Billings School District No. 2 meeting summaries, agendas, and minutes

No Votes Recorded in Billings School District No. 2 Meetings; Board Agenda Lists Budget Talk and 20 Policy Reviews

No formal votes were recorded in the Billings School District No. 2 meeting records summarized for the past two weeks, and minutes have not been published for the district board's October regular meeting. The one session with published minutes — an Oct. 14 joint meeting of city, county and school officials — was discussion-only, according to the record.

Oct. 14: Joint meeting, discussion only

City, county and school district officials met Oct. 14 to discuss public safety and inter-agency collaboration, including school zone safety and domestic violence, according to the official minutes. The record states that no formal votes were taken and no substantive decisions were made during the session.

Oct. 19: Board of Trustees agenda lists budget, policy review

The Board of Trustees' regular meeting agenda for Oct. 19 lists a budget discussion and a review of 20 policies, including student discipline, health and records management. The summary also states the board will receive updates on charter schools and consider several consent agenda items. Also listed:

• Billings Multilingual Academy Charter Amendment Request
• reACT Agreement with Riverstone Health
• Resolution to Sell/Dispose of District Personal Property
• Expenditures of Money and Financial & Investment Reports for September 2026

These are agenda items, not outcomes. The summaries provided do not report what the board did on any of them, and minutes have not been published. No dollar amounts appear in the material provided, so the size of the September expenditures and of the budget under discussion is not established here.

Oct. 20: Health advisory committee meeting cancelled

The School Health Advisory Committee meeting listed for Oct. 20 was cancelled. The record provided does not give a reason.

Oct. 22: Budget and insurance committees

Two committee meetings were listed for Oct. 22. The Budget Committee agenda lists a budget discussion and a period for communication from the public. The Insurance Committee agenda lists procedural items and a general discussion of insurance matters. Neither listing names specific proposals, and no minutes have been published for either.

What the records do and do not show

Most of the listings above are agendas — notices of what a body intended to take up — rather than minutes recording what happened. An agenda item is not a decision. Where minutes exist, as with the Oct. 14 joint meeting, they record discussion without votes. Nothing in the material provided establishes that any item was approved, rejected, amended or tabled, and no vote tallies were supplied.

Coming up

The supplied data lists no upcoming meetings in the next 14 days. That reflects the records provided, not a confirmation that the calendar is empty. The district's official meeting postings are the authoritative source for agendas, dates and any changes.

Billings school board to weigh budget, 20 policies Oct. 19; recent committee agendas list no votes

No votes, contracts, or dollar amounts appear in the Billings School District No. 2 meeting records available for the past two weeks. The six meetings listed between Oct. 5 and Oct. 14 are documented by agendas only — minutes have not been published — and the Oct. 5 Performance Monitoring Committee meeting is listed as cancelled. The next scheduled opportunity for board action is the regular Board of Trustees meeting on Oct. 19.

Board of Trustees regular meeting, Oct. 19

The agenda lists a budget discussion and a review of 20 policies covering student discipline, health, and records management, along with updates on charter schools. Consent agenda items listed include the Billings Multilingual Academy Charter Amendment Request, a reACT Agreement with Riverstone Health, a Resolution to Sell/Dispose of District Personal Property, and Expenditures of Money and Financial & Investment Reports for September 2026. The agenda summary does not include dollar amounts, and the records provided do not show that any of these items has been acted on.

19 policies reviewed at Oct. 6 committee

The Board Operations Committee met Tuesday, Oct. 6 at noon in the Lincoln Center Boardroom, 415 N. 30th Street, with a review of 19 policy updates covering student discipline, student health, fees, records, and other topics. Policies named in the agenda include 3310, Student Discipline-Consequences for Violations of Student Code of conduct; 3350, Student Discipline - Due Process; 3520, Student Fees, Fines, and Charges; 8560, Display of Flags and Banners on District Property; and 5021, Fingerprints and Criminal Background Investigations. The agenda lists no decisions or dollar amounts, and minutes have not been published.

Workforce housing and Sandstone Soccer Fields

The Planning and Development Committee met Oct. 6 at 11:00 a.m. in the Lincoln Center Boardroom. The agenda lists two discussion items: Workforce Housing and Sandstone Soccer Fields. No decisions, dollar amounts, or proposed actions are specified in the agenda text.

Joint meeting with city and county

A City/County/School meeting was listed for Oct. 14, with an agenda consisting of public communication and a general discussion among the three government entities under the heading "City/County/Schools Discussion." No outcomes from that meeting have been published in the records provided.

Other committee agendas: procedural items only

The Stakeholder Relations Committee met Oct. 6 at 10:30 a.m. in the Lincoln Center Boardroom, and the Advisory Committee for Professional Development met Oct. 6 at 4:00 p.m. in Room 219. Both agendas list welcome and roll call, a public comment period, a committee item with no supporting detail, and adjournment. The Performance Monitoring Committee meeting listed for Oct. 5 at 11:30 a.m. in Room 213 is marked cancelled. Across these agendas, public comment rules are set by the Chair under Board Policy 1441, and visitors may record meetings electronically if it does not disrupt order.

Coming up

• **Oct. 19 — Board of Trustees Regular Meeting.** Budget discussion, review of 20 policies, the Billings Multilingual Academy Charter Amendment Request, the reACT Agreement with Riverstone Health, a resolution on district personal property, and September 2026 financial reports.
• **Oct. 20 — School Health Advisory Committee.** The agenda lists no specific discussion topics or decisions beyond the committee's general business.
• **Oct. 22 — Insurance Committee.** The agenda consists primarily of procedural items and a general discussion period.

Meeting times for the three upcoming meetings are not specified in the records provided. District agendas are the authoritative source; minutes for the October committee meetings have not yet been published.

Billings school committees list 19 policy updates, workforce housing talks; no votes recorded in published agendas

No votes, dollar amounts, or contract awards appear in the published records for the five Billings School District No. 2 meetings listed over the past two weeks. All five are agenda-only — minutes have not been published — so the records show what was scheduled, not what was decided. The most substantive items listed were a review of 19 district policy updates and discussions of workforce housing and the Sandstone Soccer Fields.

Policy review covers 19 updates

The Board Operations Committee of Billings School District No. 2 and Billings High School District No. 2 met Tuesday, October 6, 2026 at noon in the Lincoln Center Boardroom, 415 N. 30th Street. The main substantive agenda item was a review of 19 policy updates covering student discipline, student health, fees, records, and other topics.

Policies named in the agenda include Policy 3310, Student Discipline-Consequences for Violations of Student Code of conduct; Policy 3350, Student Discipline - Due Process; Policy 3520, Student Fees, Fines, and Charges; Policy 8560, Display of Flags and Banners on District Property; and Policy 5021, Fingerprints and Criminal Background Investigations.

The agenda lists no decisions, dollar amounts, or contracts. Whether the committee took any action on the policies is not established by the record provided.

Workforce housing, soccer fields on committee agenda

The Planning and Development Committee met Tuesday, October 6, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. in the Lincoln Center Boardroom, 415 N. 30th Street. The agenda listed two discussion items: Workforce Housing and Sandstone Soccer Fields. No decisions, dollar amounts, or proposed actions are specified in the agenda text.

Three other committee meetings

• **Stakeholder Relations Committee**, October 6, 10:30 a.m., Lincoln Center Boardroom. The agenda consists of welcome and roll call, a public comment period, the committee item itself, and adjournment. No specific topics, votes, contracts, or dollar amounts are listed for the committee portion.
• **Advisory Committee for Professional Development**, October 6, 4:00 p.m., Room 219, Lincoln Center, 415 N. 30th Street. The agenda lists welcome and orientation, a public comment period, an agenda line for the advisory committee itself, and adjournment. No specific professional development items, contracts, or dollar amounts are listed.
• **Performance Monitoring Committee**, listed as cancelled. The meeting had been scheduled for Monday, October 5, 2026 at 11:30 a.m. at the Lincoln Center, Room 213, 415 N. 30th Street. The summary provided describes the published agenda as procedural only: welcome and orientation (Pledge of Allegiance and roll call), communication from the public, a Performance Monitoring Committee item with no details provided, and adjournment.

How the public can take part

Each agenda includes a public comment period, with rules set by the Chair under Board Policy 1441, including time limits. For the Stakeholder Relations and Planning and Development committees, the board states it will not act on issues raised that are not on the agenda. Visitors may record meetings electronically if doing so does not disrupt order.

Coming up

City/County/School Meeting, October 14, 2026. The Board of Trustees for School District No. 2 and Billings High School District No. 2 will meet for a joint discussion with city and county representatives. The agenda consists of public communication and a general discussion between the three government entities. No time or location is given in the data provided.

*Note on the record: the summaries above come from published agendas. Minutes for the October 5 and October 6 meetings have not been published, so outcomes are not established here.*

Billings School Board Holds Special Meeting on Wilson Park Ballot Resolution; Minutes Pending

The Billings School District No. 2 Board of Trustees and its committees held several meetings in the first week of August, including a special board meeting to vote on a ballot resolution for the Wilson Park property. As of today, minutes from these meetings have not been published, so no official decisions or vote outcomes are available.

Wilson Park Ballot Resolution Vote

On August 4, the Board of Trustees held a special meeting at Wilson Park to vote on a ballot resolution regarding the Wilson Park property, which includes the Bus Barn. The agenda listed the vote as the primary item, followed by a public comment period on non-agenda items. The meeting was scheduled to follow standard procedural steps, including public comment and adjournment. No result of the vote has been reported because minutes are not yet available.

Committee Meetings

Also on August 4, three committees met:

• **Board Operations Committee** met at the Lincoln Center Boardroom to review 19 policy updates. The agenda included no new decisions or actions; the meeting was described as procedural with no substantive items.
• **Stakeholder Relations Committee** held a meeting with an agenda consisting of procedural boilerplate, with no specific topics for decision or discussion beyond general committee business and public communication.
• **Planning & Development Committee** also met with a procedural agenda, listing only standard welcome and public communication sections.

None of these committee meetings listed any items for formal action.

Stadium Tour

On August 5, the Board of Trustees held a special meeting at Sam McDonald Stadium at Daylis, 425 Grand Ave., for a "Behind the Build" tour for trustees and donors. The agenda included a welcome, public comment period, and the stadium tour. No formal decisions were listed on the agenda.

Coming up

No upcoming meetings are listed in the district's public calendar for the next 14 days. Residents seeking official records of these meetings should check the district's website for published minutes when they become available.