Okaloosa County School Board — Workshop Meeting, March 24, 2025 — reading text

instruction including the instructors materials. Students participating in this program will not receive high school credit for this class. The Driver Education fee will be appropriated as follows: Total Fee Paid by Student ------------ $150 Other Compensation & Benefits ---- $120 Administrative Costs ----------------- $ 30 The “other compensation and benefits” amount is the total cost of the other compensation paid to the instructor plus the districts portion of FICA and retirement. For additional information, please contact Brian Humphrey (850) 689-7198 Consent Our adopted rules of Parliamentary Procedure, Robert's Rules, provide for a consent agenda listing several items for approval of the Board by a single motion. Documentation concerning these items have been provided to all Board members and the public in advance to assure an extensive and thorough review. Items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any board member. 7. Consent Agenda Subject : 7.28 Request to submit an application for the International Baccalaureate Teacher Bonus Program - Special Grant, presented by Stephanie Gillis, Specialist, Curriculum and Instruction, and recommended by the Superintendent for approval. Meeting : Mar 24, 2025 - Workshop Meeting Type : Action (Consent) Fiscal Impact : Yes Dollar Amount : $1,668.50 Budgeted : No Budget Source : International Baccalaureate Teacher Bonus Program - Special Grant Recommended Action : Motion to approve a request to submit an application for the International Baccalaureate Teacher Bonus Program - Special Grant. Public Content Request to submit an application for the International Baccalaureate Teacher Bonus Program. Teachers are eligible to receive a $50 bonus for every student who has earned a grade of “C” or higher in the International Baccalaureate Theory of Knowledge course. For more information, contact Stephanie Gillis, 850-833-3613. File Attachments 460 - DOE 100 - IB Bonus Program - Project Application.pdf (189 KB) 460 - IB Teacher Bonus 24-25.pdf (110 KB) Copy of 460 - DOE 101S - IB Teacher Bonuses.pdf (19 KB) General Assurance Form D-2 - fillable.pdf (17 KB) PPA Form 2025 - TOK.pdf (111 KB) Consent Our adopted rules of Parliamentary Procedure, Robert's Rules, provide for a consent agenda listing several items for approval of the Board by a single motion. Documentation concerning these items have been provided to all Board members and the public in advance to assure an extensive and thorough review. Items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any board member. 7. Consent Agenda Subject : 7.29 Memorandum of Understanding between The School Board of Okaloosa County, Florida, and Okaloosa County Florida, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, on behalf of its Department of Corrections to establish an effective, secure, and efficient agreement between these parties to provide the computer equipment to be used by juvenile detainees/inmates for educational purposes, presented by Dustin Keith, Specialist, and recommended by the Superintendent for approval Meeting : Mar 24, 2025 - Workshop Meeting Type : Action (Consent) Preferred Date : Mar 24, 2025 Absolute Date : Mar 24, 2025 Fiscal Impact : Yes Budgeted : Yes Budget Source : Capital Transfer for Seat Management Contract Recommended Action : Motion to approve the Memorandum of Understanding between The School Board of Okaloosa County, Florida, and Okaloosa County Florida, to provide instruction to juvenile detainees and inmates. Public Content This MOU is to allow the OCSD to provide the technology necessary to provide instruction to juvenile detainees and inmates. File Attachments OCJ MOU for School District clean cjm.pdf (156 KB) Consent Our adopted rules of Parliamentary Procedure, Robert's Rules, provide for a consent agenda listing several items for approval of the Board by a single motion. Documentation concerning these items have been provided to all Board members and the public in advance to assure an extensive and thorough review. Items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any board member. 8. Superintendent's Human Resources Recommendations Subject : 8.1 (Information Only) Employees on Administrative Leave, presented by Lee Hale, Assistant Superintendent, Human Resources Meeting : Mar 24, 2025 - Workshop Meeting Type : Information Public Content The following employees have been placed on/or removed from Administrative Leave: EID: 127374 For more information, contact Lee Hale at 850-833-5801. 8. Superintendent's Human Resources Recommendations Subject : 8.2 (Information Only) Deferred Retirement Option Program, presented by Lee Hale, Assistant Superintendent, Human Resources. Meeting : Mar 24, 2025 - Workshop Meeting Type : Information Public Content The purpose of this item is to present a list of employees who have elected to participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP). NEW DROP ENTRIES Employee Name EID Position Location DROP Start Date Dalane Fox 115308 Teacher Niceville HS 2/1/2025 Julie Giddens 126735 Teacher Eglin ES 7/1/2025 For more information, contact Lee Hale at 850-833-5801. 8. Superintendent's Human Resources Recommendations Subject : 8.3 Waiver of the OCEA Master Contract requested by the Okaloosa STEMM Academy to waive the daily planning period requirement for the 2025-2026 school year, presented by Kimberly Nihill-Taylor, Principal, Okaloosa STEMM Academy, and recommended by the Superintendent for approval. Meeting : Mar 24, 2025 - Workshop Meeting Type : Action Recommended Action : Motion to approve the extension of the waiver of the OCEA Master Contract by the Okaloosa STEMM Academy to waive the daily planning period requirement for the 2025-2026 school year. Public Content The Okaloosa STEMM Academy is requesting to submit a waiver extension of the Master Contract with the OCEA to waive the daily planning period requirement for the 2025-2026 school year. For more information, please contact Ms. Nihill-Taylor at 850-833-4120. File Attachments Contract Waiver Docs STEMM Academy.pdf (203 KB) 8. Superintendent's Human Resources Recommendations Subject : 8.4 Employment Separations, presented by Lee Hale, Assistant Superintendent, Human Resources, and recommended by the Superintendent for approval. Meeting : Mar 24, 2025 - Workshop Meeting Type : Action Preferred Date : Mar 24, 2025 Absolute Date : Mar 24, 2025 Recommended Action : Motion to approve employee separations. Public Content Attached is a list of employees who resigned/retired from the Okaloosa County School District. For more information, contact Lee Hale at 850-833-5801. File Attachments March 24, 2025 Separations, Public.pdf (63 KB) 8. Superintendent's Human Resources Recommendations Subject : 8.5 Personnel Recommendations, presented by Lee Hale, Assistant Superintendent, Human Resources, and recommended by the Superintendent for approval. Meeting : Mar 24, 2025 - Workshop Meeting Type : Action Preferred Date : Mar 24, 2025 Absolute Date : Mar 24, 2025 Recommended Action : Motion to approve personnel recommendations. Public Content The purpose of this item is to present a list of employees who have been hired in the instructional and education support positions or hired in the instructional and education support positions or hired for substitute positions. For more information,