August 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM - Regular 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 August 25, 2025, to give your name and topic you wish to comment on.   

4. PRESENTATION:

4.a. Presentation of T-Mobile Check 

5. RECOGNITIONS:

5.a. Recognition of the Edcouch-Elsa High School Cheerleaders

5.b. Recognition of the Rotary Club

5.c. Recognition of the City of Elsa Chief of Police Robert McGinnis 

6. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT:

6.a. Transportation Department

6.b. Child Nutrition Department 

6.c. Social Media 

6.d. CCC Program 

6.e. A-F Accountability

7. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS:

7.a. Approval of Board Meeting(s) Minutes:
 

7.a.1. Regular Board Meeting-July 28, 2025

7.a.2. District Safety and Security Committee Meeting-August 19, 2025

7.b. BUSINESS AND FINANCE:

7.b.1. Approval of the 2025 Hidalgo County Certified Estimated Debt Collection Rate

7.b.2. Approval of Expenditures over $25,000

7.b.3. EEISD Financial Report-Information Item

7.b.4. Approval to ratify payment to Rene Guerra for the Truan Driveway Extension Completion

7.b.5. Approval of Quarterly Investment Report 2nd Quarter (April-June) 

7.b.6. Approval to Ratify Budget Amendment for 2024-2025 budget

7.b.7. Approval to seek RFP's for Uniform/Shoes, Furniture/Decor, and Maintenance and Repairs for the Child Nutrition Program

7.b.8. Approval of Tax Collection Report-July 2025

7.b.9. Approval to purchase renewal license of Lightspeed Content Filter from BorderLAN through TIPS Cooperative contract

7.b.10. Request to approve the purchase of Teachtown Licenses for students who require a functional curriculum

7.b.11. Approval of Arbiter payment system for Athletic Officials 2025-2026 school year 

7.b.12. Approval to Defer Streaming of all District Events

7.b.13. Approval of T-Mobile Friday Night 5G Lights-$5K Fridays Sweepstakes Winner Prize Money

7.b.14. Approval to purchase Ballistic Shields and Breaching Tools

7.b.15. Approval to solicit RFP's for Safety and Security Film districtwide

7.b.16. Approval of The Hive Booster Club and Bylaws

7.c. HUMAN RESOURCES:

7.c.1. Approval of the T-TESS calendar for the 2025-2026 school year

7.c.2. Approval of the T-TESS appraisers for the 2025-2026 school year 

7.c.3. Approval for revisions to the grievance DGBA (LOCAL) and FNG (LOCAL) policies to allow written submissions at Level III

7.c.4. Approval of revisions to FNCE (LOCAL) policy

7.c.5. Approval of Social Media Policy

7.c.6. Approval of Vendor Policy

7.c.7. Approval of Waivers for professional staff

7.d. TEACHING & LEARNING:

7.d.1. Approval of CTE Textbooks

7.d.2. Approval of Texas College Bridge Curriculum

7.d.3. Approval of Carnegie Accelerated Learning Instructional math materials for Truan Middle School and Edcouch-Elsa High School

7.d.4. Approval of Interactive Classroom Tables for SB 1882 Schools (John F. Kennedy, Fine Arts Academy, Ruben C. Rodriguez STEM Academy, Santiago Garcia Health & Science Academy)

7.d.5. Approval for purchase of Edmentum for grades 9-12 from Imaging Learning

7.d.6. Renewal of Imagine Learning-Language and Literacy, Math and Espanol

7.d.7. Purchase of backpacks PK3-12th grade for students registered at Edcouch-Elsa ISD for the 2025-2026 school year. (Retroactive item due to time constraints)

7.d.8. Approval of EEISD UIL No Pass/No Play Course Exemptions

7.d.9. Approval of the EEISD 2025-2026 UIL Eligibility Calendar

7.d.10. Approval of the EEISD 2025-2026 Credit by Examination Dates

7.d.11. Approval of Multi-Hazard Emergency Operations Plan

7.d.12. Approval of the Resolution Opting Out of Allowing Homeschool Students to participate in UIL Extracurricular Activities

7.d.13. Approve the purchase of the welding lab electrical fixtures for the College and Career Center 

7.d.14. Approve the purchase of the HVAC lab electrical fixtures for the College and Career Center

7.d.15. Approval of the MOU between The County of Hidalgo, Texas and Edcouch-Elsa I.S.D. regarding Hidalgo County Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program (JJAEP)

7.d.16. Approval of the Edcouch-Elsa High School Student Parking Permit Application for the 2025-2026 school year

7.d.17. Approval of the Junior Honor Society

7.d.18. Approval of National Elementary Honor Society Chapter at L.B.J. Elementary 

7.e. STUDENT TRAVEL:

7.e.1. Approval of travel for the EEHS Boys & Girls Cross Country team and school sponsors to attend the Cross Country Border Olympics on August 30, 2025, in Laredo, Texas

7.f. STAFF TRAVEL:

7.f.1. Approval of travel for Alberto Trevino and Rebecca Borjas, ACE staff members, to attend the Texas ACE Kickoff Meeting September 22-24, 2025 in Austin, Texas

8. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS:

8.a. Discussion and Action to approve the renewal of Property and Casual Insurance for the 2025-2026 school year.

8.b. Discussion and Action to approve the change order #1 for the Edcouch-Elsa ISD Football Stadium Parking Lot Lighting Project

8.c. Discussion and Action to approve budget amendment #1-General Fund 

8.d. Discussion and Action to award vendor for RFP#2026-004 for Security Guard Services for the 2025-2026 school year.

8.e. Discussion and action to approve transportation software

8.f. Discussion and action to approve SubHub MOU agreement.

8.g. Discussion and action of Resolution Establishing a Local School Library Advisory Council. Policy EFB (Local)

9. 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:

9.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.

9.a.1. Discussion to approve Superintendent's contract.

9.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)

10. ACTION ITEMS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION:

10.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.

10.a.1. Discussion and action to approve Superintendent's contract.

10.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)

11. ADJOURNMENT: