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Votes at a glance: J.O. Combs board approves budget, agreements, policies and personnel action
Summary
The J.O. Combs Unified School District governing board approved the proposed FY26 budget, multiple intergovernmental agreements, policy updates, pay plan payments and a personnel termination; all recorded motions passed unanimously.
At its June meeting the J.O. Combs Unified School District governing board recorded and approved a series of motions by unanimous voice vote (4–0). The board did not record any defeated motions in the public transcript.
Key votes and outcomes (motions passed 4–0 unless noted):
- Adopt agenda (procedural motion). - Approve minutes for the May 14 board meeting. - Approve consent agenda (routine items). - Approve spring 2025 substitute stipend for substitutes who worked 75% or more of the spring semester (staff authorized to correct minor errors during processing). - Approve final payment of the school‑wide student achievement portion of the Proposition 301 performance‑based pay plan for 2024–25 (payment: $800 for staff completing components; minor correction authority granted to staff). - Approve final payment of the administrative performance‑based pay plan for 2024–25 (minor correction authority granted to staff). - Approve renewal of the intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office for a school resource officer at Combs High School for the 2025–26 school year. - Approve an amendment to the EVIT IGA to extend the agreement for one month to continue negotiations; administrators warned further extension is possible. - Approve an amendment to the EVIT IGA regarding participation of students with disabilities (no substantive change reported; codifies current practice). - Approve IGA with Pinal County Community College District (Central Arizona College) to provide an Automated Industrial Technology dual‑enrollment elective (CAC to supply instructor, equipment; district provides space; fee to CAC noted but amount not specified). - Approve updates to the 2025–26 fee schedule and authorize principals to waive fees for hardship. - Approve limiting athletic eligibility to students enrolled in the district’s online school (per AIA rules) — district will not allow non‑district online charter students to try out for interscholastic athletics and activities. - Approve updates to policy GCCH (bereavement), JLCC (student lice exclusion procedure), and multiple ASBA policy advisory updates (Advisory 866–875) as presented. - Approve the 2025–26 board meeting dates and select Option 1 for the board retreat (one‑day retreat on June 10). - Approve the proposed FY26 district expenditure budget and separately authorize expenditures within the M&O section to exceed individual subsections as long as the total M&O is not exceeded; staff will bring final adoption in July and may revise in September if necessary. - Approve combined resolution with the Pinal County Treasurer for investment, warrant and transfer services. - Approve termination of Elizabeth Camp, administrative assistant I at Ellsworth Elementary School, for cause as presented.
Votes were recorded by voice with the tally announced as “Motion carries 4 to 0” in each instance. The public transcript did not consistently capture the names of motion movers or seconders; where those names were not recorded the motions are listed without mover/second attribution.
