August 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM - Regular Meeting

1. Call to Order/ Establish a Quorum is Present

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Opening Prayer

4. Welcome Visitors/Public Comment

5. Information

5.A. Information provided by the District's Architect 

5.B. Board meeting dates for the 2025-2026 year.

5.C. Divide ISD A-F Accountability

6. Consent Agenda

6.A. Consider and take action on adopting December 22, 2025, through January 2, 2026, as non-business days for the purpose of public information request.

6.B. Excess Local Revenue CH49 (formerly CH41) Intent/Choice Selection. 

Board Minute Language - "For the 2025-2026 school year, we delegate contractual authority to obligate the school district under Texas Education Code (TEC) §11.1511(c)(4) to the superintendent, solely for the purpose of obligating the district under TEC, §48.257 and TEC, Chapter 49, Subchapters A and D, and the rules adopted by the commissioner of education as authorized under TEC, 49.006. This included approval of the Agreement for the Purchase of Attendance Credit or the Agreement for the Purchase of Attendance Credit (Netting Chapter 8 Funding)."

6.C. 2025-2026 Agreement for the Purchase of Attendance Credits.

6.D. Consider and Approve an engagement letter from Neffendorf and Blocker PC to perform the fiscal year 2025 financial audit.

6.E. Consider and Approve the Quarterly Investment Report for the quarter ending June 30, 2025.

6.F. Consider and Approve Payment of the bills and invoices for the period 04/29/2025 through 08/24/2025.

6.G. Consider and Approve the Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting of the Board of Trustees of Divide ISD that was held on Thursday, August 7, 2025.

7. Discussion and Business Action Items

7.A. Consider and take possible action on the adoption of a Board Resolution that aligns the district with Senate Bill 12 from the 89th Texas Legislature.

7.B. Consider and grant the superintendent the authority to change the 2025-2026 Divide ISD School Calendar in the event of safety and health issues.

7.C. Review & Discuss bank submissions in response to the District's Request for a Proposal for a Depository Contract. Three banks were solicited. A side-by-side comparison of any proposals received will be presented, along with a scoring sheet. The Board should select, and execute, a depository contract for the term beginning September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2027.

7.D. Consider for Approval the Divide ISD Proposed General Budget for the 2025-2026 school year.

7.E. Consider and Approve end-of-year budget amendments for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2025. A handout will be provided.

7.G. Consider and approve the Agreement Between the Boards of Trustees of the Divide ISD and the Ingram ISD for the 2025-2026 School Year which allows Ingram to accept those students in grades 7-12 who reside in the Divide ISD or are otherwise eligible to attend Divide ISD.

8. Closed Session

9. Open Session-Action Items from Closed Session

10. Campus Reports

10.A. Principal's Report

10.B. Business Manger's Report

10.B.1. Presentation of the 2025 certified tax values for Divide ISD.

10.B.2. Presentation of TEA's preliminary tax-year 2025 MCR (maximum compressed tax rate) assigned to Divide ISD.

10.B.3. Presentation of the 2025-2026 Summary of Finance.

10.B.4. Business Manager's report and discussion relating to student enrollment, summary of finance, and MCR.

10.B.5. Presentation of the 2024-2025 Preliminary FIRST (Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas) based on school year 2023–2024 data. Divide's rating is an (89)B = Above Standard Achievement. However, this rating is being appealed. The particular indicator missed (#16) relates to some known PEIMS issues resulting from the newly implemented data extraction process. 

10.C. Superintendent Report

11. Adjourn