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Votes and outcomes recorded in the public meeting transcript included:

- Consent agenda: Approved by voice vote.

- J1: Approved statement of work number 1 for the VISTA longitudinal student-performance study with the Arizona Board of Regents and ASU Helios Decision Center for Educational Excellence (voice vote after clarification on de-identified data).

- J2: Approved reorganization of the Educational Services Department to convert specialist positions to coordinator roles and retitle the instructional technology coordinator position to Alternative and Innovative Learning Coordinator (voice vote).

- J3: Approved new staffing effective 2025-26: one special-education clerk split between Powell and Tangerine Farms K-8, one nurse at Tangerine Farms K-8, and one half-time Spanish teacher at Tortolita Middle School (voice vote).

- Policy revisions: Approved revisions to Policy AA (School District Legal Status), Policy ABA (Community Involvement in Education), Policy ABAA (Parental Involvement), and removal of Policy AD (Education Philosophy/School District Mission) as redundant (voice vote).

- J5: Approved a motion to convene an executive session pursuant to ARS 38-431.03 for the purpose of consulting with and instructing the board's representative regarding negotiations; the board left the public meeting to hold the executive session.

The public transcript records voice votes for most items and does not include roll-call tallies for individual trustees. Several motions were seconded and passed without recorded dissent. Where board members asked clarifying questions at the microphone, staff responded and the items proceeded to votes.

No formal budgetary figures associated with the staffing changes or the ASU Helios agreement were read into the public record during the meeting, and the transcript does not provide a detailed implementation timeline for the approved items.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","MUSD Regular Board Meeting - April 10, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The governing board approved the consent agenda, a data-sharing statement of work with ASU Helios (VISTA), an Educational Services reorganization, new staff positions for 2025-26, revisions to multiple district policies, and voted to convene an executive session on negotiations under ARS 38-431.03.","taxTitle","Marana Unified District (4404), School Districts, Arizona","taxId",13600,"location","Arizona","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_46":81,"_48":82,"_50":83,"_52":84,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":85,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":86,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6606925,"Teachers, union leaders urge Marana Unified to back supports for autistic students and oppose voucher-driven cuts",359,1301000,1660000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2956898-c80027cb1f747dd7f72b8b00597fb955&start=1301&end=1660","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2956898-c80027cb1f747dd7f72b8b00597fb955/thumbnail_1301000.jpg","/articles/6606925/Arizona/Teachers-union-leaders-urge-Marana-Unified-to-back-supports-for-autistic-students-and-oppose-voucher-driven-cuts","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6606925-c43b163901145453993d02d6385432d0/orig.mp4?Expires=1770766608&Signature=cHcyjmclhDvZDvi4Rc9uZJLQ1ADg5~Vi-doKdY6M9ytyheQ0JpNVhJ8gi7vDXCIedqPBvGp2TgcQKk6rIpLO0DufVkhZoLJTEEPLdZowVJpsL5O3nZOB4A1rL4-b8TZu03RJEu6M~MGSyi9k60x5LpyDNToeNXwYS66cE3AyWRkL2UE-v1qIhff8fTj3D3Ls5q4WUEVKaB8y~2ne518HP7xk0inwqKoPwFNSvN7AmmKXPA3dJ-pdutlxTk27-rDhN2G8hJcfa87Vajjh4V4x-vmekKbXhuX9PySL4KFXsx-r6IHbk4sky~2AOx2WI8-l1ZEvf~61N6Li5skE2TUa5A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Two members of the Marana community used the district's public-comment period to ask the governing board to sustain services for students with disabilities and to press for stronger public-school funding.

Lily Tate, a ceramics teacher at Tortolita Middle School and a parent of an autistic kindergartner in the district, described her family's experience seeking assessments and services. Tate said the district's early childhood center and Powell staff helped secure an individualized education program (IEP) and provided support she called essential for her child's progress. \"I'll forever be grateful to the team at Powell for all the support and care,\" she said.

Tate told the board the pandemic delayed some early speech milestones for her child and that behavioral indicators, including biting, led the family to seek help. She urged the district to continue to \"support and come alongside\" students with differing needs as debates over diversity, equity and inclusion continue in public discourse.

Chelsea Acree, vice president of the Marana Education Association, told the board that district staff are working through testing, counseling and end-of-year transitions \"without adequate funding.\" Acree said state voucher programs siphon public dollars from district classrooms. \"Every dollar diverted to these programs is a dollar that doesn't reach our classrooms,\" she said, and called on community members to contact legislators as the state budget was being finalized.

Board members did not respond with substantive policy actions during the public-comment period; the meeting proceeded to the consent agenda and new-business items.","During public comment, a Tortolita Middle School ceramics teacher and the Marana Education Association vice president asked the board to protect services for neurodivergent students and urged community action against state voucher expansion that they say diverts funding from public schools.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_46":93,"_48":94,"_50":95,"_52":96,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":97,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":98,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6606929,"Marana Unified approves data-sharing agreement with ASU Helios for longitudinal student study",274,1755000,2029000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2956898-c80027cb1f747dd7f72b8b00597fb955&start=1755&end=2029","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2956898-c80027cb1f747dd7f72b8b00597fb955/thumbnail_1755000.jpg","/articles/6606929/Arizona/Marana-Unified-approves-data-sharing-agreement-with-ASU-Helios-for-longitudinal-student-study","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6606929-56ea9bcee492d9ad952753221b2a9ffe/orig.mp4?Expires=1770766608&Signature=epr2uA6658SNfSpW3u~Oj6PIpYdHHk98IVpN8R7ni9zWyMNT3T7pO193Xip-LfvMWDFjdBls9G4Iu67IpmadxXM70sjIrvgd6sydZk56YZcrOW7V0QvtybmUkmKjk-mbOfcYZrO331caSdc9E0ZuGis1VMjEogDxoj30dqU~hX3X1e0JtIemfgvr8NDXfh~2mDpvEkjlgcMhswB4Gfy6tJL01ss9bBiqj6vigJ6Y-uLsKWhG-NRsfYQ3cz5vm0UOWqO~Eu2QeeZDNWQk~nsJxL2rhb6TeWpNT2hEbj~J0lj6oEvI7kGAnwIlcg9Dem~53gzykcx9JeihdR-1ct9iag__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Marana Unified School District governing board on an apparent voice vote approved a statement of work to share de-identified student records with the Arizona Board of Regents and Arizona State University\u0000Helios Decision Center for Educational Excellence to support a longitudinal study called VISTA.

The VISTA project, presented by Miss Rudy, would allow the district to provide de-identified data so researchers can examine how district students move from middle school to high school and postsecondary education, which classes and majors they choose, and how district programs affect those trajectories.

Miss Rudy said the study would help the district \"evaluate the quality and effectiveness of our programs\" and identify district and out-of-district practices associated with student success. \"No personal information involving students\u0000...would not be able to be tracked back to an individual student,\" she told the board when asked to clarify what \"de-identified\" meant.

A board member pointed to language in the draft agreement that appears to allow certain confidential data and asked whether personally identifiable information would be shared. Miss Rudy replied that the district would not send personally identifiable information and that any directory information released would follow FERPA rules and exclude students whose parents have opted out.

The motion to approve the statement of work carried with a voice vote; trustees gave no recorded roll-call vote in the public transcript.

The board packet and the presenter described VISTA as a research collaboration intended to provide longitudinal visualizations and analysis of student academic trajectories. The agreement submitted to the board includes a paragraph listing categories of confidential data; the presenter said that the district\u0000\u0000\u0000would not disclose data that could be used to re-identify individual students, and that any directory information disclosure would follow FERPA opt-out rules.

The district did not provide costs or a timeline for the ASU Helios project during the public presentation, and no outside speaker opposed the motion during the meeting.

The board approved the statement of work to proceed; staff indicated follow-up work would include data preparation under the terms described in the agreement and FERPA constraints.","The Marana Unified School District board approved a statement of work with the Arizona Board of Regents and Arizona State University\u0000Helios Decision Center to share de-identified student data for a longitudinal study called VISTA aimed at tracking student outcomes from middle school into postsecondary pathways.","actionData","errors"]

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