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Trustees debate elections policy and board pay; policies on transportation and homeless students updated
Summary
Board members debated changes to election rules after a residency question, tabled revisions to board‑membership language, approved first reading of student‑transportation and unanimous changes for homeless‑student admission, and voted to pursue a plan to compensate trustees pending policy/legal review.
Trustees spent substantial time on governance matters Feb. 3: members proposed and debated revisions to election residency rules after a recent contested race, tabled a pair of policy changes on board membership and elections, approved first‑reading changes to student transportation (to meet federal requirements for homeless students), and voted to pursue a trustee compensation plan subject to further legal and policy review.
Board member Hagood led a read‑aloud and explanation of proposed revisions to Policy BBB (Board membership) that would add domicile language and require trustees to be domiciled within their board seat area; Hagood cited South Carolina case and statutory language (including a citation staff read from South Carolina Code) to support the change. He said the revisions were prompted by a November 2024 election…
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