The Bossier Parish School Board approved a slate of administrative and committee recommendations during its regular session, including a board-member training resolution, an update to the expense-reimbursement mileage rate, several property and construction actions, and a legal recommendation related to special‑education school bus incidents.

The board read a training resolution into the minutes that cites the requirement that "each member of a city and parish school board shall receive a minimum of 6 hours of training and instruction as required by Act 705 of the 2011 Louisiana Legislature" and states that all listed board members "have successfully received and exceeded the 6 hours of required training" and have completed the one-hour ethics requirement for 2024. A motion to proceed as recorded in the minutes was made by Ms. Tammy Smith and seconded by Mr. Glenn Bullard; the motion passed (individual roll-call tallies not recorded in the public transcript).

The board also approved a revision to policy DJD (expense reimbursement) to update the mileage reimbursement rate to $0.70 per mile to align with the 2025 Internal Revenue Service mileage rate. Nisha Bamberg, chief financial officer, presented the change and said it was the only revision recommended at this time. The motion to approve the revision was made by Mr. Glenn Bullard, seconded by Ms. Sherry Poole, and the item passed.

From the Building and Grounds Planning and Development Committee, the board accepted multiple committee recommendations that came out of the committee's meeting earlier in the day. The board unanimously approved contracting with a geographic planning and demographic services firm for five‑year school‑age enrollment projections as outlined in a December 2024 proposal; the work will be funded from the general fund. The board also authorized the superintendent to sign documentation described in the minutes as "grama Killeen Street, Bossier City, Louisiana, Seven‑eleven‑twelve" (text as read into the minutes) and approved proceeding with the Apollo Elementary classroom additions project, including contract amendments for design services and issuing a phased RFQ, with an estimated total project cost of $750,000 to be funded from the committed construction fund, subject to Department of Justice approval.

On a confidential matter involving special‑education school bus incidents in September 2024, the board voted to "proceed as recommended by legal counsel and the correspondence of February 2025," a motion made by Ms. Tammy Smith and seconded by Mr. Glenn Bullard. Superintendent Jason Rowland told the board he had provided a memo dated Feb. 6 that had been reviewed by the board; the memorandum was marked confidential in the district's materials and the transcript does not disclose details of the recommendation. The board approved the recommendation; the transcript records passage but does not provide further public details.

The board approved routine troop requests (motion by Mr. Logan McConathy, second by Mr. Robert Bertrand) and received several administrative announcements from Superintendent Jason Rowland including Presidents' Day school closures, an upcoming district poetry contest, committee meeting times and the date of the next regular session. The meeting adjourned after the final votes.

ACTIONS AT A GLANCE
- Training resolution (Agenda item 3.01): Motion by Ms. Tammy Smith; second Mr. Glenn Bullard; outcome: approved. Authority cited: Act 705 of the 2011 Louisiana Legislature; training may be provided by Louisiana Department of Education, Louisiana School Boards Association, institutions of higher education, or approved in-service programs.
- Expense reimbursement policy DJD revision: Updated mileage rate to $0.70/mile (2025 IRS rate). Motion by Mr. Glenn Bullard; second Ms. Sherry Poole; outcome: approved.
- Geographic planning contract (committee recommendation): Five‑year school‑age projection service; funded from general fund; unanimous out of committee; outcome: approved.
- Property authorization (committee recommendation): Authorize superintendent to sign documentation for a property described in minutes; outcome: approved (text in minutes: "grama Killeen Street, Bossier City, Louisiana, Seven‑eleven‑twelve").
- Apollo Elementary classroom additions: Proceed with project design amendments, phased RFQ; estimated cost $750,000 from committed construction fund; requires Department of Justice approval; outcome: approved.
- Special‑education bus incidents (Agenda item 3.09): Motion to proceed per legal counsel and Feb. 2025 correspondence (confidential memo); motion by Ms. Tammy Smith; second Mr. Glenn Bullard; outcome: approved; details marked confidential in district materials.
- Troop requests: Motion by Mr. Logan McConathy; second by Mr. Robert Bertrand; outcome: approved.

MOTIONS, MOVERS, SECONDS AND NOTES ARE RECORDED AS READ INTO THE MINUTES; INDIVIDUAL ROLL‑CALL VOTE COUNTS ARE NOT PROVIDED IN THE TRANSCRIPT.