South West Illinois News

Sparta Community Unit School District 140 Board of Education met May 8.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

1. Call Regular Meeting to Order, Roll Call, Recite Pledge of Allegiance

2. Public Comments (blue card requests)

3. Approve Minutes

4. Consent Items

a. Bills and Payroll

b. Meetings and Conferences

I. June 12, 2025 – Regular Board Meeting at Sparta Lincoln School at 7 p.m.

5. Reports and Discussion/Action Items

a. Superintendent’s Report

I. Principals

II. Building and Grounds

III. Superintendent

b. Board Committee Reports

c. Other

I. Discuss/Approve Tentative Amended FY25 Budget

II. Discuss IASB/IASA/IASBO Joint Annual Conference November 21-23, 2025

III. Discuss/Approve Feasibility Study

IV. Discuss/Approve the Intergovernmental Agreement with the Southern

Illinois School District Cooperative Buying, NFP

V. Discuss Playground by Play Illinois

VI. Discuss/Approve Cooperative Team Agreement with Steeleville St. Marks

d. Proposed Policies

I. First Reading of the Policy Manual

e. Late Items

6. Closed Session

7. Action on closed session matters

a. Closed Session Minutes

b. Consider Resignations of Certified and Non-Certified Personnel

c. Consider Termination of a Non-Certified Probationary Employee

d. Consider Employment of Certified Staff

I. Teachers

e. Consider Employment of Non-Certified Staff

I. Custodians

f. Other - Discuss/Approve Ratifying Two-Year Contract with Sparta Education Association

8. Adjournment

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