The Examiner U-46 News FeedDist. U-46 Board approves policies, pacts, travel costs By Seth Hancock
The Board of Education in School District 93 approved of updates to 11 policies, board agreements and travel expenses.
The votes were 7-0, made in May, which included the policy changes that were largely updated on account of a new state law, Faith’s Law. Those include policy 2:110 (qualifications, term and duties of board officers), 4:60 (purchases and contracts), 5:30 (hiring process and criteria), 5:150 (personnel records) and 5:90 (abused and neglected child reporting).
Policies 5:125 (personal technology and social media, usage and conduct) and 6:230 (library media programs) have minor language changes while policies 4:40 (incurring debt), 5:285 (drug and alcohol testing for school bus and commercial vehicle drivers), 6:210 (instructional materials) and 8:70 (accommodating individuals with disabilities) were reviewed for monitoring purposes with no proposed changes.
Board agreements were approved with some changes, but the changes were not presented to the public. The agreements posted on the district website are from 2021 which state they are a “guide for Board members in adhering to the Board’s Code of Conduct and each Board member’s Oath of Office.”
The travel expenses approved total a not-to-exceed amount of $6,480 for all seven board members as well as Suzanne Johnson, interim superintendent, and Trisha Olson, chief legal officer, to travel to Chicago in November for annual Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB) annual conference.
“The Triple I Joint Annual Conference will be held in Chicago November 17-19, 2023,” wrote Evelyn Bevins, assistant to the superintendent, in a memo. “The cost to attend the conference is [$520 per person. Lodging requires a $200 (non-refundable) per room deposit at the time of booking. The costs of lodging are up to $205] (without tax) per room per night. Registration will open Monday, June 5, 2023.”
The IASB is a lobbyist organization for government run schools.
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