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Board approves employment updates and a student data‑privacy service to meet Senate Bill 29 requirements
Summary
The Cuyahoga Heights Local Board approved multiple consent items including contract adjustments for administrators, a custodial hire, conversions of cleaners to year‑round positions, and a $1,750 student data‑privacy services agreement to streamline compliance with Senate Bill 29.
The Cuyahoga Heights Local Board of Education on Thursday approved a package of consent items that included employment contract adjustments, the hire of a night custodian, conversions for several cleaning staff to year‑round positions and a $1,750 contract to help the district comply with student‑data privacy requirements under Senate Bill 29.
Superintendent (unnamed in the transcript) explained the personnel items were intended to correct legacy stipend treatments and align administrators on the salary schedule. He said the maintenance supervisor will be placed on a three‑year contract with a $720 annual salary adjustment restoring a previous $60‑per‑month cellphone stipend, and other administrative addenda similarly preserve prior compensation levels. The board approved the employment items as part of the consent agenda.
The board also approved hiring James Kek to a one‑year limited contract at step one as a split‑shift night custodian (about noon–8:30 p.m.) to improve afternoon and evening coverage. The superintendent listed four cleaners who will move from 195‑day to 260‑day year‑round positions effective July 1, with step placement and vacation accruals determined by years of service.
On technology and compliance, the superintendent introduced a $1,750 agreement to obtain prewritten student‑data privacy contracts and vendor‑side agreements that the district can piggyback. ‘‘For Senate Bill 29, we are required to get student data privacy agreements for all data that ... software that student data goes through,’’ the superintendent said, adding the service catalogs thousands of existing agreements and will help ensure compatibility with the district’s parent bill of rights and future AI tools. Board members had no further discussion and approved the item.
The superintendent said the student‑supervisory hire remains pending because the final candidate interview was delayed; he asked the board to consider a short special meeting before a July 10 contract release date to finalize that hire.
The meeting minutes show the motions on the consent agenda passed with five members voting in favor.
The board did not provide additional public‑comment claims related to these items during the session.
