Hastings board accepts $50,000 grant for nursing support, approves placement services and routine business

At its Jan. 8 meeting, the Hastings-on-Hudson Board of Education approved several business items and a grant allocation.

Maureen notified the board that the district received a $50,000 grant (the transcript does not record a formal grant name) and recommended amending the budget to use the funds for nursing support to cover unanticipated medical needs and related student services for the remainder of the school year. The board agreed to reflect the intended allocation in the minutes and proceed with a voice vote on the business items.

On a voice vote later in the meeting, a board member moved (Speaker 9) and another seconded (Speaker 6), and the chair called the vote; the record shows the motion carried with board members saying "Aye." The board also moved to approve placement services for CSC and CPSC (motion moved and seconded and approved by voice vote), adopted the consent agenda including personnel actions, approved the minutes from Dec. 17 and voted to adopt policies that were on their second reading.

The board member making the grant recommendation asked staff to include a short memo in the minutes to reflect that the $50,000 will be recognized as revenue and appropriated as an expense to fund nursing services; staff said they will make the budget amendment in the district financial system.

Outcomes at a glance

- Accept $50,000 grant and appropriate funds to nursing services: approved (motion moved by Speaker 9; seconded by Speaker 6; voice vote recorded as "Aye"). - Approve placement services for CSC and CPSC: approved (voice vote). - Approve consent agenda (personnel, resignations, amendments): approved (voice vote). - Approve minutes (Dec. 17): approved (voice vote). - Adopt policies on second reading: approved (voice vote).

No roll-call tallies were provided in the transcript; votes were recorded by voice as "Aye."