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Board of Education Agenda-October

October 11, 2023

SCRIBNER-SNYDER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS – DIST. #0062

BOARD MEETING AGENDA

Wednesday, October 11, 2023 @ 6:30 pm

To be held in the Scribner-Snyder Community Schools at Scribner, NE, in the Band Building. 

A copy of the agenda, kept continuously current, is available for public inspection at the office of

Scribner-Snyder Superintendent during regular business hours.

I.  OPEN THE MEETING

II.  INFORMATIONAL REPORTS

III.  ACTION ITEMS

                                                            RESOLUTION

            WHEREAS, the School Board is required by law to adopt by resolution policies and specific standards for acceptance or rejection of option enrollment applications by October 15th for the following school year; and,

            WHEREAS, the School Board has received and reviewed evidence and information submitted by the administration and other sources and made determinations thereon with respect to standards for acceptance or rejection and with respect to the capacity of this school district to accept option enrollment students based upon available staff, available facilities, projected enrollment, and availability of special education programs for the following school year; and,

            WHEREAS, the School Board has determined that the educational interests of this school district would be best served by adoption of the resolutions, and the policies and specific standards herein contained.

            NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Option Enrollment Policy presented to the School Board as Policy 502.02, and Appendix “1” to such Policy 502.02, should be and the same are hereby adopted, and any previous policy or interpretation or application of the option enrollment program which is or has been inconsistent with the Policy 502.02, and Appendix “1” to such Policy 502.02, are repealed effective on the date of the passage of this resolution,

            BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all paragraphs, subparagraphs, and portions of words of this Resolution, of Policy 502.02, and Appendix “1” to such Policy 502.02 are severable and that in the event any of the same are determined to be invalid for any reason, such determination shall not affect the validity of any of the remainder of the same.

            BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that policies and specific standards for acceptance or rejection of option enrollment applications should be and are hereby adopted, for applications filed after adoption of this resolution, and are hereinafter set forth:

            The above Resolution, having been read in its entirety, member ____________ moved for its passage and adoption, member                           seconded the same.  After discussion and on roll call vote, the following members voted in favor of passage and adoption of the above Resolution:                                                                                                                                        _________________________________________________________________________________________.

The following members voted against the same:                                                                              .

The following members were absent or not voting:                                                                  .   The Resolution having been consented to and approved by a majority of the members of the School Board, was declared as passed and adopted by the President at a duly held and lawfully convened meeting in full compliance with the Nebraska open meetings law.

            DATED this 11th day of October, 2023.

SCRIBNER-SNYDER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

By:       _______________________________          Attest:  ____________________________                            President                                                                     Secretary

Appendix “1” to Option Enrollment Policy

            The following is Appendix “1” to Policy 502.02 for the current school year.  The Board of Education hereby sets forth the maximum number of option students for the current school year in any program, class, grade level or school building or in any special education programs operated by this school district, based upon available staff, facilities, projected enrollment of resident students, projected number of students with which this school district will contract based on existing contractual arrangements, and availability of appropriate special education programs.  Any program, class, grade level, or school building which has “0” as the No. of Option Students is hereby declared unavailable to option students due to lack of capacity.

* Special education capacity will be determined on a case-by-case basis in accordance with state law and the available resources as determined by the District’s Director of Special Education or designee.

V.  DISCUSSION ITEMS

VI.  EXECUTIVE SESSION

VII.  ADJOURNMENT

The sequence of the agenda is provided as a courtesy.

The Board reserves the right to consider each item in any sequence.

Occasionally, at meetings, the Board will recess to closed session in accordance with § 84-1410(1).

Reasons necessary for a closed session include:

Protection of the public interest; or strategy session with respect to collective bargaining or real estate; or the Prevention of needless injury to a reputation.

Meeting Agendas and Minutes are located on the Scribner-Snyder website at www.sstrojans.org