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District staff brief board on land trust, TSSP and TSSA rules; set plan-approval timeline
Summary
District staff gave required annual training on Teacher Student Success Plans, land trust spending and TSSA guidance, highlighting caps and carryover rules and asking the board to read plans now and approve them on June 7.
District staff presented the required annual training on school plans and non‑trust expenditures, explaining how Teacher Student Success Plans (TSSP), the Land Trust program and TSSA funding interact and what the board should verify during plan review.
Miss Monleit, the presenter, told the board the plans require community‑council input and that her office reviews plans to "assure compliance with state law and board rules." She showed examples of action plans and stressed that items paid from a land trust must be reflected in the action step.
The presentation flagged several specific limits district reviewers should check. "Components of academic goals that incorporate digital citizenship and training our safety principles may not exceed a total of $7,000," Monleit said. She also repeated a numeric cap on student incentives: "The student incentive plan, is not to exceed $2 per awarded in student." The presenter added that schools may carryover up to 10% of their total funds and should document plans for any carryover above that level.
On process, staff demonstrated the Power App features (sticky‑note and hashtag filters) that let board members and reviewers identify goals with SEL components or other tags, and said schools had until April 9 to work with community councils on plans. Monleit proposed that the board "read" the plans at the workshop and consider final approval on June 7; she said she will email quick instructions and a tutorial link to trustees.
Board members asked how SEL goals are measured. Monleit responded that SEL is largely behavioral and often assessed through walkthrough tools and climate surveys; she said when land trust funding supports an SEL goal, the goal must include an academic measurable outcome. The presenter and board members discussed how some TSSA funding can be used for furniture or flexible seating where land trust funds cannot.
The presentation closed with staff advising trustees to check signature pages on plans for documented community‑council approval and to verify that any land trust expenditures align with numbered action steps in the documents. Staff said final reports had been submitted and would be posted publicly when processing is complete.
