March 15, 2016 at 6:30 PM - Business Committee

I. Listed below are the financial and operational items to be reviewed by Business Committee Members with recommendations for action to be made at the next Regular Board Meeting:

I.A. Action Items to be Reviewed at the Regular Board Meeting on March 23, 2016 with recommendations to be made by the Business Committee.

I.A.1. Approval of Monthly Disbursements

I.A.2. Approval of Resolution in Support of Governor's Criminal Justice Division Grant Application

I.A.3. Approval of Signed Letter of Support from Board Members as a requirement of the 21st Century Community Learning Center Cycle 9 Grant

I.A.4. Approval of Awarding Bids, Proposals and Qualifications

I.A.5. Region One Education Service Center Election of Board of Directors

I.A.6. Approval of Board Travel for the Month of April 2016

I.A.7. Amend the Resolution for the Employee Separation from Employment Incentive for Full Time Employees for the 2015-2016 School Year

I.A.8. Approval of Employment Contracts, Addendums, Letters of Assurance for 2016-2017 School/Work Year

I.A.9. Approval of Requests from Board Members in re: Use of Board of Trustees Discretionary Funds for Various Projects/Campuses

I.B. Informational Items to be presented to the Business Committee.

I.B.1. Finance Division Monthly Financial Report

I.B.2. Budget 2016-2017 Update

I.B.3. Employee Benefits Committee (EBC) Award of Employee Legal Services Contract

I.B.4. New Teacher Hires, Administrative New Hires/Promotions & Resignations of Professional Employees

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