Brookfield LaGrange Park School District 95 Board of Education met Dec. 12.
Here is the agenda provided by the board:
I. CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
II. ROLL CALL
III. CLOSED SESSION
• For the purpose to discuss appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees of the District.
IV. CONSENT AGENDA
A. Approval of Regular Minutes of 11-14-19
B. Approval of Payables and Ratification of Payroll in the amount of $1,609,249.73
1. Approval of Regular Board Accounts Payable
2. Approval of AT&T Accounts Payable
C. Approval of Township Treasurer's Reports
V. PUBLIC COMMENT
VI. COMMUNICATIONS
A. None
VII. FOIA REQUESTS
A. None
VIII. OLD BUSINESS
A. FY 2019 Audit
B. 2019 Tax Levy
C. Annual Abatement Resolution
D. After School Care RFP
E. District Communication and Website
IX. NEW BUSINESS
A. Board Policy First Reading - Press Plus Policy Issue 102
1. 2:20 Powers and Duties of the Board of Education; Indemnification
2. 2:70 Vacancies on the Board of Education - Filling Vacancies
3. 2:105 Ethics and Gift Ban
a. Question 1. Would the board like to authorize the Board President or the Superintendent to appoint the outside investigator when a complaint of sexual harassment is made against a member of the Board by another Board member or elected official?
¤ The Board President (default)
¤ The Superintendent (this will also affect policy 2:105 - be sure the same answer is entered for both policies)
4. 2:110 Board Member Conflict of Interest
a. Question 1. Would the Board like to authorize the Board President or the Superintendent to appoint the outside investigator when a complaint of sexual harassment is made against a member of the Board by another Board member or elected official?
¤ The Board President (default)
¤ The Superintendent (this will also affect policy 2:105 - be sure the same answer is entered for both policies.)
5. 2:100 Board Member Conflict of Interest
6. 2:200 Types of Board of Education Meetings
7. 2:220 Board of Education Meeting Procedure
8. 2:260 Uniform Grievance Procedure
9. 4:15 Identitiy Protection
10. 4:30 Revenue and Investments
11. 4:60 Purchases and Contracts
12. 4:80 Accounting and Audits
13. 4:150 Facility Management and Building Programs
14. 5:30 Hiring Process and Criteria
a. Question 1. A school board that wishes to preserve the exceptions in 820 ILCS 112/10(b- 10)(1) and (2), added by P.A. 101-177, should consult its board attorney. Note: Attorneys caution that using the exceptions in 820 ILCS 112/10(b-10)(1) and (2), added by P.A. 101- 177, may trigger litigation violating this subsection entities an employee to recover in a civil action may damages incurred, special damages up to $10,000, injunctive relief, and costs and reasonable attorney's fees. 820 ILCS 112/30(a-5), added by P.A. 101-177.
Has the Board adopted the exceptions into this policy, adding #5 the following: "unless the applicant's wage or salary history is a matter of public record, or is contained in a document completed by the applicant's current or former employer and then made available to the public by the employer, or then submitted or posted by the employer to comply with State or federal law; or the applicant is a current employee applying for a position with the same current employer."?
¤ No (default)
¤ Yes. The Board has consulted its board attorney on has adopted the exceptions into the policy. Add to #5 the following: "unless the applicant's wage or salary history is a matter of public record, or is contained in a document completed by the applicant's current or former employer and then made available to the public by the employer, or then submitted or posted by the employer to comply with State or federal law; or the applicant is a current employee applying for a position with the same current employer."?
15. 5:90 Abused and Neglected Child Reporting
16. 5:10 Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Recruitment
17. 5:20 Workplace Harassment Prohibited
18. 5:50 Drug-and-Alcohol-Free Workplace; E-Cigarette, Tobacco and Cannabis Prohibition
a. Question 1. An employee is on call when the employer schedules him or her with at least 24 hours' notice to be on standby or otherwise responsible for performing employment- related tasks either at the employer's location or another previously-designated location. Consult the board attorney regarding how the board wants to treat employees who may be considered on call, e.g., superintendents, principals, coaches, and/or maintenance workers, etc.
Has the board adopted the phrase "or being on call" into this policy? ¤ Yes (default)
¤ No (IASB will remove "or being on call")
b. Question 2. Optional, Including the statutory example that includes the term vape pen provides notice that vaping products are also prohibited through the term e- cigarette. Choose from the following options:
¤ Include the default sentence. (default)
¤ Replace "Includes, but is not limited to, any electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS), electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe, electronic hookah, vape pen, or similar product or device, and any components or parts that can be used to build the product or device" with "shall have the meaning provided in the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Minors and Sale Distribution or Tobacco Products Act, 720 ILCS 675/1(a-9)."
19. 5:200 Terms and Conditions of Employment and Dismissal 20. 5:220 Substitute Teachers
21. 5:250 Leaves of Absence
22. 5:290 Employment Termination and Suspensions
23. 5:330 Sick Days, Vacation, Holidays and Leaves 24. 6:20 School Year Calendar and Day
25. 6:60 Curriculum Content
a. Question 1. A school district may offer a course on hunting safety as part of its curriculum during the school day. (105 ILCS 5/27-23.13 (final citation pending), added by P.A. 101- 152.) No grade levels are specified in the statute.
Does the Board want to offer a course on hunting safety as part of its curriculum?
¤ No (default)
¤ Yes, Insert in grade(s) [insert grade level(s)], a course on hunting safety will be offered during the school day." 5/27-23.13 (final citation pending) will be added to the Legal References what grade level(s) should be inserted?
26. 6:150 Home and Hospital Instruction
27. 7:20 Harassment of Students Prohibited
28. 7:150 Agency and Police Interviews
29. 8:30 Visitors to and Conduct on School Property
a. Question 1. For ease of administration, this text is broader than 105 ILCS 5/24-24, requiring a hearing for both school events and meetings. See Nuding v. Cerro Gordo Community Unit School Dist., 313 III.App.3d 344 (4th Dist. 2000) (board was authorized to ban parent from attending all school events and extracurricular activities by 105 ILCS 5/24-24; the ban was based on the parent's exposing a toy gun and a pocketknife at a board meeting). The court in Nuding did not specifically answer whether a board meeting qualifies as a school event under 1056 ILCS 5/24-24, but upheld the board's right to enforce conduct rules at its meetings under 105 ILCS 5/10-20.5.
Consult the board attorney before narrowing the text, especially if the board has put the current text into practice and now plans to narrow it. This issue involves a balancing of a board's interest in the orderly transaction of its public business and the efficiency of its meetings against an individual's: (a) statutory rights attend meetings and/or comment to and ask questions of the board (105 ILCS 5/10-16 and 5 ILCS 120/2.06(g)) and (b) constitutional freedoms and rights of speech, the press, assembly, and to petition the government (U.S. Constitution, First Amendment and Ill. Constitution, Art. 1§§ 1,2,4 and 5).
Does the board want to narrow the policy text to mirror 105 ILCS 5/24-24?
¤ No (default)
¤ Yes ("or meetings" will be remove from the subheading and the first sentence of the subsection)
30. 5:120 Employee Ethics; Conduct; and Conflict of Interest
31. 7:270 Administering Mediciines to Students
a. Question 1. Optional. 105 ILCS 145/27, added by P.A. 101-428, permits a district to maintain a supply of undesignated glucagon in any secure location that is immediately accessible to a school nurse or delegated care aide. A school board must ensure that it does not adopt this section into the policy unless it is prepared to implement it. Consult the board attorney about the consequences of informing the community that the district will obtain a prescription for a supply of undesignated glucagon, and implement a plan for their use, and then not doing it, as doing so may be fraught with legal liabilities.
The superintendent is given board authority to implement this section; however, several preliminary steps should occur with the assistance of the board attorney. They include, but are not limited to: (1) investigating the feasibility of obtaining a prescription for a supply of undesignated glucagon in the name of the district or one of its schools, and (2) outlining the advantages and disadvantages of implementing this plan based upon each district's individual resources and, circumstances, and student population's needs.
Has the Board adopted the School District Supply of Undesignated Glucagon subsection?
¤ Yes (default)
¤ No (IASB will delete the School District Supply of Undesignated Glucagon subsection and its Void Policy language)
32. 5:20-E Exhibit-Resolution to Prohibit Sexual Harassment - New to District
a. Question 1. If the board is including the adopted resolution in the Board policy manual, please indicate the county(ies) that should be inserted here. ______________________
33. 4:190 Targeted School Violence Prevention Program - New to District
X. INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION
A. Technology - Single Path
B. Future Meetings at Brook Park
C. Finance Questions
XI. ADJOURNMENT
https://v3.boardbook.org/Public/PublicItemDownload.aspx?mk=50330377&fn=notice.pdf
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