August 9, 2021 at 6:30 PM - Regular Meeting

1. Call to Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Public Forum
At regular Board meetings, the Board shall permit public comment, regardless of whether the topic is an item on the agenda posted with notice of the meeting. Anyone wishing to address the Board should sign in prior to the beginning of the meeting. When necessary for effective meeting management, the presiding officer may make adjustments to public comment procedures, including adjusting when public comment will occur during the meeting, reordering agenda items, deferring public comment on nonagenda items, continuing agenda items to a later meeting, providing expanded opportunity for public comment, or establishing an overall time limit for public comment and adjusting the time allotted to each speaker. However, no individual shall be given less than one minute to make comments. No presentation shall exceed five (5) minutes. The Board will respond to “Specific factual information or recitation of existing policy may be furnished in response to inquiries, but the Board shall not deliberate or decide regarding any subject that is not included on the agenda posted with notice of the meeting.”  No concerns or charges regarding a District employee may be made during this session. 

4. Consent Agenda

4.A. Consider Approval of Minutes of the July 12, 2021 regular board meeting and the July 26, 2021 special board meeting.

4.B. Consider Approval of Expenditures

5. Superintendent's Reports

5.A. Financial Reports

5.B. School Enrollment

5.C. School Activities

5.D. Athletics

5.E. Additional Information

6. Discussion/Action

6.A. Discuss and Consider the Approval of changes to policy BE (LOCAL) regarding school board meeting days and start times.

6.B. Discuss and Consider Possible Approval of Ag Extension Adjunct Faculty and 4-H Extracurricular Status

6.C. Discuss and Consider whether to allow local homeschool students to participate in UIL activities representing Fayetteville ISD.

6.D. Discuss and Consider Possible Approval of 2021-2022 Student Code of Conduct

6.E. Discuss and Consider a Resolution by the Board of Trustees of the Fayetteville Independent School District providing for the defeasance and calling for redemption certain currently outstanding obligations; and directing any board officer, or designee, to effectuate the redemption of these obligations; authorizing the execution of an escrow agreement; and other matters in connection therewith

6.F. Discuss and Consider Possible Approval to grant the superintendent authority to make budgeted purchases for goods or services for single items in excess of  $10,000 until September 1, 2021, to meet state requirements for allotted funding.

6.G. Set Date for Public Hearing for Budget and Tax Rate Adoption

6.H. Discuss and Consider the Reauthorization of our Contract with the Fayette County Appraisal District for assessing and collecting taxes for Fayetteville ISD.

6.I. Discuss and Consider granting additional employee leave time.

7. Informational Items

7.A. 2021-2022 Student Handbook

8. Closed Session - Trustees will adjourn into Closed Session as permitted by the Texas Government Code 551.001 et. seq.

9. Discussion/Action

9.A. Items Related to Closed Session

10. Board Comments

11. Adjournment