APPROVED 03-25-2024

Board of Education Finance Committee Meeting (Monday, March 4, 2024)

Generated by Nikkol Sipes on Wednesday, March 6, 2024

1. Board Finance Committee

A. Call to Order

Mr. Kelly called the meeting to order at 1:18 p.m.

B. Roll Call

Members Present: Zen Kelly, Kelley Cizek, Virginia Morgan, Jason Tauriainen (attended virtually)

Other Board Members Present: Mr. Tim Daugharty, Ms. Dianne MacRae, Mr. Matt Morse, Ms. Patti Truesdell, Mrs. Penny Vadla, Miss Maggie Grenier, Student Representative

C. Approval of Agenda

The March 4, 2024 Finance committee meeting agenda was approved as presented.

D. Approval of Notes 02-05-2024

The February 5, 2024 Finance committee meeting notes were approved as printed.

2. Finance New Business

A. Discussion: Non-Tenure Teacher Contracts

Mr. Kelly invited Mr. Crabtree to begin the discussion on non-tenure teacher contracts. Mr. Crabtree spoke to the attachment beginning with the FY25 FTE Status Quo column and described every column of the document. Ms. Morgan asked a clarifying question regarding positive and negative numbers within the document. Ms. Cizek posed a clarifying question. Mr. Kelly spoke to a suggested PTR example of +5 on the attachment. Mr. Kelly also clarified that the numbers are based on projected enrollment numbers. Mr. Crabtree further described the attached document and how it is broken down into regions of the district and individual school sites. Mr. Tauriainen posed a clarifying question regarding historical numbers or percentages of previous contract renewals. He also proposed that not all those that have been issued a contract will sign. Mr. Crabtree spoke to this. Mr. Tauriainen supports the issuance of non-tenure teacher contracts as soon as possible. Mr. Crabtree spoke to this as well and the importance of issuing contracts as early as possible. Ms. Cizek posed a clarifying question regarding charter school staffing. Ms. Hayes spoke to this. Ms. Cizek also posed a question regarding the negative numbers in some of the columns and moving some teachers around in the district if necessary. Mr. Kelly spoke regarding moving non-tenured teacher contracts forward. He also spoke to the importance of retaining these quality teachers. He requested Mr. Crabtree's recommendations on when to issue contracts for approval at the latest in April or potentially if the BSA is increased in the middle of March. Mr. Kelly spoke to SB 140. He also spoke to a potential Special Meeting in mid March if there is an increase the BSA. Miss Grenier posed a question regarding fractions of an FTE. Mr. Crabtree spoke to this and that it can be situational and depends on the circumstances as well as locations of the positions. Mr. Tauriainen spoke in regards to SB 140 and posed clarifying question regarding the potential veto of the proposed BSA increase and spoke regarding the process of the bill becoming a law. Mr. Kelly spoke to this. Mr. Tauriainen proposed setting a mid month special meeting instead of waiting to approve the non-tenure teacher contracts for the 2024-2025 school year. Mr. Daugharty agreed with Mr. Tauriainen and proposes letting staff know regarding where their contracts are in the process. Mr. Holland spoke to the non-tenure teacher contracts. He spoke to how the district is in a predicament with the uncertainty of school funding currently. Mr. Morse posed a question regarding "hard to fill" contracts. Mr. Crabtree spoke to this. Mr. Kelly posed a question regarding non-tenure teacher salary averages. Ms. Hayes spoke to this.

3. Information Requests to Administration

There were none at this time.

4. Adjourn

Mr. Kelly adjourned the meeting at 1:54 p.m.