East Baton Rouge Parish School Board

Special Meeting-2022-2023 Budgets Minutes

Thursday, July 14, 2022

A. Meeting Opening

1. Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 6:03 PM by School Board President David Tatman.

2. Roll Call

Members present were Mark Bellue, Dadrius Lanus, Tramelle Howard, Dawn Collins, Evelyn Ware-Jackson, Jill Dyason, Michael Gaudet, and David Tatman.

Connie Bernard was absent.

Others present were Sito Narcisse, Superintendent; Gwynn Shamlin Jr., General Counsel; Caron Smith, Chief of Staff; Arcelius Brickhouse Jr., Interim Chief of Schools; Letrece Griffin, Chief Communication/Public Relations; Andrea O’Konski, Chief Officer for Accountability and Assessments; Amy Jones, Chief Technology Officer; and Stacey Dupre, Chief Officer for Support and Special Projects.

B. Items for Consideration

1. 2022-2023 Proposed General Fund Budget

Consideration of the request for the approval of the Proposed 2022-2023 General Fund Budget, the Budget Resolution, and the 2022-2023 Salary Schedules.

Motion by Dadrius Lanus, second by Michael Gaudet.

Discussion followed.

Substitute motion to defer the consideration of the request for the approval of the Proposed 2022-2023 General Fund Budget, the Budget Resolution, and the 2022-2023 Salary Schedules to a Special Meeting before the August Committee of the Whole on August 4, 2022.

Motion by Evelyn Ware-Jackson, second by Dawn Collins.

The motion was withdrawn.

Approval of the Proposed 2022-2023 General Fund Budget, the Budget Resolution, and the 2022-2023 Salary Schedules.

Final Resolution: Motion Carries

Yea: Bellue, Lanus, Howard, Dyason, Gaudet, Tatman

Nay: Collins

Abstain: Ware-Jackson

2. 2022-2023 Proposed Special Revenue Fund Budgets

Approval of the 2022-2023 Special Revenue Budgets:

a) Proposed 2022-2023 Adult and Continuing Education

b) Revised 2021-2022 and Proposed 2022-2023 All Parish Music Concerts

c) Proposed 2022-2023 Radio Training Program

d) Proposed 2022-2023 Believe & Prepare Formula Transition

e) Proposed 2022-2023 Career & Technical Education Program # 998 (Voc. Ed/Basic Grant for States)

f) Proposed 2022-2023 Child Nutrition Program

g) Revised 2021-2022 and Proposed 2022-2023 Decathlon and Fitness Meet

h) Revised 2021-2022 and Proposed 2022-2023 EBR Kick-Off Classic

i) Proposed 2022-2023 Education Excellence Fund (EEF)

j) Proposed 2022-2023 ESSA Redesign Grant Round 4 Redesign

k) Proposed 2022-2023 Every Student Succeed Act (ESSA) Consolidated

1) Approval Letter for all ESSA Consolidated Budgets

2) Federal Program – 873

3) Federal Program – 886

4) Federal Program – 932

5) Federal Program – 954

6) Federal Program – 969

7) Federal Program – 973

8) Federal Program – 997

9) Title I – Improving Academic Achievement

10) Title II- Part A

11) Title III

12) Title IV, Part A

13) Title IX – Education for Homeless Children and Youth

l) Revised 2021-2022 and Proposed 2022-2023 High School Summer School

m) Proposed 2022-2023 ICARE Program

n) Proposed 2022-2023 IDEA

o) Proposed 2022-2023 IDEA 611 ARP

p) Proposed 2022-2023 IDEA Preschool 619

q) Proposed 2022-2023 IDEA Preschool 619 ARP

r) Revised 2021-2022 and Proposed 2022-2023 JRAA Athletics

s) Proposed 2022-2023 Magnet School Assistance (Project Explore)

t) Revised 2021-2022 and Proposed 2022-2023 Middle School Summer School

u) Revised 2021-2022 and Proposed 2022-2023 Music Instrument User Fees

v) Proposed 2022-2023 Proposition 2 – Tax Plan

w) Proposed 2022-2023 Proposition 3 – Tax Plan

x) Proposed 2022-2023 Pre-K

1) Approval Letter for all Pre-K Budgets

2) Cecil J. Picard LA4 (State)

3) Early Childhood – 654

4) Early Childhood – 662

5) Early Childhood – 802

6) Early Childhood – 818

7) Early Childhood – 867 Community Supply Building and Access

8) Early Childhood – 888 PDG

9) Early Childhood – 940

10) Early Childhood – Believe

y) School Activity

z) Proposed 2022-2023 Summer Arts Enrichment Program

aa) Proposed 2022-2023 ESSER

1) Strong Start Achieve ESSER II

2) Strong Start Achieve ESSER III

3) Achieve ESSER II, Action 1

4) Achieve ESSER III, Intervention Action 1

Motion by Jill Dyason, second by Mark Bellue.

Final Resolution: Motion Carries

Yea: Bellue, Lanus, Howard, Dyason, Gaudet, David Tatman

Nay: Collins

Abstain: Ware-Jackson

There being no further business, the Special Meeting adjourned by acclamation.

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Sito J. Narcisse, ED.D

Secretary/Treasurer to the East Baton

Rouge Parish School Board