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Boulton board opts to drop Rural Schools membership, retain NISPA and review Central New York group next year
Summary
Board members directed the business office to end the district’s membership in the Rural Schools association, keep membership in NISPA and postpone a final decision on the Central New York School Boards Association until next year; the change was described as an administrative direction rather than a formal motion on the agenda.
At a regular meeting, the Boulton Board of Education directed the business office to end the district’s membership in the Rural Schools association and to continue membership in NISPA; the board said it will reassess membership in the Central New York School Boards Association next year.
Why it matters: memberships determine what trainings, lobbying and resources the district receives at the county and state levels and have recurring costs paid from the district budget.
The board president led the discussion about dues and membership, noting that NISPA provides state‑level lobbying and many trainings, while the Rural Schools association “doesn’t necessarily do anything different for us than NISPA does,” and could be eliminated to save costs. The president said the Central New York School Boards Association charges higher dues but provides more in‑person trainings and supports student board‑member training; the board agreed to keep Central New York membership for one more year so it can evaluate the association’s offerings for student representatives.
Board members asked the business office to process the change: “we will, get this into our business office that we're going to, eliminate rural schools at this time. We'll reevaluate the Central New York School Boards Association, next year. NISPA, we will keep,” the president said.
The discussion included a note that the district has not recently paid membership to the county school boards group and would consider a nominal fee if that group offers fall presentations to school boards.
Next steps: the business office will stop payments for the Rural Schools association membership, retain NISPA membership for the coming year, and revisit the Central New York School Boards Association after a year to assess benefits for student‑board training and other services.
