June 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM - Regular Board Meeting

1. Call meeting to order, roll call, establishment of a quorum and Pledge of Allegiance.

2. Invocation.

3. OPEN FORUM: Comments from the public. Citizen Communications: (Limit of 3 minutes per speaker/group) Public Audience: Public comments for this meeting will be held as follows: Members of the public, if you wish to comment before the Board, you must email comments@eeisd.org by 6:00 p.m. on June 19, 2025, to give your name and topic you wish to comment on. 

4. RECOGNITIONS:

4.a. Edcouch-Elsa High School 2025 Top Ten Students

4.b. Edcouch-Elsa 2025 STC Associates Graduates

4.c. Edcouch-Elsa High School Girls Powerlifting

4.d. Edcouch-Elsa ISD Elementary/Secondary campus with the highest attendance rate for the 6th six weeks. 

5. PRESENTATIONS:

5.a. Presentation on "The PossAble Dream"

5.b. Presentation on Region One ESC SB 1882 Partnership Schools Custodial Team-Cleaning Scheduling and Grounds Maintenance Scheduling

5.c. Project Empower 

5.d. Elsa Police Chief Robert McGinnis presentation on the Teen Life Skills Summer Program for ages 14-18 on Life Skills Every Teen Needs

6. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT:

6.a. End of the Year Enrollment, Attendance & ADA Report

6.b. Truancy Report

6.c. Pre-registration Count

6.d. Staffing Patterns

6.e. SubHub Report

6.f. 2024-2025 Preliminary STAAR Results 

6.g. Flood Damage Report

7. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS:

7.a. Approval of Board Meeting(s) Minutes:
 

7.a.1. Regular Board Meeting-May 21, 2025

7.a.2. District Safety & Security-May 27, 2025

7.a.3. Special Board Meeting-June 7, 2025

7.b. BUSINESS AND FINANCE:

7.b.1. EEISD Financial Report-Information Item

7.b.2. Approval of Expenditures over $25,000

7.b.3. Approval of Tax Collection Report - April 2025

7.b.4. Approval for the payment of services provided by Communities in Schools of Hidalgo County

7.b.5. Approval to establish an E-E Yellowjacket 501C3 Legacy Foundation

7.b.6. Request to approve the establishment of the Edcouch-Elsa ISD Mercado Student Business Incubator

7.b.7. Approval to send cafeteria surplus items to Auction

7.c. HUMAN RESOURCE:

7.c.1. Creating "In House" Sub Hub

7.c.2. Approval of the membership in the TASB Benefits Cooperative 

7.d. TEACHING AND LEARNING:

7.d.1. Purchase of Bluebonnet HQIM curriculum (including all digital access) for Spanish Reading/Language Arts (grades K-5) and Spanish Math (grades 3-5) for the 2025-2026 school year. 

7.d.2. Approval to Interlocal Agreement between Edcouch-Elsa Independent School District (EEHS) and South Texas College Dual Credit Programs

7.d.3. Renewal of DMAC software license agreement with Region One Educational  Service Center, 2025-2026

7.d.4. Approval for Teach for America Educational Professional Services Agreement for Ignite Tutoring Program

7.d.5. Request to approve Title I, Part C-Migrant Grant refund request based on the identified non-compliance questioned costs for the 2023-2024 School Year (RETROACTIVE)

7.d.6. Approval of Opioid Curriculum

7.d.7. Approval of the use of classroom space to the PossAble Dream Adult High School at the College and Career Center 

7.d.8. Approval of DMR Educational Consulting to provide strategies and planning for STAAR testing genres

7.e. STAFF TRAVEL:

7.e.1. Consider and approve for AJ Garza and JJ Garza to attend the Area X FFA Leadership Camp June 20-22, 2025 in Lagarto, Texas. 

7.e.2. Consider and approve of travel for Leonso Cazares, Erick Hurtado, Janet Montemayor, Victoria Rangel, Kassandra Fuentes and Jose Franklin to attend the CAMT Conference from July 9, 2025 to July 12, 2025 in San Antonio, Texas

7.e.3. Approval for Sylvia Garza to attend the Region One Finance Conference July 22-24, 2025 in South Padre Island, Texas.

8. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS:

8.a. Discussion and action on approval for the board of trustees to nominate a candidate for a position on the TASB Board of Directors for Region One/Position B. 

8.b. Discussion and action on approval of the Detention Pond Project

8.c. Discussion and action to reject RFP#2025-003 Fully Funded Health Insurance

8.d. Discussion and action to approve the housing of PossAble Dream Adult High School in conjunction with the College and Career Center 

8.e. Discussion and action to approve the district-wide implementation of the Behavioral Support Initiative for students receiving Special Education and/or Section 504 services.

8.f. Discussion and action to approve 2025-2026 Compensation Plan and Stipends.

8.g. Discussion and action to approve the 2025-2026 Proposed Budget.

8.h. Discussion and action to approve resolution honoring Frances Rocha and authorizing the naming of a district facility in her honor.

9. CLOSED SESSION:  The superintendent requests that the Board of Trustees convene in closed meeting as authorized by the provisions of the Open Meeting Act, Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code.  This executive session is in accordance with the Texas Government Code Section:

9.a. 551.074 for the purpose of discussing personnel, considering appointment, employment, resignation, retirement, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer or employee.

9.a.1. Discussion regarding the employment of a high school principal.

9.b. Consultation with legal counsel regarding a.)  pending or contemplated litigation b.)  settlement offer; or c.)  matter in which the duty of the attorney to Edcouch-Elsa Independent School District under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code (TX.Gov't. Code 551.071)

10. ACTION ITEMS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION:

10.a. 551.074 Discussion and action regarding personnel, considering appointment, employment, resignation, retirement, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer or employee.

10.a.1. Discussion and action to employ a high school principal.

10.b. Discussion and action regarding consultation with legal counsel regarding a.)  pending or contemplated litigation b.)  settlement offer; or c.)  matter in which the duty of the attorney to Edcouch-Elsa Independent School District under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code (TX.Gov't. Code 551.071)

11. ADJOURNMENT: