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Iowa Falls board approves Background Check Policy and routine consent items in unanimous votes
Summary
At its Jan. 13 meeting the Iowa Falls Board of Education approved the meeting agenda, a consent agenda with personnel actions and open-enrollment requests, and a new Background Check Policy, each by 5-0 votes.
The Iowa Falls Board of Education approved a new Background Check Policy and a package of routine items during its Jan. 13, 2025, meeting at Rock Run Elementary.
Board members voted unanimously to approve the agenda (motion by Moore, seconded by Parker) and then approved the consent agenda (motion by Moore, seconded by Robison) by recorded tallies of 5-0. The consent agenda included the Dec. 9, 2024 minutes; the monthly warrants and payment approvals; December financial reports; personnel actions; open-enrollment approvals; and contracts and agreements.
Personnel actions approved under the consent agenda included a contract for Tiffany Weyrauch (MS associate) and accepted early-retirement notifications from Janet Tidman, Jacki Nachazel, Michael Moehlman and Danae Ites. The board also accepted the resignation of Carter Arends (MS baseball coach). Open-enrollment approvals were granted for Nayleigh Vanderpool (from Clarion-Goldfield-Dows) and Jackson, Summer and Nevaeh Davis (from Eldora-New Providence). Contract items listed in the consent agenda included a memorandum of understanding with Luther College for field experience/student teaching and special-education contracts with AGWSR, Alden, Cedar Falls, Hampton-Dumont, Marshalltown, Waverly-Shell Rock and Webster City.
Separately, the board approved a new Background Check Policy (motion by Moore, seconded by Stauffer) that the minutes say outlines National Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) handling, information-security policies and procedures for proper access, use and dissemination of criminal-history information. The motion carried 5-0.
The meeting closed after the principal's report and a motion to adjourn (motion by Parker, seconded by Robison), which also passed 5-0. The board scheduled a joint school board meeting for Feb. 10, 2025, where some of these items (including calendar options) will be reviewed.
