The Boarder
A Summary Report of the September 28, 2021
C F S D Governing Board Meeting
Public Hearing Regarding Instructional Time Model
for 2021-2022 School Year
President Amy Krauss opened the public hearing for
comments from anyone in attendance. No comments
were expressed, and the public hearing was closed.
Approval of Instructional Time Model for 2021-2022
School Year (second reading)
Associate Superintendent Mary Jo Conery reviewed
information Pursuant to A.R.S. 15-901, A.RS. 15-
901.08, and Arizona House Bill (HB) 2862 on the Fiscal
Year 2021-2022 Instructional Time Model (ITM). House
Bill 2862 gives the district an opportunity to adopt an
ITM that would allow an emergency and/or temporary
shift to remote learning in the event of a classroom,
grade level, or school closure and meet the instructional
hours requirements in statutes. The bill also gives the
district flexibility to decide the way instructional hours
are provided to students. Dr. Conery once again
reviewed the information on the ITM for students in
grades 6-12. If an emergency or temporary ITM were
put in place, instruction would shift from in-person to
remote synchronous instruction using live streaming for
the time during the temporary closure. For elementary
grades K-5, instruction would follow the daily schedule
and shift from in-person live instruction to a combination
of remote synchronous and asynchronous learning.
Remote learning would be provided using Google Meet
and assignments would be through Google Classroom.
She also commented that attendance reporting in
Synergy would occur with an alternate reporting code to
show that the instruction moved from in-person to
remote. Upon the governing board’s approval, the
district will send the adopted ITM to School Finance at
the Arizona Department of Education. The board
approved the Instructional Time Model, as presented.
Approval of Revisions to Policy IC School
Year (second reading)
Dr. Conery presented the recommended revisions to the
district’s current policy. She reported that the school
year is defined by the number of days or by the number
of instructional hours defined in A.R.S. 15-901 and
A.R.S. 15-901.08 to make sure that the district meets
the instructional time and instructional hour
requirements within the district’s Instructional Time
Model (ITM). There were no changes made since the
first reading on September 14. The board approved the
revisions as presented.
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Consideration of Revisions to Policies JFAA,
JFAB, Exhibit’s JFAA-EA, JFAB-EA, JFAA-EB,
JFAB-EB Tuition/Admission of Nonresident
Students (first reading)
This agenda item was pulled and will be placed on a
future board agenda.
Consideration of Revisions to Policy GCF,
Professional Staff Hiring, and Policy GDF, Support
Staff Hiring (first reading)
This agenda item was pulled and will be placed on a
future board agenda.
Consideration of Revisions to Policy DIE
Audits/Financial Monitoring (first reading)
Dr. Conery reviewed the proposed revisions to the
district’s current policy due to a change in House Bill
2018 that added language to statute A.R.S. 15-914. She
reported that the new language requires board
members to publicly approve audit and compliance
questionnaires by a vote of the board. This language
has been added to the policy. She also stated that in
past practice, the board would receive audit and
financial records as an informational item on the board
agenda. For future board meetings, these presentations
will be submitted under the new business part of the
agenda and will need board action. The board will
review the policy for the second reading at its next
meeting on October 19.
Consideration of Revision to Policy JLF Reporting
Child Abuse/Child Protection (first reading)
Dr. Conery presented the first reading of the proposed
revisions to the district’s current policy. The revisions
mirror the language that was added to statute A.R.S. 15-
160.01 in Senate Bill 1114. The new language added to
the policy states that all schools are required to post a
sign in a public area that is clearly visible to students
with information to call a hotline related to suspected
abuse and neglect of children, instructions to call 911,
and the website of the Department of Child Safety for
reporting. The board will review the policy for the second
reading at its next meeting on October 19.
Arizona School Boards Association (ASBA) Law
Conference Report
Ms. Krauss and Ms. Jackson reviewed information from
the recent ASBA pre-conference and law conference.
They reported that some of the sessions were limited in
the scope of providing information but other sessions • Arizona School Boards Association (ASBA) Pima
were informative, and the general session speakers County Meeting Report, September 23, 2021
were excellent in addressing current events.

ASBA Delegate Assembly Report CFSD

Ms. Jackson shared information from the ASBA
Delegate Assembly held Saturday, September 11,
where she represented the CFSD Governing Board as
a delegate. She reviewed the process and the outcome
of the political agenda. Ms. Jackson indicated that
delegates did a review on only items that required
discussion and changes to the political agenda
Please welcome our new CFSD staff member:
recommended by ASBA’s Legislative Committee.

2021 Arizona Legislative / Governmental Activity Austin Nost, Director of Human Resources, MAC
Board members discussed information regarding the
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Katherine
Cooper’s ruling that the portion of the law prohibiting
school mask mandates was found to violate the Arizona
Constitution and is therefore void and unenforceable.

Consent Agenda Items

The governing board approved the following consent
agenda items.

• September 14, 2021, regular governing board

meeting minutes
• September 20, 2021, special governing board
meeting minutes
• Expense voucher memorandum
• Field trip request memorandum
• Fundraising request memorandum
• Personnel memorandum
• Approval of Family Faculty Organizations, Booster
Clubs and the CFSD Foundation bylaws
memorandum
• Approval of additional compensation rates
memorandum
• Approval of professional services agreement
between the Tohono O’odham Nation and Catalina
Foothills Unified School District memorandum

Upcoming Board Meeting

The next regularly scheduled governing board meeting
is Tuesday, October 19, 2021, 6:30 p.m., at the
Professional Learning Center at Valley View Early
Learning Center.

• Outstanding Achievements
• Annual Bond and Capital Override Report
• Superintendent’s Proposed Performance Goals for
2021-2022 (first reading)
• Approval of Revisions to Policy DIE
Audits/Financial Monitoring (second reading)
• Approval of Revision to Policy JLF Reporting Child
Abuse/Child Protection (second reading)

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