Information for Meeting of School Committee
Thursday December 21, 2023 7:00 PM EST

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Phone: +1 646 558 8656

A. Call Meeting to Order
B. Public Hearings
C. Review of Agenda and Perpetual Calendar
D. Warrants (record in minutes with number)
 Gifts: Acceptance Vote
 Grants: Acceptance Vote:
oTitle I FC 305 - $19,966
oTitle IIA FC 140 - $2,906
oTitle IV FC 309 - $10, 000
oIDEA FC240 – $46,630
oEC IDEA FC262 - $2,556
oIDEA Part B FC274 - $6,148

E. Approval of Minutes
 November 30, 2023 *
F. Unfinished Business/Updates
 Capital Projects/Building Process – Discussion (Roof, Boilers, Kitchen Floor etc.)
 Superintendent Search - Update
G. New Business/Discussion
 School Improvement Plan – Review
 Resolution to Endorse Senate Bill No. 335 and 337 relating to special education funding
reimbursement – Vote
 Resolution to Endorse Senate Bill No. 303 An Act increasing the Commonwealth's share
of the education foundation budget – Vote

H. Reports
 Superintendent’s Report
 Director of Finance and Operations*
o FY25 Shutesbury Elementary School Draft Budget - Discussion
 Principal’s Report
 Amherst-Pelham Representative’s Report
 Union #28 Report - including Budget and Personnel
 CES Report
I. Policy Review
 First Reading on:

o IMGA – Service Animals in Schools*
o ECAF – Security Cameras in Schools*
o ACAB – Sexual Harassment*
o BBBE – Unexpired Term Fulfillment*
o BGC – Policy Revision and Review*

 Second Reading, First Vote on:
o BDFA – School Councils*
o EBCFA – Face Coverings*
o AC-R – Nondiscrimination Policy Including Harassment and Retaliation*
o ACA – Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex*

 Final Vote on:

o BDFA-E – School Improvement Plans*
o CHA/CHC – Development and Dissemination of Procedures*

J. Executive Session:
 In accordance with Open Meeting Law (Chapter 30A Section 21 (a), move to go into
Executive Session to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining.

K. Future Business
 Shutesbury Policy Committee – Thursday, January 18, 2023 at 6:30 p.m.
 Shutesbury School Committee – Thursday, January 18, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
 Union #28 Joint Supervisory – January 22, 2024
 Future agenda items –
L. Adjournment