State Advisory Council reviews draft procedures, sets May deadline for comments

Missy Wrigley, chair of the State Advisory Council (SAC), opened the meeting and asked members to review a draft operational procedures manual that the council will finalize at its May meeting. "All right, my name is Missy Wrigley. And I am the chair," she said as the council took roll and reviewed the agenda.

The council approved the March 25 meeting minutes with minor corrections after a motion to accept the amended minutes, which was seconded and carried by voice. Members then reviewed the draft operational procedures manual; Wrigley noted the document remains a draft with missing pieces and asked members to submit suggested edits by May 12 so the executive committee can review them on May 13 and present a final version at the full SAC meeting.

Jeffrey Spahr, chair of the Legislative Committee, asked that the manual explicitly list an operational procedure requiring the Executive Committee to consider Legislative Committee proposals before those proposals are forwarded to the legislature. Members also discussed clarifying the chair, vice chair and secretary duties, and whether ad hoc committees should be mentioned as part of chair responsibilities.

On membership, the Membership Committee reported reviewing 16 applications and preparing candidates (including student and charter-school nominees) for the executive committee to consider; current openings include three student vacancies, one parent vacancy, two legislative vacancies, a special education teacher vacancy, a charter-seat vacancy and a Department of Corrections vacancy. Members emphasized the need for a single repository for membership-survey materials so records remain intact when individual volunteers rotate off the council; Jovi and Catherine were identified as current collectors who forward materials to CSDE for official archival.

Members set procedural follow-ups: submit comments on the operational procedures manual by May 12; the executive committee will meet May 13 to compile edits; and the membership committee will forward candidate recommendations to the full council at the next meeting. The council also discussed succession planning and potential bylaw revisions for term limits to be examined during summer planning sessions.

The meeting then moved on to committee updates and CSDE briefings.