to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Good evening everyone. Thanks for coming to the July school board meeting for the Becker School Board. Um we will begin with superintendent report. Just Ryan, you can hear us still? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> I don't want you to mess my report. Permanent school fund. So, Minnesota voters will uh consider a constitutional amendment during the November [clears throat] regular election to modernize how revenue from the permanent school fund is distributed to schools. Um currently we get annual distributions of about 4.5% uh or excuse me the new proposal will be 4.5% of the funds three-year average market value. Uh this account in the last 15 years is quadrupled. Um so because of the way we're getting the money from it. Um so this would help get more of the dividends essentially from that uh fund without depleting it uh at all. So, um, if approved, the funding would help public schools increase by approximately 40%. And what would we say that was 808 >> $84,000 for us, uh, in additional funding if if it passes. Um, there's no tax impact, no, it doesn't impact taxpayers at all. It comes from, uh, the government lands and the government monies and things like that from that. uh yeah, doesn't create a new funding source or anything like that, but it does get us more money if it were to pass. And there's been some emails I've sent out to the public and to our staff and and there'll be more coming. I'm sure you'll hear more about it as September and October roll around as well. Fall planning is taking place. Executive committee has uh created a plan for staff development days for the coming school year and we're just finalizing that. We'll have some of the same things we always do with the the mandatory trainings, bloodborne pathogens and right to know and um those types of things that are in there, the mandatory ones. We'll also have Alice training. We'll have some well-being work that we're working on seal got new curriculum, a lot of data that we've been looking at over June and we'll continue in July and August. And then other other topics as well. And then we'll have opportunities for our hourly staff. As a matter of fact, the first day uh is going to give only give me 15 minutes on stage and new new employees. We don't have very many new employees which will be good. Um but uh 15 minutes and then we're all doing a training on um deescalation with Ukuru maybe Ukuru uku, however you say that. So everyone is going to get that training um staffwide. Uh our next community round table will be August 20th at city hall. Our last meeting was on June 11th and um we talked about the street projects that that were taking place on um Edgewood and and Sherburn County Highway 23 Freedom Days. U we're changing our pickup and drop off and we'll communicate that when we get closer to the start of the school year. Um and a variety of other collaborative topics. the meeting. I think I just been emailing with um Jacob Sanders and Greg from the city as well. It's just a great opportunity for us to collaborate and work together with the city particularly, but the county and township as well. Uh resolutions for legislation are due in midepptember for delegate assembly for MSBA. If you have any ideas or thoughts, please share those with me and we'll probably draft some of the same ones that we've had in the past and bring those in uh August and September or September. And then one other thing related to election stuff is uh July 14th to the 28th is uh the opening for filing affidavit for candidacy for um school board and any other I think other positions as well, but for sure school board. You can do that during the business hours in the district office with Angel is the easiest one to do it with. But >> you need two bucks >> and you need $2 cash. Yes. >> Actually early with food. >> It is early. >> Yeah. I feel like it's usually August. >> Yeah, usually. >> Yeah. Yeah. Um and then their building projects for the summer are staying on on pace. Um the roofing, they've been doing a nice job even with the heat and some of the rain and stuff staying on on target. Uh the tennis courts, they put some color down on the tennis courts today. It was all asphalt and the last week or so, two weeks. Um but they've got some color down now, blue and green on at least on one side when I went out there earlier today. And then some smaller projects and the cleaning and preparation. We got new carpeting going in in a variety of rooms. U we took carpeting off the walls in some other rooms. And so, um, and repainted them and stuff. And if you walk around, you see we painted some of our billboard or, uh, bulletin boards around the high school and stuff, too. Just little smaller projects like that that we've been able to do this summer. >> Any questions, >> dude. The round table is five o'clock starting tomorrow. I think that's what it has been. >> I believe so. >> I don't know if we have an invite yet to make sure >> it has. >> I think that's what it has been. Yeah. Confirm. And then that permanent school fund. >> Yeah. There's no >> that message to people. It's like this is a good thing that doesn't cost you anything, >> right? >> You need Yes. >> Yeah. You can tell the individual that you skip it, right? Write it on the ball. You skip it. It's a no vote. >> Correct. >> So, >> it needs to be a yes vote. It's a big thing. So, yeah. >> Yeah. >> Your neighbors and family. >> No. >> Exactly. And it we do follow the same rules here as we um do for any election as we don't get to as a board decide and say yes or no or whatever. Um but as individuals you certainly can >> right >> tell people it's not going to impact your >> very important to understand though that has to be a yes vote otherwise if it's blank it's a no vote. >> Yeah. >> Impact it's not a new fund. It's been there for years. just >> maybe letting staff know because they're the ones that I mean they live in this community and making sure they understand that this >> you know it's impact but you know >> some type of social outreach program we should look into to see how we can get the word out. >> Yeah. And like I said I've been sending a couple emails out. I think it's a little early maybe to start some of that, but um there'll be some videos and and little things like that that organizations are providing to us to just to educate people. >> That is a good point though what the Yes. If you don't vote >> and you have a ballot in front of you. >> Well, it's be long. It's probably going to be a long ballot this year. It could be who knows where it's going to be on the ballot. Front page, back page. >> Yeah. >> Don't skip it. >> Right. >> Y statewide. >> Statewide. Yeah. Oh, from every district count. >> Well, everybody's in the same boat. >> So, >> should be should be a good word of mouth. And I again I think when I mean we already talked about on the news, but I think when they get closer to November, it's going to be well >> sized. I would think >> hopefully it comes from >> it might get lost in lost in some of the other ads and whatnot that's that's on there. >> Yep. >> All right. Thank you, Jeremy. Uh committee reports. Pete, you have a policy update? >> Uh, yeah, we uh did meet last uh Wednesday. Uh did go over a number of handbook modifications for all the all the buildings. Um well, I think we're going to talk about that in greater detail later on the meeting. Um and then also went through a number of policies just like we did last month that uh had state statute updates and and word changes. Um those will also be discussed here uh later on the meeting and in greater detail as well. >> All righty. Thank you. Item number three, consent agenda. We'll entertain a motion. >> I'll make a motion to accept the consent agenda. >> I will second. >> We have a motion and a second. We have any questions or discussions? >> Yeah, just a heads up, those handbook modifications are in there as well, like they typically are. Um >> the girl the boys and girls cross country I'm assuming that is all fundra outside of their >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> The Yeah. And they presented last year. Um but they're doing the exact same thing. >> Right. Any other discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> I. >> I. >> All opposed. Motion carries. Brings us to item number four. Resolution for accepting donations. >> A motion to accept the donations. >> I have a second. >> We have a motion and a second to accept donations as written before us. Any questions or discussions? All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> I. >> I. >> All opposed? Motion carries. That's the shortest list we've had all year. >> Yeah. still a lot of money. >> Uh policy review. I don't know Jeremy or Pete, one of you want to just real quick give rundown on this. >> Yeah, I I mean I put in the uh notes under each of the policies what's changed. Most of them are statutory. Um the one one of the ones we wanted to kind of talk about was the 721. Um, that one adds a provision regarding thresholds for emergency purchases by the superintendent or anyone else. Um, and we talked about that for a little while at the policy meeting and the only things we could really think of were catastrophic events like flooding, fire, tornado type type of events that were going to be reimbursed by the um by insurance, we would think. And so um it does give the permission to not have to call an emergency meeting or a quick meeting. like the timeline for the emergency meeting I looked up and it just says you have to notify certain like all the people that you're supposed to notify um in there and um it it just allows you to be a little more quick if you add that in there to me it doesn't matter either way I I don't it's a one in aundred year type of thing I would guess I hope or more maybe a one in 200 years or 500 years or >> this is a new this is a new >> new addition Correct. Brand new policy. >> The same policy, but uh just an added. Yeah. >> Right. >> And I don't know where it came from. I didn't figure that out at all. But you know, like St. Cloud had that fire last spring or whatever it was, late winter maybe. >> And where where it comes from is, you know, you got to hire a cleanup come in and get the smoke smell and ash if it's fire. I suppose from a timing perspective instead of waiting to organize a meeting approval process just expedite the less impact. >> So it's less days that kids have to be out of the school. >> Yeah, makes sense. >> It does say in there that the board would approve it at the next whatever the next meeting is. >> Sure. >> It was up to a certain amount. Correct. >> Over It was over if it was over theund was it 175? It's 175. You do the sealed bids normally, but in an emergency could hire one out without having to do the sealed bid. All right. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> Did you you did you get a motion? I don't know if you >> Yeah, I have a motion. Nope. I don't have a motion on that. Looking for a motion. I'm busy reading these. I'll make a motion to accept it. >> I'll second that motion. No policies. >> All right. I have a motion. Second. Any further questions? >> Sign. Those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> I. All oppose. >> I. >> Motion carries. [laughter] >> I'm [clears throat] pretty sure that was in favor. >> All right. Second reading 7:22. Have you heard any Do you have any changes on this last month? >> No. Well, yes. Um but no changes from I haven't heard anything new. Um but we did because MSBA did update some of it. Um as far as home participant data and that creates home participant privacy data is if somebody's like on a protection plan or something like that where they're like we've had students where their address is St. Paul and they go to school here but because we don't we can't give out their address and they can't give us their address. Um so those people can't be discriminated against in a data request. So that that was the only ad and that came from MSBA as well um from the 2026 legislative session. So we don't have to disclose that information. >> That's the part that's in red on paper. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> All right. Entertain a motion. >> I'm make a motion to um accept the second reading for policy 722. I'll second. >> Having a motion and a second. Do we have any further questions or discussions? All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> I. >> All opposed. Motion carries. Item number seven, substitute teacher pay. Uh Jeremy will speak to this, but it's kind of a I don't think we changed any price. We just changed outwardly. Right. >> Correct. Yeah. you went from is it 90 days to >> 720 hours because some subs were not taking day or half day, excuse me, sub positions because they wanted to get to the 90 days to get to the higher role pay. And so we just said, well, fine, if you just cumulatively get to 720 hours or which is 90 days or more, then so um then they would qualify for that higher rate. So it made sense. It was recommended by the subs. >> Yeah. Yeah. And we listened. >> My question are we like districts that touch us? Are we >> What do we follow? We know. So, we're taking a study at >> We've Yeah, we've changed this. >> I don't know. >> Right. Some hard to find right now. >> Yeah. >> Few times in the last few years, we we've been kind of clawing back and forth with Monaceel, Big Lake. Sure. Becker and >> um Yeah. We didn't do a study this year and I think HR representatives do have all that information. I don't I didn't even ask for it this time because we just did that last year and >> we raise it tonight. Big lake will raise it next week. That's what happens because they want >> Yep. >> But I think we're very prepared. Oh yeah. Competitive to those around us. So all right, entertain a motion for item number seven. >> We'll make a motion to accept the substitute teacher pay. 2627 school year. >> I will second that motion. >> Any further questions or discussions? All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. I. >> I. >> Those opposed? Motion carries. Um, brings us to item number eight, operating levy. >> Yeah. So, this one is uh put on here. We had the obviously had the operating referendum last November. It didn't pass. um was for um $200 per per student um or per pupil. And we we made budget cuts tied to that. So, we've cut what's about $600,000. Um we've got this permanent school trust fund um that's out there. Uh we we adjusted for compensatory already, but I think that's going to adjust again. We still have unknowns with special ed. We have unknowns with unemployment where the funding is coming from for those. And so I thought it'd be we well if we decide we want to go back out to the voters in November, it essentially becomes a free election for us because the county runs it. And uh we have to decide by August 11th uh if we want to do that and figure out what amounts and and things like that to to run with um our finance team that has to to figure out what the impacts and things like that are. Um I don't know what what the board thinks. I between Kevin and I our our discussion and discussion with others I think we made enough cuts this year to kind of absorb some of that. And I said this multiple times before when we were going out last November, is that if something like unemployment, um, paid family leave, which I didn't say earlier, um, compensatory special ed impacts Becker, it's going to impact a lot of other schools a lot worse than than us. And so, um, I'm just I wanted on here to talk about what your thoughts are on this and what we wanted to do moving forward. Um, do we see how the budget comes out with the audit and then wait through next year? Do we put something out there and try to again get ahead? Like what we were trying to do is keep a low amount before so we could get ahead of it. It's not going to be able to be that low probably ever again. Um, if those things fall off. Uh so yeah, just just want to get some feedback from the board what we what we're looking at. I haven't heard anything from outside groups or anything like I know some schools are having families or community members are doing petitions and things like that, but um I think we made enough cuts and Kevin can I don't know answer too, but I made enough cuts this year with the 600,000 to kind of give us give us enough breathing room to get through this coming year and possibly another year in there as well. >> Yeah. I mean, as Jeremy said, the compensatory was 125,000. Uh, they partially funded that uh for one year. Um, but again, don't know what the legislators will do. I'm sure proposal will still come back say, you know, keep it where it was at least for now. Uh and then the unemployment that was, you know, they they originally had 45 million left and then the state put in another 100 million and it's supposed to run out during this year. So next year it will probably be short that and that's 325,000 that we uh >> or that's gets paid unemployment. [clears throat] So between the two, you know, those are 500,000, but you know, we did the 600,000 reductions, so we should be fine. >> If that permanent school fund passes, when does that take effect? Would that be the 207 school year? >> It would be No, it would probably be the year after 27 28. Yeah. >> So maybe it makes sense to wait, see if that passes, and then consider the following year. How much extra >> for that allocated from us from that fund >> 84 85,000 right around >> and it that one does fluctuate so it's not going to be the same exact amount because it it uses that indicator the three-year average requirement >> so yeah I >> mean that wouldn't be enough as much as what our >> right >> 200 people would be but >> just wondering if that's almost competing interest like as a voter if they see both on the same ballot it, you know, especially considering we're coming out of a no vote, I think timing might be of essence with it. >> It's nice that it would cost us anything to put it on the back. >> Yeah. Yeah. Does it mean last time I ran a >> uh runs us about 10 to 12,000 12,000 which is about >> but you also get a way bigger turnout on a primary terms not a great year of a run >> right given every all everything going on. >> Yeah. Is it something that you, like you said, it's something that you look at moving forward is and then start pinpointing what the need would actually have to be and why. >> Well, that's what I >> have to ask for more money. Obviously, it's going to have more than $200 per pupil. >> That's what I think is going to happen. And it's not just going to be, like I said, Becker, it's going to be a lot of school districts, 80 90% of them probably. If special ed funding is $250 million statewide cut that they're looking at doing if they somehow do that, that's going to be a big impact for a lot of places um on fund and we would have a better indicator when those things run out uh as far as what what we would need at that point too. So the other thing is you'll have I mean the legislation will next two bianium it'll be coming out too next spring so we'll know a little bit more by then too >> because they got be done by well supposed to be done by May 21st. >> Yeah. >> And I mean you know me I'm all about giving every opportunity to the public to vote on something but at the same time you know I also want to give it the best chance to succeed. It's it is tough coming back to back with with graphology. So um you know hopefully we can package some you know the time when we come back and put this level you on the table we can package a winning formula. So yeah a lot of unanswered questions yet. >> Yeah. Hindsight you'd be like wow that was saved you would have guessed right. Y >> yeah, I mean there's definitely, you know, opportunities both ways, but I just I'm trying to think like a voter, right, in the message that we're sending. I just want to make sure that if we're asking, we know how much exactly we need and then are able to defund it before we're getting it. >> Well, I just worry with the economic status of everything right now. Asking for more money is not going to be a winner. >> Yeah, >> it it's just it's tight for a lot of people. >> I agree. >> I just worry about that. Like Kate said, if we're going to put it together, go want something that's gonna pass. >> So we don't do it this year. Obviously, we would have to do that 27. >> Yeah. >> Would that be we have like a plan? Do we start making plans already then? So we know the dollar. Do we probably need to wait till May? >> Probably have wait till May once the legislation puts out for that next two years. But that will give us the, you know, really end of May. So it's June and [clears throat] July to kind of figure it out. >> Figure it out, >> you know, and we can start in June for that. And then July and August, by August, that August meeting, we'd have to finalize it. And so it does give us a few months, more months than we actually have now. >> All right. Any further questions? Ryan, you have any questions? >> Nope, I'm good. >> Okay. Uh, one more thing before we adjourn. It's review time, so I will be sending an email out asking for some feedback on Jeremy's year and then we'll compile those and we'll go over them in August or September, whichever meeting looks better. But be looking for an email from me on that. So, right, thanks for coming. be true.