July 16, 2015 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1. Meeting Call To Order 7:00 P.M.

1.A. Open Meeting Notice

2. Opening Ceremony

3. Consent Agenda Items - Materials relating to the items to be acted upon in the Consent Agenda are provided to the Board Members for study and review prior to the meeting. The items contained in the bid portion of the Agenda have been endorsed by the Board Members during the budget process.

3.A. Minutes of the Workshop & Regular Meeting held on June 25, 2015

3.B. Monthly financial and investment reports

3.C. Monthly support services report

3.D. Monthly absence reports YTD

3.E. Purchases greater than $50,000 exempt from bid - None

3.F. Personnel actions delegated to the Superintendent

3.F.1. Resignations and retirements

3.F.2. Contracted employees except administrators

3.G. Community and governmental relations

3.H. Service contract  one-year extensions

3.I. Tax refund exceeding $500 

4. Items to be Withdrawn from the Consent Agenda

5. Communications Not on the Agenda

6.  Superintendent's Report

6.A. Outstanding performance by district staff, students, and others

6.B. Initiation or status of new programs, renovation and/or construction projects, academic initiatives, operating systems and/or special activities or events

6.B.1. Summer construction and renovation  projects update

6.C. E:21 Educate, Excite, Engage (digital conversion initiative) progress report

7. Board of Trustee's Report

7.A. Board member attendance at various school and community events

7.B. Board member visits to various campuses

7.C. Board member announcements, awards, resignations, and/or appointments

7.C.1. Summer regular monthly meeting dates: August 20

7.C.2. TASA/TASB Convention - Austin, October 1-4, 2015

7.D. Board member recognition of outstanding performance by district staff,  students and others making significant contributions to the well being of the district

7.D.1. Media Honor Roll presentation

8. Financial Reports and Action Items

8.A. General Operating Fund 199 Expenditure Budget amendments from Function to Function to balance accounts

8.B. Preliminary 2015-2016 budget revenue projections

8.C. Superintendent's proposed budget for 2015-2016 school year

8.D. Proposed tax rate for 2015-2016: $1.31 (M&O=$1.17 and I&S=$0.14) = no tax rate increase

8.E. Budget work sessions dates and times:August 6, 10, 13, and 18

8.F. Public Hearing date and action on  proposed budget and proposed tax rate prior to Regular Monthly Meeting scheduled on August 20, 2015 or move all meetings to fourth Thursday, August 27, 2015

8.G. Grant of $46,000 received  from Alcoa Foundation for Closing the STEM Gap project

9. Unfinished Business

9.A. FINAL READING - Policy Update 102, affecting (LOCAL) policies: CDA (LOCAL) Other Revenues & Investments; DBB (LOCAL) Employment Requirement - Medical Examinations; DEA (LOCAL) Compensation Plans; DEAA (LOCAL) Compensation Plan- Incentives & Stipends; DEAB (LOCAL) Compensation Plans-Wage & Hour Laws; DFAA (LOCAL) Reduction in Force-Financial Exigency; DHE (LOCAL) - Employee Standards of Conduct-Searches and Alcohol/Drug Testing; FNC (LOCAL) - Student Rights & Responsibilities-Student Conduct;  and FO (LOCAL) Student Discipline

9.B. Capital Improvement Advisory Committee facility recommendations as submitted to the Superintendent

9.C. Citi Bank Building acquisition recommendation from Superintendent in response to sellers delinquency in closing the contract

9.D. Special Meeting (s)  to discuss  and take possible action on approval or revisions of the CIAC's recommendations

10. New Business

10.A. Spring 2015 STAAR and EOC exam results

10.B. Policy Review Committee meeting on July 20 to review Policy GKB (LOCAL) Advertising and Fund Raising and FEE (LOCAL) Open/Closed Campus

10.C. Opinion research contract with Baselice & Associates to collect public opinion on the proposed capital improvement projects and a possible bond election

11. Personnel Reports and Action Items

11.A. Dismissal, Terminations, Non-Renewals, and Non-Extensions: None

11.B. Administrative position new hires: None

11.C. Administrative resignations approved by the Superintendent

12. Closed Meeting - Adjournment to closed meeting pursuant to Sections 551.071, 551.072, and 551.074 of the Texas Gov't Code

13. Open Session, Action on Item 11 A - B

14. Closing Meeting

14.A. Adjourn