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Board approves consent agenda and multiple policy updates; Title IX change passes 6-1
Summary
At its Feb. 24 meeting the Fond du Lac Board of Education approved the consent agenda, summer recreation fees and several policy updates. A second-reading change to Title IX–related policy passed 6-1; other Neola policy updates and first readings carried unanimously.
The Fond du Lac Board of Education on Feb. 24 approved a consent agenda and a series of policy items and readings, including a second-reading Title IX policy change that passed 6-1.
The board unanimously approved routine items on the consent agenda and a bimonthly financial report, personnel recommendations and meeting minutes. Board members then approved program fees for the 2025 summer recreation department with only modest adjustments tied to newly created classes.
At a later vote the board adopted revisions tied to federal Title IX guidance at second reading, rescinding a district policy cited in that motion; that measure passed 6-1. Several other policy updates were approved, including multiple Neola policy revisions presented at first reading and a first reading to revise grievance procedures (board policies 3340 and 4340). Those readings carried unanimously.
Votes at a glance - Consent agenda (minutes 02/10/2025, personnel, financial report): motion moved by Mister Henschel, seconded by Mister Godfrey. Roll call: unanimous; outcome approved (7-0). - Summer recreation department program fees (2025): motion moved by Mister Henschel, seconded by Mister Laverns. Board approved; outcome approved (7-0). The district staff said there was “really no change” in fees this year other than rates for newly added classes. - Title IX–related policy changes and rescission of board policy 2264 (second reading): motion text referenced a Jan. 9, 2025 federal district court decision regarding the 2024 Title IX regulations. Motion moved by Mister Henshall, seconded by Miss Horrath. Roll call: six yes, one no (Godfrey opposed); outcome approved (6-1). - Neola policy revisions, volume 34-1 (first reading): motion moved by Mister Henschel, seconded by Mister Godfrey. Outcome approved (7-0). - Revisions to board policies 3340 and 4340 (grievance procedures; first reading): motion moved by Mister Godfrey, seconded by Mister Labyrinth. Outcome approved (7-0). - Suggested Neola revisions and special update (Edgar Ugg; first reading): motion moved by Mister Henschel, seconded by Mister Godfrey. Outcome approved (7-0). - Adjournment motion moved by Mister Henschel, seconded by Mister Godfrey; outcome approved (7-0).
Why it matters The Title IX item was framed by staff as a district-level adoption of changes driven by a federal court decision about the 2024 Title IX regulations; the board’s vote rescinded an older local policy cited in the motion. The other votes were routine approvals or first readings of district policy updates from Neola, the education-policy vendor the district uses for model policy language.
Board procedure and context Board members said many of the Neola items had been discussed at a prior workshop; several motions were presented as first readings and will appear again if a second reading is required by board practice. The Title IX change was presented as a second reading and described by staff as largely a formal adoption in response to federal developments.
No new budget appropriation tied to these votes was reported at the meeting. The summer fees motion was described by staff as largely holding fees at the prior year’s levels, with limited rate-setting only for newly added classes.
