Academy of Collaborative Education
Minutes
Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday August 5, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Pursuant to Louisiana Open Meetings Law - La. R.S. 42:19, notice is hereby given to the members of the Board of Directors of Academy of Collaborative Education and to the general public that the Board will hold a regular, special, or re-scheduled meeting, open to the public as specified below. To ensure compliance with the Open Meeting Law, recipients of this message should not forward it to other Board members, and Board members should not reply to this message.
Committee Members Present
Anna Grimmett (remote), Curtis Eberts (remote), Holly Allen (remote), Joellen Freeman (remote)
Committee Members Absent
None
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approval of agenda
D.
Approve Prior Meeting Minutes
II. Old Business
A.
ACE Transportation
III. New Business
A.
Approval of ED's time off
Leave Documentation:
ACE Executive Director's leave usage is not currently documented in the leave system. Discussion of ways to address and ultimately discussed that best practice would be to amend "Policy and Procedure Manual" to outline steps for Director of Operations to document Executive Director leave usage and for notification to Board President of Executive Director's leave usage.
B.
ACE Residency Program
ACE Residency Program
ACE negatively impacted because the school does not receive funding to issue teachers a 13th tax clean-out check. ACE developed a residency program available to certain paraprofessionals that creates a pathway for these professionals to advance toward teacher certification. Those enrolled in program would receive an increased salary.
C.
AFLAC
Consider offering employee benefits through AFLAC and specifically, a cafeteria plan. ACE would not be responsible for cost as all cost would be absorbed by employee and directed deducted from their paycheck.
All agreed to notify Board at next meeting that this option will be made available to employees.
Transportation Contract:
Unable to reach transportation contract with Monroe City for 2026-2027 SY but will continue efforts to reach agreement, even if not in place until midyear. Continue to use JPS Transportation with total of 12-seats in interim. Contract with City would allow for considerably more available seats.