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In Thursday, July 31, 2008 issue.
Clinton Fiscal Court and Clinton County Board of Education each held brief call meetings last Wednesday, July 23, with both bodies having only a limited agenda to discuss or take action on.
* Clinton County Fiscal Court:
The court meet at 8 a.m. Wednesday morning with all members present and only one item of business on the meeting’s agenda, that being jail personnel.
All but a few minutes of the call meeting was once again held in closed session to discuss personnel. The executive session lasted just under a half hour.
Upon returning to open session, Judge/Executive Lyle Huff made some recommendations to the court, including to increase jail employee Oma Piercy’s pay to $6.55 per hour due to the federal minimum wage increase.
Also, he recommended two job positions at the facility, including Doris Neal Stewart as part-time cook and Steve Grider as part-time jailer, each at $8.50 per hour. A motion was made by Magistrate Billy K. Smith to accept the recommendations, which was seconded by Magistrate Charlotte Bernard. The motion passed by unanimous vote.
The next regular meeting of Clinton Fiscal Court is scheduled for Thursday, August 21 at 5 p.m.
* Clinton County School Board:
The Board of Education also had a special meeting last Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. with four of five members present and two items of business on the agenda. Only one item required action at this time.
Director of Special Education Eddie Tallent reviewed revised special education procedures in relation to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2005.
Tallent highlighted only the major changes in the procedures and noted it was modeled after those recommended by KSBA (Kentucky School Board’s Association). He noted about 70 percent of the state’s school district’s procedures manual was modeled from the KSBA manual.
The special education director further noted that KSBA could be called upon for assistance in any legal issues that may arise and said the local school district has been responsible for ensuring the procedures are carried out since the IDEIA was signed into law three years ago.
Some of the major changes since the last procedures was adopted will include:
* Extended School Year--Clarification added relative to ESY services as it pertains to criteria for services and amount of those services. This was necessary so that counselors/teachers have something to go by when determining services offered during breaks. The KSBA special education department was consulted prior to this change.
* Referral for Special Education--Language added that basically puts more responsibility on districts to make certain there is not over-representation of certain race/ethnicities of children.
* Admission and Release Committee (ARC) Membership--New procedure allows for a member to be dismissed if parent and school district agree in writing prior to meeting.
* Postsecondary Transition--At age 14, Individual Learning Plan (ILP) be completed, at age 16 Individual Education Plan (IEP) include measurable postsecondary goals.
* Discipline--Students can still be suspended for up to ten days without any educational services being provided, upon the eleventh day however, educational services have to be provided. Students can immediately be removed for up to 45 days for drugs, weapons, or serious bodily injury.
Following Tallent’s presentation, a motion was made by Board Member Junior Elmore and seconded by Beth Huff to approve the revised special education procedures with the measure passing by a 4-0 vote.
The only other item of business on the agenda was a lengthy closed session with attorney Bob Chenoweth to discuss “pending or proposed litigation.” No action was taken by the board upon returning to open session.
The next regular meeting of the Clinton County Board of Education is scheduled for Monday, August 11 at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Office and is open to the general public.
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