Board approves consent agenda including behavioral-health agreement; moves to closed session

The Cedar Rapids Community School District Board of Education approved its consent agenda Tuesday by roll call and then moved into closed session to evaluate professional competency.

Director Jennifer Borcherding asked to pull consent agenda item No. 11 for comment and confirmed the agreement with Shutterle Behavioral Solutions is a new program funded through a therapeutic grant. "It's a new program, which is really cool," Borcherding said, and added the funding source was the therapeutic grant.

After brief discussion, the board approved the consent agenda. The roll-call vote was read aloud: Director Tominski, Director Borcherding, Vice President Rountree, Director Humboldt, Director Byers, Director Newman and President Garlock all voted "aye." The roll-call tally on the consent agenda was seven ayes, zero noes.

Board governance items earlier included a Policy Review Committee report. Director Tominski said the committee compared district policies to Iowa Association of School Boards (IASB) recommendations, supported advancing IASB language for the regulation on alcohol, tobacco and other substances, reviewed student health services and prescription-medication supply provisions and proposed updates to the public records policy and fee schedule for superintendent review.

For the final agenda item the board moved into closed session to "evaluate professional competency," citing state law. The motion to enter closed session was seconded and approved by roll call; the board recorded seven ayes and moved into closed session under statutory authority.

No substantive outcomes from the closed session were announced before the meeting adjourned.