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Sioux Falls School District 49-5 board approves waiver request to pursue alternative special-education certification
Summary
The Sioux Falls School District 49-5 board approved a request to apply for a waiver from a South Dakota administrative rule that would allow an elementary special education teacher to pursue the state's alternative certification pathway.
The Sioux Falls School District 49-5 board approved a request to apply for a waiver from a South Dakota administrative rule that would allow an elementary special education teacher to pursue the state's alternative certification pathway, the board decided during a brief "pay bills" meeting.
"I am here to request your permission, to apply for a waiver from South Dakota administrative rule which would impact an elementary special education teacher and allow her to follow the state's alternative certification pathway for special education. So with your permission I will move forward with this paperwork for her," said Vicky Doorman, a human resources staff member for the district.
The board opened a public hearing on the waiver, heard no public comments and closed the hearing before taking a motion to approve the waiver application. The motion and second were recorded, and the board voted in favor. The board did not specify individual vote counts for the waiver beyond the recorded ayes.
In addition to the waiver, the board approved routine business at the meeting. The board approved minutes for a Dec. 9 meeting, the meeting agenda and consent agenda items listed as 9a through 9h. The board also approved a supplemental consent-agenda claim to Sanford Health; the supplemental claim was approved with one abstention noted in the record (the speaker who abstained identified the abstention as coming from themself but did not give a name in the transcript).
Following the approvals the board recessed and planned to reconvene via Zoom for an executive session.
Votes at a glance: the board approved the Dec. 9 minutes; approved the meeting agenda; approved consent agenda items 9a–9h; approved a supplemental consent claim to Sanford Health with one abstention; and approved the human-resources waiver application to pursue the South Dakota administrative-rule waiver for an elementary special education teacher. The transcript does not include specific vote tallies except for noting the one abstention on the Sanford Health claim.
The board described the meeting as a short pay-bills session and did not receive public comment on the waiver request. Vicky Doorman said she would proceed with paperwork to apply for the waiver if the board's approval stood.
