Special Education Advisory Committee Meeting
December 19, 2012
SW/WC Service Cooperative
Marshall, MN and ITV Sites
Members Present:
Roger Graff, Superintendent
Bruce Houck, Superintendent
Chris Sonju, Superintendent
Greg Schmidt, Superintendent
Matt Bullard, Superintendent
Loren Hacker, Superintendent
Martin Heidelberger, Superintendent
Todd Meyer, Superintendent
Wayne Wormstadt, Superintendent
Dan Deitte, Superintendent
Others Present:
Mary Palmer, Senior Director of Special Education
Tish Rops, Administrator of Special Education
Tammy Stahl, Director of Special Education
Teresa Ostlie, Director of Special Education
Diane McCarron, Director of Special Education
Annette Miller, Director of Finance
ITEM 1:Call to Order
Roger Graff called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.
ITEM 2:Approval of Agenda
Motion by Bruce Houck, seconded by Dan Deitte to approve the agenda as presented. Motion passed unanimously.
ITEM 3:Approval of September 11, 2012 Minutes
Motion by Wayne Wormstadt, seconded by Bruce Houck to approve the September 11, 2012 minutes as presented. Motion passed unanimously.
ITEM 4:Special Education Service Center - Recommend approvalof FY13 Revised Budget, review FY14 Planning Budget,and recommend approval of FY14 fees
Motion by Wayne Wormstadt, seconded by Todd Meyer to approve the FY 13 Special Education Service Center Revised Budget and FY 14 Planning Budget as presented with the stipulation that the fund balance for the Special Education Service Center Budget not exceed 10%.
Motion by Loren Hacker, seconded by Dan Deitte to table the motion until later in the meeting. Motion passed unanimously.
Roger Graff proceeded to ITEM 8 on the Agenda.
ITEM 8: Low Incidence Redesign
Mary Palmer gave an update on the low incidence programming redesign that five cooperative employees are currently working on with a consultant. She reported that the redesign committee will have a report on the redesign of this program for the April Board Meeting.
Roger Graff returned to Item 4.The motion made by Wayne Wormstadt, seconded by Todd Meyer to approve the FY 13 Special Education Service Center Revised Budget and FY 14 Planning Budget as presented with the stipulation that the fund balance for the Special Education Service Center Budget to not exceed 10% was passed.
Motion by Loren Hacker, seconded by Wayne Wormstadt to approve the FY 13 Special Education Service Center Revised Budget and FY 14 Planning Budget as presented with the recommendation that the fund balance for the Special Education Service Center Budget not exceed 10% and the fees for FY 14 to not
increase but remain at the FY 13 rates. Motion carried unanimously.
ITEM 5:Educational Resource Library - Recommend approval of FY13 Revised budget, review FY14 Planning Budget, and recommend approval of FY14 fees
Motion by Todd Meyer, seconded by Martin Heidelberger to recommend approval of the FY 13 Educational Resource Library Revised Budget and FY 14 Planning Budget and recommend approval of the FY 14 fees as presented. Motion carried unanimously.
ITEM 6:Behavior Analyst - Recommend approval of FY13 Revised Budget, review FY14 Planning Budget, and recommend approval of FY14 fees
Motion by Todd Meyer, seconded by Loren Hacker to recommend approval of the FY 13 Behavior Analyst Revised Budget and FY 14 Planning Budget and recommend approval of the FY 14 fees as presented. Motion carried unanimously.
ITEM 7:Alternative Programs - Recommend approval of FY13 Revised Budget
Motion by Loren Hacker, seconded by Bruce Houck to recommend approval of the FY 13 Alternative Programs Revised Budget. Motion carried unanimously.
ITEM 9:Update on 12-13 Division of Special EducationGoals
Mary Palmer gave an update on the progress made relating to the 12-13 Division of Special Education Goals.
ITEM 10:Frequency of Special Education Advisory Meetings
Mary Palmer asked the board members if they wanted to reduce the number of meetings from three to two each year. Motion by Todd Meyer, seconded by Loren Hacker to remain at three meetings with one of the meetings being held in Jackson. Motion failed.
A recommendation was made to continue to have three meetings annually.
ITEM 11:Alternative Programs Update
Tish Rops, Administrator of Alternative Programs gave an update on the alternative programs. All the programs continue to increase in student enrollments. Three additional districts will be implementing targeted services through the service cooperative.
ITEM 12:Educational Resource Library Demonstration
Lucy Tokheim gave an overview of the Educational Resource Library and a demonstration of Infinitec which is part of the library services.
ITEM 13:Other
No other items were brought to the committee.
ITEM 14:Adjournment
Motion by Bruce Houck, seconded by Loren Hacker to adjourn.
Motion carried unanimously.