(These minutes are considered a draft until approved at the next scheduled meeting.)
MEMBERS PRESENT: Tom Adams (President), Pam Wright (President-elect), Cindy Pittman
(Past-President), Vendetta Gutshall (Treasurer), Gary Collings (Secretary), Larry Bass (SW),
Jim Murray (C), Cheryl Corning (SE), Patti Kem (NC), Lynn Gosser (E), Pat Pierce (NW),
Mary Custer (NE)
I. Approvals
A. Minutes – Tom Adams called the meeting to order and requested a motion to approve the August 2, 2006 minutes. MOTION: Pat Pierce moved for approval. After a second by Jim Murray, the motion was approved.
• Treasurer's Report and Claim Docket – Vendetta Gutshall distributed handouts for the September Financial Report. The August 2006 Docket was presented in the amount of $7,146.31. MOTION: Patti Kem moved to approve the Docket as presented. After a second by Cindy Pittman, the motion was approved. Vendetta's report showed $18,555.61 of the $167,650 budget had been expended to date.
After transferring $9,000 to the CASE Indiana Fund in August 2006, the Scholarship has a remaining balance of $6,600 after tuition payments for the two recent scholarships.
C . Membership Committee – Vendetta Gutshall reported on Brady Smekens involvement in the development of new materials including welcome letter and membership card, name holders, lapel pins, folders and brochures. Pearson Digital Learning is our first Patron Membership and it requested its fee be applied to the expenses for the new materials. Hanover Insurance and Bose McKinney Evans are other sponsors underwriting costs of the conference.
Vendetta announced that Theresa Oberley and Mary Custer will co-chair the Membership Committee with its four subcommittees: Newsletter, Website, Patron, and Products. The new Membership Listserv will be in two parts: Total Membership (open) and Active Voting Members (restricted).
D . Roundtable Topical Proposals – Larry Bass presented the Southwest topical on Co-teaching with a closed enrollment of 50 and a $50 fee to be held on November 4 (Saturday) at Evansville . It will be conducted by Carrie Chapman and others from the IU-IIDC. MOTION: Patti Kem moved to approve the SW topical. After a second by Jim Murray, the motion was approved. Vendetta will work with Larry on the registration details. Announcements will be via e-mail to the Southwest group.
Vendetta Gutshall presented the October 11 th NW Roundtable proposal for a closed topical on five areas of reading/phonemic awareness. Slots for participants have been allotted to member districts. MOTION: Cindy Pittman moved to approve the NW topical. After a second by Pam Wright, the motion was approved.
E. Strategic Plan – Cindy Pittman commented that she will discuss the plan at both the Past-Presidents' dinner and the Business Meeting. Members agreed to table the discussion about the Fiscal Management Task Force until their next meeting.
Gary Collings distributed a copy of the Executive Director survey, which was transmitted on September 7 to contacts in Connecticut , Maine , Massachusetts , Michigan , Missouri , Montana , New Hampshire , and Vermont .
F. Midwest Educational Leadership Conference – Gary Collings announced the dates of June 18-20, 2007 for the 24 th annual conference in Breckenridge. Registration information is expected to be on the website by February 2007 http://iseas.org/midwest2007.htm .
A. Conferences/Activities
1. Spring Conference 2007: February 15 – 16, 2007 – Pam Wright noted that the theme will be Proactive Leadership with a legislative breakfast at the State House. The conference will be held at the downtown Radisson in Indianapolis .
2. Fall Conference 2007: September 26-28, 2007 – Pam Wright reported on her recent site visit to the revamped French Lick Resort, which is to re-open
October 31. The charges at the resort are based on a single guest $185 fee per registrant to include all costs for breaks, AV, etc. Members agreed that this new cost structure might require ICASE to decrease the overnight amount by offsetting the expenses with a higher registration fee as necessary. Pam has made a tentative reservation for the facility
3. CEC/CASE Board Update – Vendetta Gutshall distributed information about the upcoming CASE Leadership Institute on Collaborative Leadership at Savannah (November 10 – 11, 2006).
B. Standing Committee Reports
• Porter Scholarship – Cheryl Corning reported that the following two recipients of the Porter Scholarship have each been granted a $1,200 tuition reimbursement award: Rachel Fender (IU – School Psychology) and Audra Erny (ISU – Special and Elementary Education). Neither recipient was able to attend the Fall Conference and will receive their plaques and recognition at the ICASE Spring Conference 2007.
2 . Recognition/Awards – Cindy Pittman commented that Mary Jo Dare was previously approved to receive the Distinguished Service Award but we had neglected to also grant her Honorary Membership in recognition of her retirement. MOTION: Patti Kem moved to grant Honorary Membership to Mary Jo Dare in recognition of her retirement. After a second by Cheryl Corning, the motion was approved.
3. Past Presidents' Council – At the dinner on September 27, Cindy Pittman is to review the Strategic Plan. Tom Adams, Vendetta Gutshall, and Pam Wright will report on their attendance at the July 2006 CASE meeting including a visit to the U.S. Congress in Washington D. C.
4. Nominations – Pam Wright will brief the membership at the Business Meeting on pending changes to the nomination process. She had previously surveyed the Directors via the listserv and had asked that roundtable representatives solicit suggestions from their respective groups. Pam provided feedback from the survey in a memo to the board dated September 22.
5. Roundtable Activities – No reports as round tables may meet at the close of the conference on Thursday.
C. Report: Rule 26 Task Force – Karol Farrell was present to review the process and said the task force is to meet on October 4 with a final session on October 31. Its members are still working on CD, LD, mental/cognitive disability, and developmental delay. Once all areas have been addressed, a comprehensive document noting all changes will be prepared for distribution. Once Article 7 is approved, the development of an FAQ document has been suggested.
D . Report: Division of Exceptional Learners – Information is to be presented after the Business Meeting during the Division Report.
E. Report: Public Policy and Legislative Committee – Joan McCormick reported that the committee is up and running and has met regularly throughout the summer. Its members from each round table will be seeking the general memberships' involvement in its future activities. A primary goal is outreach through collaborative efforts with IAPSS, IASP, ISBA, etc. Members of each roundtable will be asked what action ICASE should seek through its committee.
In collaboration with DEL , KWK and the committee recently influenced the school psychologist sign-off (instead of a physician's) for Medicaid reimbursement. Changes to the speech pathology licensure were a last hour attachment to a pharmaceutical bill in last year's session. In contrast to no services to students with communication disorders, the continuation of emergency permit provisions is desirable. An Attorney General opinion on the revised statute has been requested by the DOE. Tom Adams mentioned that DEL is expected to release an SLP personnel survey in the near future for directors to complete.
Joan presented a Representation Agreement from KWK Management with the following payment: ICASE will compensate KWK the total sum of $21,000 for services rendered during the term of this agreement. Compensation shall be based on governmental affairs consulting services at the rate of $1,250 per month, and lobbying the Indiana General Assembly at the rate of $500 per month. Payments will be made monthly beginning January 1, 2007, in the sum of $1,750 per month, payable by the fifteenth day of each month. ICASE will also compensate KWK for reasonable expenses incurred including long distance telephone, photocopying, tax transmission, postage, federal express, travel, legislative monitoring services, lobby registration fees, and other ordinary expenses.
Joan noted that the KWK agreement for the last few years has been at an annual fee of $18,000. She recommended the increase and endorsed the terms of the agreement. MOTION: Patti Kem moved to accept the 2007 agreement with KWK. After a second by Lynn Gosser, the motion was unanimously approved.
Tom said that he and Joan will split their attendance at the upcoming NAME conference. MOTION: Vendetta Gutshall moved that their registration fee be paid by ICASE as well as related expenses. After a second by Pat Pierce, the motion was approved. Tom noted that John Hill is preparing a request to the Attorney General to clarify whether speech pathologists are required to have the Clinical Competence Certificate for Medicaid reimbursement purposes.
F. Liaisons – No discussion
III. NEXT MEETING : October 19, 2006 (8:30 AM) –