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Meeting at a glance: key votes March 13, 2025 — benefits, policies, compensation items
Summary
Summary of formal board actions taken March 13, 2025, including benefit renewals, policy adoptions and compensation approvals. Lists motions, movers/seconders where recorded and vote outcomes.
This summary lists formal motions and voted items recorded during the March 13, 2025 Peoria Unified School District Governing Board meeting. Each entry shows the motion text as recorded in the meeting, the mover/second (when stated on the record), and the recorded outcome.
1) Employee benefit renewals for FY2026 (Valley Schools) — Motion to approve the district’s benefits offerings to employees for the 2025–26 school year, including renewal costs and plan design modifications. Mover: Mrs. Ewing; Second: Mrs. Bowles. Vote: Passed (4–0).
2) Maintenance & Operations override resolutions — Motion to direct administration to bring back a continuation of the current 13% M&O override resolution and a 15% M&O override resolution (the latter including additional categories of safety and special education) to the March 27 board meeting for discussion and possible action. Mover: President Rooks; Second: Ms. Bowles. Vote: Passed (4–0).
3) Social‑worker, school counselor, mental‑health contract language — Motion to approve contract language presented for social workers, school counselors and school mental‑health professionals (to align with recent licensure and certification changes). Outcome: Passed (4–0).
4) Social‑worker, school counselor, mental‑health job description — Motion to approve the revised job description (minimum qualifications updated to require unrestricted ADE certificates and appropriate licensure). Outcome: Passed (3 yeas, 1 abstain).
5) Adoption of policy AC (Non‑discrimination / Equal Opportunity) — Motion to adopt version 2 of policy AC (version excluding executive‑order language). Outcome: Passed (4–0).
6) Adoption of student‑privacy policy (J series) — Motion to adopt the student privacy / restroom policy that sets designation rules and reasonable accommodations; administration to draft implementation guidance. Outcome: Passed (3 yeas, 1 nay).
7) Rehire lists (issuance of contracts) — Motion to approve rehire lists and authorize issuance of contracts for administrators, psychologists, certified staff, related service providers and certified non‑teaching professionals for 2025–26. Outcome: Passed (4–0).
8) Summer school pay rates — Motion to approve summer school pay at $40 per hour for certified teachers and $60 per hour for master/mentor teachers. Outcome: Passed (4–0).
9) Administrator salary schedule revision — Motion to approve an updated administrator salary schedule that adds a deputy superintendent category and adjusts administrative schedules (2% adjustment noted). Outcome: Passed (4–0).
10) Cooperative purchasing approvals — Motion to approve the list of cooperative purchasing agreement renewals for FY2025, with the educational‑services category pulled for additional review. Outcome: Motion passed for remaining cooperatives (4–0); educational services pulled for follow up.
Notes: The meeting record contains the stated mover/second for the majority of motions; where a speaker recorded a motion with a self‑reference ("I will motion…") the meeting text identifies the board member on the record. For full verbatim motions, motion text and roll‑call tallies, see the official meeting minutes and the board‑recorded vote roll call.
