi.
>> Again, from MSBA, just a minor change on uh the second page under section G. Uh if the school district does not select versus using the term reject >> change in terminology >> outside of that everything else remains
the same. >> Sure. >> Yeah. >> Anything that one will be on consent too. Thank you. >> Uh next is uh policy number 406 uh public and private personnel data.
Uh, speaking of Stacy, so mind you, >> I think I'm here on >> It's the Stacy Show. >> Uh, again, just minor uh language changes that MSBA is recommending. I have nothing to to change or recommend changing from those
proposed. >> Yeah. Um any n all right yeah I had kind of been thinking all right well as far as um you know public data and what is this this
is a policy about what is considered public versus what is necessarily posted publicly you know and say you know something like an address would be available upon consent and but it is still public where our public could request the information. So I had no
changes. I just wanted to put that out there as far as yes what I had you know considered when looking at this um and where the way it is stated and what is policy I have um no uh additional comments or or anything that
as far as a potential change. So I would like to do this I think as first read at the next meeting. Thank you. All right. Uh next policy with changes is number 410 uh family and medical leave policy. Again, Stacy Sovine
speaking. >> So some updates with uh this policy for FMLA. MSBA is is adjusting um with the recent uh paid medical leave act. So we don't have the maternity
leave under the state statute. We use the paid medical leave. Now um the whole 12 uh week leave under state law for section B again is addressing this is old. We have something new in place. Um
pretty much just updating it based upon the paid medical leave act. >> Absolutely. >> Any questions standard? >> All right. Um yep. I have no uh additional comments or anything but uh because of the in removing the entire
section I'd like to do that as first read at the next meeting. Thank you. All right. And then our uh next policy, our last policy with changes is number uh 701 and that is establishment and
adoption of school district budget. Stacy Sovine speaking >> and again MSBA is just uh providing updates to rewarding some of the information making sure that it's compliant with state statute
um and and streamlining pretty much the process of what's required and um any >> lots of shells into mus Yeah. Yes. And and thank you is one of
my questions was just to you know be sure that with article three and uh section B with the requirements um as far as removing the you know separate accounts by building requirement. I was just kind of curious if that was by statute or if it was just kind of
updating by um kind of what our uh what what in we're actually just kind of doing. Um, but I think you answered that as far as these changes were prompted by statute change and >> and I think MSBA is realizing that over
recent years the statutes are changing so quickly which becomes a burden on policies. >> So when they can reference different statutes, it isn't necessarily that the piece that's lined out is going away, >> right? >> It's just probably one of the line items
that's called out in statute at that particular place. >> Yeah. Sure. Yeah. Thank you. >> Yep. >> Um, yeah. And I think we were kind you were kind of saying about something where it's just some of the wording and everything is really clunky and yes, like authorization versus authorizing
there in, you know, like section C and things. It's just like, oh my goodness. um that that yeah it's it's ve very interestingly worded but it's very I I I understand the purpose of using the type of language that they did but it it
definitely does not read smoothly. >> Yes, >> I guess is how I would put that. Um but I would like that to go uh first read please. Thank you. >> All right. So uh that concludes the um
discussion about policies with changes. Uh we're going to move now to the policies with no changes. And uh these policies uh include or the policies that uh we have with no changes. I'm going to
list the uh number and name of the policies and uh Stacy uh Sovine is uh presenting speaking for these. uh we're going to discuss them kind of as a group. Uh here uh the policies are
number 401 equal employment opportunity number 701.1 modification of school district budget number 702 accounting policy 703 annual audit policy 705
investments policy 705.1 postisssuance debt compliance 705.2 two, other postmployment employee
benefits, OPEB investments. And finally, policy 807, health and safety policy. And Stacy, so fine for all of these,
>> the 807 somewhere along the line, I lost a page, so I apologize for that. >> Doesn't really matter. There was no change to 807 either. So, um, again, MSBA has made the recommendations, uh, reviewed all of these documents, has not
recommended any changes at these times on any of these current policies. >> Yeah. They're just kind of up for their cycle of review and all right. Um, and so, uh, those can all be on, uh, consent at the next board
meeting. Thank you. All right. So, with no other uh policies for us to review, uh Sarah, do you have everything that you need if you want to run through?
>> Yeah, I have um A and C policies with changes, that' be 211 and 405 will be on consent. The rest will all be on first reading for policies with changes. And then all the policies with no changes will all go on consent for first and final reading.
>> Yes. Thank you. All right. Uh, so the time is 5:15 and our meeting of the policy review committee is adjourned. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, director. >> Thank you.