As school systems across the state cope with shrinking state revenues and budget cuts, a resolution adopted by the Baldwin County Board of Education Tuesday night will allow the school system a little financial relief without affecting operations and instruction.
The Baldwin County Board of Education approved a resolution Tuesday evening on expenditures toward classroom instruction. Baldwin County School Superintendent Geneva Braziel said the Title 50 Waiver Resolution is a school system waiver of an order to fall within the 65 percent rule of expenditures toward classroom instruction. Braziel said the reason for approving the Title 50 Waiver Resolution was because some open classroom positions were not filled this school year, which resulted in slightly less money going toward classroom expenditures.
“We did not fill some teaching positions. The fewer teachers we have, the less you have going into the expenditures toward direct teaching instruction,” Braziel said.
According to the Georgia Department of Education, under the Title 50 Administrative Procedures Act, the waiver can be used when the state board rules lead to substantial hardship for the local board of education; allows waivers of or variances from State Board of Education rules; waivers granted for hardship; and must be posted on the Secretary of State’s Web site for 15 days.
As part of the annual reorganization of the school board, nominations were made to keep Jeff McAfee, District 5, as chair and Ray Markwalter, District 3, as vice chair for 2010.
In other business, the board:
— heard a state of the school presentation from Georgia College Early College Principal Camille Tyson;
— motioned for the High Achievers Program request to use ELC facilities, during spring break, to be tabled for 30 days;
— approved minutes from the Dec. 7, 8 and 16 meetings;
— approved personnel recommendations presented by Braziel;
— approved financial reports, including school nutrition, for both the district and the Early Learning Center;
— approved Head Start policy recommendations;
— motioned for some Head Start policy considerations to be tabled for 30 days;
— approved ELC procedure considerations;
— approved recommendations for bid purchases for Eagle Ridge Elementary School;
— approved sole source purchases including IEP Software for the PEC Department, Dell computers for the ELC, a coach from the GLISI Power of 100 training program who will coach school principals and provide Supplemental Education Services through Alpha Test Prep and the Sylvan Learning Center. Both purchases are budgeted and financed through Title I funds;
— approved board policy recommendations and revisions;
— approved the recommendation to declare equipment at Oak Hill Middle School’s Career Tech Department as surplus property; and
— approved a sales and use tax fund report from Braziel.
The board also approved Baldwin High School NJROTC’s field trip request to the Area 12 Rifle Championship in Ft. Benning on Feb. 5 and 6. Oak Hill Middle School’s band request for District Honor Band in Warner Robins on Feb. 12 and 13 was also approved.
The school board will next meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, at the board office located on 110 N. ABC St. off the U.S. Highway 441 bypass.
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