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AJUSD board unanimously approves a slate of partnerships, data‑sharing agreements, calendar and travel requests
Summary
The board approved multiple memoranda of understanding and data‑sharing agreements — including Lions Vision and Hearing Foundation, Pinal Gila Community Child Services, ASU/NAU/U of A, ASU Helios — as well as a bandwidth agreement with J O Combs USD, the 2025–26 calendars and ISTE travel, all by 5–0 votes.
At a regularly scheduled meeting the Apache Junction Unified District governing board approved a series of partnership agreements and operational items aimed at supporting students and district operations.
Key approvals included: • A three‑year memorandum of understanding with the Lions Vision and Hearing Foundation to provide free eye screenings and eyeglasses for students; staff noted legal additions for confidentiality and records/audit clauses required by state statute. (Motion made and approved; discussion at SEG 1049–1139.)
• A memorandum of understanding with Pinal Gila Community Child Services for 2025–2028. (Motion and unanimous approval at SEG 1193–1211.)
• A data‑sharing agreement enabling the district to provide student transcript data to Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University and the University of Arizona to streamline admissions, plus a separate agreement with ASU Helios Decision Center for Educational Excellence to share de‑identified testing data for cross‑district analytics; board confirmed personal data would not be shared in the ASU Helios arrangement. (Discussion and approvals at SEG 1212–1279 and SEG 1280–1342.)
• An affiliation agreement with Maricopa County Community College to establish a dual‑language early‑childhood pipeline for student teachers in K–2 programs. (SEG 1343–1397.)
• An interdistrict agreement with J O Combs Unified School District to expand bandwidth and provide backup internet coverage; the district gains 10 gigabytes at half the typical cost while providing backup service to the partner. (SEG 1399–1464.)
• Approval of 13 employee calendars for the 2025–26 school year and yearly professional travel: Pat Smith and Stephanie Leclerc were approved to attend the ISTE conference in San Antonio (June 2025), funded from Title IV. (SEG 1465–1535 and SEG 1536–1606.)
All motions described above passed on roll‑call votes recorded as 5–0. Several presenters emphasized statutory compliance and FERPA/confidentiality safeguards for agreements that involve student records.
The board did not receive public objections to these items during the meeting and staff indicated they would continue to provide updates on implementation and legal compliance.
