1. Add to Consent Items - Contracts - NBHS Prom Caterer
2. Add to Consent Items - Contracts - Dolly Parton Imagination Library MOA
3. Add to New Business - Resolution Regarding HB 678

Funds are assigned on the balance sheet for future fiber optic repairs. The district will utilize $26,400 for use in fiber optic expenses for FY 2022. These funds have been in the assigned status since 2011. This is for informational purposes only. No Board action required. 

Requested is permission to renew the bid from Key Oil for diesel fuel and gasoline for the 2022-2023 school year. This is first renewal of the two available one-year renewals of the August 10, 2021 bid. 

A Request for Proposal for Auditing Services was requested. The district received one proposal: Barnes Dennig. Barnes Dennig performed the audit last year. Per the proposal, Barnes Dennig submitted a proposal covering the audit services needed by the district with a cost of $32,000. The contract shall be for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, to audit the financial accounts for FY 2022 with three (3) renewals, with both parties agreeing. 

Mr. Tony Roth requests permission to advertise for bids for the following items:

• 40 Yard Front Load Garbage Truck
• 8 Yard Garbage Containers

• March 21, 2022 - Work Session - Special Meeting (The date changed from March 14th due to schedule conflict.)
• March 28, 2022 - Monthly Meeting - Regular Meeting
• April 18, 2022 - Work Session

Amanda Badgett - Cook/Baker - Freedom Elementary - Ms. Badgett requests leave without pay for the dates of March 14th - April 21st, 2022.  She has used all her available accrued leave time.

Brittany Brown - Cook/Baker - Pleasant Grove Elementary - Ms. Brown requests leave without pay for the dates of March 18th, March 21st - 22nd and March 31st, 2022.  She has used all available accrued leave time.

Debra Coulter - Cook/Baker - Roby Elementary - Ms. Coulter requests leave without pay for the dates of March 14th and 15th, 2022.  She has used all her available accrued leave time.

Ashley Craig - Instructional Assistant - Roby Elementary - Ms. Craig requests leave without pay for the dates of March 1st, March 4th, March 9th, and March 10th, 2022.  She has used all her available accrued leave time.

Maggie Crepps - Teacher - Bullitt East High School - Ms. Creeps requests leave without pay for the dates of April 18th - May 24th, 2022.  She has used all available accrued leave time.  

Kaelin Daugherty-Hiser - Clerical Assistant - Hebron Middle School - Ms. Daugherty requests leave without pay for the dates of March 16th - 17th and March 21st - 25th, 2022.  She has used all her available accrued leave time.

Maygan Echsner - Teacher - Mt. Washington Elementary - Ms. Echsner requests leave without pay for the dates of May 20th, May 23rd and 24th, 2022.  She is using FMLA.

Karen Holmes - Bookkeeper/Data Manager - Bullitt Central High School - Ms. Holmes requests leave without pay for the date of March 18th, 2022.  She has used all available accrued leave time.

Lyndsay Huffman - Teacher - North Bullitt High School - Ms. Huffman requests leave without pay for the dates of May 9th - May 24th, 2022.  She is using FMLA.

McKinzee Krish - Teacher - Overdale Elementary - Ms. Krish requests leave without pay for half of day on March 17th, 2022.  She has used all available accrued leave time.

Chad Laswell - Teacher - North Bullitt High School - Mr. Laswell requests leave without pay for the date of March 17th, 2022.  He is using FMLA.

Tara Mitchell - Bus Driver - Transportation - Ms. Mitchell requests her leave without pay be extended from ending February 18th, 2022 until March 22nd, 2022.  She has used all available accrued leave time.

Cortney Pearson - Instructional Assistant - Crossroads Elementary - Ms. Pearson requests leave without pay for the dates of March 8th, March 10th - 14th, 2022.  She has used all available accrued leave time.

Clarissa Polson - Teacher - Old Mill Elementary - Ms. Polson requests leave without pay for the dates of January 19th - January 21st, January 24th - January 26th, February 11th, March 4th,         March 14th and March 17th, 2022.  She has used all available accrued leave time.

Meredith Polson - Teacher - Riverview High - Ms. Polson requests leave without pay for the dates of April 20th - May 3rd, 2022.  She does not qualify for FMLA and has used all available accrued leave time.

Angie Wales - Tutor - Lebanon Junction Elementary - Ms. Wales requests leave without pay for the date of March 14th, 2022 and 1 hour on March 22nd, 2022.  She has used all available accrued leave time.

Craig Wood - ISAP Instructor - Mt. Washington Middle - Mr. Wood requests his leave be extended through May 23rd, 2022.  He had previously been approved through May 20th, 2022.

This application for Emergency Substitute Certification is necessary in order to certify substitute teacher positions which may be filled during the 2022-2023 school year.

The current lease with Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) for the Buffalo Run facility will be up for renewal on July 1, 2022. Presented is the lease agreement. This is an annual renewal for the majority of the space at Buffalo Run. One other agency leases a small portion of the facility as well and their lease is handled separately. Renewal for this one-year lease is effective July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023.

This Memorandum of Understanding with the Commonwealth of Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is for Bullitt County high schools to participate in the Alive at 25 programs. The Youth Service Centers, if they choose, will schedule and be in charge of the program running from August 1, 2022 and terminating on July 31, 2024. This program is for students to participate in classroom instruction associated with the Kentucky Graduated Licensing Program. There is no cost for this program.

Submitted is the Kentucky Venues Lease Agreement for rental of Broadbent Arena for graduation ceremonies for all three high schools on Saturday, May 21, 2022. Rental of the facility has increased to $7,500; however, the agency has agreed to gradually increase the amount to allow the district to budget accordingly. This year, the fee increased from $5,000 to $5,250 and will be paid from the Superintendent's Office budget, Diplomas & Graduation Expenses. Eric Farris has reviewed the document.

Presented is the Dolly Parton Imagination Library Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to initiate the program districtwide in Bullitt County. Lebanon Junction Public Library currently has a program operating in that area. BCPS is able to initially begin and expand this program through the use of Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative (OVEC) Community Early Childhood Council (CECC) grant funds. These funds allow for a minimum of one and a half years of funding with more expected. The goal is to seek sponsors to continue expanding and extending the program as much as possible. This agreement has been reviewed through by Eric Farris and Patrick Riley of Dinsmore and Shohl LLC. Amendments to the MOA were suggested by Board Counsel and Imagination Library has agreed to those recommended agreements pending their signatures. 

Bullitt Central High School requests permission to allow the Shepherdsville Police Department to host a Charity Basketball Game Fundraiser for the Shop with a Cop Program on Saturday, April 30, 2022 from 6-9 p.m.

Parents have requested a modified attendance schedule for their student with disabilities and are listed below. The students are identified by number in order to maintain confidentiality. There is documentation of medical necessity for the modified schedule, and the modified schedules has been recommended for approval by the Admissions and Release Committee (ARC) and 504 Team. Full documentation is on file in the office of the Director of Special Education.  

• 2122-21
• 2122-22
• 2122-23
• 2122-24
• 2122-25
• 2122-27

Presented for the Board's approval is the job description for Building Assessment Coordinator (BAC) position. This position coordinated and facilitates the implementation of the state and district required assessments within the school building. The description had been reviewed and revised by the current District Assessment Coordinator (DAC). 

Dr. Tom Brillhart requests approval of the Resolution related to conducting facility related projects and affairs under the provisions of House Bill 678 enacted during the 2022 Regular Session of the Kentucky General Assembly. 

A RESOLUTION of the Bullitt County Board of Education

Electing to conduct its facilities-related projects and affairs under the provisions of

House Bill 678 enacted during the 2022 Regular Session of the Kentucky General Assembly

WHEREAS, on April 8, 2022, Governor Andy Beshear signed 2022 Regular Session House Bill 678 (hereinafter “HB 678”) into law, making it effective immediately at that time pursuant to the emergency clause in Section 8 of the bill; and

WHEREAS, HB 678 provides great flexibilities to local boards of education relating to the funding, financing, design, construction, renovation, or modification of the district's facilities and other facilities-related matters notwithstanding certain requirements for obtaining the prior approval of the Kentucky Department of Education or the Kentucky Board of Education as stated in various statutes and administrative regulations; and

WHEREAS, the provisions of HB 678 generally apply from April 8, 2022, until June 30, 2024, and also apply retroactively to submissions and requests that have been made by local boards prior to the effective date of the Act but that have not yet received approval from the appropriate board or official; and

WHEREAS, HB 678 requires a local board that elects to conduct its projects under the provisions of the bill to adopt a resolution by majority vote and submit the resolution to the Kentucky Department of Education as notice;

NOW, THEREFORE: Be it resolved by the Bullitt County Board of Education:

On a Motion by __________________________, seconded by __________________________, the Board hereby RESOLVES as follows:

By majority vote, the Board has elected to conduct its projects under the provisions of HB 678, and this Resolution is being submitted to the Kentucky Department of Education as notice of this action.

Adopted by the Board this _______ day of ______________________, 2022.

Attested by ____________________________________________________, Chair of the Board.