February 17, 2009 at 6:30 PM - Regular

1. Call to Order.

1.A. Announcement by the chairman whether a quorum is present and that the meeting has been duly called, and that notice of the meeting has been posted in the time and manner required by law.

1.B. Moment of Silence.

1.C. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America.

2. Public Comment Period.

3. Closed Session: A closed session may be held under the provisions of Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, Section 551.071 and 551.074.

3.A. Superintendent's Report on Personnel:

3.A.1. Status of all contract employees, including certification status, leave status, contract status of all administrative personnel.

3.B. Discussion of Formative Evaluation of Superintendent.

3.C. Discussion of contracts of all administrators and administrative employees in district.

3.D. Discussion of contracts for all employees with contracts subject to Chapter 21 of the Texas Education Code.

4. Reconvene from closed session for possible action relevant to items covered during closed session.

4.A. Discussion and possible action on Formative evaluation of Superintendent.

4.B. Discussion and possible action on directives to Superintendent.

4.C. Discussion and possible action on contracts of all administrators or administrative employees.

5. Consent Agenda.

5.A. Board Minutes.

5.A.1. December 12, 2008-Special Board Meeting.

5.A.2. December 16, 2008-Regular Board Meeting.

5.A.3. January 12, 2009-Special Borad Meeting.

5.A.4. January 20, 2009-Regular Board Meeting.

5.B. Approval of Monthly Bills.

5.C. Monthly Board Budget Report.

5.D. Tax Collection Report.

5.E. Zavala County Bank--Monthly District Financial Report.

5.F. 2008 Property Value Appeal by Ray, Wood & Bonilla.

6. Discussion and possible action to modify Policy CH (Local): Purchasing and Acquisition: Purchasing Authority.

7. Discussion and possible action to modify Policy DC (Local): Employment Practices: Posting Vacancies.

8. Discussion and possible action to modify Policy DEA (Local): Compensation and Benefits, Salaries and Wages: Mid-Year Pay increases, Noncontract Employees.

9. Discussion and possible action to modify Policy DFE (Local): Termination of Employment, Resignation: Contract Employees.

10. Superintendent's Report.

10.A. Cafeteria Report.

10.B. Federal Economic Stimulus-Proposed American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009.

10.C. Distribution Model for a Formula-based Public School Funding System.

10.D. ESC-20 Board of Directors election.

11. Adjournment.