The USD 480 Board of Education met Monday evening and made several appointments for the upcoming school year. The Board appointed Dana Handy as the USD 480 Treasurer and Nila Newton as the Assistant Treasurer, Rusty Tuman as Clerk and Maria Martinez as Assistant Clerk of the Board of Education, Lane Frymire as the USD 480 Board Attorney, and Hay Rice & Associates as the district’s Auditor for 2025-2026.

In new business, the Board approved the following Resolutions:

Resolution A – sets the date, time and place of Board meetings for 2025-2026.

Resolution B – designates banks as depositories for the funds of the school district.

Resolution C – appoints the authorized representative of the district to direct the school lunch program.

Resolution D – appoints the hearing officer for free and reduced price meal application appeals.

Resolution E – appoints the authorized representative of the district to direct the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS).

Resolution F – appoints truancy officers for each attendance center.

Resolution G – designates a school term for 2025-2026.

Resolution H – authorizes the Board Clerk to pay in advance of approval by the Board any claims against said district that provides for a discount for early payment of any claim in advance of approval by the Board.

Resolution I – designates the school district employee responsible for coordinating compliance efforts and the hearing officer for complaints alleging violation of Title IX.

Resolution J – authorizes the establishment of petty cash funds and who will administer them.

Resolution K – rescinds all policy statements found in the minutes prior to June 2025 and adoption of the policy handbook as amended and kept by the Superintendent to govern this school district during the 2025-2026 school year.

Resolution L – establishes the mileage allowance rate for privately owned conveyances used for official school district purposes.

Resolution M – adopts the district’s organizational chart for 2025-2026.

Resolution N – appoints Board representatives to committees/councils.

Resolution O – designates the official publication for the district.

Resolution P – appoints a freedom of information officer.

Resolution Q – designates district administrators.

Resolution R – resolution to waive GAAP requirements.

Resolution S – appoints a hearing officer for a student’s appeal of a suspension or expulsion.

Resolution T – appoints a purchasing agent for the district.

Resolution U – appoints an emergency safety interventions appeals officer.

Approved was the bid from Rasix Computer Center in the amount of $168,874.77 for printer ink for the District, and Library Software was approved.

Also approved was the Hirefox contracts per legal counsel’s revisions.