Community Regional Charter School
Minutes
Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday April 30, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Committee Members Present
J. Dionne (remote), T. Overall (remote)
Committee Members Absent
None
Guests Present
A. Savage (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Committee mission charge
II. New Policies
A.
Final Review to Adopt Policy IJNDA - Web Use Policy
Committee reviewed policy IJNDA and per board member feedback at April board meeting, moved the portion about parent permissions higher up in the policy. Policy is ready for 2nd read for adoption at the May board meeting.
III. Existing Policies
A.
Final Review Policy IKF - Graduation Requirements
Committee reviewed policy IKF and no feedback was given at the April board meeting so policy is ready to take to the May board meeting for 2nd read and adoption.
B.
Final Review Policy IKE - Promotion, Retention, and Acceleration of Learners
Committee reviewed policy IKE and given some grammatical feedback made edits to the policy. Policy is ready to take to the May board meeting for 2nd read and adoption.
C.
Review Policy IHCDA - Post Secondary Enrollment Options
Postpone until the May Governance Committee Meeting
D.
Review Policy JKAA - Use of Physical Restraint and Seclusion
Committee reviewed policy JKAA and started the process of updating it to be in compliance with legal recommendations but are seeking more guidance before bringing it to the full board for review and revision.
E.
Review Policy JKAA-R - Use of Physical Restraint and Seclusion Procedures
Committee reviewed policy JKAA-R and started the process of updating it to be in compliance with legal recommendations but are seeking more guidance before bringing it to the full board for review and revision.
IV. Other Business
A.
Description of board members work and what skills and talents we are looking for in new board members.
Committee worked on a School Board Member Job Description for the purpose of recruiting new board members.
This document will be shared at the May board meeting.
V. Closing Items
A.
Approve minutes from today's meeting
Committee unanimously agrees upon the minutes from the meeting.
Theresa reviewed the charge for this committee.