It was agreed that the policies developed by the Principal's Council should be approved by the WNDLC Governing Board. It will be placed on the Governing Board agenda for March 17.

Classroom Equipment Proposals

B.J. explained that three companies submitted proposals for classroom equipment -- Cytek, Dascom, & Todd. Further evaluation was still being conducted on the various proposals. The Executive Board felt because of the size of the contract, the entire Governing Board should vote on the proposals.

US West Billing

B.J. reported that US West wanted to know how the schools wanted to be billed for their distance learning line charges. There was the option of monthly, quarterly, or annually. General consensus was to have the schools billed monthly because that is how most of the school bills are paid.

NET Grant

B.J. reported that WNDLC and Chadron State College are working together to write a NET distance learning training grant. The grant for $10,000 will be used to pay for outside experts to come in and do the training and a stipend will be offered to pay teachers to come to the workshop scheduled the first week of August. Grant notification is expected in June.

Teacher Stipends

Discussion was held on how schools are going to handle teacher stipends for teaching on the DL system, specifically where to put in a school budget. Should it be an extra duty item or just a board policy? It was decided that this needed to be discussed by the entire governing board.

Higher Ed/Dual Credit

Kent Halley & B.J. reported on the first initial discussions held with WNCC and CSC on the offering of college courses on the WNDLC system next fall and in the future. Several issues were raised in the areas of adjunct faculty, dual credit, tuition & fees, and schedules. Terry & B.J. were directed to set up meetings with John Harms & Tom Krepel in order to discuss these issues. Meetings are to be held before the Governing Board meeting so a report can be given to the entire group on the results of such meetings.