School Committee Policy and Governance Subcommittee Meeting October 8, 2024
6:00pm - 7:00pm Holyoke Public School Department
57 Suffolk St, 1st Floor, Holyoke, MA 01040
City of Holyoke
School Committee
Policy and Governance Subcommittee Agenda
Date: 10/8/2024
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Central Office, 57 Suffolk Street, Holyoke MA 01040
On March 29, 2023, Governor Healey signed into law a supplemental budget bill which, among other things, extends the temporary provisions pertaining to the Open Meeting Law to March 31, 2025. Specifically, this further extension allows public bodies to continue holding meetings remotely without a quorum of the public body physically present at a meeting location, and to provide “adequate, alternative” access to remote meetings. The language does not make any substantive changes to the Open Meeting Law other than extending the expiration date of the temporary provisions regarding remote meetings from March 31, 2023 to March 31, 2025.
Members of the public can access the meeting here:
https://hps-holyoke-ma-us.zoom.us/j/85266232176?pwd=ci9tWEs3cG81SkQxdXZrWW5Gen BXQT09
CALL TO ORDER ~ ROLL CALL ~ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
- Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 30A, s. 20, I am hereby informing all attendees that a video and audio recording is being made of the meeting and the meeting is being live-streamed via zoom.
NEW BUSINESS
Item 1: Legal opinion
- What happens if City Council does not confirm the School Committee’s recommendation for naming middle school
Item 2: Yondr Bag Policy
Item 3: Complete Policy Review Process
- Comprehensive policy review
○ Contracted with the Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC) ○ MASC will collect copies of all of our current district policies, handbooks, and contracts. We will then compare HPS policies with MASC’s comprehensive Policy Reference Manual looking to fill in holes in our district policies and provide the School Committee with policy options that are in line with law, regulation, and practice.
○ MASC Field Director will meet with the Policy & Governance subcommittee and administration to review each policy. The Field Director will assist HPS in ensuring that each policy aligns with current federal and state laws and regulations as well as looking at current local practices to assist the subcommittee in making appropriate policy decisions.
○ Section B Board Governance and Operations and Section H Negotiations were identified as priority
Item 4: Review Section B Board Governance
Item 5: Review & Approve Policy and Governance Meeting Minutes March 18, 2024