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17 <br /> Commissioner Bedford said she would take out the sentence about measuring <br /> outcomes by end of grade tests (EOG's). She said she would prefer to let the school <br /> superintendents propose the measures. <br /> Commissioner Hamilton said this is one slice of the budget, and she is unclear why the <br /> Board would require it if not required for the rest of the school budgets. She said the Board is <br /> micromanaging the process, and she believes it should fund generally and let the school <br /> experts do their work. She said tying funding to specific metrics is an over stepping of <br /> boundaries, as the BOCC does not understand these metrics sufficiently. She said this will not <br /> help students. She said it is very important to have conversations with the schools, and to gain <br /> understanding, but she disagrees with tying funding to certain metrics. She said the BOCC <br /> would not like if the state micromanaged in this way. <br /> Commissioner Hamilton said she does agree with the employee wage adjustment and <br /> thanks staff for their sacrifices. She said she would like to have a list for what ARPA funds <br /> were originally allocated versus what these funds cannot be used for. She said she would like <br /> to know how much funding remains and how the BOCC can assign it. <br /> Chair Price said the achievement gap, mental health and SEL are interrelated, and the <br /> BOCC is addressing both in this funding category. She said she feels good about letting <br /> schools make decision about how to spend this money within this category. <br /> Bonnie Hammersley said the superintendents suggested that the districts can provide <br /> key performance indicators for both and would be doing it anyway. She said the <br /> superintendents do not feel like the Board is micromanaging them and are extremely pleased. <br /> She said the state requires the county to provide key performance indicators for everything it <br /> does, so it is not unusual to receive money and have to do this. <br /> Commissioner Greene proposed striking the last paragraph under "Opportunity Gap <br /> Reduction and Student Mental Health Support Fund" of the attached memo. She suggested <br /> keeping paragraphs 1 and 2, and making the next to last sentence of 2nd paragraph, "as <br /> proposed, each district would provide a spending plan each year with key performance <br /> indicators, which could not supplant current spending." <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Greene, seconded by Commissioner McKee, to <br /> amend the Update in FY2020-21 Year End Financial Results memo as indicated above. <br /> Commissioner Bedford made a friendly amendment to correct the allocation amounts in <br /> the second paragraph under "Opportunity Gap Reduction and Student Mental Health Support <br /> Fund" based on average daily membership. <br /> Commissioner Greene and Commissioner McKee accepted Commissioner Bedford's <br /> amendment. <br /> Travis Myren said the actual budget amendment for these changes will come back on <br /> December 14, 2021 and he will attach the updated memo to the actual budget amendment so <br /> the Board can take final action. <br /> Chair Price said the Board does need to vote on the motion on the floor. <br /> Commissioner Fowler asked if the Board should wait to vote on the proposed <br /> amendment until the rest of the items on the memo are discussed in case there are additional <br /> amendments. <br /> Chair Price recommended voting on any amendments separately. <br /> The Board decided to move forward with a vote on the motion made by Commissioner <br /> Greene. <br /> Roll call ensued <br />