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Board approves routine and policy items including substitute bus-driver pay and MTSBA funding-resolution
Summary
At the meeting the board approved routine consent items and a set of motions by unanimous voice vote, including ratifying the teachers' contract, setting substitute bus driver pay at $17 per hour, approving out-of-district attendance agreements and forwarding a funding reform resolution to the Montana School Boards Association.
The Missoula County Public Schools Board of Trustees approved a series of routine and policy items by unanimous voice vote.
Key votes included: approval of the meeting agenda and minutes from the Aug. 12 board meeting; setting regular meetings for Aug. 19; approval of out-of-district attendance agreements on the consent agenda; ratification of a two-year collective bargaining agreement with the Missoula Education Association (covered in a separate article); approval of a $17 hourly rate for substitute bus drivers; and approval of a board resolution to submit a request to the Montana School Boards Association (MTSBA) urging comprehensive funding reform to reduce reliance on Levies and to seek state funding for programs such as English language learning and gifted-and-talented services.
Trustees moved and seconded each motion as required, and the transcript records unanimous approval for each item by those trustees present. Several items were described by the board as routine; the out-of-district attendance agreements and meeting scheduling were handled on the consent agenda with no public comment. The substitute bus-driver pay rate was presented by the administration with minimal discussion; the motion passed unanimously.
The board's resolution for submission to the Montana School Boards Association was described at the board retreat as aimed at broader state funding for safety, technology and other programmatic needs to reduce repeated local levies. The motion to forward that resolution to MTSBA passed by unanimous voice vote.
A more detailed account of the two-year MEA-MFPE collective bargaining ratification appears in a separate article. The administration said it will publish posted documents (minutes, agreement text, and the submitted resolution) on the district website.
