Board approves personnel, procedural and procurement items, including classified-handbook changes and bus purchase

At the Nov. 19 meeting the Moscow School District Board of Trustees approved multiple motions and recorded unanimous votes on several items.

Minutes and routine business - The board approved the minutes for the Oct. 22, 2025 regular meeting on a motion by Trustee (moving the minutes) and a second, with a recorded vote of 5-0.

Classified handbook update (personnel/benefits) - Trustees approved updates to the classified handbook clarifying how bus drivers qualify for benefits. Administration will evaluate route-hour thresholds twice yearly (rather than once) to determine pro-rata benefits eligibility for employees averaging 20 or more route hours. The motion passed 5-0.

Activity-vehicle procedures and bus procurement - The board approved updated activity-vehicle procedures that allow district employees (with training, driving-record checks and age requirements) to operate district non-CDL vehicles for student transport; volunteers and personal vehicles remain excluded. The motion passed 5-0. - Transportation presented bus-bid results from Western Mountain Bus Sales (one 71-passenger bid at $168,629 and one 25-passenger bid at $165,676, with warranty options that administration recommended removing). Administration recommended purchasing a single 25-passenger type C bus to maintain a spare vehicle. The motion to purchase (language in the motion contained a conflicting dollar figure recorded in the transcript; see clarifying detail) passed 5-0.

Independent contractor nursing agreement - The board approved a one-year independent-contractor agreement to retain a nurse practitioner for limited, invoiced hours to assist with Medicaid billing and clinical services. The contract is capped at an annual maximum of hours (per the agreement) and can be terminated with 14 days' notice; motion passed 5-0.

Policy updates and consent agenda - Trustees approved revisions to special-services policy (policy numbering to be updated to align with ISBA numbering) on second reading and approved the consent agenda, both by unanimous vote.

Discrepancies and notes - On the bus purchase, transcripted numbers differed: administration recommended a purchase price of $159,576 in its presentation, while the motion text recorded $159,976. The district should confirm the final contract price and warranty removal details before vendor payment and record correction in official minutes.

Full vote list (recorded at the meeting) - Approval of minutes (10/22/2025): Passed 5-0. - Classified handbook update (bus-driver benefit timing): Passed 5-0. - Purchase of one 25-passenger bus (motion contained conflicting price): Passed 5-0. - Activity-vehicle procedures: Passed 5-0. - Independent-contractor agreement (nursing services): Passed 5-0. - Special-services policy (second reading): Passed 5-0. - Consent agenda: Passed 5-0.

Administration confirmed the district will proceed with reported next steps (procurement processing, contract signatures and follow-up policy edits) and will supply corrected figures and updated language at the next meeting.