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Votes at a glance: Allegany County Board adopts policies, approves budget and staffing plan in unanimous votes
Summary
At its June 10 meeting the Allegany County Board of Education approved a set of policy readings, adopted a telehealth policy for students, reviewed regulations, and approved the FY26 budget adjustment and special education staffing plan. All recorded votes were unanimous.
The Allegany County Board of Education used its June 10 meeting to finalize several policy readings and adopt district actions. Board members voted unanimously on all recorded motions during the session.
Key votes and actions at a glance:
- Consent agenda: Approved (motion by Doctor Bond; second by Miss Lepley). Passed unanimously.
- Second reading, student schedules and course loads (file IIE): Approved (motion by Mister Green; second by Doctor Bohn). Passed unanimously.
- Second reading, evaluation of students (file IKA): Approved (motion by Missus Lepley; second by Missus Widmeier). Passed unanimously. The policy change narrows the definition of extra credit; the accompanying regulation was reviewed separately.
- New policy, telehealth for students (file JHCG): Approved on second reading (motion by Doctor Barnes; second by Miss Widmeier). Passed unanimously. A new regulation to implement the telehealth policy was presented and will be considered by the board in a future meeting if changes are requested.
- First reading, cell phone policy (file JCIJ): Approved for first reading (motion by Doctor Bond; second by Mister Green). Board members were told the regulation implementing the policy will be presented next month.
- Regulations reviewed without a formal vote: multiple implementing regulations were presented for review only, including adjustments to student schedules and course loads, changes to IKA regulations on extra credit to align with the policy, IKCR1 (class rankings and grade point average), and the telehealth regulation (JHCG). Board members were informed no vote is required unless they want to send the regulation back to the policy committee.
- FY26 operating budget adjustment: Approved (motion by Mister Green; second by Doctor Vaughn). Passed unanimously. See separate staff presentation for details on revenue and fund-balance changes.
- Special Education staffing plan: Approved (motion by Missus Lepley; second not specified in the transcript). Passed unanimously. The plan had been approved the day before by the Special Education Citizens Advisory Committee.
- Motion to adjourn: Approved; meeting closed.
All motions recorded in the minutes were approved unanimously; no recorded roll-call tallies named individual yes/no votes beyond unanimous passage.
