Albemarle County School Board FY 25 Draft Funding Request Work Session #1, Thursday, Feb 29, 2024

What was decided · How each member voted

• 1.0 Ms. Osborne offered a motion that the Albemarle County School Board go into a closed meeting as authorized by the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, section 2.2-3711(A) of the Code of Virginia under Subsection 8 for consultation with legal counsel employed or retained by a public body regarding specific legal matters requiring the provision of legal advice by such counsel. The purpose of the item in the closed meeting is to discuss legal issues in connection with a resolution for public sector collective bargaining; a potential contract dispute; and a class action lawsuit by school divisi… · Unanimous, 5-0 — Absent: Ms. Spillman and Dr. Berlin Adopted minutes (ACPS ElectronicSchoolBoard)
• 2.2 Ms. Osborne offered a motion that the Board certify by recorded vote that to the best of each Board member’s knowledge, only public business matters lawfully exempted from the open meeting requirements of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and identified in the motion authorizing the Closed Meeting were heard, discussed, or considered in the Closed Meeting. Dr. Acuff seconded the motion. A roll call vote was called, and the motion passed by the following recorded votes: · Unanimous, 6-0 — Absent: Ms. Spillman Adopted minutes (ACPS ElectronicSchoolBoard)

Moments worth watching

• 00:00:09

  Meeting called back to order; closed-meeting certification and roll call.Copy link𝕏 Post

• 00:02:36

  School Board Appreciation Month recognition from students.Copy link𝕏 Post

• 00:06:28

  Budget work session #1 begins: tour of the FY25 budget document.Copy link𝕏 Post

• 00:10:29

  Expenditure summary and technical / non-discretionary changes.Copy link𝕏 Post

• 00:14:28

  Bright Stars pre-K and CATEC funding changes.Copy link𝕏 Post

• 00:19:28

  Virginia Retirement System (VRS) rate changes.Copy link𝕏 Post

• 00:27:59

  Health insurance fund outlook and $1.6M increase.Copy link𝕏 Post

• 00:39:02

  Compensation and market comparison; options to repurpose part of the raise.Copy link𝕏 Post

• 00:59:42

  Social-emotional learning (SEL) counselor staffing proposal.Copy link𝕏 Post

• 01:34:40

  State budget revenue update, $13.3M gap, and reduction principles.Copy link𝕏 Post

Times are approximate and open the official meeting video (Albemarle County Public Schools YouTube channel) at that point. Search every spoken word in Find the Moment. Machine transcript (speech-to-text); check the video before quoting.

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