Board approves invitation to all noncurrent school board candidates, appoints Greg Schneider and Tom Hankins to ad hoc budget committee

The Beloit School District Board of Education on Monday voted to expand its ad hoc budget committee invitation to include all noncurrent school board candidates and to appoint two board members as representatives.

During a procedural agenda item the board considered adding Juan Romero to the ad hoc budget committee. Board member Brian Nichols moved to add Romero, and Brian Anderson seconded; board discussion followed about whether inviting a single candidate would require extending invitations to other candidates. A motion to amend the original motion — to extend invitations to all school board candidates who are not current board members — was offered, accepted and carried. The board then approved the adjusted motion unanimously.

The board announced that Greg Schneider and Tom Hankins will serve as the district's board representatives on the ad hoc budget committee. The board also approved the meeting agenda and later voted to extend the meeting time to continue discussion on other agenda items.

What passed (vote outcomes) - Approval of the meeting agenda: motion by Amy Levy, second by Brian Nichols; carried unanimously. - Addition and amendment to ad hoc budget committee: motion to add Juan Romero and amend to invite all noncurrent school board candidates; ultimately approved unanimously. The final motion named Greg Schneider and Tom Hankins as board representatives. - Meeting time extension: the board voted to extend the meeting first to 7:30 p.m. (unanimous) and later voted to extend an additional 30 minutes (motion carried 5–1; one member opposed).

Attributions and process notes The board's votes were taken during the business portion of the special meeting. Several members raised procedural concerns about giving preference to a single candidate; the amendment directing staff to invite all noncurrent candidates was adopted to address that point. The transcript records that the invitation list had been discussed previously by an ad hoc committee and provided by district clerks.

Ending: The board then moved on to the main agenda item: a presentation on possible operational referendum scenarios for 2025.