Policy meeting tables vote on moving public school choice policy after member cites lack of notice

At a policy meeting, members voted unanimously to table consideration of deleting Policy JBCE, which governs public school choice, until the third Tuesday in June after a committee member said they had not received notice and needed more time to review proposed changes.

A staff member told the meeting that the proposed revisions cover items labeled 1A and 2A–G, which were referred at the last meeting and have been revised to reflect unitary status with Joyce Marie Moore. The staff member said attorneys removed wording that referenced Joyce Marie Moore and aligned the policy language to state law. "We—re not deleting school choice, mister Duncan, but we—re actually moving it to JVCC under student assignment as an academic transfer," the staff member said, describing the change as a reclassification of the option rather than elimination.

A committee member objected that they had not received a memo announcing the meeting and had not had time to read the proposed policy changes. "I did not get a memo saying that we were even having this meeting tonight," the committee member said, and moved to table the meeting to allow members time to review the documents. The motion to table was seconded and, after votes were tallied, the clerk announced that voting was closed and the motion passed unanimously. The chair then adjourned the policy meeting.

The immediate effect is a postponement of formal action on Policy JBCE; the staff member indicated from an administrative standpoint the policies could wait until the next scheduled meeting. The record shows the discussion focused on the administrative reclassification of the public school choice option (moving it into JVCC under student assignment and academic transfer procedures) and procedural concerns about notice to board members. The agenda and voting record did not include a roll-call tally with names in the transcript; the motion was recorded as passing unanimously with no further detail provided.

Next steps: the item will be placed on the board's policy agenda for the third Tuesday in June for further consideration, per the motion to table.