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Votes at a glance: Chester County Board approves agenda, consent items and TSBA-recommended policy change
Summary
At its July meeting the Chester County Board of Education approved the meeting agenda, the consent agenda, and a policy revision recommended by the Tennessee School Boards Association to remove hiring language related to equity/diversity; votes were unanimous among members present.
The Chester County Board of Education took several routine votes at its July meeting: it approved the meeting agenda, approved the consent agenda and adopted a recommended revision to Board Policy 5.1 provided by the Tennessee School Boards Association.
Board members present — Shane Connor, Ben Couples, Brandy Cheer, Norris Frank and Kim Scott — voted unanimously on each item. The policy revision follows a TSBA recommendation to remove a single statement in the district policy that referenced hiring based on equity and diversity; the board packet identified that revision as affecting the district’s Board Policy 5.1.
Board members made and seconded motions for each item and carried them by voice vote with no recorded opposition. The district’s staff attorney at TSBA, Jennifer White, sent the suggested language to districts in late June or early July, according to board remarks; the board accepted the TSBA-recommended replacement language for policy 5.1 as presented.
Votes summarized
- Approve meeting agenda — motion made and seconded; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Approve consent agenda — motion made and seconded; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Adopt TSBA-recommended replacement for Board Policy 5.1 (removes a statement on hiring based on equity/diversity) — motion made and seconded; outcome: approved (voice vote).
The board did not record roll-call tallies in the packet for these routine motions; however, roll call at the start of the meeting showed five members present and the chair announced a quorum before the votes.
Items with separate discussion, including the new registered behavior technician position, were considered elsewhere on the agenda and recorded separately.
