May 8, 2018 at 6:00 PM - Instructional Committee Meeting

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 May 16, 2018, with a recommendation to be made by the Instructional Committee

I.A.1. Approval of Agreement for Teacher Externship with Workforce Solutions for South Texas

I.A.2. Approval of Local Credit for Students in the Special Education Program with a Visual Impairment Who Are Enrolled in a Braille Class at the High School Level

I.A.3. PUBLIC HEARING for the Adoption of a Dyslexia Program Required by SB 1474

I.A.4. Approval of First and Final Reading of DCE (LOCAL) Employment Practices and Other Types of Contracts

I.A.5. Approval of Application for Low Attendance Day Waiver for entire District for Monday, April 2, 2018

I.A.6. Approval of TASB Policy Update 110 affecting Local Policies

I.A.7. Review of Legal Policies in TASB Update 110

I.B. Items to be reviewed by the Instructional Committee for information only.

I.B.1. District-Wide Magnet Enrollment Report for 2018-2019

I.B.2. UCAN for Educators Program Update

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