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Trustees debate policy vendor choice and express concern over legal invoices for policy work
Summary
Board members questioned recurring legal billing tied to policy work and weighed continuing with ISBA versus NEOLA; trustees suggested consolidating meetings and involving administrators to speed policy updates and reduce costs.
Trustees spent a substantial portion of the meeting debating how to bring the district’s policy manual up to date and how to limit related costs. Several trustees said many district policies are outdated — some dating from 2009–2014 — and that the board moved to two policy meetings per month to catch up.
Trustees contrasted two vendors: the Indiana School Boards Association (ISBA), which several trustees described as less expensive and which provides state‑law‑aligned templates, and NEOLA,…
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