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If they have the information, yes. >> So, it sounds like you guys are able to turn over your data or your reporting fairly within a reasonable amount of time. Um do you think that it might be possible to redirect this conversation to supporting these efforts saying, "If it doesn't On a best-case scenario, take maybe about a week." I think administratively if we work that >> The time that it takes, uh we're we're very uh it's very important for us to get the auditor the auditor the information that he needs. So, what it does though in that amount of time, it does take our personnel that's it within that respective area um to do the research, do the data collection, and so forth, uh which is very extensive. So, we're able to get the information to the auditor in what whatever period of time that it takes, um but it does pull our personnel away from the work that they're doing.
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Any discussion? Natural vote site. House Bill 2452, all members present, Senator Lee excused. Anyone voting no with reservation, recommendation adopted. No. Yeah, you can be talking to them. Okay, IT. Going live in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Okay, calling to order the 10:31 agenda beginning with House Bill 1166. Okay, House Bill 1166, recommendation is to pass unamended.
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Like you take a peek as you leave. We have any students with us this evening? We ask you to step up, identify yourself, and what school you're from. To the microphone, please. We won't bite you. I promise. >> I'm Avery West. I'm from North High School. >> Good evening. I'm Lucas Hers. I'm a junior from Memorial. >> I'm Zeke Farmer. I'm a junior at Monter. >> Hi, I'm Kevin Vasquez and I'm a junior at Memorial. >> I'm Gilbert Kumar. I'm a junior at Signature. >> I'm DJ Su and I'm a sophomore at Signature. >> Thank you all for attending. We appreciate it. Um, is there any of business
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Is there any discussion on that? Okay. All in favor, please say I. I. Opposed? So, moved. Item D, construction update. Superintendent will update the board on the upcoming construction project. All right. Yeah. So, our construction crew, the contractors, are very excited to have 2 weeks to get into the middle school. Yeah, so remember we're taking the uh vertical, I see the horizontal units out, right? Putting in the vertical units. They spent that 2 weeks, uh realistically about 3 days or so. Um up and down ceiling tiles, looking at the duct work. What are they going to need for the project? Uh so, it was very valuable. We met today as a team, and they would like a little bit more time. So, we'll, you know, work that around that. So, that when that Tuesday, which I think June 2nd, comes, we're ready to go. That they can get in there, and start that that construction process.
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Great defense. Hart it now. Outstanding outlet pass right to Spalding. Spalding finding Williams in stride. Williams now to Lynch. Lynch behind the net to Lusco. Let's go right up to Olsson. Olsen gets a goal. >> Olsen with another one. No, actually I mean that I think that was her first one. Um Olsen is a I'm like expecting to say she's a freshman, too, but no, she is a senior. Yeah, she's been really good on this team as well. So 614 running time left to go in the third quarter. 12 to one is the score. All right, here's another drop. All right, this going to be Mley comes and scoops it up. Look, crazy speed. And what a save. Oh, it ends up finding the back of the net. Unbelievable. You know what, too? It was like um um Amelia L made the initial save on it, but it just somehow had some spin on it and she went in.
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So, they they're able to answer the state auditor's questions. >> And and just to be clear, these people that are gathering this research and this information would probably be deputy superintendents. >> it would be at all levels. Okay. So, therefore, the we'll just say theoretically it's deputy superintendents just for the sake of the conversation, they they would have a staff that would be able to research this, correct? The the information based on whatever audit area that the state auditor is doing uh would be um it's a comprehensive audit, so it's at all levels that we need to pull Yeah. >> our people to be able to answer the questions. >> May I comment on that? Yes. Uh I think that often or most often we do not ask for records from the deputy superintendent. It's down at the program level. Oh, okay. Yeah. I I I personally believe transparency and accountability is well worth the week worth of data or maybe a few weeks worth of data to provide that transparency to taxpayers.
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Any discussion? Natural vote site. House Bill 1166, all members present. Anyone voting no with reservation with uh Senator Lee excused. Motion adopted. Oh, recommendation adopted. >> Thank you. Next item, House Bill 1574. Recommendation is to pass with amendments. We'll adopt the AG's uh testimony conforming and clarifying amendments and extending the requirement for those who receive total loan repayment assistance to remain in practice in the state for no less than 5 years whose loan repayment assistance amounts are between 1,000 and 50,000 and no less than 7 years for those whose amounts are above 50,000 and $1.
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Um so, I mean, tomorrow in person with two of the site logic reps. So, everything is going smooth there. I'm glad you brought up the middle school. We have been having those conversations about cuz both constructions going on at the same time. You know, okay, this is kind of your area and this is kind of your area. Um so, yeah, we we have a plan to make make both those happen and uh middle school's going to get a good facelift.
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Harting it out of the game now. Getting a some rest as well as Spalding getting some rest. Have >> couple new players coming in. Oh, I know who he is. >> Um, >> yeah, I didn't really see who came in. So, >> we'll figure it out together. >> Maybe >> Panthers now trying to work it. >> Look at this. Mley almost getting it. Holston just getting Oh no, turned over though. This is Schneider. Schneider coming down. Schneider's going to go to her office. She keeps her office supplies back there. Oh, good passing. This is Williams. Williams to Olsen. Two sacks to Schneider. Over to Lynch. Lynch up Williams and great save from Amelia L the goalkeeper. And look at that. Molly just with a good stick check. Takes it away. Williams fires it down. Looms gets it to Lynch. Lynch bumps off her defender, passes it back out, kicks it up.
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This process takes a long time uh because partly because we follow audit standards. Uh farm to school, we had a birthday on the audit meaning it lasted longer than a year. It was about a 13-month audit. So, not withstanding the fact that we're getting documents within a week or a couple weeks, we're we're interviewing people and scheduling those, you know, per their, you know, where where they have uh availability. That process it takes a long time and often we're interviewing people multiple times, people down at the program level that are critical for us to understand what the program looks like and then again later on when we have objectives to understand what they do with respect to that specific audit objective. So, it's a process, so it is not it is not as simple or as quick as oh, it's only 1 week. It is a it is a process.
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Any discussion? Natural vote site. All members present. Anyone voting no with reservation, recommendation adopted. Thank you. Next item, House Bill 1605. Recommendation is to pass unamended. Any discussion? Natural vote site. All members present. Anyone voting no with reservation, recommendation adopted. Thank you. Next item, House Bill 1658. Recommendation is to pass with amendments affecting the date 2050.
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Any questions? On item e, donations, superintendent recommends the board approve the following donations as listed below. Uh Northern Indiana Community Foundation and the Hardesty Memorial Endowment want to donate $11,000 to be used for the kindergarten roundup kindergarten countdown, excuse me. Uh Northern Indiana Community Community Foundation and student scholarship and presentation fund presentation scholarship presentation fund uh $3,700 and $71.50 and then $1,885.75 to secure speakers or program presenters to students, teachers, and or parents at KCE. KCS. Does have a motion? Motion. And there's motion second. Second. And there's any comments questions first. Sure. We're just so grateful to the Community Foundation of Northern Indiana for this uh special award the $11,000. It's It's It's kind of hard for me to think that it was 2010 when I was first asked to meet with a person from Starke County Community Foundation. Would we consider doing some kind of jumpstart program?
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Lecow going to throw it over to Olsen. Just under four minutes now left to go in the third quarter. 13 to1. if you're joining us. Raiders are just dominating. It's been a It's been a fun game. Especially that I was calling the Hollist goalie the wrong name the whole time. All right, look at this. This Williams pass the Olsen. Olsson back to Williams. Oh, just missing. I think there might have been a Hollson stick in there breaking it up. Lynch scoops it out from behind the soccer net. passes to Schneider. Schneider trying to go up. Schneider passes up to Luscow. Luscow coming in. Gets I mean, I was going to say she gets hit, but she kind of hit. They ran into each other, but she came out on top. Under three now to go in the third. Mley dishes it back to Lynch. Lynch passes to Luscal.
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So, do you find this to be uh pretty common when you audit other departments? It seems to get really convoluted. The process doesn't change partly because we are following government auditing standards. The cooperation that we get from departments, it does vary. So, Department of Education is certainly on the on the plus side. We have issues now with some ongoing audits about the information that we're able to get and the timeliness of that information. Uh I say that about the department, but we had issues with whether or not they had documents, where the documents were. So, when they are able to locate documents, they are very responsive in providing us those documents. There are documents that you'd expect them to have that they don't have, that's a different issue. I will say, if I can just make another comment, I didn't see the superintendent's testimony and I appreciate the fact that he values an audit because we are a resource for the legislature, the public, and the department to provide some free assessment as to how the program is performing.
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Any discussion? Natural vote site. All members present. Anyone voting no with reservation, recommendation adopted. Thank you. Next item, House Bill 1688. Recommendation is to pass with amendments affecting the date to 2050.
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They wanted to call it kindergarten countdown. So, I'm like, sure, why not? Not realizing that we would continue this and build the two camps, which is where we are now for several years. It's the jumpstart program we do every summer now for 3 weeks. And this year the Community Foundation asked that we complete a grant. And so, I did that and they graciously awarded us the same amount that we asked for, which will pay for two kindergarten teachers, actually licensed our same two I imagine, and two paraprofessionals as well as the white buses to transport these students. There'll be approximately 40 students. So, wonderful opportunity, very grateful to the Hardesty Memorial who's taken that under their wing more or less, and they do this for Knox, Judson, and Oden. So, great. And then the second part of that, you know, the donation here for speakers and program and presenters for our students.
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>> Luscal looking for some people to get open. >> She could probably just stand back there for another couple minutes. Molly run to the front. Molly passes out to Williams. Williams with some good speed and Williams bounce pass gets saved by Amelia L. And it looks to me like Elizabeth Williams is going to the box. >> That invisible box. >> She's going to go to that box and feel a little bit of shame. Then she'll be free. H >> ready to go. Waiting for the ref. Ref had to write down the penalty and we are back underway. Schneider with some good pressure. Hson trying to break it out and yeah, the ref I don't know. It seemed like he blew the whistle, but not sure what for. As Holl still has the ball on that far side. This would be number 15 who brought it all the way up.
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But really, the first level of that is his office and below. They should be assessing program performance and holding people accountable for doing their job. Our job is to come in and help you folks understand how a program that you've created and you fund, how even though you're getting reports from the department, how they're really doing. So, we got to dig deeper than perhaps you guys got to dig, and that's our value. But there's still responsibility by management to do its job, which means to hold the department accountable and the people who running programs accountable for doing their job and achieving program mission and program goals. In the audits that I mentioned or the report and the two audits, certainly that was not the case. That they were not achieving the mission or the goals of both of those programs or in being able to be accountable for the $100 million that was appropriated to the department to air-condition the 1,000 classrooms.
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Any discussion? Natural vote site. All members present. Anyone voting no with reservation, recommendation adopted. Thank you. Next item, House Bill 1707. Recommendation is to pass with amendments to sunset the program on June 30, 2029.
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We as a team, we really want to think outside the box of how can we use that to be impactful for our students? I think we got some some good ideas. We've talked about, you know, that first day of school when we come back, we started a little tradition this year of having all the kids out on the football field. Well, what what else can we do to make that more impactful and more joyful for the students? You know, how can we bring some type of leadership into that? And that that's what those funds are going to be used for. So, we're definitely looking forward to those conversations as a team. Are there any comments or questions? Okay. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Item F, field trip request. Superintendent recommends board approve the field trip request from the choir from the choir to go to Six Flags on Saturday, May 16th, 2026.
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