The District 518 board moved and approved a slate of routine and policy items during its August regular meeting.

Procedural approvals
The board approved the meeting agenda and previous meeting minutes (motions by Matt and Laurie, respectively) and the consent agenda (motion by Anne). Each passed by voice vote; the transcript records unanimous “ayes” but does not specify individual roll-call tallies.

First readings
- Policy 6.20 (Credit for learning): The board approved the first reading of policy 6.20 after adding language addressing students new to the country and clarifying elective-credit awards where comparative credits are not available (motion by Eric, second by Laurie). The policy change was returned from the instructional committee.

- Policy 4.14 (Mandated reporting of child neglect or physical abuse): The board approved first reading of policy 4.14 with an added definition of “at‑risk juvenile,” cited in meeting discussion as drawn from U.S. Code Title 8 Section 1101. The change clarifies reporting duties for students aged 18–21 who are still pursuing a diploma.

- Policy 5.15 (Protection and privacy of pupil records): The board approved first reading of policy 5.15. Joel noted the policy restates federal definitions of directory information while calling out Minnesota law that prohibits designating student home address, telephone, email or other personal contact information as directory information; the policy also details the opt-out process for postsecondary institutions and military recruiting with a 30-day window after Sept. 1 and identifies the high school principal as the contact.

- Policy 7.09 (Student transportation safety): The board approved first reading of policy 7.09, removing rigid offense-count consequences and replacing them with a progressive, offense-severity-based approach. Josh described how bus drivers submit written reports to the bus company, which can enter referrals directly into the district system and trigger assistant-principal review.

Other approved motions
The board declared instructional items (robotics kits, a Powermatic jointer and a panel saw) surplus and approved two out-of-state travel requests: WIDA conference attendees (Sue Hagen, Sarah Schuman, Melissa Jensen) and the athletic director's national conference (motion by Anne; second by Laurie). All motions passed by voice vote; the transcript records “ayes” for each motion but does not record exact vote counts.

The board did not take final (adoptive) votes on the listed policies at this meeting; each was advanced on first reading per board procedure.