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Metro Arts committee delays FY26 guideline votes; proposes 5-year background checks, 3-day "curing" window and end to internal appeals
Summary
Staff presented preliminary FY26 application and process proposals — including a proposed change to background-check currency, a three-day curing period after technical review, expanded first-time applicant support, and replacing the internal appeals procedure with staff meetings — and asked the committee to defer voting until legal review is complete.
Interim Director Batchelder presented a set of preliminary FY26 criteria and process proposals to the Metro Arts Commission Grants & Funding Committee and recommended delaying any votes until the committee's next meeting to allow staff time for legal review and final drafting.
Batchelder said the office plans to formalize background-check requirements for grantees that work with youth and recommended changing the currency period for required background checks from two years to five years, reflecting what staff described as "industry best practice." Batchelder said the change would be reflected in the attestation form and that background checks would be required "if awarded" so applicants are not required to incur the cost before grant decisions are final.
Staff also proposed a short post-technical-review "curing"…
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