Yesterday, the Board of Education approved a measure authorizing PSS to start working on establishing a foundation.
Board of Education member Herman T. Guerrero said PSS will work on the details and come up with a recommendation to BOE.
“We’re looking in terms of what is the best kind of foundation for PSS,” said Guerrero, the board’s fiscal and personnel administration committee chairman.
BOE secretary/treasurer Galvin S. Deleon Guerrero suggested looking into the foundations that school districts in the states have.
He noted that the NMC Foundation was established partly to comply with the requirements when seeking grants from the U.S. Department of Education.
According to the NMC website, the foundation was established in 1999 to acquire, manage and disburse funds from alternative sources to support the advancement of the college’s educational programs and services.
Also yesterday, BOE approved the ratification of its legislative intergovernmental affairs committee and PSS comments on House Bills 17-52 and 17-226.
Introduced by Rep. Stanley T. Torres, H.B. 17-52 will expunge the criminal records of certain individuals.
BOE member Herman T. Guerrero said he had asked Speaker Eli D. Cabrera, R-Saipan, not to act on the bill without reading BOE’s comments.
“There are federal and local laws that require us to protect the students in our schools,” Guerrero said.
He said the bill aims to benefit certain individual rather than the entire commonwealth.
“We don’t support it,” BOE Chairwoman Marylou S. Ada said.
Introduced by Speaker Cabrera, H.B. 17-226 will allow all non-retired members of the Retirement Fund to withdraw their contributions without severance of employment or penalty.
