POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING
SEPTEMBER 23, 2003
PRESENT:Berty Riley, David Cope, Priscilla Fraser
and Patricia Walls
ABSENT:Randy Horton
Staff Present: William Singleton and Shirley Garvin
1.CALL TO ORDER – This meeting was called to order at
11:38 a.m. by Berty Riley, Chairperson, in the District Office Boardroom, Ridgeland, South Carolina.
2.ROLL CALL & ESTABLISHMENT OF A QUORUM – 3P/1A
3.NOTIFICATION OF NEWS MEDIA – The following news media
were notified of the date, time, place and agenda of
this meeting: Jasper Sun/Hardeeville Times, Beaufort
Gazette, Carolina Morning News, The Gullah Sentinel, WSAV, WTOC, WJWJ and WTGS.
4.INVOCATION – Dr. Singleton led the invocation.
5.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – The pledge to the flag was
recited by the committee members and staff present.
6.POLICY REVIEW – Ms. Riley stated that this meeting was
a continuation from the last meeting. She shared that
they needed to look at the transportation policy again
for clarification. They also have policies that
address No Child Left Behind.
EEA – STUDENT TRANSPORTATION – There was discussion
on how to clarify this policy regarding two-tenths and
five-tenths. This was brought up by Mr. Cope in the
September 22, 2003 board meeting.
It was agreed to delete the “insert” that was added to the 2003 Model for EEA (Student Transportation). This
information was included in the “draft” administrative rule submitted by Mrs. Garvin.
Mrs. Garvin presented revised information for the
committee members to review for the administrative
rule (EEA-R). After reviewing this information it was agreed to submit this information for approval with the noted changes.
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Revision for item #2 should read “The State Department
Office of Transportation allows departure from the
route at any distance over five-tenths of a mile.
The Jasper County Board of Education has authorized
the Superintendent and Transportation Supervisor to
approve hazardous routes within two- to four-tenths
of a mile when a child’s safety becomes an issue,
providing the bus has ample space to turn around.”
It was agreed to delete the first sentence in item #3.
Dr. Singleton stated that he and Mrs. Garvin would go
back to look at the parent requests that came before
the Board previously to see if they fall within these
new guidelines.
KB – PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN EDUCATION – The committee
reviewed the current policy and compared it with the
new 2003 Model. It was noted that the Model contained
new information on No Child Left Behind in regards to
Title I Involvement, Migrant Education Program, and
Limited English Proficient. It was noted that the
Model did not include the “evaluation” section from
the old policy. It was agreed to insert this informa-
tion from the old policy and use the Model policy
because of the new federal guidelines.
JFB – SCHOOL CHOICE – The committee reviewed the current policy and compared it with the new 2003 Model. Dr. Singleton recommended using the model
policy in place of the existing policy because it
included all guidelines as a result of No Child Left
Behind legislation.
- OTHERS – The next Policy Committee meeting was
scheduled for Tuesday, September 30, 2003 at 1:30 p.m.
8.ADJOURNMENT – The meeting adjourned at 12:42 p.m.
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Recording Secretary