At a regular meeting, the Bellevue Board of Education elected Maureen McNamara president and Scott Eby vice president, approved board officers to serve as authorized representatives for federal Impact Aid filings and authorized the superintendent to act as the board’s official representative for local, state and federal programs.

The board’s actions also ratified district warrants issued in January bearing signatures from prior officers, nominated two members to the Bellevue Public Schools Foundation board and voted to recognize the Bellevue Education Association (BEA) as the exclusive collective bargaining representative for the 2026–27 school year.

Board members unanimously approved the slate of officers during the reorganization portion of the meeting. Voting members recorded in the transcript who voted “yes” included Phil Davidson, Maureen McNamara, Scott Eby, Miss Beckham, Naina Wofford and others in attendance; the board recorded no “no” votes or recorded abstentions in the roll calls shown in the minutes for these items.

On the resolution related to federal Impact Aid (Title 9 of P.L. 106-398), the board adopted a motion designating the president as the authorized representative and the vice president as the alternate to file Impact Aid applications and related federal reports on behalf of Bellevue Public Schools. The board separately approved a motion authorizing the superintendent, or the superintendent’s designee, to represent the district in matters related to local, state and federal programs including the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), vocational education, special education, adult education, grants and educational service unit activities.

The board also moved to ratify all district warrants issued in January that bore signatures of officers from the immediately preceding term, confirming those warrants as valid for district business.

Nominations and confirmations: the board nominated and confirmed Scott Eby and Naina Wofford to serve on the Bellevue Public Schools Foundation Board of Directors. The president also appointed board members to the Committee on American Civics in accordance with the law requiring a committee to examine textbooks used in teaching American history and civil government.

On labor relations, the board accepted a recommendation to recognize the Bellevue Education Association as the exclusive bargaining representative for teachers, school psychologists, nurses and occupational therapists for the 2026–27 school year; the board noted negotiations for the 2025–26 year are ongoing.

The meeting closed its public business items by announcing a planned executive session to discuss collective bargaining strategy and related personnel reputation protections.

Votes at a glance:
- Election of president: Maureen McNamara — outcome: approved (roll-call votes recorded as “yes”).
- Election of vice president: Scott Eby — outcome: approved (roll-call votes recorded as “yes”).
- Secretary (nominated): Trisha Richards — outcome: approved (roll-call votes recorded as “yes”).
- Resolution authorizing president/vice president for Impact Aid (Title 9 of P.L. 106-398) — outcome: approved.
- Authorization of superintendent as official representative for local, state and federal programs (including ESEA) — outcome: approved.
- Ratification of January warrants signed under previous officers — outcome: approved.
- Nominations to Bellevue Public Schools Foundation Board (Scott Eby and Naina Wofford) — outcome: approved.
- Recognition of Bellevue Education Association as exclusive bargaining representative for 2026–27 — outcome: approved.

The board recorded no substantive public comments on these agenda items during the meeting; a hearing on the parental-involvement policy received no input and was closed by the board.