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Monroe-Gregg School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet

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What happened

What happened at this meeting

Board approves policy on homeschooled students in extracurricular activities, 4⁠-⁠1 5:30

  • The board also approved claims and payroll, the budget calendar and permission to apply for state and federal grants, each by 5⁠-⁠0 votes. 2:58
  • The board approved a second reading of board policy 9270, which a district staff member said concerns whether homeschooled students can participate in extracurricular activities, by a 4⁠-⁠1 vote. 5:30
  • The board approved Resolution 426, a transfer between the debt services and operations fund that a staff member said the state allowed as a one-time step because of the homestead credit loss. 7:53
Item by item (12)
  1. Opening and minutes 1:28
    • The presiding officer said no one had signed up for the first public comment. 1:28
    • The board approved the minutes. ~1:49
  2. Claims and payroll 1:49
    • A staff member said non-regular claims included bond payments, the balance for the gym, football stairs, an insurance installment and a fourth Sanders payment. 2:15
    • Tom Kennedy moved to approve the claims and payroll together. 2:42
    • The motion passed 5⁠-⁠0. 2:58
  3. Personnel recommendations 2:50
    • A staff member said the ECA recommendations covered additional summer duties, including professional development and curriculum planning. 3:59
    • The board approved the certified recommendations 5⁠-⁠0 and the ECA recommendations 5⁠-⁠0. 3:48
  4. Homeschool extracurricular participation policy 4:09
    • A staff member said the policy addresses whether someone being homeschooled can participate in extracurricular activities and that the board had its first reading in June. 4:28
    • Asked about items marked in green, a staff member said those were new parts of the policy matching IHSA requirements. 4:48
    • The motion passed 4⁠-⁠1. 5:32
  5. ECA treasurers 5:32
    • A staff member said the board is asked each year to approve the ECA treasurers. 5:44
    • The motion passed 5⁠-⁠0. 6:08
  6. Budget calendar and advertising 6:00
    • A staff member said the budget calendar sets the timelines and dates by which items need to be approved. 6:20
    • The motion passed 5⁠-⁠0. 6:47
  7. State and federal grant applications 6:38
    • A staff member said the item gives the district permission to apply for new grants as they come up. 6:55
    • The motion passed 5⁠-⁠0. 7:26
  8. Cell phone reimbursement list 7:03
    • Tom Kennedy asked whether the list was comprehensive, and a staff member said it was. 7:43
    • The motion passed 5⁠-⁠0. 7:59
  9. Debt service to operations transfer 7:53
    • A staff member said the state allowed the district to move money from debt service to operations as a one-time step to offset the homestead credit loss. 8:10
    • Tom Kennedy asked how much would be transferred and whether it was separate from the $1.9 million bond. 8:36
    • A speaker said the transfer required an application and the maximum was $213,853.46. 8:54
    • The motion passed 5⁠-⁠0. 9:46
  10. Board policy updates first read 9:45
    • A staff member said the packet summarized changes to board policies and no action was needed because it was a first read. 9:57
  11. Public comment on school meals 11:16
    • A speaker at public comment asked whether the district would qualify this year for free breakfast and lunch for students. 11:22
    • A staff member said the district's free and reduced numbers do not meet the requirement and the district would not be able to offer it this year. 11:46
  12. Adjournment 12:45
    • The board voted to adjourn at 6:43. ~12:54
    • The motion to adjourn passed five zero. 12:54

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Video: posted by the district as “M-GSD School Board Meeting 7-13-26”