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Board members each listed top priorities; common themes included improving multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) especially at the secondary level, enhancing special education services and the special-education experience, reducing teacher workload, clarifying boundary and long-term building-planning processes (with a view toward reducing busing costs), strengthening training and outreach for school community councils, and supporting nonlicensed support staff (including language and career-advancement supports).

Several board members urged more emphasis on MTSS as both an academic and behavioral framework. Associate Superintendent Mike Anderson described current district tools used to identify students needing support, including an early-warning system (Panorama software) that triangulates attendance, academics, behavior and mental-health screening to flag students who may need additional intervention. Board members discussed tier 2 and tier 3 service gaps at secondary schools where teacher caseload and contact patterns make individualized intervention more challenging.

Committee and facilities assignments
- Facilities: The board confirmed that the Facilities Committee should continue work it had been assigned, including identifying trigger points for boundary changes (particularly for Harriman High School), reviewing district properties for potential surplus designations, and developing a long-term building plan. Scott Thomas (facilities) and demographer Scott Feston were referenced as staff resources to support that work. Board members discussed West Jordan High School remodeling and agreed the facilities department will proceed with immediate bidding for initial phases (portable moves, parking-lot preparation) and return construction bids and project timelines to the board.

- Watch list: The board asked facilities to develop a strategy and priorities for schools on the demographer’s watch list (schools with enrollment trends that warrant monitoring) and to report back with recommended actions and timelines.

- JPAC and LIAC (advisory committees): The board voted that the executive committee draft concise mission statements and purpose language for the Jordan Parent Advisory Committee (JPAC) and the Licensed Educator Advisory Committee (LIAC). The motion directing the executive committee to write the statements passed by voice vote. Board members discussed the historical role of LIAC — primarily as a channel for focused board-requested feedback rather than continuous district-wide communication — and asked staff and the executive committee to craft a clear, brief purpose and operating parameters the board can approve.

Operational priorities and follow-up
Board members suggested specific follow-ups, including: a deep dive on fundraising policy; evaluation of teacher prep/planning time; a review of the district’s cell-phone policy and its effects at middle school; consideration of targeted language and career-support programs for nonlicensed staff; and a relook at boundary and transportation models to identify cost-savings. Several members proposed an in-house independent auditor (reporting directly to the board) to provide recurring, board-directed operational reviews; that idea was discussed but not formally assigned.

Other actions
The board approved a staff-supported outreach to help cities recruit crossing guards (an item discussed by board members as a public-safety and operational need) and received notices about upcoming USBA regional meetings and student-day-on-the-hill events.

What’s next: Facilities staff will present trigger-point criteria, a watch-list strategy for identified schools, and project timelines (including West Jordan remodel phases) to the board. Executive committee will return JPAC/LIAC mission statements for board review.

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Associate Superintendent Mike Anderson told the board that the Public Education Appropriations Committee recommended a 1% WPU increase (the district’s summary cited a recommended 5% total WPU increase in committee discussion; Anderson clarified later that committee text indicated the final recommended increase under negotiation settled at 1% above the standard allocation) and that there is little new ongoing money available. He said the district is actively tracking 87 education-related bills this session and highlighted a subset with direct financial or operational implications.

Key bills discussed
- HB 344 (school fees): Passed the House and was fast-tracked; includes a new definition for extracurricular activities, and requires high schools to provide a fee-free pathway for graduation beginning fall 2026. Anderson said the change clarifies which fees may be charged (AP/IB/concurrent enrollment, driver education, specific course/program expenses) while prohibiting charges for textbooks and certain common education expenses. He warned the district still faces a significant shortfall for covering common education expenses, estimating a $2–3 million gap for the district.

- HB 455 (Utah Fits All cleanup): Anderson said the appropriation request was trimmed to $40 million from an initial $80 million ask; a 1% WPU increase is roughly equivalent to $43.5 million statewide, he noted, so the two funding streams are comparable in scale.

- HB 267 (collective bargaining): The bill, in its final form as of the meeting, had passed both chambers and was on the governor’s desk. Anderson said it forbids collective bargaining in the form originally proposed in earlier drafts and contains provisions about employee participation in the Utah Retirement System for certain non-public-employee organizations.

- SB 37: Anderson and Business Administrator John Larson flagged Senate Bill 37 as a major concern. The bill would redirect revenue from the minimum basic property tax (the “basic levy” that the state currently requires districts to levy) from school district receipts into a state general fund bucket and then remit education money to districts in the state funding formula rather than letting the local district receive the levy proceeds directly. Larson explained that under current practice the state reduces its WPU payment by the amount of the local basic levy; SB 37 would “gross up” that stream, sending the levy to the state first and then remitting WPU monies without subtracting the levy — a structural change that reduces local transparency and raises questions about accountability. Anderson said the district has raised concerns about the property tax notice continuing to show the district as the levying entity while the revenues could be routed elsewhere. SB 37 had passed the Senate and been assigned to the House Revenue and Taxation Committee.

- SB 102: Anderson called this bill “likewise concerning.” The bill would roll certain designated programs into the state’s flexible allocation; in past years, he noted, items moved into the flexible allocation have later been reduced or removed. The bill’s repealer language also targets the professional staff weighted pupil unit (a funding mechanism the district associates with about $20,500,000), which would no longer be tied to growth — Anderson and Larson estimated the district could lose the growth-linked portion (Larson estimated a loss of approximately $820,000 in growth this year and an additional $5.8 million in board-guaranteed funding linked to WPUs). Anderson told the board the net effect could substantially reduce the practical increase from any WPU percentage rise.

- SB 237 (greenbelt taxes): The bill would change how greenbelt property taxes are handled; Jordan District currently receives about $1.2 million annually from greenbelt taxes, and the statewide fiscal note cited about a $13 million decrease across jurisdictions if the proposal passes. Anderson described the bill as likely well-intentioned but with material effects on the district’s revenues.

Board members asked for clarifications throughout the briefing. Larson walked the board through the mechanics of how the basic levy currently offsets state WPU payments and how SB 37 changes remittance flows; Anderson pointed the board to the Joint Legislative Committee (JLC) tracking sheet in Board Docs for details on the 87 bills the district is watching.

What the board will do: Staff and the board’s government relations committee will continue monitoring these measures. The board discussed the USBA (Utah School Boards Association) alerts and a JLC “call to action” on particular bills; members indicated they may contact legislators or attend committee hearings as the bills move through Revenue and Taxation and other committees.

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The motion, made by Mister Dunford and seconded by Mister Barnett, asks staff to bring back a combined DP 3 3 8 and DP 3 3 8b for final approval at the board's next meeting. The motion passed on a unanimous voice vote.

Board members and district staff said the change is intended to streamline language and align policy with current practice. Superintendent Anthony Godfrey reviewed the text the executive committee recommended: the explicit reimbursement language in paragraph 2(c) would be removed and the subject line retitled “special leave for employees elected to public office.” Godfrey said the draft would broaden the policy to apply to all employees if approved.

Board members asked how flexible the new wording would be in practice. Godfrey and Associate Superintendent Mike Anderson said the language uses discretionary phrasing (“may”) so that administrators and employees can negotiate arrangements that both allow public service and maintain job responsibilities. Anderson said the revision’s goal is “to accommodate both filling the duties of an elected office and the duties of an employee” without prescribing a single approach for every case.

Mister Dunford framed the board direction as a staff assignment rather than an immediate policy adoption. The motion on the floor read, in part, “I move that we direct staff to present for final approval next meeting a combined DP 3 3 8 and DP 3 3 8b in which we eliminate paragraph 2c.” The board approved the motion by voice vote.

The board also earlier temporarily suspended the Robert’s Rules-of-Order formality that required addressing the president as “madam president,” but that procedural vote was separate from the DP 3 3 8 motion.

What’s next: Staff will prepare the consolidated DP 3 3 8/DP 3 3 8b draft that removes paragraph 2(c) and present it for final board approval at the district’s next public meeting. The revised policy will then replace the existing DP 3 3 8 language if formally adopted.

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