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Tiverton committee approves consent agenda, donations and grants; supports state transport bills
Summary
The committee approved consent minutes and multiple school committee resolutions, accepted a donated book box and three grants, and approved three homeschool requests during the April 8 meeting; it also passed a resolution supporting state-level transportation bills.
The Tiverton School Committee approved several consent and routine items by unanimous vote during its April 8 meeting, including meeting minutes, multiple school committee resolutions from neighboring districts and other standard consent materials.
The committee accepted a donated book deposit box (book-drop) for Picasset School from Mr. Marks, who presented the proposed installation site and a maintenance plan; the committee approved the donation unanimously.
The committee approved two grants from Up With Arts totaling $2,060 ($800 and $1,260) to support the high school newspaper and related printing costs, and accepted a $26,500 eCivics cybersecurity awareness grant to pay for a platform used to address cybersecurity threats. All grant acceptances were approved unanimously.
Administrators presented three homeschool requests for the 2024-25 school year and the committee approved them unanimously after staff confirmed the families had provided materials consistent with the district's homeschool policy.
The committee also reviewed and approved a district resolution in support of Rhode Island House Bill 54 20 and Senate Bill 6 36 (as presented in the packet) that would increase the allowable pupil passenger limit from eight to ten, reduce certain bus driver certification training requirements for applicants who already hold a commercial driver's license, and allow temporary licensing for school bus drivers licensed in bordering states to speed driver availability. The committee recorded its support by unanimous vote.
Votes at a glance (selected motions & outcomes from the meeting): - Consent agenda (minutes, enrollment, correspondence/resolutions): approved unanimously. - Accept donation of book deposit box (Mr. Marks): approved unanimously. - Accept Up With Arts grants ($800 and $1,260): approved unanimously. - Accept eCivics cybersecurity grant ($26,500): approved unanimously. - Approve three homeschool requests (2024-25): approved unanimously. - Approve resolution supporting House Bill 5420 and Senate Bill 636: approved unanimously.
All routine items on the consent agenda and the above motions were approved without recorded dissent. Several of these items were listed in the meeting packet and were voted as presented; where details were not specified in the discussion, materials in the packet were referenced.
