>> So the impact fee program has already been transferred to SFA. So what we're really talking about is just the fair share already negotiated uh agreements that were part of entitlements like land use commission or change of zone. So those are already um entered into agreements with funds allocated to the district or area where those um agreements were entered into and and finalized. So that's that's the focus of this bill. Um to scoop up that last remaining part of the of the program and our our ask is that um u it not be scooped that we be allowed to use that for the schools that are >> So where's that list of how much how much you're talking about that you don't want us to scoop? >> We can provide that to you. >> Well, you should have it now. >> Yeah, I don't have it in front of me.
Um phenomenal kid. He actually likes to run. So, he's a little different. All right? But we love him anyway. Um one of the things that you need to understand about Garrett is he's one he's the kid that is going to outlast everybody else. He's going to be there in the end. and excuse me. He's going to be a kid that is going to prove us right all because he did it without complaining and he gave his best effort and he's something that makes Blur so special and we to to be able to coach kids like this and teach kids like this. This is one of the kids that I look forward to seeing every day and that's Gary Gestner. Love you buddy. Love you too. >> Congratulations Garrett. Uh, great work. Um, I believe we'll have Mr. Grace come up for the teacher of the month.
Um, and I I hate to say it, but we will not be utilizing this program next year. We'll be back to uh the traditional paid lunches like most schools. I do not believe this fix board action because the board when they took action to approve it put a limit on when reimbursement went negative it would just die correct Anyone have questions for the superintendent about the program? Is it related? >> Um no the program itself was not COVID related. What where co did play a role in it is there was some enhanced um qualifications. Uh it made it easier to qualify during CO. We did not utilize that when when we qualified for it. Um it is just simply that the reimbursement did not rise at nearly the percentage that the cost of me did. All questions. Next item is uh Senate Bill 78, cell phones.
Any discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I. I. >> I. >> Motion carries. Item F is our consent agenda. This is items F1 through F5. This includes our board minutes, financial report, claims, personnel, and field trips. Do I have a motion? >> I'll make a motion. >> Second. >> I have a motion and a second.
Age restrictions, keeping products behind the counter, proper labeling are all appropriate measures. But the key the key is to differentiate the 70 products from natural cratom products. Um, I think that that's definitely a step in the right direction, but I just want to thank you so much for your time. I felt it was important to speak on behalf of those who were not able to tonight. I appreciate it. >> Great. Thank you. Um, and I have two more people. So, next one we'll do is Misty. >> Hi, good evening. Um, my name is Misty Brown and I too would like to say that I'm speaking on behalf of the people that have no idea that this meeting is even happening. Um, I will give you a shortened version of my testimony since you're only allowing two minutes. From 2008 to 2019, I was trapped in the cycle of FDA approved pain pills, benzels, and muscle relaxers prescribed for my chronic pain, which is degenerative disc disease in my back, in my back and my hip.
>> Okay, Jesse. So, if you're going to come in and you're going to be opposed to this and you got to give us every reason why we should agree with you, we cannot agree with you unless you have the information unless you can give us the facts. And when you don't give us the facts, which is not the first time because all the hearings that I've held, the DOE come unprepared. So, it leads me to believe that, >> you know, I don't trust what you folks are saying. >> Thank you. Any further questions? >> Thank you, deputy superintendent. Um, did I hear you say that the funds from the school impact fees have already been transferred to SFA >> and you folks are currently using fair share um funding to for these core projects? >> Yeah. Two different buckets, the impact fee and then the fair share.
All right, our teacher of the month is Miss Bridget Blake. Many of the people in the room know Miss Blake. Um, she is a legitimate backbone at the high school. She carries one of the largest student loads that we have. Um she finds time to run the concession stand and be there to make coffee in the morning and is always willing to jump in. Um she is a department chair of our largest department and probably our most efficient department likely because she's the department chair of them. Um Miss Blake has has been just wonderful to get to know this year with me being at the high school. She puts in 100% effort every day. She shows up at the same time I do. Um, and I can hear her when she gets there making coffee. Um, but the students love her. They love being around her.
>> Uh just wanted to put this on on the radar and make sure that we are aware that Senate enrolled act 78 did pass. uh and it requires schools to come up with um different policies and restrictions regarding student cell phones in schools. Um so typically what districts are going to do is have one of three options. Either number one, you don't allow cell phones to come at all to school, uh which would make it very difficult for kids that have after school activities. Um, number two, there is a a process that the statute lines out regarding um locking up devices for uh for students. Imagine um a bus locker where you come in and you grab your key to the locker and put your phone in it for the day and come back um and and use that key. Um and then the third option is simply to mandate that that phones stay in their backpacks.
Any discussion? >> Yeah, on the financials, Mark, were you able to put the together that difference for what I asked for in the last board meeting? I didn't see it in >> Yeah, just >> the board packet. >> Just so the board can understand, we um have budgeted currently in the education fund $27,835,143. If you looked at the education report, uh our our budget is approved for $28 million. So, I stay below that number. And then our revenue that's expected to come [clears throat] in from the state, the board, and everyone needs to understand we're a little over 29 million of what I'm anticipating. That's going to be lower than that as ADM comes in twice a year. We got our ADM, which was actually fairly good news that we got for our spring number. It was the lowest decline we've seen in years. Uh our net I think was 16 students.
When I was cut off from pain management in 2019, my life spiraled. I turned to the streets and even cocaine. Then during withdrawal I watched a documentary called a leaf of faith and discovered whole leafratom not synthetic 70oh. That moment changed everything. Quieted my cravings and gave me the space to heal. I haven't returned back to pain management over six and a half years. Today I'm a thriving mom, a proud grandmother, a taxpaying citizen and an active creative advocate and activist. It is vitally important you guys to differentiate between synthetic 70 and whole leafratum. If you're having problems in your community, it's the 70 that's being sold. It is not the whole leaf cratom powder. So please, please, please do your research and differentiate between the two. Thank you for allowing me this time to speak and I will be around for questions if you have any.
Yeah. >> Yeah. So, we're Okay. So, sorry. My question is so has school impact fees already been transferred over to SFA? Um as far as I know the program is under SFA now it was transferred. Yeah. >> Okay. And then um so I think a lot of the also the concern is that uh this fee is not only collected from big developers but also from uh local families owner occupants those kinds of things is that that would be imposed on local families as well. Is that your understanding? the school impact fees that were negotiated as part of like land use commission entitlements. And so it's like a proportionate share of, you know, if you're going to have so many students that households that generate so many students, that's the proportionate share and that's exacted from the project developer and they may pass that cost on to homeowners.
She brings positivity to the campus. She she brings so much that we need. Um, and she's just such a big asset for us. So, Miss Blake. So, I'll I'll just say something real quick about Bridget. Um, her job at the high school was a revolving door of teachers. Um, because it wasn't a very fun job and this the students just didn't like the class and Bridget has has solidified that and made it fun and and important and uh just a great job. So, great job, Bridget. She's alumni and uh that's a big that's a big deal in my book. >> All right, Mr. Grace again. >> All right, our employee of the month is one of the first people that I met when I got here. I shared an office suite with her when I first got here as well. So, Alexis Veto. So, Alexis is an irreplaceable person in our office.
Um that of course is is probably the most difficult to to govern, but um that will be coming back to you for your consideration and and really um just wanted to make sure that everybody was aware that that did pass and that is coming to all schools in Indiana. >> So we will need to have a policy on it. we will need to have a policy on it. It'll be because um it's statutory and in the statute I believe it outlines that it requires both the handbook change and uh the school board policy development. >> So then we'll have to make make a decision or corporation on which option we want to go with. >> Yep. >> So and our principles have some pretty strong opinions on it. So they'll be they'll be be here to present uh the data that they have collected this year after the first round of cell phone restriction >> and prior met the last we were already within the letter said so now we are not and the difference is that our can use their phones during the passing period at lunchtime and if the teacher says they may get it out to use it for something.
Yep. So, >> that's a positive number. Um the the discrepancy in revenue to expense, number one, I don't I don't budget necessarily based all on revenue. We have a cash balance in our education fund and in our operations funds. So, some [clears throat] of that money could be spent down from there. I'm hopeful that we don't have to do either one of those with either one of the funds. Uh any money that comes in over where that $28 million will be with the education fund, what I'll talk about both of them, but with the the fund, that is that is meant for me to pad our education fund balance. Um as I [snorts] look at the next couple of years, remember we're going to we're going to be losing LIT, which feeds directly into our education fund. That's That equates to about $600,000 a year.
>> Great. Thank you. And one more Shane. >> Hi. Uh my name is Shane Mio. Um, I'm uh coming from a different point of view. I'm a licensed medical professional and I'm um I'm in um I I am in favor of regulation of raw leaf cradle. The reason why I'm in that that vote is because I've witnessed firsthand how the difficulties around keeping insurance with um these insurance companies is real difficult. folks that are in pain management or in substance use um clinics have a real difficult time following the the loop the the barriers that these doctors and insurance companies have in order to keep their um their patients within the the ramifications to be getting paid. Also another thing of course is the separation of 708 and Raleigh cratom is vital. 708 is definitely more of an opioid. Raleigh cratom has has thousands of proven scientific cases behind it um to help prove that it's a a safe and vital piece to people's um life to survive and and uh deal with their their pain or their substance.
>> Okay. So, as far as the school impact fees specifically, um has DOE spent or encumbered any of those funds? some of the money for the um the fair share money has been allocated to projects. >> Yeah, but the fair share is different, right? Like this is a different bucket, right? >> Yeah. I'm just talking about fair share. >> Okay. Um [sighs] are you prepared to respond on school impact fees? Cuz that's what my questioning is. So I don't want to belabor it. >> For this particular bill, we we only focused on the fair share because that's what the bill was talking about. >> Yeah. Okay. Um, so as far as the Well, my questions are school impact fees. So, >> it doesn't sound like he's probably ask >> Oh, >> Ricky. Hi. [laughter] Oh, >> they have the program though. >> Yeah. And um when when he does come up then I'll ask my question, but whoever has questions for deputy superintendent.
Um, she was at the elementary school when I was moving to the high school. The first thing that I went home and told my wife was, "I wonder if Alexis can go to the high school, too." um at the elementary school, she registered half the school district by herself and she did it all summer long and knocked it out of the park. And so when we came to the high school this year, I said, "Alexa, do you want to do attendance?" It's not in great shape at the moment. Um, and she has put in countless hours to make it work and to be able for us to to have a level of accountability with the students and just immediately be able to find those issues before they become major issues that cause credit uh problems for students. Um, she's there, she knows the kids' names, some of them more than others already.
>> Yes. >> Okay. >> And um the new statute does provide a provision for teachers to um have students use use devices in class, but they have to be school issued phones. >> Really? Yes. Wow. I'd say that's not one of our options. Personnel report, Mr. Bainy. U pretty short personnel report this month. Um Kayla Styer, KES library media aid. Um Shane Bryant is coming back as KEES substitute principal. Alice Pod Mistransky, uh preschool aid at the ele elementary. Um Irene Hoffner, sub line cook in all buildings. Resignation at the end of the year. Tiffany Wilson, KES secretary. Um, ECA's Lorie Thomas and Brian Palasi, junior high track coaches. >> That concludes the person. President, >> Mr. President, I'll second that motion. >> Motion by Mrs. Toss, second Mr. Leonard to approve the personnel report as presented. >> All those in favor say I. >> I.
So, I'm trying to pad the pad that fund as much as I can to see what's going to happen at the state level in terms [clears throat] of state's tuition support. Um and keep in mind that we we may still need to be looking at I haven't had to do it in the last couple of years, but education fund can can supplement the ops fund if we need it to. We've transferred in years past half a million dollars of that. That can make up that difference if you're looking at the revenue to expense. Um with the ops fund, it's kind of the opposite direction. Our anticipated revenue with the operations fund is about 10,300,000. And we're budgeted at the state level for ops 10,500, which right now I'm I'm forecasting in our budget about 10,360 if I remember right with that number. So, we're a little upside down revenue, but again, that would be through cash balance would make up the difference between the revenue and the expense in the ops fund.
I'm sorry. I'm a little uh winded. I'm walking my dog. I was happy that I'm able to talk. So, I I thank you. One last thing is a lot of um you're going to find organizations coming speaking out on behalf of um the dangers of creative. Firstly, I'd like to point out that a lot of these organizations are not coming from Massachusetts or or have a sense of the problems that Massachusetts is dealing with right now with substance use abuse. Um, secondly, sometimes you may hear of a a loved one being lost and of course that is the saddest thing, but you know, I I think of how one person's loss and thousands and thousands of people's lives survived. Um, I'm not saying that it's right, but I'm just saying that there's got to be some type of community response to that point of view as well.