>> WELL, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
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AS THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN COMING TO THE BOARD MEETINGS FOR A WHILE, YOU'LL NOTICE A FEW NEW DIGS FOR US.BEFORE WE KICK OFF TONIGHT'S MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO DO A QUICK RIBBON CUTTING AND THANK THOSE WHO MADE THIS ROOM POSSIBLE FOR US.
BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, THERE ARE CUPCAKES AND DRINKS OUTSIDE, SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE AND GRAB THOSE IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
BOARD IF WE CAN COME DOWN HERE, THEY GAVE ME THE BIG SCISSORS, WHICH IS REALLY A BAD IDEA.
I'VE GOT A RIBBON, AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP OUR ARCHITECTS, WHICH WAS FUSE ARCHITECTS TO JOIN US HERE.
OUR CONTRACTORS, WHICH IS AMERICAN CONSTRUCT, I'M SORRY, CONSTRUCTORS.
YES. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I DID NOT SAY THAT WRONG.
WILL YOU GUYS COME UP AS WELL? THEN OUR DVIS D PROJECT MANAGER WHO PULLED IT ALL TOGETHER AND MADE IT POSSIBLE.
DARRELL METCALF, IF YOU'LL COME UP FOR US.
HEY, SO AS IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH EXCITEMENT FOR THE EVENING, WE HAVE A FEW PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT WE'LL HAVE TONIGHT BEFORE WE CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER.
OUR FIRST HEARING IS OUR PUBLIC HEARING
[I. Public Hearing: Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST) Report]
ON THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS FIRST.AND WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
PLEASE LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
WE'RE WORKING OUT THE KINKS, THEN WE'LL TURN IT OVER.
ARE YOU PRESENTING AT OUR NEW PODIUM? FANCY.
EVERYBODY SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE SCREENS WITH ALL THE INFORMATION. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
>> THERE WE GO. YES. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, DR. TELLY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE PUBLIC, WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT.
FOR THIS YEAR, THE DISTRICT HAS RECEIVED A SUPERIOR RATING. THAT IS IN A.
THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE SCHOOL FIRST IS TO IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL RESOURCES.
THE DATA THAT WE'RE COMPARING IN THIS REPORT IS FROM THE YEAR FISCAL YEAR 2021, 2022, WHICH ENDED JUNE 30, 2022.
THIS REPORT ENSURES THAT DISTRICTS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE QUALITY OF THEIR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND PRACTICES AND ACHIEVE AND IMPROVE PERFORMANCE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THEIR FINANCIAL RESOURCES.
THE FIRST RATING IT IS BASED ON 20 INDICATORS.
A DISTRICT CAN RECEIVE ANYWHERE FROM AN A TO AN F WITH A DIFFERENT SCORING.
THAT WOULD BE A SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT FOR THEY'LL VALLE ISD FOR THE CURRENT YEAR,
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WE RECEIVED AN A SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT WITH A DISTRICT SCORE OF 96.INDICATOR NUMBER 1 WAS THE COMPLETE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.
SUBMITTED TO THE TA WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE NOVEMBER 27TH OR THE JANUARY 28, THAT LINE AND THE RESPONSES, YES, THE DISTRICT SUBMITTED ITS FINANCIAL REPORT BEFORE THE DEADLINE OF NOVEMBER 27TH.
INDICATOR NUMBER 2, WAS THERE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION IN THE REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS A WHOLE AND THE RESPONSES, YES.
THE OPINION EXPRESSED BY OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITORS ON JUNE 30, 2022, WAS AN UNMODIFIED OPINION, A QUALIFICATION, OR A MODIFIED OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL REPORT WOULD MEAN THAT THE DISTRICT NEEDED TO CORRECT SOMETHING IN ITS REPORTING.
AGAIN, THE DISTRICT RECEIVED UNMODIFIED OPINION.
INDICATOR NUMBER 3, WAS THE UNMODIFIED OPINION IN THE AFR AS A WHOLE AND THE ANSWER IS YES.
NUMBER 4, DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAKE TIMELY PAYMENTS TO THE TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM, TEXAS WORKFORCE, THE IRS, AND ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY? THE RESPONSE IS YES, THE DISTRICT MADE TIMELY PAYMENTS TO ALL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
INDICATOR NUMBER 5 WAS A TOTAL UNRESTRICTED NET POSITION BALANCE IN THE GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES.
WELL, THIS ONE IS NO LONGER BEING SCORED. [LAUGHTER] THERE ARE THREE INDICATORS THAT ARE NO LONGER BEING SCORED AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
THE ANSWER IS YES, WE HAD ABOVE ZERO.
INDICATOR NUMBER 6 WAS THE AVERAGE CHANGE AND FUND BALANCE OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, LESS THAN 25% DECREASE, OR DID THE CURRENT YEAR'S ASSIGNED AND UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE EXCEED 75 DAYS OF OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES? THE DEL VALLE ISD'S AVERAGE CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS WAS LESS THAN A PERCENT.
INDICATOR NUMBER 7 WAS THE NUMBER OF DAYS OF CASH ON HAND AND CURRENT INVESTMENTS IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SUFFICIENT TO COVER OPERATING EXPENDITURES, AND THE ANSWER IS YES, THE NUMBER OF DAYS OF CASH ON HAND, IT'S 157.6% OF DAYS AND THE DISTRICT RECEIVED A FULL 10 POINTS.
INDICATOR NUMBER EIGHT, WAS A MEASURE OF CURRENT ASSETS TO CURRENT LIABILITIES RATIO FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SUFFICIENT TO COVER SHORT-TERM DEBT AND THE RESPONSE IS YES.
THE DISTRICTS MEASURE OF CURRENT ASSETS TO CURRENT LIABILITIES RATIO WAS 5.253442022 AND RECEIVE FULL POINTS.
NUMBER 9, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND REVENUE EQUAL OR EXCEED EXPENDITURES, IF NADH, WHAT'S THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS NUMBER OF DAYS OF CASH ON HAND GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 60 DAYS? THE RESPONSE IS YES, THE DISTRICT'S EXPENDITURES EXCEEDED REVENUES BY A LITTLE OVER $1.6 MILLION.
THIS INDICATOR SIX, TO PROVE THAT GENERAL FUND REVENUE EQUAL OR EXCEED EXPENDITURES AND ASSIGNS POINTS BASED ON GREATER OR EQUAL TO 0% BEING WORTH TEN POINTS.
WE HAVE THE DISTRICT AGAIN HAS 157.56 DAYS ARE GREATER THAN THE 60 DAYS THAT ARE REQUIRED.
USUALLY, WHEN WE LOOKED AT FUND BALANCES LIKE THAT 90 DAY.
FOR THIS PURPOSE, THIS IS A 60 DAY.
NUMBER 10, DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AVERAGE LESS THAN 10% VARIANCE WHEN COMPARING BUDGETED REVENUES TO ACTUAL REVENUES? AGAIN, THIS ONE IS NO LONGER BEING SCORED.
NUMBER 11, WAS THE RATIO OF LONG-TERM LIABILITIES TO TOTAL ASSETS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT LONG-TERM SOLVENCY IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS INCREASE OF STUDENTS AND MEMBERSHIP OVER FIVE YEARS WAS 7% OR MORE THAN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AUTOMATICALLY PASSES IS ST. PETER.
THEY'LL VALLE ISD IS RATIO FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR.
THIS INDICATOR CALCULATES THE RATIO AND ASSIGNS POINTS BASED ON LESS THAN 0.60 WORTH BEING WORTH TEN POINTS AND THEY'LL VALLE ISD RECEIVED EIGHT POINTS.
WAS THAT DEBT PER $100 OF ASSESS PROPERTY VALUE RATIO SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT FUTURE DEBTS? THEY'LL VALLE ISD SS PROPERTY VALUE RATIO FOR THE 22 FISCAL YEAR WAS 4.54.
IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE FULL TEN POINTS,
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A DISTRICT WOULD HAVE NEEDED A RATIO OF LESS THAN FOUR, AND THE DISTRICT RECEIVED EIGHT POINTS.NUMBER 13, WAS THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIO EQUAL OR LESS THAN THE THRESHOLD RATIO? THE VALLEYS ISDS ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIO WAS 0.0851 FOR 2022 AND RECEIVE ALL FULL POINTS.
NUMBER 14, DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NOT HAVE A 15% DECLINE IN THE STUDENT TO STAFF RATIO OVER THREE YEARS? THE VALLE ISD HAD A LESS THAN A PERCENT DECLINE IN STUDENT TO STAFF RATIO OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS AND RECEIVE ALL TEN POINTS.
NUMBER 15, IS NO LONGER BEING SCORED.
NUMBER 16, THAT THE COMPARISON OF PUBLIC EDUCATION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OR PINS DATA TO LIKE INFORMATION IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AFR RESULT IN A TOTAL VARIANCE OF LESS THAN 3% OF ALL EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION? THE ANSWER IS YES.
THE DATA SUBMITTED THROUGH OUR PDM SYSTEM AND SUBMIT IT THROUGH OUR ACTUAL AUDIT BOOK MATCHED, SO WE PASS THE INDICATOR.
NUMBER 17, DID THE EXTERNAL INDEPENDENT AUDITOR INDICATE THE AFR AND THAT'S THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT WAS FREE OF ANY INSTANCE OF MATERIAL WEAKNESSES AND INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND COMPLIANCE FOR LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS, AND THE CEILING WAS PASSED? THE VALLE ISD THESE EXTERNAL AUDITORS INDICATED THE AFR WAS FREE OF MATERIAL WEAKNESS IN INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
NUMBER 18, DID THE EXTERNAL INDEPENDENT AUDITOR INDICATE THE AFR WAS FREE OF ANY INSTANCE OF MATERIAL NONCOMPLIANCE FOR GRANTS, CONTRACTS AND LOSS RELATED TO LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS? THE DISTRICT RECEIVE FULL TEN POINTS.
THEY'LL VALLE ISD IS EXTERNAL AUDITORS INDICATED THE AFR WAS FREE OF ANY MATERIAL NONCOMPLIANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022.
NUMBER 19, DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT POSTS THAT REQUIRE FINANCIAL INFORMATION ON ITS WEBSITE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT CODE, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, TEXAS EDUCATION CODE, TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AND OTHER STATUTES, LAWS, AND RULES THAT WERE IN EFFECT THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FISCAL YEAR-END? THE ANSWER IS YES, THE DISTRICT RECEIVE ALL FIVE POINTS AND ALL REQUIRE POSTINGS WERE POSTED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE.
NUMBER 20, DID THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS DISCUSS A PROPERTY VALUE AT A BOARD MEETING WITHIN 120 DAYS BEFORE THE DISTRICT ADOPTED ITS BUDGET AND THE FEELING WAS PASSED AND BOARD MEMBERS TO DISCUSS THE DISTRICT'S PROPERTY VALUES BEFORE THE BUDGET WAS APPROVED.
WE ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO PUT TOGETHER A REPORT OF REIMBURSEMENTS YOU SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS.
THIS IS THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
WE ALSO HAVE FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
WE ALSO HAVE THIS REPORT OF FREEDOM OUTSIDE.
IT INCLUDES ALL THE INDICATORS AND IT INCLUDES THE REPORT THAT WE HAVE HERE.
GIFTS RECEIVED BY EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE CORRECTION FOR THE RECORD.
OUR BOARD MEMBER, THE VERY LAST BOARD MEMBER LIFTED IS CHARLES DIGS.
>> YES. I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT FOR FRIDAY FOR THE RECORD FOR THAT.
>> THIS CONCLUDES THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT THE PRESENTATION AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON THIS PARTICULAR PUBLIC HEARING OR THE INFORMATION THAT WAS JUST PRESENTED? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS ON THE PARTICULAR INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED?
>> IS IT ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE?
>> WE WILL POST IT AFTER TODAY'S MEETING. YES, MA'AM.
>> THIS REPORT, IT IS AVAILABLE ALSO ON THE TEA THAT TEXAS EDUCATION WEBSITE.
IT'S A PRINTOUT AND WE DO HAVE A REPORT OUTSIDE.
>> MY QUESTION WAS. IS IT SAFE TO SAY THAT INDICATORS 11 AND 12 WERE THE ONLY REASON THAT WE DIDN'T GET 100?
>> IS IT SAFE TO SAY THAT INDICATORS 11 AND 12 ARE THE ONLY REASON THAT WE DIDN'T GET 100?
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? THEN THAT CONCLUDES THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
WE WILL CLOSE THIS HEARING OR DURING THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 06:31 P.M. WE WILL NOW CALL TO ORDER THE PUBLIC HEARING ON TRUTH IN TAXATION.
[II. Public Hearing: Truth-in-Taxation]
PLEASE LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT AND THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND THE TIME IS CURRENTLY 06:31 P.M.[00:15:01]
I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU.>> THANK YOU. THE INFORMATION I'M ABOUT TO PRESENT THEM, THE TRUTH IN TAXATION WILL ALSO GIVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THREE ACTION ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE ON THE AGENDA.
THAT IS FOR ITEM A, B, AND C, AND THE ACTION SECTION OF THE AGENDA.
WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE TAX RATE.
WE ALSO HAVE WITH US JENNIFER RITTER FROM SPECIALIZED PUBLIC FINANCE AND MR. BOARD FOWLER FROM A CALL PARKHURST [INAUDIBLE] L.
THEY HAVE INFORMATION ON THE TAX RATE AND SOME BOND.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO POST THE NOTICE HER PUBLIC MEETING, WHICH WE DID ON JUNE 9TH, 2023.
THIS WAS IN THE NEWSPAPER AND WE PUBLICIZE THE MEETING DATE, THE TIME, THE BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE.
ON JUNE 20TH, THE SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTED THE BUDGET.
ON JULY 24TH, WE RECEIVE OUR FINAL CERTIFIED PROPERTY VALUES AND ON AUGUST 3RD, WE RECEIVED OUR MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE FROM THE TEA.
WE ARE NOT ABLE TO ADOPT A TAX RATE UNTIL THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY LETS US KNOW WHAT OUR MAXIMUM COMPRESSED TAX RATE IS.
SEPTEMBER 19TH, THAT'S TODAY AND IS WHEN WE'RE ADOPTING THE TAX RATE.
OUR TAX RATE IS COMPRISED OF TWO DIFFERENT RATES.
WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE, WHEN YOU GET YOUR STATEMENT, YOU'LL SEE ONE TOTAL TAX, BUT THAT TEXT GETS DIVIDED INTO DIFFERENT SECTIONS.
WE HAVE OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OR OUR M&O, WHICH IS THE TAXES THAT WE COLLECT TO OPERATE THE DISTRICT.
IT GOES INTO OUR GENERAL FUND IS USED FOR ELECTRICITY, UTILITIES SALARIES.
BASICALLY, THAT'S WHAT COVERS MOST OF OUR EXPENSES.
THEN THE OTHER PORTION OF OUR TAX RATE, IT IS THE INTEREST AND SINKING I&S TAX RATE, ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.
THIS ONE IS STRICTLY USED ONLY TO PAY MAKE OUR BOND PAYMENTS.
THAT'S THE ONLY USE THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS OR FEES RELATED TWO BONDS.
WE PAY OUR PRINCIPAL AND OUR INTERESTS OUT OF THAT ONE.
I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ADOPT A TAX RATE UNTIL THE TEA RELEASES THEIR MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE AND HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE THIS PAST YEAR WAS POINT WAS $85.46.
FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR, FOR '23-'24, IT IS 6728, AND THAT IS A LITTLE OVER $0.18 DECREASE.
IT IS A COMBINATION OF TWO THINGS.
THE DECREASE, ONE, IT IS THE REGULAR TAX RATE COMPRESSION BECAUSE IT FOLLOWS OUR FORMULA WITH THE PROPERTY VALUES THAT WAS ESTABLISHED AS PART OF HOUSE BILL THREE.
THE OTHER ONE WAS SENATE BILL THAT WAS PASSED OVER THE SUMMER THAT REQUIRES SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO REDUCE IT BY AN ADDITIONAL $0.10.
WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER $0.18 REDUCTION IN OUR TAX RATE.
OUR INTEREST AND SINKING RATE HAS NO CHANGE.
WE ARE PROPOSING TO KEEP IT AT $0.33.
OUR TOTAL TAX RATE FOR LAST YEAR WAS $1.1846.
WE ARE PROPOSING PRETTY MUCH $1 WITH A REDUCTION OF $0.18.
THEN FROM HERE WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THE INTEREST AND SINKING RATE, I'M GOING TO CALL ON MS. JENNIFER RITTER TO PRESENT THAT INFORMATION.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US IN YOUR BEAUTIFUL NEW ROOM HERE.
[NOISE] AS WAS MENTIONED, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS HERE THAT COME UP A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE AGENDA, BUT IT DOES RELATE TO THE TAX RATE DISCUSSION IN THE I&S WITH THE SINKING TAX RATES.
IT MADE SENSE TO PUT THIS HERE.
THE I&S TAX RATE HAS BEEN AT $0.33 FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AT THIS POINT, DESPITE YOU HAVING THREE NEW BOND ISSUES, LARGE BOND ISSUES FOR THE DISTRICT, AND THEN PRIOR TO THAT, WE HAD STARTED OUT AT 49 PENNIES.
IT'S COME DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE LAST 10 YEARS.
THE REASON THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE $0.33 IS BECAUSE OF THE RISING PROPERTY VALUES WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN SEE HERE THE RISING PROPERTY VALUES.
THIS DOESN'T EVEN INCLUDE THE VALUES FOR FISCAL '23.
THE RISE IS EVEN GREATER THAN WHAT WE SHOW HERE.
TOTAL TAX RATE HAS GONE DOWN AS WAS JUST MENTIONED.
IT WILL KEEP [LAUGHTER] GOING DOWN SOMEWHAT AND SIGNIFICANTLY AGAIN THIS YEAR JUST DUE TO THAT M&O COMPRESSION.
FOR THE I&S TAX RATE, [NOISE] YOUR LARGEST TAX-PAYER, TESLA.
THEY WERE VALUED LAST YEAR AT ABOUT $1 BILLION,
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AND THIS YEAR THEY'RE UP TO 3.5 BILLION ON THE CERTIFIED VALUES.THAT CAN BE A VERY SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION BY THE LARGEST TAXPAYER.
YOU HAVE A 313 AGREEMENT WITH THEM.
BECAUSE OF THAT 313 AGREEMENT, YOU DON'T COLLECT FULL VALUE ON THE PORTION OF THE TAX RATE AS YOU KNOW, BUT YOU DO FOR I&S OR FOR DEBT.
AT THAT TAX VALUE FOR TESLA SPECIFICALLY, ONE PENNY OF I&S RATE BRINGS IN ABOUT $350,000.
IF YOU WERE TO LOWER YOUR I&S RATE BY SAY, TWO PENNIES, YOU'D BE BASICALLY GIVING THEM A BREAK OF ABOUT $700,000.
MANY DISTRICTS WITH A LARGE 313 AGREEMENT AND YOU PROBABLY HAVE ARE THE LARGEST ONES QUITE FRANKLY BUT MANY DISTRICTS WITH THESE AGREEMENTS HAD TRIED TO MAINTAIN THE I&S RATE BECAUSE THE FULL VALUE FROM THAT CORPORATE PARTNER ON I&S, BUT NOT AN M&O.
IT ALLOWS THOSE CORPORATE TAXPAYERS TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE AND RELIEVES A LITTLE BIT OF THE BURDEN ON THE RESIDENTIAL HOMEOWNERS.
YOU CAN DO THAT BY MOVING CAPITAL EXPENSES FROM M&O TO I&S, SCHOOL BUSES, TECHNOLOGY, THINGS THAT MAY HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN FUNDED FROM THAT M&O BUDGET TO FREE UP M&O DOLLARS FOR INSTRUCTIONS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT IN YEARS WHEN NO BONDS ARE BEING SOLD, THE OTHER THING THAT YOU CAN DO AND THE DISTRICT HAS DONE IN THE PAST AS YOU CAN PAY OFF EXISTING BONDS.
BY DOING THAT, YOU ACTUALLY SAVE INTERESTS COST OVER THE LIFE OF THE BONDS, THAT PAY THEM OFF EARLY, SO THE TAXPAYERS ARE SAVING EVEN MORE AS A RESULT.
YOU CAN INCLUDE ANY PREPAYMENT OF EXISTING BONDS AND THE I&S TAX RATE WHEN YOU'D BE AT NIGHT.
YOU DO HAVE $91 MILLION OF BONDS THAT WILL BECOME CALLABLE IN JUNE OF NEXT YEAR SO IN THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT LATER ABOUT REFINANCING SOME OF THOSE BONDS FOR SAVINGS.
BUT EVEN IF YOU WEREN'T, THEN WE'RE NOT SEND ME YOUR HANDS ALL OF THE $90 MILLION BECAUSE IT'S FROM ALL OF THAT.
BUT EVEN IF YOU DO GO FORWARD AND DO ABOUT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, WHICH IS 55 MILLION THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MOMENT, YOU STILL HAVE 35 MILLION THAT YOU CAN PREPAY OR PAY OFF EARLY FOR SAVINGS.
IF YOU DECIDE TO NEXT YEAR OR THE NEXT YEAR TO GO FOR $20 MILLION AND AUTHORIZATION LEFT FROM YOUR LAST BOND SALE THAT YOU CAN ISSUE, IT WILL ALLOW YOU TO GO OUT AND STILL ISSUE THOSE REMAINING AUTHORIZED BONDS WITHOUT A TAX INCREASE AND STILL MAINTAIN THAT $0.33 TAX RATE.
THEN ALSO, IT WAS A CREDIT CONCERN FOR STANDARD AND POOR'S WHEN WE ISSUED THE BOND LAST YEAR.
HIGH SCHOOL, THAT YOUR DEBT WAS SOMEWHAT HIGH, AN ARGUMENT THAT WE HAD TO HAVE WITH THEM AS A DISTRICT WITH AN INCREASING TAX BASE THAT IT MADE SENSE, AND OBVIOUSLY HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE BECOME EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE TO BE ABLE TO FUND, BUT BEING ABLE TO PAY OFF THOSE BONDS EARLY HELPS WITH THE CREDIT RATING AS WELL BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE TAKING THOSE DOLLARS AND YOU'RE NOT REFUNDED FOR SAVINGS, YOU'RE JUST PAYING IT OFF ENTIRELY.
IT ACTUALLY LOWERS THE DEBT BURDEN THAT THE TAXPAYERS HAVE.
TO MAINTAIN THE $0.33 I&S TAX RATE, AGAIN, NOT INCREASE YOUR DEBT RATE AT ALL, JUST TO KEEP IT EXACTLY WHERE YOU HAVE IT, YOU CAN ACTUALLY PREPAY 6.235 MILLION OF EXISTING DEBT THAT'S COMING FROM THE SERIES 2015 AND THE SERIES 2014 THERE'S TWO OF THEM ANYWAY.
WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE.
BUT THEY'RE PAYING A COUPON TO ABOUT 4%.
IN ADDITION TO THE 6.2 MILLION THAT YOU'RE PAYING OFF, IT'LL ACTUALLY GENERATE ALMOST 5.2 MILLION IN SAVINGS.
THAT'S PURELY BY OFFERING, WILL SAVE AN ADDITIONAL $5.2 MILLION FOR THE TAXPAYERS.
THAT'S NOT A ONETIME SAVINGS THAT OCCURS BETWEEN 2025 AND 2045.
YOU'RE ACTUALLY HAVING AN ANNUAL SAVINGS ON THAT.
THEN IT ALSO SHORTENS THOSE 2015 BONDS BY AN ENTIRE YEAR.
YOU ACTUALLY ARE PAYING OFF A PORTION OF THE SECOND TO LAST YEAR AS WELL.
IT ALMOST A YEAR-AND-A-HALF, YOU'RE SHORTENING THAT BOND ISSUE.
IT DOESN'T TAKE PLACE UNTIL THE BONDS BECOME CALLABLE IN JUNE OF NEXT YEAR, BUT YOU DO NEED TO ADOPT IT TONIGHT WHEN YOU ADOPT THE TAX RATE TO INCLUDE THAT PAYMENT SO THAT YOU CAN LEVY THE $0.33.
THEN AGAIN, JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS ASSUMES THAT THE $100,000 HOMES THAT THE EXEMPT WILL BE APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER.
BUT ASSUMING THAT IT IS PAST AND I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE GENERALLY VOTE AGAINST A TAX DECREASE.
THIS JUST SHOWS YOU THE IMPACT OF ONE PENNY ON THE TAX PAYER FOR A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
FOR $100,000 HOME, THERE'S ACTUALLY NO SAVINGS FROM ONE PENNY AND THEN IT GOES UP TO A $3.5 BILLION, EXCUSE ME, DOLLAR BUSINESS, AND THEY SAVE ABOUT $350,000 FOR A $0.1 DECREASE.
THEN ARE WE OKAY TO MOVE INTO THE REFUNDING PORTION OR SHOULD I PAUSE? THE OTHER ITEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS WITH YOU TONIGHT IS THE POTENTIAL TO DO A REFINANCING.
IT MAKES SENSE TO DO ALL OF THESE TONIGHT AS YOU ADOPT OUR TAX RATE, THE REFINANCING ACTUALLY WON'T EFFECT.
BUT FOR TAX RATE BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE SAVINGS IN '24.
BUT IT'S POTENTIAL THAT WE COULD DO THE DEFEASANCES AND THE REFUNDING AT THE SAME TIME.
THIS HISTORY HERE OF INTEREST RATES, THEY'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE.
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BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS SAYS, I THINK IT GOT CUT OFF IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT WE'RE IN A HIGH INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT.THAT'S WHY WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO COME TO YOU IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO WITH THE POTENTIAL TO REFINANCE THROUGH THE REFUNDING BONDS FOR SAVINGS.
BUT YOU DO HAVE THOSE BONDS THAT WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING THAT BECOME CALLABLE IN JUNE OF NEXT YEAR, AND THOSE PAY BETWEEN 4% AND 5% IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BETWEEN THE 2014A AND THE 2015.
WE CAN'T REFINANCE THEM BEFORE THEIR CALL DATE, WHICH COMES UP IN JUNE OF NEXT YEAR UNDER I&S TAX LAW.
WE DID LOOK AT DOING ON A TAXABLE BASIS, WHICH YOU CAN DO, BUT THAT ACTUALLY GENERATES A LOSS.
WE'RE IN A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE CALL DATE TO COME UP NEXT YEAR.
BUT THE IRS DOES ALLOW US TO ACTUALLY REFUND THESE 90 DAYS BEFORE THE CALL DATE, WHICH WOULD BE MARCH.
I KNOW THIS FEELS A LITTLE EARLY TO BE DISCUSSING IT WITH YOU, BUT TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE THESE AND MARCH UNDER IRS GUIDELINES AND LOGIN AS MUCH SAVINGS, AND WE NEED TO START NOW APPLYING FOR PSF, GETTING THE RATINGS IN PLACE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE HOLIDAYS COMING UP.
THE PRELIMINARY SAVINGS HERE WOULD BE FROM APPROXIMATELY YOU'RE SELLING 55 MILLION, TAKING OUT A PORTION OF THE 2014 A AND THE 2015 PRELIMINARY SAVINGS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S BULLET WORKS HERE AND YELLOW ALL LOOKING AT DIFFERENT SCREENS ANYWAY, BUT THE SAVINGS WOULD BE ABOUT FOUR MILLION.
PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS IN TODAY'S MARKET.
OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN COMING UP WHEN WE CAN PRICE THESE IN FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR.
BUT THE SAVINGS ARE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, OR 5.4% IT SAYS THERE IN TERMS OF THE SAVINGS ON A PV BASIS, PRESENT VALUE BASIS.
AGAIN, THOSE ARE OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS BETWEEN 2025 AND 2038.
BUT THE SAVINGS CAN FLUCTUATE.
BUT THERE IS AN ACTION ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
WE'RE JUST ALL THE DELEGATION PRICING, WHICH I KNOW ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE USED TO WHERE ESSENTIALLY YOU SAY, HEY, FINANCIAL ADVISOR, GO OUT, LET'S GET STARTED IN THIS PROCESS TO SAVE THESE MONEY IF WE CAN.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT TILL WE HAVE A BOARD MEETING DATE AND PRICE ON THE DAY OF THE BOARD MEETING.
YOU'RE DELEGATING THE PRICING AUTHORITY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OR CFO TO PRICE ON YOUR BEHALF SO LONG AS CERTAIN PARAMETERS ARE MET.
THAT WAY WE CAN GO OUT AND PRICE THE BEST DAY IN THE MARKET.
WE'VE USED THIS FOR ALL OF YOUR REFUND THINGS AS WELL AS MOST OF YOUR MONEY SALES AS WELL RECENTLY.
THE PARAMETERS WOULD BE THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONS OFFICER WILL BE THE PRICING OFFICERS WILL OBVIOUSLY BE WORKING WITH THEM CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PRICING AT THE BEST TIME, GETTING THE BEST SAVINGS.
WE CAN'T REFUND MORE THAN THE CURRENTLY CALLABLE BONDS, WHICH ARE THAT 90,000,695.
WE CAN'T EXTEND THE TERM OF THE BONDS, SO THEY WOULD HAVE PAID OFF IN JUNE 15, 2045.
WE CAN'T MAKE IT GO LONGER TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THEIR SAVINGS, WE CAN EXTEND THE MATURITY OF IT.
WE MENTIONED THAT IT'S OVER 5% CURRENTLY, SO WE CERTAINLY WOULD HOPE IT WOULD BE IN THAT FOUR MILLION OR HIGHER RANGE.
BUT THE MINIMUM SAVINGS HAS TO BE A PART OF THE ORDER ITSELF.
IF FOR SOME REASON IT DOESN'T WORK, THE MARKET MOVES UP AND WE CAN'T REALIZE SAVINGS, NOTHING HAPPENS, IT GOES AWAY.
WE HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU AND HAD THE BOARD REAUTHORIZE IT.
THERE'S NO COST TO THE DISTRICT TO DO IT UNLESS IT WORKS AT WHICH POINT, IS OBVIOUSLY SAVINGS.
THE TIMELINE WOULD BE THAT TONIGHT YOU ADOPT THE ORDER FOR THAT DELEGATION THEN WE DO APPLY FOR THE PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND GUARANTEES, START TO WORK RATINGS AND ACTUALLY COME BACK AND PRICE IN EARLY TO MID-FEBRUARY, WHICH IS THE EARLIEST THAT WE CAN DO IT UNDER THOSE IRS RULES.
THIS IS JUST SHOWING YOU THE EXISTING DEBT THAT YOU HAVE OUTSTANDING.
THIS MAY BE AN EXERCISE THAT WE HAVE TO DO AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
IN TERMS OF THE DEFEASANCES THAT WE DISCUSSED, IF YOUR VALUES GROW AGAIN, YOU MAY BE IN A POSITION WHERE AN EXTRA YOU'RE TRYING TO HOLD THE 33-PENNY I&S TAX RATE.
THIS IS JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT EVEN IF WE GO AHEAD AND DO THIS REFUNDING AND DEFEASANCES, THEY'RE STILL CALLABLE BONDS THAT ARE COMING UP.
YOU HAVE THAT OPTION TO KEEP PAYING OFF DEBT EVERY YEAR, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE SO.
I THINK IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS OR NOT, BUT WE'RE AROUND.
THAT'S THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION.
>> PERFECT. THANK YOU. NOW, I THINK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING WE CAN ALLOW FOR THE AUDIENCE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON WHAT WAS JUST PRESENTED.
>> THE QUESTION ON THE FLOOR WAS HOW MUCH OF THIS IS ACTUAL COST SAVINGS VERSUS COST AVOIDANCE CORRECT?
>> PARDON ME FOR NOT KNOWING NECESSARILY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO, BUT THESE ARE ACTUAL. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE REFUND HERE?
>> IN BOTH CASES, PAYMENTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, SAVING OUR PAYMENTS THAT THE DISTRICT IS OBLIGATED LEGALLY TO MAKE AND THE DISTRICT WOULD BE AVOIDING.
IN MY MIND, THAT IS AN ACTUAL.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THAT WE'RE AVOIDING IT.
DEL VALLE HAS TO LEGALLY MAKE THOSE BOND PAYMENTS.
IF WE EITHER DON'T DIFFUSE THEM OR REFUND THEM FOR SAY.
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>> WELL, YES, THE DISTRICT HAS NOT YET SPENT THIS MONEY BECAUSE IT'S FUSED WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THE PRESENT VALUE AS WELL, BUT IT IS MONEY THAT THE DISTRICT IS OBLIGATED TO PAY SO IN MY MIND, IT FEELS MORE LIKE A SAVINGS, BUT I BUT I SEE YOUR POINT. YES, SIR.
>> PERFECT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE? NO. QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? NO. GO FOR IT.
>> I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING FOR THE AUDIENCE BECAUSE I FELT LIKE THERE'S A NARRATIVE ABOUT PUBLIC SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW, OUR TAX RATES HAVE BEEN GOING DOWN ON THE M&O CONSISTENTLY, RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF THE HEAD.
WHAT WERE THEY? DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THEY WERE IN 2019?
>> DON'T RECALL, BUT WAS PROBABLY BEFORE HOUSE BILL 3, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT STARTED THE TAX RATE COMPRESSION BASE THAT THE DISTRICT HAS FIVE GOLDEN PENNIES, I WOULD SAY $1 FOR.
>> YEAH IT WAS OVER A DOLLAR AND SO I JUST WANT TO I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THERE'S THIS NARRATIVE THAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE AT YOUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT IS INCREASING YOUR TAX RATES AND THAT IS NOT THE CASE ACTUALLY.
THEN THE OTHER PART THAT I HEARD YOU SAY IS THAT OUR I&S RATE HAS REMAINED UNCHANGED SO WE'RE NOT INCREASING TAXES.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
IT'S THE APPRAISALS AND I THINK IT'S THE LEGISLATURE CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE HAVE TO RELY ON PROPERTY TAXES AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER APPRAISALS AND PROPERTY TAXES THAT GETS SET.
ALL WE DO IS WE WORK WITH THE RATES AND THE RATES ARE COMING DOWN.
OR IN THE CASE OF THE I&S, THEY'VE REMAINED THE SAME.
IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO JUST POST THE HISTORY OF THAT TAX RATE ON OUR WEBSITE SO THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT.
>> HAVING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THEN WE WILL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING OR ADJOURN THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 06:48 PM AND NOW OUR FINAL PUBLIC HEARING IS THE PUBLIC HEARING ON HOUSE BILL 3 GOALS PROGRESS UPDATE.
[III. Public Hearing: House Bill 3 Goals Progress Update]
I WILL CALL THIS PUBLIC HEARING TO ORDER.PLEASE LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT AND THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, AND AT THE TIME IS CURRENTLY 06:49 PM.
>> MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND THE PUBLIC.
I PROMISED THIS IS GOING TO BE QUICK, BUT IT'S EXCITING NEWS.
AS MANDATED BY HOUSE BILL 3 FROM THE 86 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AS SCHOOL BOARDS ARE REQUIRED TO ADOPT CLASS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY AND MATH BASED ON STAR AS WELL AS COLLEGE AND CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS.
THE GOALS SET BY THE WARD WAS BY JUNE 2024, 67% OF STUDENTS WHO WILL BE COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READY.
I AM EXCITED TO SHARE THAT WE ARE AT 85%.
I'M GOING TO REPEAT THIS IN SPANISH FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS.
[FOREIGN] NOW INTO THE MESSY PART.
A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, TEA RELEASED THIS.
I ACTUALLY ALREADY HAD MY PRESENTATION BEFORE THIS RELEASE.
THE AGENCY STATED AND THIS WAS I BELIEVE THAT LAST FRIDAY THE AGENCY WILL BE DELAYING THE ISSUANCE OF FINAL RULE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY MANUAL AND DELAYING THE INSTRUMENTS ARE RATINGS TO CONDUCT FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THE GROWTH DATA TO INFORM CUT SCORES.
THIS IS PRIMARILY PROBABLY BASED BECAUSE OF THE LAWSUIT AND WE ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL SESSION COMING UP.
I BELIEVE THAT THE EARLIEST THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE EVERYTHING ONCE IT'S OFFICIALLY PUBLIC IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE WHEN THE TAPR REPORTS ARE RELEASED, BUT I WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS TO THAT.
BUT I DO WANT TO REMIND THE PUBLIC AND EVERYONE HERE THAT THERE'S THREE THINGS THAT CHANGED THIS PAST YEAR.
THE START TEST WAS COMPLETELY REDESIGNED.
ALL THE TESTS ARE ONLINE AND THEN WE HAVE AN ENTIRE NEW ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
NOW I'M GOING TO SAY THIS BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN SAID IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS.
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THERE ARE NO COINCIDENCES IN AUSTIN, THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING COMING UP, NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.THERE IS A SPECIAL SESSION COMING UP IN OCTOBER, SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE ON THE DEVELOPMENTS OF THAT.
BUT I KNOW THAT DISTRICTS ARE FIGHTING IN OUR DISTRICT IS FIGHTING WITH A LAWSUIT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SYSTEM IS FAIR FOR EVERYONE.
I WILL HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU ONCE ALL THIS ISSUES OR RESULT, BUT THIS IS REQUIRED FOR ME TO PRESENT THIS INFORMATION TONIGHT.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO PUBLICLY THANK THE BOARD FOR BEING ONE OF THE FIRST SEVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO JOIN THE LAWSUIT, TO MAKE A CLEAR STATEMENT TO THIS DATE THAT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO DEL VALLE ISD.
>> BUT BESIDES THAT, THIS IS A NIGHT OF CELEBRATION.
WE HAVE 85%. WE'RE GOING FOR THE 90 FOR NEXT YEAR.
THERE ARE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN THE DISTRICTS OUR STUDENTS ARE PERFORMING AND THEY ARE COLLEGE AND CAREER READY.
COLLEGE AND CAREER, NOT INCLUDING MILITARY COLLEGE AND CAREER, 85% SO STILL TAKE THAT TEA.
>> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON THE INFORMATION THAT WAS JUST PRESENTED? YES, SIR.
>> THE QUESTION ON THE FLOOR WAS, IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO KNOW WHAT'S IN THIS SPECIAL SESSION AND GET THAT INFORMATION OUT EARLY SO THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN CONTACT THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AND SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS, IS WHAT I UNDERSTOOD. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THERE ARE $5 BILLION SET ASIDE FOR EDUCATION.
THIS WAS THE BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED DURING THE SUMMER, DURING THAT SPECIAL SESSION, THERE ARE $5 BILLION.
NOW, THEY CAN NOT BE RELEASED UNTIL THEY ARE APPROVED TO GO SOMEWHERE.
THIS WHOLE VOUCHER PROGRAM, THOMPSON, IT'S PLACE WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF ADVOCATES.
I KNOW THAT ON OCTOBER 15, THE GOVERNOR IS HOSTING THIS RALLY FOR VOUCHERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THERE'S GOING BE A LOT OF PUSH FOR VOUCHERS BECAUSE THEY WANT PART OF THAT CAKE, PART OF THE $5 BILLION, SOMETHING THAT BOARD AND EVERYONE HERE HAS BEEN SUPPORTED IS TO MAKE SURE THAT SCHOOLS ARE FULLY FUNDED WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE WEEDS IT'S UP.
>> I THINK WE CAN HAVE BOARD MEMBERS THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD SHARE A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION.
WE'LL LOOK AND SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR SHARING.
ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THEN I TURN IT TO BOARD MEMBERS.
BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE INFORMATION PRESENTED OR COMMENT?
>> I KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF THE DELAY IN THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM RELEASING THE DATA, THEY ARE SAYING THE SPECIAL SESSION MAY BE DELAYED TILL FEBRUARY BECAUSE IT'S ALL TIED TOGETHER.
THERE ARE SEVERAL GROUPS OUT THERE THAT WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU THAT ARE DOING PODCAST AND PLANNING RALLIES AND ALL DIFFERENT THINGS.
SOME OF OUR EDUCATION GROUPS THAT REPRESENT SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ARE PLANNING A RALLY.
YOU CAN ASK THE LAND OVER HERE ABOUT THAT.
[LAUGHTER] BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL GROUPS OUT IN THE STATE THAT ARE WORKING REALLY HARD TO SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION.
I'LL BE GLAD TO SHARE SOME OF THOSE WITH YOU.
>> JUST TO ADD ON THAT AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
JUST TO ADD ON THAT, I THINK IT SEEMS IT'S LARGELY GOING TO BE ABOUT EDUCATION, SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, AND VOUCHERS IS THE TWO TERMS THAT PEOPLE USE WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE SESSION.
BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW IS THAT THE FOLKS THAT ARE RESISTING THIS ARE A GROUP OF REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE.
I THINK SOMETIMES THIS GETS BUCKETED INTO A PARTISAN ISSUE.
BUT A LOT OF THE FOLKS IN THE HOUSE THAT ARE RESISTING THE GOVERNOR'S CALL FOR ESAS AND VOUCHERS IS NOT A PARTISAN ISSUE IS MY POINT AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
THAT'S WHAT THAT BIG ISSUE IS THAT'S HOLDING UP THAT $5 BILLION.
I GUESS TO THE QUESTION OF THIS THOUGH, I WANT TO JUST TIE THIS BACK FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE WITH US AND LISTENING TO THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD LAST TIME ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AND THOSE CUT SCORES.
THE PREVIOUS CUT SCORE FOR CCMR WAS 60%.
>> THE CURRENT CUTS OR THE PROPOSED CUT SCORE IS 88.
THIS WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE HAVING WITH THE STATE'S NEW ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IS THAT THEY'VE CREATED
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THIS GIGANTIC JUMP AND WHAT'S CONSIDERED PASSING.DESPITE THE INSANE PROGRESS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS MADE IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, GETTING STUDENTS TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE'S ORIGINAL HB 3 GOAL, DESPITE THAT INCREDIBLE PROGRESS UNDER THE NEW ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM, TEA WOULD LOOK AT US AND SAY THAT DOESN'T CUT IT YOU GUYS FAIL EVEN THOUGH THE DISTRICT HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK.
IS THAT A FAIR ASSESSMENT, DR. [INAUDIBLE]?
>> I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE ABOUT THAT IS THAT THAT 2022 GRADUATING CLASS WAS THE CLASS THAT SPENT FOUR YEARS IN A PANDEMIC SITUATION.
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS AND GAINING A COHERENT SEQUENCE AND CTE CLASSES, WHEN A SCHOOL IS SHUT DOWN, THEY CAN'T COME TO WELDING.
THEY CAN'T COME TO THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND PLANNING CLASSES.
THEY CAN'T GO TO THE HEALTH SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AND THAT CONTRIBUTES TO COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS.
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT IS THAT THAT IS THE MOST CHALLENGED CLASS THAT THEY APPLIED THE HIGHER STANDARDS TO AND IN ADDITION, IT'S RETROACTIVE.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
>> I DO HAVE A QUESTION/COMMENT.
EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A DELAY, I'VE BEEN TO A COUPLE OF MEETINGS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AND FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD IS EVEN IF THERE'S A DELAY, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A CHANGE IN HOW IT'S ASSESSED.
>> THIS WAS JUST RELEASED LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS THURSDAY OR FRIDAY.
THIS IS WHAT THEY SENT REGARDING THE CHANGES AND I BELIEVE THAT IT IS BECAUSE OF THE LAWSUIT.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, DALLAS ISD, WHERE THE COMMISSIONER IS FROM, JOINED THE LAWSUIT AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS THAT ARE BIG DISTRICT HAVE JOINED THE LAWSUIT AS WELL.
I THINK THAT TEA IS TRYING TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT.
THIS IS WHAT THE INFORMATION THAT THEY RELEASE REGARDING MAKING ADJUSTMENTS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ADJUSTMENTS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
BUT WE KNOW THAT THEY SAID THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING IN ADJUSTING THE CUT SCORES.
THE NEW CUT SCORES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RELEASED AT THE END OF OCTOBER.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
I CAN'T EVEN CREATE A MODEL OR A PREDICTION AS TO WHAT THEY MIGHT LOOK LIKE, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON ADJUSTMENTS AND THAT WAS JUST REALLY LAST WEEK.
I KNOW THAT THEY ALSO PUBLISHED EITHER ON FRIDAY.
THEY PUBLISHED A RULE AGAIN REGARDING HOW THEY PLAN TO CHANGE THE CUT SCORES, BUT I DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE AT THIS TIME.
>> AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, THAT PARTICULAR DAY WAS THE DAY THAT THEY RELEASED HOW THEY WERE GOING TO CALCULATE GROWTH, WHICH THEY'RE CHANGING.
AT THAT TIME, THEY WERE NO LONGER CALCULATING GROWTH THAT IF A STUDENT MOVED FROM HERE TO HERE, WHICH WOULD BE ONE YEAR'S GROWTH AND STUDENTS WOULD GET CREDIT FOR GROWTH, THEY NO LONGER COUNTED THAT.
STUDENTS NOW HAD TO MAKE ALMOST A YEAR-AND-A-HALF GROWTH'S.
EVEN THOUGH THE STUDENTS GREW A YEAR, STUDENTS WERE NOT GETTING CREDIT FOR GROWING.
THAT WAS RELEASED AT THE DAY OF THE LAST BOARD MEETING.
SINCE THEN, THEY'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF PUSHBACK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR ANY DISTRICT.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THEY'RE CHANGING THE SCALED SCORES.
THEN ALSO DISTRICTS PUSHING BACK SAYING, IF A STUDENT PERFORMS THE SAME, BUT YOU'RE MOVING THE SCALE OVER HERE, THAT'S JUST UNLAWFUL, THAT'S INEQUITABLE.
THOSE ARE THE TWO REASONS THAT TEA, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE BEGINNING TO RELEASE THE WAY YOU WOULD CALCULATE IT, NOW THEY'RE PUSHING IT BACK UNTIL OCTOBER BECAUSE THEY'RE FEELING THAT PRESSURE.
>> I BELIEVE THERE'S A PUBLISHED ARTICLE REGARDING DALLAS ISD THAT THEY WERE EXPECTING TO HAVE 21 F-RATED SCHOOLS IF THEY DIDN'T CHANGE.
I KNOW THAT THE IMPACT ACROSS THE STATE WILL BE JUST PRETTY BAD.
I KNOW THAT THERE IS GOODWILL.
I'M HOPING AT TEA [OVERLAPPING].
>> JUST TO CONFIRM, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE IS POSSIBLE CHANGES BECAUSE I'M HEARING THAT YES, THERE'S GOING TO BE ANALYSIS AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IT MORE.
BUT I WAS HEARING THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE IT.
YOU'RE SAYING THAT BASED ON THE ANALYSIS, THEY WILL BE MAKING SOME CHANGES.
>> YES. THERE IS A LIST, THERE'S A COMMUNICATION THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY FORWARD YOU AND IT HAS A LIST OF ALL THE DIFFERENT CHANGES THAT THEY ARE PLANNING TO MAKE, BUT WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW AND WHAT I DON'T KNOW IS HOW.
HOW IS IT GOING TO LOOK LIKE? HOW MANY POINTS ARE GOING TO BE ADJUSTED? THAT'S WHAT WE DON'T KNOW.
TEA IS EXPECTED TO CONDUCT AN ANALYSIS TO SEE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO ADJUST THE CUT SCORES.
THEN IN LATE OCTOBER, THEY'RE GOING TO BE RELEASING WHAT THEY HAVEN'T RELEASED, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO BE RELEASING THE ACTUAL SCORES.
>> WHAT THE LAWSUIT IS BASED ON IS THAT TEA BROKE STATUTE.
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THEY BROKE THE LAW.STATUTE SAYS THAT TEA MUST GIVE DISTRICTS AND CAMPUSES THE CRITERIA AND RUBRIC THAT FROM WHICH A CAMPUS AND DISTRICT IS GOING TO BE RATED PRIOR TO THE SCHOOL YEAR OF TESTING.
PRIOR TO LAST SCHOOL YEAR SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN AUGUST WHEN THEY LET US KNOW THAT ALL DISTRICTS KNOW HOW WE WERE BEING RATED.
OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE STILL FIGURING IT OUT IT'S SEPTEMBER THEY'RE PUSHING THAT TO OCTOBER.
EVEN IF THEY DO CHANGE IT, THE LAWSUIT IS STILL MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE THE LAWSUIT IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT THEY BROKE STATUTES.
NOW THE CONVERSATION ALSO IS WE STILL DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE BEING RATED FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND STATUTE SAYS, WE NEED TO KNOW PRIOR TO THE SCHOOL YEAR OF TESTING, AND THIS YEAR HAS ALREADY BEGAN.
>> I'M GOING TO SAY THAT EVEN ON THE CUT SCORES, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SPANISH TESTERS WHAT THEY HAD ORIGINALLY SET, HAD A GREATER MARK TO ACHIEVE THAN ENGLISH TESTERS.
ALL THAT STUFF IS BEING LOOKED AT AND HOPEFULLY, BY THE END OF OCTOBER, WE HAVE SOMETHING WE'RE PLANNING WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
BUT OBVIOUSLY, I'M NOT A MIND READER.
I CAN'T PREDICT SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE DURING THE SUMMER SO THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
>> NANCY BUTTONS, GOOD EVENING.
FOR CLARIFICATION, YOU SAID WE WON'T HAVE OUR SCORES UNTIL OCTOBER. IS THAT RIGHT?
>> YES. THAT IS WHAT TEA HAS SAID, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUBLISHED.
NOW, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE SPECIAL SESSION WILL BEGIN SOMETIME MID-OCTOBER.
IF SOMETHING IS PASSED THAT SAYS ALL THE SCORES WHICH WAS PASSED IN THE HOUSE DURING THE SUMMER, BUT IT DID NOT PASS THE SENATE, WHICH THEY'D SAY THEY WILL KEEP THE CAT SCORE FOR CCMR AND OTHER DIFFERENT THINGS.
IF SOMETHING IS PASSED DURING THE SPECIAL LEGISLATURE REGARDING ACCOUNTABILITY, THEN IT'S GOING TO SET AN ENTIRE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT COURSE OF ACTION.
>> TO CONTINUE MY QUESTION, I'M SORRY.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, BUT YOU SAID THAT DALLAS ALREADY KNOWS THAT THEY HAVE EXCESS NUMBER OF S, CAN WE USE DALLAS' FORMULA TO FIGURE OURS? THEY HAVE A MAGIC FORMULA?
>> THAT WAS BASED ON THE OLD INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE GOTTEN.
AFTER THEY WERE RELIEVED BACK, AFTER THEY JOINED THE LAWSUIT, THAT'S WHEN TEA SAID, WAIT A MINUTE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO USE THAT ANYMORE, WE'RE GOING TO DO ANOTHER ANALYSIS, AND WE'RE GOING TO RE-RELEASE WHAT THE CAT SCORE WILL BE.
THOSE SCORES ARE NO LONGER APPLIED.
RIGHT NOW; SORRY, LET ME CLARIFY THAT, DALLAS DOES NOT HAVE THE 21 AND THEY DO NOT HAVE THE 2021.
>> PREDICTION ON THOSE WAS BECAUSE TEA SAID THAT DISTRICTS WILL DROP TWO LETTER GRADES.
IF YOU APPLY THAT, YOU CAN PREDICT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE X AMOUNT OF A, B, C, DS, OR F, RIGHT?
>> THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE. THANK YOU.
>> YES. THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT JUST TO CLARIFY THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, PART OF THE LAWSUIT OR THE LAWSUIT IS ALSO ASKING FOR THERE TO BE A HOLD OR A STAY ON THE RELEASE OF ACCOUNTABILITY SCORES BECAUSE EVERY YEAR THAT THERE IS A CHANGE FROM ONE MAJOR TEST TO ANOTHER TOSS TO TAX, TAX TO STAR, THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY FROZE SCORES TO CREATE A BASELINE.
THE LAWSUIT IS STATING BECAUSE OF BREAKING STATUTE BECAUSE OF THE THINGS THAT TEA DIDN'T FOLLOW, THE LAWSUIT IS ASKING FOR A FREEZE ON SCORES.
IF WE AT THE HEARING WHEN THAT ARGUMENT THEN THERE WILL BE A STAY FOR AT LEAST THOSE DISTRICTS THAT ARE IN THE LAWSUIT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. THIS CONCLUDES THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL ADJOURN THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 07:05 PM.
THANK YOU, DR. RUSH. NOW WE'RE INTO OUR REGULAR CALL MEETING,
[IV. Call to Order]
SO WE'LL CALL THIS ONE TO ORDER.PLEASE LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT THE QUORUM IS PRESENT, BUT NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
THE TIME IS CURRENTLY 7:05 PM.
WE HAVE OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA WHICH IS OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE LED BY SMITH ELEMENTARY.
AS THEY'RE COMING IN AND GETTING SITUATED, IF WE CAN HAVE THE AUDIENCE STAND AND THEY WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.
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THANK YOU.[BACKGROUND] I'D LIKE TO GIVE ANOTHER HAND, BUT ALSO TO THE PARENTS WHO ALLOWED THEM TO COME AND SPEND THE EVENING WITH US AND AWAIT, SO THANK YOU.
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I'D LIKE TO SAY THE REST OF THE MEETING IS GOING TO BE THAT FUN, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN MAKE THAT PROMISE.THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[VI. Public Comment]
WE HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO SPEAK IN A FEW THAT MIGHT BE NEWER TO THE MIC OR NEW TO THE MIC.JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU, I WILL TRY TO BE YOUR TIMEKEEPER.
I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT.
NO NEED TO STOP SPEAKING, JUST CONTINUE SPEAKING.
I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW SO YOU CAN PACE YOUR CONVERSATION.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
WE'LL GO IN THE ORDER IN WHICH PEOPLE SIGNED UP.
YOU'LL COME TO A VERY FANCY NEW PODIUM.
YOU'LL NEED TO PUSH THE LITTLE BUTTON THAT HAS THIS BIG GUY ON IT, SO THE MICROPHONE TURNS GREEN AND THEN YOU CAN START SPEAKING.
FIRST STEP, I HAVE NICOLE OVEDA.
I WANT TO APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE IF I MISPRONOUNCE YOUR NAME.
GO AHEAD AND CORRECT ME AT THE MIC.
SHE'S SPEAKING ON THE DBHS BAND EQUIPMENT AND OTHER THINGS.
MAYBE SHE CAN EMAIL US HER COMMENTS OR LET US KNOW. THANK YOU.
NEXT UP WE HAVE MS. CYNTHIA ALLAN WILLIAMS SPEAKING ON SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT 2.
NOT GOING TO KNOW WHAT TO DO WITHOUT THE LOAD TABLE AND THE MICROPHONE. TESTING.
GOOD EVENING. I'M TALKING ABOUT SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT 2.
SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT 2 STILL DOESN'T HAVE REPRESENTATION AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MISSING SEAT ON THE BOARD.
FOR THE EDUCATION CODE 11.060, SINCE MORE THAN ONE YEAR REMAINS IN THE TERM, THE BOARD HAS TO FILL THE VACANCY NOT LATER THAN WHAT THE 180TH DAY FROM WHEN THE VACANCY OCCURRED.
SINCE NONE OF THE APPLICATIONS RECEIVED FIVE VOTES WHEN THE INTERVIEWS WERE DONE LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE, IT'S BEEN SO MUCH TIME.
WE WERE TOLD THAT IT MEANS THAT THE PROCESS WILL START ALL OVER AGAIN.
THAT MEANS THEY WILL POST THE PROCESS, TAKE APPLICATIONS, SCHEDULED INTERVIEWS, AND VOTE ALL OVER AGAIN.
WITH THAT BEING THE CASE, THE BOARD WILL NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 11.060 AS OF THE 180 DAYS.
TRUSTEE DAMIAN PANTOJA, WAS ELECTED BY THE COMMUNITY TO REPRESENT US.
IN THE TRUSTEE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER OF 2020, HE RECEIVED 63.97% OF THE VOTES.
SINCE HIS APPOINTMENT APPLICATION WAS ACCEPTED AFTER EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED OVER THE SUMMER AND HE INTERVIEWED FOR THE POSITION, DAMIAN SHOULD SIMPLY BE REINSTATED, INSTEAD, HALF OF THE BOARD WANTS THE CANDIDATE THAT LOST THE ELECTION, 2360 OF US VOTED IN THE 2020 ELECTION.
THE COMMUNITY CLEARLY ELECTED WHO THEY WANTED TO REPRESENT THEM.
WHY DOES HALF OF THE BOARD WANT TO GO AGAINST THE COMMUNITY'S WISHES BY CHOOSING THE OPPONENT? IT'S SIMPLE POLITICS.
>> THEY KNOW THE OTHER CANDIDATE WILL VOTE ACCORDING TO THEIR AGENDA.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS NO LONGER ABOUT COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION, IT'S ABOUT POLITICS.
IT IS NOT FAIR TO US THE MEMBERS OF SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT 2, IT'S NOT FAIR TO US AT ALL.
THE ONLY DIGNIFIED ACTION IS TO REINSTATE MR. PANTOJA TO THE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT NUMBER 2 SCHOOL BOARD SEAT.
ANY OTHER ACTION BESIDES A SPECIAL ELECTION WILL BE NEGLECTFUL AND UNJUST TOWARDS DV FAMILIES WHO NEEDS SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY REPRESENTS US.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE GERALDINE SMITH SPEAKING ON I KIDS U IN A SUCCESSFUL KICKSTART TO IT.
AND AGAIN, JUST PUSH THE LITTLE SPEAKY TALK PERSON.
>> FIRST OF ALL, BEAUTIFUL ROOM AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WELCOMING THE PUBLIC TO THIS EVENING AND FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING.
THEY SAY, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS PLAGIARISM WHEN YOU CAN STEAL A GOOD IDEA,
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I LOVED THE POEMS FROM SMITH ELEMENTARY.WE HAVE A LOT OF HOME DEPOT BUCKETS FOR OUR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM.
WE HAVE BEEN RECENTLY WELCOMED INTO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
JUST A TINY BIT ABOUT US, WE'RE THE ONLY LICENSED AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM IN THE DISTRICT AND THAT WAS A PURPOSE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD AND COMMUNITY HAD DECIDED.
IN ADDITION TO MAKING AVAILABLE LEAD AND ALSO CARDINAL CARE, THEY HAD INVITED US IN TO PROVIDE SOME RELIEF FOR SOME OF THE LONG WAITING LISTS FOR AFTER-SCHOOL, IN PARTICULAR AT THE ELEMENTARY.
WE DO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS, INCLUDING SOME MUSIC.
CHILDCARE, WE HAVE LOTS OF INFRINGEMENT, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DO.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A VERY QUICK UPDATE BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH AT ONE OF THE FOUR SCHOOLS THAT WERE PILOTING AT.
I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM, JUST GIVE YOU SOME FEEDBACK AND AN UPDATE AND PUT A FACE WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS.
WE HAVE ROUGHLY 30 STUDENTS RIGHT NOW, NEWTON COLLINS, AND THEY COME IN DAILY.
WE DO LOTS OF DIFFERENT ENRICHMENT FROM 3:00-6:00 WITH THEM, EVERYTHING FROM RECREATIONAL TO CREATIVE, SOME EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
WE HAVE THREE OTHER CAMPUSES THAT WE ARE TRYING TO LAUNCH, BUT WE ONLY SIGN THE MOU JULY THE 17TH.
IT WAS LITERALLY RIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED, SO UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT UNABLE TO GET THE WORD OUT IN TIME TO MAKE THAT ALL HAPPEN.
>> BUT WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE CAME AND WE JUST HAVE SOME OTHER UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE WANTED TO THANK PRINCIPAL FREDO FOR AND PRINCIPAL MAINS, FOR WELCOMING US TO THEIR SCHOOL CAMPUSES IN PARTICULAR.
WE'RE HOPEFUL TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU ALL ON SOME INITIATIVES FOR THE OCTOBER BREAK AND SOME SUMMER CAMPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN REALLY WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH AND ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO.
I'M ALSO HERE WITH OUR GENERAL MANAGER IAN SALAZAR WHO'S BEEN TIRELESS WORKING WITH OUR PRINCIPAL FREDO, DR. HOWARD'S TEAM, AND JUSTIN KING AND OUR SALLY SUAREZ.
IF YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, AGAIN, MY NAME IS GERALDINE SMITH AND IKIDSU.COM, SO DO REACH US. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THANK YOU TO THE SPEAKERS FOR COMING AND SHARING THEIR THOUGHTS AND NEW PROGRAMS WITH US.
FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDAS OUR A RECOGNITION ITEMS AND
[VII.A. Recognition of Region 13 Star of the Month - Lakeshia Gaines, Dailey MS Chris Weddle]
THE FIRST ONE UP IS THE RECOGNITION OF REGION 13 STAR OF THE MONTH.LAKESHIA GAINES FROM DAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. WILL.
>> GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, DR.
TALLY, WE'D LIKE TO CALL UP DAILEY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, LAKESHIA GAINES ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, A GROUP OF DISTRICTS, SOME OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS, AND REGION 13 REPRESENTATIVES, SURPRISE, MISS GAINS AT DAILY WITH THE REGION 13TH OF THE MONTH AWARD.
THE AWARD CELEBRATES ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEE IN CENTRAL TEXAS WHO LEAVES A LASTING IMPRESSION ON STUDENTS AND COLLEAGUES.
IT CAN BE AWARDED TO A VARIETY OF EMPLOYEES FROM TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS, BUS DRIVERS, CAFETERIA STAFF, ANYONE IN THE DISTRICT WHO IS A CARRYING AND PASSIONATE EDUCATOR.
SHE WAS PICKED FOR THE REGION 13 AWARD, WHICH ENCOMPASSES 102 DISTRICTS IN CENTRAL TEXAS AFTER BEING NOMINATED BY DALEEN HARTMAN, YOU MET MS. HARTMAN, AND PASSING IT A LOCAL BUSINESS AND SHE WAS TALKING SO HIGHLY OF WHAT SHE DOES AND OUR DISTRICT THAT MRS. DALEEN HARTMAN TOOK NOTICE AND NOMINATED HER FOR THIS AWARD.
SO WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT MISSILE LAKESHIA GAINES AT DAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL IS ONE OF THE REGION 13 STAR OF THE MONTH RECIPIENTS
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>> WE'RE LIKE KIDS IN CANDY STORES WITH OUR NEW TOYS AND THINGS.
KEEPING THE RECOGNITION CHAIN GOING.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE RECOGNITION OF THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE.
[VII.B. Recognition of Urban Land Institute Next Big Idea Finalist Chris Weddle]
NEXT BIG IDEA FINALISTS.FOR THIS, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE FROM FLUIDOR ARCHITECTS, AMERICAN VECTORS, AND THEN OUR DVISD OPERATIONS TEAM, IF THEY'LL COME ON UP AND JOIN ME.
OUR VERY OWN CENTRAL CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER FACILITY WAS HONORED AS A FINALIST FOR THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE IMPACT AWARDS IN THE NEXT BIG IDEA CATEGORY AT A CEREMONY ON AUGUST 29TH.
THE AWARDS RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE PROJECTS AND PEOPLE THROUGHOUT GREATER AUSTIN THAT EXEMPLIFY THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT FOR TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT IN COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE.
THE DESIGN OF THE CENTRAL CDC STEMS FROM A UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP WITH INQUIRY THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY SUPERINTENDENT DR. KELLY AND THINKER, A CEO, ANDY BELL.
NEXT YEAR, THE FACILITY WILL HAVE COMMUNITY HOURS THAT BRING EASY ACCESS TO THINK-READ RIGHT HERE IN DEL VALLE.
BLUE-GRAY ARCHITECTS MADE THE PROJECT A REALITY, DESIGNING THE BUILDING FROM A CHILD'S PERSPECTIVE AND AMERICAN CONSTRUCTORS PUT THAT DESIGN INTO REALITY AND BUILDING THIS AMAZING FACILITY THAT'S JUST BEHIND OUR BUILDING HERE.
WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT THEY WERE A FINALIST AT THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE IMPACT AWARDS RECENTLY CELEBRATING A VARIETY OF PROJECTS FROM AROUND AUSTIN. CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THAT CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITION ITEMS. NEXT UP OUR INFORMATION ITEMS.
[VIII. Information Items]
IN FIRST STEP IS OUR LOCAL POLICY UPDATE 121 FIRST READING.I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. HARRISON.
WE PROMISED A CLAP, MR. HARRISON.
>> PLEASE DO. THEN DOLBY STEREO LIKE THIS SMITH KIDS WERE PLAYING ON THERE WAS EXCELLENT.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT DR. TELLY.
TODAY WE ARE PRESENTING THE FIRST REVIEW OF UPDATE 121 OF THESE POLICIES.
AS NOTED, THE DISTRICT HAD ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN THE MAJORITY OF THESE PROCEDURES.
UPDATE 121 ALSO INCLUDES POLICY CHANGES THAT ARE FOR FORMATTING PURPOSES AND FOR REAFFIRMING THAT POLICY VGA ALREADY DELINEATES THE DELEGATION OF SUPERINTENDENT RESPONSIBILITIES.
ALREADY IMPLEMENTED DISTRICT REGULATION FD ALREADY CLARIFIES A PROVISIONAL STUDENT ENROLLMENT PERIOD OF 35 DAYS. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FIRST READING FOR WHAT WE HAVE NOW? BECAUSE YOU SAID IT'S A REMINDER, WE'LL BRING THESE BACK.
IF AS YOU'RE REVIEWING THEM, THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND EMAIL THOSE PRIOR TO US APPROVING THEM AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING?
>> YEAH, I DID HAVE QUESTIONS. YOU DID MENTION THAT WE DID ADOPT A LOT OF THEM AND I THINK IT WAS MAY.
I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT SOME OF THEM HAVE REMOVED DESIGNEE AND JUST KEPT THE SUPERINTENDENT.
WHAT HAPPENS IF SUPERINTENDENT IS OUT OF OFFICE OR NOT AVAILABLE? WHAT THEN?
>> CAN YOU CLARIFY, CRUSTY, WHAT DO YOU WHICH ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY?
>> LET'S SEE. I GUESS YOU CAN GO TO PAGE, ONE OF THEM IS THE BID PROCESS ON PAGE 82.
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THAT'S JUST ONE OF LIKE 15-20 THAT REMOVE OR DESIGNEE, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHY WE WOULD DO THAT.>> WHY WOULD WE REMOVE DESIGNEE AND JUST KEEP SUPERINTENDENT IF AT SOME POINT THE SUPERINTENDENT IS NOT AVAILABLE, THEN WHAT HAPPENS?
>> CORRECT. LOCAL POLICY BJA STATES THAT TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SUPERINTENDENT MAY DELEGATE RESPONSIBILITY TO OTHER EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT, BUT SHALL REMAIN ACCOUNTABLE TO THE BOARD FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF ALL DUTIES DELEGATED OR OTHERWISE.
THE RECOMMENDATION FROM TASB REGARDING THIS UPDATE WAS TO TAKE OUT THE PART OR DESIGNEE BECAUSE IN POLICY ALREADY HAS THEM THERE THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN DESIGNATE SOMEBODY ON THEIR BEHALF.
>> IS THAT FOR ALL OF THE POLICIES THAT HAVE THAT?
>> THAT IS FOR ALL THE POLICIES WHICH THE SUPERINTENDENT IS NOT DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE OR THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO IDENTIFY A DESIGNEE.
>> I GUESS I'LL GET WITH YOU OFFLINE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THEM THAT I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL POLICY WHERE STATES THAT SHE WILL DESIGNATE TO SOMEBODY ELSE AND IT'S NOT JUST TAKEN OFF IN OUR POLICY, LOCAL POLICIES.
>> IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET THIS SECTION OF OUR BOARD PACKETS PRINTED? CAN WE JUST GET A COPY OF IT?
>> PERFECT. I JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH IT.
>> WE DIDN'T GET THEM. THANK YOU.
>> YEAH. I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU. [OVERLAPPING].
>> DO YOU WANT ME TO SEND YOU A LIST OF ALL THE ONES THAT I'M QUESTIONING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A DESIGNEE AT SOME POINT IT'S JUST NOT THE SUPERINTENDENT OR THAT THERE'S POLICY IN ADDITION TOO?
>> IS THE TASBI DOES SO FOR CLARIFYING HER QUESTION VERSUS WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
IS IT TASBI'S POINT THAT THEY SAID THAT THE DESIGNEE SHOULD BE REMOVED, THAT WAS THEIR SUGGESTION IN THE POLICY UPDATES?
>> CORRECT. IN UPDATE 121, WHAT TASBI RECOMMENDED WAS IT'S ALREADY IN POLICY THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN DESIGNATE SOMEONE ON THEIR BEHALF SO IT WAS JUST A REDUNDANT.
THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO REMOVE THAT BECAUSE IT ALREADY STATED SOME POLICY DJA THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN DELEGATE AS NEEDED.
IS THERE A RECOMMENDATION TO ELIMINATE REDUNDANCY TO STRIKE OUT THAT PART?
>> THERE WAS THAT DESIGNEE OF EVERYTHING.
BECAUSE IT'S LIKE IS IT THE FOOD SERVICE AND THE INSURANCE LIKE THAT DESIGNATED THAT'S AN ABILITY FOR HER TO DESIGNATE EVERYTHING; IS THAT CORRECT?
>> EXCEPT WHERE THE SUPERINTENDENT IS REQUIRED IN PERSON.
>> WOULD IT BE HELPFUL FOR YOU TO SEE THAT POLICY SO YOU CAN REFERENCE IT?
>> YES. BECAUSE I WAS JUST A LITTLE CONFUSED ON WHY WE WOULD REMOVE IT IF WE DON'T HAVE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
BUT IF WE DO HAVE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT SAYS SHE CAN DESIGNATE SOMEBODY IN THOSE DIFFERENT POLICIES AND THAT WOULD BE PERFECT.
>> THAT IS CORRECT. IT'S ALREADY WITHIN POLICY BJA.
I CAN SEND YOU A COPY OF THAT POLICY FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT PRIOR TO ACTING ON THESE UPDATES IN OCTOBER.
>> THAT'S ALSO A LOCAL POLICY?
>> IT'S LOCAL POLICY, BJA, YES.
>> THANK YOU. YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT.
>> BEFORE WE END, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> I JUST DIDN'T WANT US TO PUT US IN A PREDICAMENT WHERE WE HAD NOBODY THAT IDENTIFY THE KIND OF STUFF.
>> NO, I WAS TRYING TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD BOTH SIDES, SO NO. [OVERLAPPING].
>> THEN THAT ENDS AND AGAIN, THIS WAS JUST INFORMATION BOARD WILL HAVE A SECOND REVIEW ON NEXT MONTH FOR US TO VOTE ON THEM.
>> THEN DARLA, REMIND ME AT THE END SO I CAN GIVE YOU THE COPY.
NEXT UP IS OUR ADDITIONAL FTES FOR THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, CYBERSECURITY COORDINATOR IN JUNIOR PROGRAMMER, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MS. WALLS FOR THEM.
>> GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.
TALLY. BASED ON A RECENT NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND AUDIT REVIEW, MR. BANDREW, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, HAS RECOMMENDED TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT THE ADDITION OF TWO NEW FTE.
A CYBERSECURITY COORDINATOR AND A JUNIOR PROGRAMMER POSITION.
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE CYBERSECURITY COORDINATOR WILL BE OVERSEEING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DISTRICT CYBERSECURITY FRAMEWORK.
THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF THE JUNIOR PROGRAMMER WILL BE TO ASSIST THE DEPARTMENT AND DISTRICT WITH CREATING PROCESSES IN EFFICIENCIES.
THE BOARD HERE WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPROVE THESE FTES AND THE ASSOCIATED BUDGET AMENDMENT DURING THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> THANK YOU. BOARD, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE?
>> I WOULD LIKE US TO DISCUSS THIS IN CLOSED SESSION BEFORE WE MAKE A LOAD ON IT REGARDING PERSONNEL.
>> THEN I WILL PULL IT FROM CONSENT SO THAT WE WILL DISCUSS IT AFTER THE CLOSED SESSION.
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HOLD ON ONE SECOND.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS THAT WE CAN DISCUSS NOW?
>> YES, SO YOU SAID ASSESSMENT, IS THAT THE SAME ASSESSMENT THAT WE RECEIVED OR DID HE DO ANOTHER ASSESSMENT?
>> AS A PART OF THE AUDIT REVIEW, HE CONDUCTED A NEEDS ASSESSMENT WITHIN HIS DEPARTMENT.
>> CAN WE SEE THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT THEN?
>> SURE. IT'S A PART OF THE MEETINGS WE'VE BEEN HAVING TO REVIEW.
>> BUT WE'RE THE BOARD. I'M JUST ASKING.
>> WE'RE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THOSE FINDINGS IN CLOSED SESSION.
>> THEN I GUESS I'LL JUST RESERVE MY QUESTIONS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION. FINE.
THIS WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE TECHNOLOGY AUDIT THAT THE DISTRICT DID, CORRECT?
>> [OVERLAPPING] INFORMATION I RECEIVED FROM DISTRICT.
>> THAT'S I RECALL FROM OUR MEETING LAST MONTH.
>> PERFECT. AGAIN, THIS WAS AN INFORMATION ITEM.
THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
[IX. Consent Agenda]
WE KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE IN PULLED.THE CONSENT AGENDA IS PASSED AND ONE ENCOMPASSING MOTION, UNLESS THERE'S DESIRE TO HAVE AN ITEM PULLED FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
IS THERE A DESIRE TO HAVE ANYTHING BESIDES IN PULLED AT THIS TIME?
>> L. OKAY, ANYTHING ELSE? NO. THE BEAR WITH ME AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS A-K AS PRESENTED? DO WE HAVE A MOTION.
RICHARD, DO I HAVE SECOND? PERFECT. THAT'S A-K. WE PULLED L, M, AND N. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE O AS PRESENTED?
>> IF WE'RE PULLING THINGS OUT THAT REFLECT THE GENERAL FUND [OVERLAPPING]
>> THIS IS TRUE. THANK YOU. I WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION. YES, SO O IS NOT.
OKAY. THEN LET'S TAKE THEM IN ORDER WITH THE EXCEPTION OF N AND O, WHICH I GUESS HAS TO WAIT.
ITEM L FIRST IS PURCHASE OVER 50,000, THE DEL VALLE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PATROL VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT, DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC, I DIDN'T FINISH THE VOTE.
THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR ITEMS A-K AS PRESENTED.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. NOW, WE'RE ON ITEM L,
[L. Purchase over $50,000 - Del Valle Police Department Patrol Vehicles and Equipment]
DEL VALLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION?>> IS THIS 360 NOT TO EXCEED 360,000 INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL 1.1 MILLIONISH THAT WAS APPROVED PREVIOUSLY.
THEN WE'VE ALREADY MADE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR?
>> YES, MA'AM. THAT IS INCLUDED AS PART OF BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 THAT WAS APPROVED LAST MONTH.
>> WHAT'S THE TOTAL NOW IF YOU KNOW? BECAUSE IT WAS AT UNDER 1.1 IF I REMEMBER, AND THEN IT GOT INCREASED AND I BELIEVE NOW IT'S INCREASED AGAIN OR I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP UP.
>> RIGHT. SO YOU SHOULD HAVE A YELLOW FOLDER, AND YOU SHOULD HAVE AN UPDATED.
>> IT DOES NOT HAVE THE 1.1 [OVERLAPPING].
>> THE AMOUNT FOR THE POLICE VEHICLES WAS APPROVED AS PART OF BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER 1.
THE FIGURES THAT YOU HAVE NOW ARE HERE IN THIS TABLE, AND THE TOTAL COST IS NOW AT $341,705.
>> IF WE'VE APPROVED THIS PREVIOUSLY, WHY ARE WE APPROVING IT AGAIN?
>> BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME WHAT WE DO IS WE ASK PERMISSION TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE ON FUNCTION.
WE NEEDED TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT PERMISSION BEFORE WE WENT OUT AND DID A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE ACTUAL PURCHASE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE COMPANY, THE VENDOR, THAT WE WERE GOING TO SELECT AT THE TIME.
>> WE HAVE THAT NOW IT'S IN THIS YELLOW FOLDER.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. I THINK I SAW AND YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BECAUSE I COULD BE READING THE PORTAL WRONG.
BUT I SAW THAT IT WAS ONLY UP FOR 1-2 WEEKS.
HOW LONG DO WE NORMALLY HAVE RFPS OPEN?
>> WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE RFPS.
THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PUBLISH IN A NEWSPAPER FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS.
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WHAT WE DID WE PUBLICIZE ON SEPTEMBER 10TH AND SEPTEMBER 17.>> HOW LONG DO WE NORMALLY KEEP THESE UP?
>> HISTORICALLY, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE DISTRICT.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE BEEN PART OF AN ORDER.
I CAN LOOK UP THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
>> THAT'D BE GREAT. I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS SUPER QUICK AND I WAS LIKE, I JUST SAW IT UP THERE. WE ALREADY HAVE.
>> FOR A STATE PROCUREMENT REQUIRES US TO DO THE TWO CONSECUTIVE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE L AS PRESENTED? DO I HAVE A SECOND? ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR FOR ITEM L AS PRESENTED.
ALL OF THOSE OPPOSED? YOU GOT IT LISA? THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM M,
[M. Purchase over $50,000 - Secondary Band Instruments for the Del Valle High and Middle Schools’ Band programs]
WHICH IS PURCHASE OVER 50,000 FOR SECONDARY BAND INSTRUMENTS FOR THE DEL VALLE HIGH SCHOOL IN MIDDLE-SCHOOL FANS PROGRAMS. PERFECT. WE HAVE MS. HOWARD HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YES.>> I JUST WANTED SOME INFORMATION.
I KNOW I READ THE DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS, BUT HOW IT RELATES TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
>> ABSOLUTELY. AS YOU CAN SEE IN YOUR INFORMATION PACKET, THAT THE BULK OF THIS REQUEST IS FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
NOW THAT ARE HIGH SCHOOL BAND DIRECTOR HAS COME ON BOARD, HE'S BEEN VISITING OUT TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS ON A WEEKLY BASIS LOOKING TO SEE HOW THE PROGRAM IS GOING AND WORKING TO HELP ALIGN THE PROGRAM ALONG WITH OUR COORDINATOR, MR. RUSH, AND SO THEY DETERMINED THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF EACH MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE BRINGING FORTH TONIGHT.
>> THANKS. PERFECT. LEAD TO MORE QUESTIONS, SO HOLD TIGHT. YES?
>> I WAS GOING TO PULL THIS AS WELL BECAUSE IT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ASSESSMENT COMPLETED, CAN THE BOARD SEE THAT ASSESSMENT?
>> YES, YOU CAN. WE'LL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT TOO.
>> I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS FOR THE BAND.
I USED TO BE AN INSTRUMENT BACK IN MY DAYS.
ARE WE DOING THIS SAME THING FOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FINE ARTS OR IS IT JUST FOCUSING ON BAND RIGHT NOW?
>> I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION TONIGHT.
WE HAVE ALSO PURCHASED A UNIFORMS FOR DANCE AND CHOIR.
AS THESE DIRECTORS ARE ANALYZING AND DETERMINING WHAT OUR STUDENTS NEED, THEN THEY'RE BRINGING FORTH WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE IS THAT ON A ROTATING BASIS, WE HOPE EVERY YEAR TO ROTATE OUT FOR THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. BUT IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, YES.
WE AREN'T JUST FOCUSING ON BAND, WE ARE FOCUSING ON DANCE AND CHOIR AS WELL.
>> I NOTICED THAT THESE WERE BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
WHEN WE DISCUSS THE BUDGET, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THIS BEFORE.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S COMING OUT OF GENERAL FUNDS.
WE'RE GOING FORWARD IF THESE TYPE OF REQUESTS COME, WHAT'S THE LIMIT ON WHEN WE STOP THESE REQUESTS UNTIL THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE?
>> THESE PURCHASES ACTUALLY ARE NOT COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, THEY ARE COMING FROM THE BOND INTEREST.
AS YOU KNOW AND YOU'RE SEEING YOUR INVESTMENTS REPORT THAT DISTRICT HAS GENERATED OVER $17 MILLION IN INTERESTS FROM OUR BOND PROJECTS.
THOSE ARE THE FUNDS THAT WE ARE USING FOR THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS.
THAT FUND DOESN'T REQUIRE BOARD APPROVAL TO INCREASE ITS BUDGET.
THE THREE BUDGETS THAT REQUIRE BOARD APPROVAL ARE THE GENERAL FUND, FOOD SERVICE FUND, AND THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE BRING BEFORE YOU TO INCREASE THE BUDGET.
WHAT DO WE DO BRING BEFORE YOU ALSO AS WELL, AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING THIS IS BECAUSE THEY ARE ITEMS WORTH $50,000.
AT ANY POINT WE HAVE THAT, THEN WE BRING IT FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.
I WAS LOOKING AT THE OTHER ITEM, IS A GENERAL FUNDS, BUT THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING IT WAS BOND INTERESTS. I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> OH, I'M SORRY, I BEGAN [INAUDIBLE].
>> NO, I WAS SAYING THAT I WAS LOOKING AT THE WRONG LINE ITEM WHERE IT SAYS GENERAL FUNDS FOR ONE OF THE FTES AND IT WAS BOND INTERESTS. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.
>> PERFECT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE SHE SITS DOWN? NO. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE M AS PRESENTED?
>> DO I HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM M AS PRESENTED? IT'S OKAY. THANK YOU.
THEN WE'LL MOVE ITEM N AND O TO AFTER WE HAVE CLOSED SESSION.
SOMEBODY KEEP ME HONEST ON THAT.
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NEXT ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA ARE OUR ACTION ITEMS. THE FIRST ACTION ITEMS IS TO CONSIDER AN ACT ON[X.A. Consider and Act on the Tax Rate Ordinance and Adoption of 2023-24 Tax Rate Ludivina Cansino]
THE TAX RATE ORDINANCE AND ADOPTION FOR 2023, 2024 TAX RATE.THIS IS WHAT WAS PRESENTED EARLIER TO US, BUT WE HAVE SOMETHING ELSE.
I WILL LET YOU DO IT. YOU GO FOR IT.
NO, I'M SORRY. YES. THIS IS THE ONE THAT I HAVE TO DO.
IN THE SAME AGENDA ITEM WE WILL DO, SO IT'S LISTED AS TWO SEPARATE AGENDA ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, BUT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THEM IN ONE VOTE.
IT'LL BE THE CONSIDERING ACT ON THE TAX RATE ORDINANCE IN ADOPTION OF 2023, 2024, AS WELL AS CONSIDER AN ACT ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING REDEMPTION OF CERTAIN DISTRICT'S UNLIMITED TAX BONDS.
THOSE TWO ITEMS, WHILE LISTED SEPARATELY, WILL BE VOTED ON AS ONE.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BASED ON THE CONVERSATION THAT WAS HAD EARLIER ABOUT THESE TWO ITEMS?
>> PERFECT. JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, WE HAVE TO TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE RICHARD WINN DON, DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> A SECOND FOR TRUSTEE AND FEW BURGER.
I WILL GO DOWN THE LINE TO GET EVERYONE'S VOTES FOR THIS.
TRUSTEE SHAIRO RAM'S? TRUSTEE REBECCA BIRCH? YES. TRUSTEE MART WORTHINGTON?
>> YES. PERFECT. YOU HAVE IT. GOOD.
THEN THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS TO CONSIDER AN ACT WITH RESPECT TO,
[X.C. Consider and act with respect to "ORDER AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF DEL VALLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT UNLIMITED TAX REFUNDING BONDS; APPROVING AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR AGREEMENT AND AN ESCROW AGREEMENT; ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR SELLING AND DELIVERING THE BONDS; AND, AUTHORIZING OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS." Ludivina Cansino]
AND FORGIVE ME I'M GOING TO READ THIS SO WE HAVE IT IN THE RECORD.WITH RESPECT TO ORDER AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF DEL VALLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT UNLIMITED TAX REFUNDING BONDS, APPROVING AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT, AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF PAYING AGENT AND/OR REGISTRAR OR AGREEMENT, AND AN ESCROW AGREEMENT, ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR SELLING AND DELIVERING THE BONDS AND AUTHORIZE OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS.
>> NO. PERFECT. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT ITEM AS PRESENTED?
>> THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> MATT HAD HIS HAND UP HE WAS JUST QUIET ABOUT IT.
PERFECT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PERFECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BOARD, THAT CONCLUDES OUR ITEMS IN OPEN SESSION.
WE WILL NOW ADJOURN INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS.
[XI. Closed Session]
SECTION 551.071, CONSULTATION WITH BOARD ATTORNEY, AS WELL AS CONSULTATION WITH BOARD ATTORNEY REGARDING BOARD VACANCY, AND CONSULTATION WITH BOARD ATTORNEY REGARDING SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REGARDING HB THREE REQUIREMENTS, 551.082, AS WELL AS CONCERNING SPECIAL EDUCATION AS WELL.AND 551.076 REGARDING HB3 REQUIREMENTS AND TO REVIEW REPORT REGARDING SECURITY AUDITS.
SECTION 551.072, TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR REAL VALUE OF PROPERTY, 551.074 TO REVIEW AND APPROVE RESIGNATIONS AND TERMINATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF, AS WELL AS DISCUSSION OF PERSONNEL MATTERS.
CONSIDER SANCTIONS FOR ABANDONMENT, AND DISCUSSION OF THE BOARD EVALUATION.
THE TIME IS NOW CURRENTLY 7:44 PM.
WE ARE NOW IN CLOSED SESSION. THANK YOU.
THE BOARD ENDED IT'S CLOSED SESSION AT 11:39 PM.
WE ARE NOW BACK IN OPEN SESSION.
[XII. Approve Action Items Discussed in Closed Session]
WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA, OUR SEVERAL ACTION ITEMS. FIRST IS TO CONSIDER AN ACT ON A CONTRACT FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? DO I HAVE ADDITIONAL MOTION?
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE EMPLOYMENT RESIGNATIONS AND TERMINATIONS OF STAFF AS PRESENTED.
>> IS A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PERFECT.
>> I MOVE THAT THERE IS NO GOOD CAUSE FOUND FOR THE RESIGNATION OF CHARLIE [INAUDIBLE] AND STACY MALONE AS REQUIRED BY, DO I HAVE TO DO SEPARATELY.
>> AS REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 249.14J3D.
>> THANK YOU. SORRY, I WAS TRYING TO LOOK AROUND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? YOU GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED.
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HAVING NO ADDITIONAL ITEMS ON A, OH, GOODNESS AND I WROTE THEM DOWN TO REMEMBER.>> WE TALKED ABOUT IT. SORRY FOR THAT.
ADDITIONAL ITEMS IS APPROVAL OF ADDITIONAL FTES FOR THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT,
[IX.N. Approval of additional FTEs for the Technology Department; Cybersecurity Coordinator and Junior Programmer Suzi Wallace]
CYBERSECURITY COORDINATOR, AND JUNIOR PROGRAMMER.AS PRESENTED, DO I HAVE A MOTION?
>> DO I HAVE A SECOND? PERFECT. DID YOU GET IT? NO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THEN THE FOLLOWING ITEM IS [OVERLAPPING].
OH, I'M SORRY. I CAN'T SEE EVERYBODY BECAUSE OF HOW YOU'RE SITTING. I'M SORRY.
THEN ALL OF THOSE OPPOSED. YOU GOT IT. I'M SORRY.
I CAN'T SEE EVERYBODY BECAUSE OF HOW WE'RE SITTING.
THE NEXT ITEM IS BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER 2, GENERAL FUND.
[IX.O. Budget Amendment #2- General Fund Ludivina Cansino]
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE?>> NO. THANK YOU. NOW I'M GOING TO SCOOT BACK.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? PERFECT. NOW, HAVING NO ADDITIONAL ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA, APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
NOT THE OTHER NO, YEAH THANK YOU [OVERLAPPING].
>> THE OTHER QUESTION [INAUDIBLE].
>> HAVING NO OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AND NO OBJECTION, WE WILL ADJOURN AT 11:44.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.