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Board reviews multiple policy updates including student-directory and fixed-asset thresholds
Summary
Deputy Superintendent John Koch and staff walked the board through first-reading changes to several policies: DBEA (Budget Committee membership), DID (raising fixed-asset threshold to $10,000), FF (naming of facilities), and JOA (directory information limits). The board asked for further review and expects these items to appear on the July agenda.
At the June 18 work session the board reviewed first-reading changes to multiple district policies intended to align language with recent law and administrative guidance.
John Koch explained changes to Policy DBEA to reflect a statutory requirement that a District Equity Committee member serve on the Budget Committee and to remove outdated references to biennial budgeting. Pete Bejarano said Policy DID will raise the dollar threshold for fixed-asset reporting from $5,000 to $10,000 "in alignment with ODE, the new PBAM guidance," and that the change affects reporting rather than day-to-day operations.
The policy committee proposed revisions to Policy FF on naming of facilities, including removing blanket exclusions on naming spaces for living persons and extending review cycles from five to ten years; board members requested an inventory of named facilities and language that would allow revocation of a name in cases of misconduct. On student-directory policy JOA, Koch said the district "is no longer allowed to include grade level and most recent school attended," and staff noted OSBA advised that including those items would be illegal; staff will research whether an opt-out approach for parents is feasible and plan to return the policy for separate July discussion rather than the consent agenda.
The board indicated it will return the policies for final consideration, with several items slated for the July consent agenda and others (notably JOA) set for fuller discussion.
