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Board approves policy updates, ELA curriculum unit and routine items; multiple motions pass
Summary
Madison School District Board of Education voted to rescind and reinstate several policies after federal rule changes, approved ELA grade 9 Unit 3 as amended, and approved routine consent items including budget transfers, personnel report and disposal of used books.
The Madison School District Board of Education voted on several policy updates and routine items during its meeting. Board members voted to rescind two policies, adopt three revised policies tied to federal changes and local statutes, approve ELA Grade 9 Unit 3 as amended, authorize disposal of used books and equipment, and approve routine consent items including line-item transfers, budget expenditures and the February 2025 personnel report.
The board moved and approved a motion to waive the second reading and rescind policies 6,090.1 (home visits by social workers) and 7,200 (indoor air quality). The board then waived second reading and approved rescind-and-replace actions on policies labeled 04/2001 and 05/2005 (prohibition of *** discrimination including ***-based harassment) and 05/2020 (improved completion rates of the FAFSA). Board members said the 04/2001 and 05/2005 changes restore earlier policy language after a federal court ruling vacated the 2024 Title IX regulations; the 05/2020 change reflects state legislation delaying certain FAFSA graduation requirements from the class of 2025 to the class of 2027.
Board members also approved adoption of ELA Grade 9 Unit 3 as amended following a curriculum committee presentation and subsequent board discussion. The board approved disposal of used books and equipment (the packet and discussion noted a correction in quantities for American government volumes) and approved the consent agenda containing line-item transfers as of 02/27/2025, budget expenditures as of 02/27/2025, and the February 2025 personnel report. The minutes of the Feb. 11, 2025 meeting were approved.
Several motions were procedural and carried without extended debate; where roll-call tallies were not recorded in the transcript, the board chair called the motions carried after verbal affirmative responses.
Votes at a glance: - Motion: Approve consent agenda (line-item transfers as of 02/27/2025; budget expenditures as of 02/27/2025; February 2025 personnel report). Outcome: approved (motion carries). Mover/Second: not specified in the transcript. - Motion: Waive second reading and rescind policies 6,090.1 (home visits by social workers) and 7,200 (indoor air quality). Outcome: approved (motion carries). Mover/Second: not specified. - Motion: Waive second reading and approve policies 04/2001 (prohibition of *** discrimination including ***-based harassment), 05/2005 (prohibition of *** discrimination including ***-based harassment — student series), and 05/2020 (improved completion rates of the FAFSA). Outcome: approved (motion carries). Mover/Second: second recorded as Steven for one motion; transcript does not consistently name movers for each vote. - Motion: Adopt ELA Grade 9 Unit 3 as amended. Outcome: approved (motion carries). Mover/Second: motion moved and seconded; specific mover not consistently recorded. - Motion: Approve disposal of used books and equipment (quantities as corrected in packet). Outcome: approved (motion carries). Mover/Second: not specified. - Motion: Approve minutes of 02/11/2025 Board of Education meeting. Outcome: approved (motion carries). Mover/Second: not specified.
Board chair and committee chairs provided brief committee reports before some votes; several votes were taken by voice and recorded as “aye” with the chair announcing motions carried. The transcript records no roll-call vote tallies with member-by-member votes.
