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Bluford Unit School District 318 Board of Education met Aug. 21.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

BOARD AGENDA

A. Call to Order and Roll Call of the August 2025 Regular Board of Education Meeting

B. Opportunity for Public Comment:

(We would like to welcome our guests this evening. We would like to remind our guests that the School Board Meeting is a meeting held in public, not a public meeting. The Board invites public comment during this portion of the meeting. Our guests are asked to please be respectful of both time and dif ering opinions. When directed by the Board President, persons should stand, state their name, and begin their statements. Guests must refrain from making any personal comments regarding any individual. Guests are asked to limit comments made to the Board of Education to no more than five minutes. You are welcome to yield portions of your remaining time to someone else to complete their remarks to the Board of Education. Please be aware that the Board of Education may not respond to public comments.)

C. Approval of Consent Agenda

1. Approval of the Minutes for the July 17, 2025 Regular Board of Education Meeting;

2. Approval of Executive Session Minutes from July 17, 2025 to remain confidential;

3. Approval of Bills for August 2025;

4. Approval of Financial Reports for July 2025;

5. Destruction of Executive Session Verbatim Recordings older than 18 months - that are not germane to litigation, pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c);

D. Correspondence to the Board

E. Superintendent’s Report

a. EBF Update

b. Back to School Updates

c. Information on Possible ELearning Plan

F. Principal’s and Maintenance Reports

1. Maintenance Report

2. Grade School Principal’s Report

3. High School Principal’s Report

G. Old Business: None

H. New Business

1. Freedom of Information Act Requests

a. SmartProcure

b. Public Info Access LLC

2. Action Item: Consider approval of the FY2026 Tentative Budget, as presented.

3. Action Item: Consider the recommendation to approve the final reading of Board Policy Updates, from June 2025 Press Plus Update 119, as presented.

4. Action Item: Consider approval of Press Policy 6:185, as presented.

5. Action Item: Consider approval of Amanda Strohschein as Title IX Coordinator and Jenny Allen and Mary Minor as Complaint Managers for Bluford Unit School District 318.

6. Action Item: Consider approval of Memorandum of Understanding between the Bluford Unit School District #318 and the Bluford-Webber Education Association to increase the district health insurance employer contribution to $700 per month.

7. Action Item: Consider approval of officials' pay rates, as presented.

8. Action Item: Consider declaring district equipment surplus, as presented.

I. Executive Session: To consider information regarding the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1).

J. Possible Action from Executive Session:

1. Action Item: Consider acceptance of the letter(s) of resignation/retirement.

2. Action Item: Consider employment of stipend position(s).

3. Action Item: Consider posting for a vacant position(s).

K. Adjournment

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