Board names delegate for state education convention and authorizes voting on resolutions
Summary
Board selected a substitute delegate and authorized its attending delegate to vote on convention resolutions as they saw fit; the board discussed coupling/decoupling tax-resolution options and one member recused from the delegate vote.
The Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District board discussed positions on resolutions for an upcoming state education convention and appointed representation for the delegate assembly.
Board members debated competing positions on tax-related resolutions (described in the meeting as a choice between a "coupling" or "decoupling" approach). One board member summarized the WASB's (state association) process and cautioned that some resolutions rejected in committee can be returned to the floor as emergency resolutions requiring a supermajority.
The board moved and seconded a motion to have a substitute delegate stand in (the motion identified Board President Bob Hesselbein as the substitute). A separate motion authorized the attending delegate to vote on behalf of the board without preapproving each position. One board member recused themself from the vote; the motions passed on voice votes.
