School board adopts policies on government training, member insurance

The Cheney School Board moved quickly through a light agenda at its meeting last Wednesday, April 29.

The board unanimously approved three items of old business, accepting adoption recommendations by staff of revisions to a pair of existing policies, and approving a new policy for “Open Government Trainings.”

Language in policy No. 1440 on “Minutes” was amended to ensure any meeting where an audio or video recording is made, and the minutes of that meeting were transcribed verbatim, that the recording must be retained for one year. Previous language specified the recording “may” be “destroyed” after one year.

Policy No. 1732, “Board Member Insurance,” also underwent language revisions, directing the district to maintain sufficient insurance to protect board members from liability that may arise from actions on behalf of the district and within his/her authority as a board member. Finally, the board adopted policy No. 1805 “Open Government Training” as a result of new state requirements instructing school board members participate in training on the Open Public Meetings Act, the Public Records Act and public records retention.

The board also established a work session on May 27 at 5 p.m. to hold interviews for the two student advisor positions, and changed the start time of its May 13 meeting to 7:30 p.m. to accommodate the annual “District Employee Recognition Night,” scheduled to take place at 5 p.m.

John McCallum can be reached at [email protected].