Policy, Personnel and Administration Committee meeting, 10.14.2026

The Policy, Personnel and Administration Committee meeting, identified in the title as October 14, 2026 (the metadata timestamp is October 15), received updates on community relations and a proposed homeschool athletic participation pathway. The pathway was informational only: administrators recommended that eligible homeschool students take four core classes in person at their assigned high school, with one additional class taken outside the school, rather than follow IHSA’s one-class minimum. Members discussed oversight, eligibility, workload, and school culture; no decision to adopt the pathway was recorded.

The committee considered a proposal to hire current high school students, ages 16 through graduation, to work selected athletic events in supervised roles such as ticket scanning or clock operation. The proposed pay is a flat $30 per assignment, with a minimum two-hour shift; the proposal had been presented to both unions and was expected to go to the full board as an action item Wednesday. The committee also discussed Policy 7:270, Administration of Medication to Students, to update language on epinephrine delivery systems in response to School Code and IDPH changes; the revised policy was to be placed on 30-day display, with changes potentially brought back at the November 11 meeting. The transcript records a motion and second to adjourn, but no vote or approval of the student-worker proposal or policy change. No vendor award or other procurement was identified.