October 8, 2013 at 6:30 PM - Instructional Committee

I. Listed below are the instructional items to be reviewed by the Instructional Committee with recommendations for action to be made at the next Regular Board Meeting:

I.A. Action Items to be Reviewed by the Regular Board Meeting on October 16, 2013 with recommendation to be made by the Instructional Committee

I.A.1. Approval of Bilingual Education Exceptions/ESL Waivers Application 2013-2014

I.B. Items to be Reviewed by the Instructional Committee for Information Only:

I.B.1. New Teacher Hires, Administrative New Hires/Promotion & Resignations of Professional Employees

I.B.2. Differentiated Instruction Reading and Writing Program - Achieve 3000

I.B.3. College Academic Rediness Summary for 2012-2013

I.B.4. Status re:  The Establishment of the District Wide Instructional Technology Committee and its Purpose, Make-up and Timeline

II. Public Comments: Comments are limited to three minutes per speaker. The Board Parliamentarian will be the timekeeper and will inform the speaker when they have one (1) remaining minute. No more than three (3) persons will be allowed to speak on any side of an issue. Should there be more than three (3) people who wish to speak on a particular issue they need to select not more than three (3) representatives to speak for them.  Comments must address items listed on the agenda. The presiding officer or designee shall determine whether a person who wishes to address the Board has attempted to solve a matter administratively. If not, the person shall be directed to the appropriate policy, as noted in BED (LOCAL), to seek resolution before bringing the matter to the Board at a subsequent meeting. Pursuant to 551.042 of the Texas Government Code, no Board Member or Administrator may respond to a member of the public, unless such response is a recitation of District policy or a statement of specific factual information. When a speaker comes to the podium, please indicate what agenda item you will be addressing. Furthermore, please refrain from mentioning any employee's name and any complaint about any employee's duties or responsibilities should be channeled through the appropriate grievance policy. 

III. Adjournment