May 2, 2023 at 6:30 PM - Special Board Meeting

1. Call meeting to order, roll call, establishment of a quorum and Pledge of Allegiance.

2. Invocation.

3. OPEN FORUM:  Comments from the public. Citizen Communications: (Limit of 3 minutes per speaker/group) Public Audience: Public comments for   this meeting will be held as follows: Members of the public, if you wish to comment before the Board, you must email comments@eeisd.org by 6:00 p.m. on May 2, 2023 to give your name and topic you wish to comment on.   

4. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT:

4.a. Survey for Parents on Standard Dress Code

5. PRESENTATION:

5.a. Summer Professional Learning Opportunities

6. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS:

6.a. Approval of Minutes:

• April 24, 2023 District Safety and Security Meeting 

6.b. BUSINESS AND FINANCE:

6.b.1. Approval of Budget Amendments

6.b.2. Request to Approve HJR Construction Service for the Repair and Replacement of Exterior door and Installation of Security film

6.b.3. Request to approve Frontline Education Analytics Solutions

6.b.4. Approval to purchase Chromebooks with charging carts using ESSER II Funding

6.b.5. Approval of repayment to TEA for IDEA-B MOE Compliance Review-School Year 2021-2022 (FY2022)

6.b.6. Request for approval to contract Xerox New Solutions as the district's printing supplier

6.c. STUDENT TRAVEL:

6.c.1. Approval of the EEHS Life Skills ACE End of the Year trip to Corpus Christi, Texas.

6.c.2. Ratification of the Student Council/NJHS from CFT Jr. High to attend a trip to the Space Center on May 20, 2023 in Houston, Texas.

7. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS:

7.a. Discussion and action for approval of the 2023 Summer School Sites & Programs

7.b. Approval of the 2023 Physician's Standing Orders for Edcouch-Elsa ISD

7.c. Discussion and action on proposed new and renamed professional, clerical, and auxiliary positions for the 2022-2023 school year

8. CLOSED SESSION: The superintendent requests that the Board of Trustees convene in closed meeting as authorized by the provisions of the Open Meeting Act, Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code.  This executive session is in accordance with the Texas Government Code Section:

8.a. 551.074 for the purpose of discussing personnel, considering appointment, employment, resignation, retirement, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer or employee.

8.a.1. Discussion of Superintendent's recommendations for: proposed nonrenewal of term contracts; renewal of term contracts; initial offers of term contracts; renewal of probationary contacts; initial offers of probationary contracts; and termination of probationary contracts; of: initial offers of probationary contracts; and termination of probationary contracts, of: librarians, counselors, nurses, educational diagnosticians, classroom teachers, and other certified educators (other than certified administrators), who are entitled to Chapter 21 contracts. 

8.a.2. Discussion of Superintendent's recommendations for: proposed nonrenewal of term contracts, renewal of term contracts; initial offers of term contracts; and termination of probationary contracts, of certified administrators who are entitled to Chapter 21 contract, including but not limited to campus principals.

8.a.3. Discussion of Superintendent's recommendations for: Offers of non-Chapter 21 employment contracts.

8.b. Consultation with legal counsel regarding a.)  pending or contemplated litigation b.)  settlement offer; or c.)  matter in which the duty of the attorney to Edcouch-Elsa Independent School District under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code (TX.Gov't. Code 551.071)

8.b.1. Discussion on proposed non-renewals and terminations of chapter 21 contracts. 

8.b.2. Discussion on terminations of chapter 21 probationary contracts. 

8.b.3. Discussion on renewals of contracts.

9. ACTION ITEMS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION:

9.a. 551.074 Discussion and action regarding personnel, considering appointment, employment, resignation, retirement, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer or employee.

9.b. Discussion and action regarding consultation with legal counsel regarding a.)  pending or contemplated litigation b.)  settlement offer; or c.)  matter in which the duty of the attorney to Edcouch-Elsa Independent School District under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code (TX.Gov't. Code 551.071)

9.b.1. Action to propose non-renewals of chapter 21 contracts.

9.b.2. Action to terminate chapter 21 probationary contracts. 

9.b.3. Action to renew chapter 21 contracts and nonchapter 21 professional contracts. 

10. ADJOURNMENT: