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Ouachita Parish board approves policy revisions, teacher stipends, capital allocations and several construction bids
Summary
The Ouachita Parish School Board approved multiple policy updates, a differentiated compensation stipend distribution, finance committee recommendations (uniforms, helmet reconditioning, travel reimbursement and signage), several bid awards and permission to bid on larger projects during the meeting.
The Ouachita Parish School Board approved policy changes, a one-time differentiated-compensation stipend allocation for teachers, multiple finance-committee recommendations affecting uniforms and equipment, and several construction and equipment bids at its November meeting.
The board approved a slate of policy revisions submitted by the policy revision committee, including new policies BCBJ and GAMK required by recent legislation and other updates. The committee recommended edits to FEA (architectural and engineering services) to require that contracts follow state guidelines and removal of obsolete wording about diskettes/CD-ROMs. It also added pre-K to policy IDBA to ensure coverage for all grades. The board voted to approve the listed policy changes as presented.
On compensation, staff proposed distributing…
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