001Please rise and join me for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> Okay, welcome everybody. We have a lengthy list of things to go through, but we are going to start right off with Todd to um do the oath of office to our newly elected members. We'll do Elizabeth first. Elizabeth Duffy, at a regular meeting of the school board held on Tuesday, May 27th, 2025, the school board declared you were a duly elected member of the school board of Sou Falls School District 495. Elizabeth Duffy, section 13814 of South Dakota law provides that newly elected members of the school board shall qualify and assume their office at
002the annual meeting of the school board in July by taking and subscribing to an oath or affirmation to support the laws and constitution of the United States and the state of South Dakota and to faithfully perform the duties of schoolboard membership. At this time, as business manager of the district, it's my pleasant duty to administer the oath. Would you please raise your h right hand and state the oath? I, Elizabeth Duffy, having been elected to the office of member of the school board of Sou Falls School District 49-5 of Minhaha County in Lincoln County, South Dakota, do solemnly swear that I will support the laws and constitution of the United States and the state of South Dakota and that I will faithfully and impartially perform the duties of schoolboard membership. >> Thank you. Would you
003please subscribe to the uh there's two copies there. One is for you, one is for be held in the business office. >> Thank you. >> Thanks. >> Thank you. [Applause] This is going to sound familiar. Dan Kelly at a regular meeting of the school board held on Tuesday May 27th 2025 the school board declared you were a duly elected member of the school board school district 495 Nan Kelly section 13814 of South Dakota law provides that newly elected members of the school board shall qualify and assume their office at the annual meeting of the school board in July by taking and subscribing to an oath or affirmation to support the laws and constitutions constitution of the United States and state of South Dakota and to faithfully perform the duties of school board membership. At this
004time, as business manager of the district, it's my pleasant duty to administer the oath, would you please raise your right hand and state the oath? I, Nan Kelly, having been elected to the office of member of the school board of Sou Falls School District 49-5 of Minhaha County and Lincoln County, South Dakota, do solemnly swear that I will support the laws and the Constitution of the United States and state of South Dakota, and that I will faithfully and impartially perform the duties of school board membership. >> Thank you. Would you also please subscribe to deal twice? One's for you for business office. >> Thank you. Welcome aboard again. >> Thank you, Todd. >> Awesome. Congratulations, board member Kelly and newly elected board member Duffy. Um, next we will go to an approval of June payroll.
005Can I get a motion to approve of June payroll and claims to vendors? >> Second. >> I have a motion and a second. All those in favor signified by saying I. >> I. >> Post same sign. That is approved. And next we have Todd again who will do the organization of the school board. and I will pass the gavvel down to Todd. >> Thank you. I'd now take nominations for president of the school board. >> I nominate Nan Kelly. >> We have a second from Mark Murin. >> Any other nominations? Hearing none. Um those in favor say I. >> I. >> Oppos? A motion carries. >> Yeah, honestly. Oh my gosh. Well, first before we move forward with the next piece of tonight's agenda, I just want to acknowledge the transition in the board leadership
006and share a few words before I move into the role of board pres president. First, I really want to sincerely thank our fellow my fellow board members for their trust and confidence. Um, it's an honor to serve in this role and I also want to express my gratitude to Carly, our past president and also Don Marie as the vice president this past year. Uh, and welcome to Elizabeth Duffy, our new board chair and Dr. Nold for his new role as superintendent. um to our administrators, teachers, and staff. Your day-to-day be the difference leadership is really what keeps our district moving forward. We don't take that for granted. And our work as a board is stronger because of our partnership and your dedication to every student in every classroom in every school. And together we will
007tackle the tough challenges, keeping our focus on delivering a strong public education system that meet the needs for our students, our families, our community, and the state of South Dakota. Public education is about opportunity, economic development, quality of life for all, for every child, every family. It's foundational to the American dream. So, thank you again for this opportunity. I look forward to serving with all of you and let's continue to be the difference. With that, we will move on to the election of the vice president of the school board. Do I have a nomination? >> I nominate Mark Mur for vice president. >> I second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Anybody opposed? Motion carries. Congratulations, Mark. Okay. Do I have approval of the minutes of the meeting held 623 2025 and 72 2025?
008>> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries. Persons wishing to address the school board on non-aggenda items. Pushing persons wishing to address the school board on agenda items. Do I have an approval of the agenda? >> So move. >> Second. All in favor? >> I. >> Agenda approved. Conflicts of interest items 10 A through C. Do I have a motion? >> Oh, thank you. >> Okay, got it. Um, conflicts of interest 10 A. >> Second. All in favor? I >> I. >> Any abstensions? No. Okay. Um, conflicts of interest 10B. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Any oppose? Okay. Passes. >> 10 C conflicts of interest. Do I have a motion? >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Anybody opposed? Okay.
009passes. We have two abstensions from Mark Mirren on 10B and 10 C. We have an abstension from Don Marie Johnson. Thank you. Agenda item 11, approval of consent agenda items A through Oh gosh, we have a lot of them. Okay, we have A through F. Do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda items A through F. >> So move. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Any opposed? Okay. Approved. Um supplemental consent agenda 12 A one, two, and three. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Anybody opposed? Okay, we're going to approve that. Uh what about we're at 13 reports of the superintendent 13A. We have the adoption of the 26 budget and certification of levies to the county auditors. Todd, >> thank you. So, um, yeah, tonight
010we're going to, uh, end the long process that started in November. So, we'll just get going on it. Here's the four things we're going to talk about tonight. One is the budget development process real quick. Two is the financial overview. Three is the tax impact. And four is the action items for the board to take. First of all, on the uh budget development process, this started in November when uh the board passed the budget timelines and guidelines and the instructions for our uh 19 budget committees with over 150 participants. Um on uh March 13th, the two board members that represent the budget committee met with a group of administrators, teachers and and uh central administrators, teachers, and building principles and uh reviewed the budget and made recommendations for the full board full board. And then
011on March 26th and April 2nd during work sessions, we went over those details of the budget. Uh the second meeting was more for qu answering questions that the board had because it was some for some of them that was the first time they had seen that budget. Um so we did that on March 26th and April 2nd. Then on April 14th we brought the tenative budget uh to the board there. There were no that was approved and we haven't made any changes to the budget since then. So just an overview general fund is obviously our biggest mo most important fund although others are important as well but this our biggest one. So last uh the year we just ended FY25 we budgeted a use of fund balance of $7.1 million. In 26 we budgeted use
012of fund balance uh down to $3.2 million. So use of fund balance is basically deficit spending for the year. Um the key challenge and when we worked on that budget was to cut $3 million um because of the expiration of the COVID funding in the year prior. We did that and uh our plan calls for additional cuts down the road. We'll talk about that in a second here. So one big part of our budget that we always talk about, especially during the legislative session, is state aid and its and its impact on salaries. Um the state increase for next year was 1.25% inflation was over three so it should have been three but the legislature determined they did not have the money to fund the 3%. Uh the salary growth the negotiated agreement with our
013with our all of our groups was for a 1.875% increase based on the state aid increase. the board added an additional half a percent in an attempt to somewhat keep up with inflation versus what we got from the state. Uh over and you know this over 80% of our total expenses in the general fund is salaries and benefits. So that's why those two numbers have to usually be in sync or else your budget goes ary. Um long-term grow growth since the formula began. You can see uh you know remember the legislature tied teacher salary increases to to uh to we have to at least match what you get from the state or you have to come within 97% of matching or within 3% of matching. Well statewide salaries have increased since the beginning of the
014formula more than more than we've gotten in state aid. That's why we we actually supported that bill two years ago because we said it'll from now on it'll bring to light that uh if the salaries are low, it's because state aid is low and and uh well, it was a good kickoff with a 1.25% increase this year to show how that works. Uh on the five-year financial plan, you remember we went over that uh during our work sessions. Um we're expecting a $3.2 $.2 million draw down this year. We expect uh if all goes to plan that the fund balance will be at a low of 8.2% and there'll be a slight recovery up to 9.8. That's well within the recommendations of the fan group. They want us to be kind of at our lowest
015right around between 8 and 8 12% and not on a downward trajectory but possibly coming back up. So that's how it looks. The way to get there, we're doing $8 million in capital outlay transfers. That won't last. We've got to get that back down to where it was at 4 million. So, we can't do that forever. We project right now eight years, but we could do that possibly eight years. Um, projected efficiencies are 1.5% next year, which is another $3 million cut, and then down to 1%, so slightly less than that. And then, uh, going forward after that, it'll still be half percent a year. You want to find those efficiencies. um those the $3 million cuts are a little tougher than uh when you do the half percent, but but that's what that's the
016key to our financial plan. Um so the the tax supported budget, the total tax supported budget is uh $342.8 million. It includes the general ed special ed capital outlay and bond redemption funds. the general fund is I don't have the number on here but uh yeah I on the next slide so I won't jump ahead of that. The mill rate we always we always uh we always keep track of that and that's uh something that's very forefront in at the four in our budgeting. We show a 17% project 17% decrease for taxes payable in 2026. that uh that home we've been watching since 2000 which has grown from under 100,000 valuation to about 280,000 now um next year that that that particular home you can already see the value on it. So, we're projecting a
0173.3% decrease on that particular home. And for the 26-year average, uh, we're projecting a 2.5% average annual increase over 26 years, which is a pretty good number, especially when you compare it to the state the per capita state sales tax increase over the same time, which is about four four and a half% over that same period of time. Um so finally uh just a a fund summary. The general fund is uh is budgeted at $224 million plus an $ 8.2 million transfer. Capital LA 40.9 million sped 67 million and bond redemption 12.4 million. Those are our tax supported funds funds that are supported by property taxes. Plus, we have uh $114 million of what we call enterprise funds. Um the best example for the public would be the child nutrition fund where they they they
018either charge the federal government through the free and reduced program or the parents through through your lunch fees and then they support themselves with uh by by fees. So, um, the TA we our tax levy request is going to be it's I'm not going to read all of these, but um the the two rates are are are the state aid rates on on well the general a and the general owner occupied and the general non-owner and then the sped rate the sped rate is a $146 dollar base levy we have the opt out of $12 million and we have 15 million over 15 million of authority. So we're we're levying 12 million in the opt out. Capital outlay is 41.6 million and bond redemption is 12.3. Those two leveies, remember that when we passed the
019bond back in 2018, we promised between the capital outlay and the bond redemption, we would not go above $3 between the two of those funds. We're at about 270 with with this request right here. So, we're 30 cents under that promise. The key takeaway, uh, we made strategic reductions this year with, uh, COVID going away, and we're planning to do the same next year. Uh we're uh planning for a stable fund balance right between 8 and 9% as we get out in our fourth and fifth years which is what we budget for that fifth year number not not dropping like a rock but around 8% and maybe gaining a little bit. Salary sustainability we didn't get a good increase from the state but uh we were able to add an extra half percent to what
020we negotiated with the groups to at least be somewhat competitive there. And uh we're doing a 3.3 reduction in average homeowner tax bill. Not not specific homes, but the one we watch is going to be a 3.3%. And that's about an average house in in Sou Falls. So the action requested is to adopt the 26 school district budget as presented. Uh certify the levies and authorize the expenditures. Um, I'd stand by for questions. >> Mr. V, uh, on this budget, we know and in the news and whatever that federal government is holding back some funds. Um, what would happen if those funds did not those federal dollars did not come into this budget? Yeah, I would uh I'll tell you what our contingency is for that. And our contingency is that when money is budgeted
021with federal dollars that uh if we don't get those dollars, then it's an automatic budget cut. I mean, we that would what we'd have to do in the short term. However, a lot of those people have already been employed. I mean, most again with the federal money, just like the rest of it, we're at over 80% salaries and benefits. So we would uh that would actually create a deficit this year and then next year the plan would be of course it would always go through the budget process but the plan would be to cut um cut those positions. Now didn't mean doesn't mean the individuals would necessarily be cut because there's always in a big district with over 3,000 employees there's always turnover but uh those would be kind of the first things slated to
022be cut in the next year. And uh yeah, but it would uh you know, if it was three or four million dollars, it would potentially add three or four million dollars. You know, there's some positions that haven't been hired yet. And so if we got if we got the final word, no, you're not going to get the money. We would stop hiring those positions, but many have already been hired. So that those cuts would happen in the next year. I don't have a specific question for you, Todd, but I just um as the as the newbie to the board. I just wanted to voice uh specifically my my support for this budget process and what um what's been presented here today. I think it's a very thorough and diligent process. I've been following along um
023throughout the whole process and um I am just wanting to voice that and I'm very supportive of what you've um presented here >> and we'll talk a little bit more about the federal freeze impact on the one of the next board reports that are coming up here with the federal consolidated application. And so we'll expound upon that a little bit more after that's presented just to talk a little more through the process. Uh but but I agree the the vetting process that has gone through with the budget uh has been very thorough. Uh we did eliminate three million of ongoing costs and we'll look at that again and that those things are not easy because when 80% of your budget is people it's going to involve people not just always a program or or something.
024uh that question has come in is are there things that you can take out that are just nicities and it's always going to involve people and everything we do is centered around students and the best benefit for children. So, uh, we have gone through that very thoroughly and and to do that again will be very difficult this next year, but that's what we're committed to do to be financially, uh, responsible to our our community and we'll we'll continue that process and we'll start much earlier this next year in the fall u meeting with teacher groups and individuals and making sure that we have that plan laid uh, well in advance. >> Any other comments? Okay, >> thank you. Have a motion to approve the adoption of the 26 budget and certification of levies to the
025county auditors. >> So move. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. Anybody opposed? Okay. Motion and adoption carries. I'm going to turn it over right now to Jamie to since we are on the reports of the superintendent um 13B. So, >> so the second report that you hear today is the federal consolidated application report and we'll go through and that's many of the dollars that have come into the news. Uh, but we'll go through and provide that information to you and then at the end of that talk a little bit more about those dollars that have been frozen federally. And so we will have Miss Herbolt come forward just to present that information to you. There we go. Thank you. I stand before you tonight to update the school board on the federal consolidated
026application for fiscal year 2026. This annual report outlines how the Sou Falls School District plans to utilize its federal education funding under the Every Student Succeeds Act or ESSA. The South Dakota Department of Education is mandated by the Every Student Succeeds Act to gather plans from each public school district. These plans must outline how the districts will meet ESSA requirements and detail the specific activities funded by Title One, Title 2, and Title 4 allocations. The South Dakota Department of Education collects this information annually starting on July 1st through the consolidated application. The South Dakota Department of Education allocates funds to each district annually using formulas based on federal law. Many strategies continue from year to year with major changes highlighted in the grant descriptions below before you. The following table shows the Souf Falls school
027district's allocations over the past three years. In recent years, we have seen increases in title one and title 4 funding due to in a growing need and updated federal funding formulas. You'll note for title one part A, we have an increase of around $690,000 going into the fiscal year 26. And for title one part D, we have an increase of around $9,900 going into fiscal year 26. You'll note though the highlighted grants that are on this table are currently under the federal program funding freeze which I will talk about more here in the coming slides. Two weeks ago, the US Department of Education froze K12 federal funding programs nationwide. As a result, allocations for title two part A, title four part A, title four part B, title four part C, and title three remain uncertain.
028While we have submitted a comprehensive fisc year 26 application, the freeze means specifically that title 2 part A and title 4 part A of the consolidated application, those are the funding formula grants are currently on hold with that. Then when you take a look at the allocations, you'll see that I've included the allocations that we received for fiscal year 25. That's in that column under 2425. So at the bottom with the total, you can see the possible amount of funds that we will miss if those funding um funds are not given to us from the administration. One thing I also want to point out is that with title 4 part A, we were originally allocated the $873,000 for that funding earlier this year, we had the grant written ready to go and then when that
029freeze happened, Title 4 part A was included in that. So, just wanted to point it out that we do have that allocation which if it goes through is a positive increase to that Title 4 funding, but it is currently under the freeze. With that then despite all of these limitations title one and title part D allocations have been approved and are moving forward Souf Falls school district is monitoring the situation and we're staying in contact with the department of education specifically South Dakota and we'll provide updates and Dr. Nolville as soon as we have additional guidance at that federal level. Looking specifically though at title one and how our funds are utilized. We'll begin with that. So, Title One Part A is South Sou Falls School District's largest federal allocation and it aims to provide
030all children with a significant opportunity to receive a fair, equitable, and high quality education and to close educational achievement gaps. These funds must be used to improve student outcomes, including academic achievement. Part A funds support support schools with the highest poverty rates through a ranking and ordering process. Districts are required to allocate title one part A schools with a poverty rate of over 75% and may also allocate funds to any school with a poverty rate of at least 35%. This is based on the data from free and reduced lunch forms. And with that, the following nine elementary schools will receive Title One Part A funds in 2025 and 26. Hawthorne Elementary, Garfield, Laura B. Anderson, Lel, Terry Redlin, Cleveland, Annie Sullivan, Hayward, and Horus Man Bridges Elementary. Key Title One Part A activities proposed for
031funding through the consolidated application include a variety of FTE as well as programming. There's a class size reduction for kindergarten and first grade with 11 FTE for teachers. Eight FTE reading intervention teachers, four FTE tier 2 behavior teachers, 3.5 FTE behavior intervention facilitators, 5.5 success coordinators, 6.2 Two FTE elementary instructional coaches, eight FTE English learner teachers, two FTE English learner school home liaison, three FTE social workers, one FTE behavior facilitator at Axel Park Middle School, two FTE success coordinators at Lincoln High School and Roosevelt High School to serve students in the Joe Fas program, a reading teacher at Children's Home Society with one FTE and one FTE to support our uh homeless population with homeless liaison and then transportation services as well. In addition to the FTE, the title one supports 200 early childhood education
032slots, four weeks of title one summer school in all of the title one buildings, planned building professional development, parent and family engagement activities as required and equitable services for our private schools, including a 1.0 FTE reading teacher. As you can see, it supports a lot. Title One Part D is for neglected and delinquent. It's designed to improve educational services for children and youth in local and state institutions for neglected or delinquent children to provide the services necessary for these students to make a successful transition to further schooling or employment and to prevent at risk risk youth from dropping out of school or returning to correctional facilities. Activities proposed for title one part D funding include a 1.0 FTE reading teacher at Summit Oaks, a.5 math teacher at Minihaha JDC, a.5 transition coordinator, and a.5 success
033coordinator for dropout prevention. Title two part A is designed to support the district's efforts to ensure that a state certified teacher teaches every student in an engaging learning environment. Activities proposed for funding under title 2 part A include professional learning for educators, support for instructional leadership development, and strategies to improve teacher recruitment and retention. However, due to the current federal funding freeze, the availab availability of these title 2 funds remains uncertain and the implementation timing for these activities may be delayed. Nevertheless, title 2A strategies include 10.65 65 FTE for elementary instructional coaches. One FTE for an MTSS PBIS coach five for a Spanish immersion instructional coach K12 Boytown well-managed schools training building planned professional development teacher pathway programming structures learning forward coaching academy ENL coursework credit fees we have restorative practices Kagan teacher clarity and
034artificial intelligence training for staff conference attendance to support English learner and fine arts professional development and lastly equitable services for private schools as required. Title four part A is student support and academic enrichment. This is a program established under ESSA to provide all students with access to a well-rounded education, improve conditions for learning, and enhance technology for academic achievement and digital literacy. Title 4 Part A funds will be used to support activities aligned with these goals, including programs that promote STEM education, mental health supports, and digital learning tools. However, again, a federal funding freeze is currently in effect for title 4A, which may delay the release of these funds and the implementation timeline of these initiatives. Title 4A Part A funds under promoting a well-rounded education include a 1.75 literacy TOSA for reading intervention, one
035FTE middle school social studies instructional coach, one FTE high school social studies instructional coach, a two FTE middle school two-way immersion teachers at George McGovern and Ben Rifle Middle Schools, materials to support reading intervention, funds to support AP exams, teacher pathway travel expenses, smart lab curriculum materials, supplies and training for Marcelo Leau Elementary, Lexia and Iready learning platforms and lastly equitable services at private schools under promoting safe, supportive and healthy schools. Title four part or promotes the following tier 2 eagle vision program which is at George McGovern and that's a 1.0 0 tier 2 teacher and a 8.75 behavior facilitator, a 0.5 counselor for the Joe Foss alternative program, a 1.5 middle school success coordinator, one at Whittier and.5 at George McGovern, two behavior facilitators and equitable services at private schools. Finally, under promoting the
036use effective use of technology, we have a 1.0 0 technology integration teacher and equitable services at private schools. In summary, planning for these grants is truly a district-wide process. Title one principles, district budget committees, and building leadership teams all work together to provide input throughout this budget process. The Soufall School District will submit its federal consolidated application to the Department of Educ South Dakota Department of Education by July 14th, 2005. Although the grant is typically due by June 30th, an extension was granted due to delays in releases of federal allocations. A temporary funding freeze remains in place for several programs again including title 1 C which is migrant education, title 2 A supporting effective instruction, title three English language acquisition, title four student 4 A, excuse me, student support and academic enrichment, and title 4B
03721st century community learning centers. In addition, literacy program grants may also be affected by this funding freeze. The consolidated application outlines how the districts will meet the requirements of the Every Student Succeeds Act and will utifi utilize funds allocated under title one A D 2 and four. The impact of these funds will be reported in the district's annual achievement update to the board in the fall. I now ask for the board to acknowledge the report of the consolidated application and I stand by for questions. >> Go ahead, Dr. Nol. >> Just a few other points to to clarify. When you go through and look at that total dollar amount that right now is on freeze and obviously we don't know the exact numbers because the comparison of allocation this past year to what could be
038this next year, you said somewhere around that three and a half million. And most of the things that you look at there are staff. Uh most everything we do in the district when it's over 80% of our our budget going to staff, it's going to be staff that are impacted. And obviously staff work directly with the students. So we have reached out to our representation uh in Washington DC and and ask them for help and assistance uh to be able to go and release some of those funds or to act on that behalf. Uh they have communicated back with us that they're working on those things. Uh our intention is to continue to move forward because many of those staff have been hired to work through that process and and hope that it does work
039the way it should and work for the benefit of the students that it does become unfrozen and are utilized by the school district. So we'll continue to monitor that, but as uh Mr. Beak had stated, if that does not those are things that we would have to address as ongoing cuts through this next year and through that next process. So it does add to some of the other things that that go through the state funding process and and where that sits. Uh the amount given federal that is frozen and all those things impact us as our overall budget. So each one of those is truly impacting staff that are hired to benefit students. >> Yeah. >> I don't have a question, but I do have a comment. I just know from experience how daunting the
040consolidated app can be. and I want to thank you and whoever else worked on it to put this together and thank you for doing the work for the district because these are important dollars for important programs that really make a difference in a lot of kids' lives. So, thank you. >> You're welcome. It's definitely a team district system effort for sure. >> Yeah, I um this was a struggle to to go through this. I mean, I hope next board meeting we have, we have a good news report and we're flying with these these dollars and all is well, but right now this continues to not sit well with the attack on public schools because it's very personal. I have kids in the district and ones that benefited greatly from these literacy programs, the extra services.
041I chose Sou Falls for my daughter when we moved here in 2020. And I was very specific in where I moved because I needed her to catch up in her reading after COVID. And that was that was because of the great services that we have here and we continue to do that work. It's not to say we're going to stop doing that work. We're always going to be a great district, but this is just another terrible setback. And what I need for folks to understand is the difference between the optout dollars and this federal funding. It's a completely different conversation right now, but it still all plays together that it's going to hurt this city if these continue to go like this. So, I have a question about um the 21st community center learning um
042like about how many students would be impacted should those dollars not come because it's not just >> Yes. one program like this supports our entire district's afterchool programs which as we know after school supports working families because not everybody can go pick up their child at 2:45 in the afternoon right >> yes correct >> so do you have an approximate number of either families or children impacted >> so with the amount of slots it will affect 160 slots >> easily 160 families >> yes you know60 families >> looking for the after school care >> and that's huge and I this is one that I'm certain of. If you go to afterchool alliance they have easy uh press here to contact your legislators to support after school funding. I'm sure there's other ways that we can
043reach like I know Dr. N's working very closely with our legislators. But you, whoever's listening, um, something as simple as going on after school alliance and saying, "I support after school programs. I support working families." There's an easy button for you to do that. But now's the time to not just rely on on five voices up here. Everybody needs to engage and get active in this process because this is how we end up here having these conversations. So, thank you for the time. >> Yeah. Yeah. Anybody else? Thank you. Okay. Do we have a motion? >> Yeah. >> Do we have a motion to acknowledge the application report? >> So moves. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Anybody opposed? >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> And the third report that
044we do have is a public hearing and it's a request for the application of waiverss from administrative rules. and Miss Becky Dorman will go through that with the board. >> Good evening. I come before you again this evening uh to talk about the plan of intent process and then also permission to move forward with a waiver um from the plan of intent timeline. A plan of intent is the department of education's pathway given to school districts to work with teachers to become fully certified in the area that they're teaching. In some situations, a teacher needs to pass a practice test or possibly possibly they even need to complete an additional degree program. So, um the Department of Ed allows two years for a teacher to work um under a plan of intent and then if
045they need that additional third year, I'm here through the public hearing to ask for your permission to um apply for that plan of intent for the third year. >> Thank you. This is a public hearing. Anybody here wishing to address the board on this agenda item, please come forward. Okay, then we will now close the public hearing. Do I have a motion to approve item 13C, the request for application of waiverss from administrative rules? >> Okay. Absolutely. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I oppose. >> All right. Motion carries. >> Thank you. [Music] >> Okay. We have the Do you want to introduce? >> Yeah. And so with the passage this last year of some of the legislative law, one of the laws that went into effect was an annual review of the open
046meeting laws. So Brent Ards, our legal uh will go through and provide that update for the board now so it can be posted publicly. >> As Dr. Nol said, I'm here to talk to you about open meetings laws to meet the requirement of Senate Bill 74 passed unanimously by the legislature early this year. Like all great public speeches, I'll start with a definition not from Miam Webster, but from SDCL 12512. An official meeting means any meeting of a quorum of a public body at which official business or public policy of that public body is discussed or decided by the public body whether in person or by means of teleconference. Notice of official meetings including including a proposed agenda must be posted both here at IPC and and on the board's website. At each official meeting,
047we reserve a period for public comment. meetings are open to the public except for executive sessions. The reasons of which can be found the reasons for which can be found in STCL 1252. Our executive sessions here are typically for discussing individual student matters, which is subsection two of that of that law. Additional information, including a Q&A, can be found in the brochure published by the attorney general, a copy of which is linked in the board's agenda tonight. That's all I have to say tonight, but I'll be back again next year to talk to you about open meetings laws and any other laws the legislature tells us we have to review. I'd ask with that, I'd ask for your acknowledgement of this annual review of the open meetings laws. I know I hear some chuckles up
048here. With all due respect, our South Dakota open meetings laws do ensure that the school board decisions are made openly, transparently, and with public trust. It guarantees that our community has a right to see how we govern, how we spend tax dollars, and how we serve the students. So, by following this law, we are um protecting public accountability, encouraging community engagement, and upholding the integrity of the work that we all do as a school district. Um it really builds public trust. So, we do it every year, but it does have significance and importance to how we operate as a board and we don't want to take that for granted. Okay. Do we have a motion to approve the administrative rules or excuse me, the open meeting laws? We just want to acknowledge the open meeting
049laws that that's how we conduct our business. Um, do I have a motion to acknowledge? >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Okay. Motion. Acknowledgement carries. Anything else for the good of the whole? Okay. Do I have a motion to adjurnn? >> Second. Second. >> All in favor? I. >> We're adjourned.