August 23, 2016 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1. Announcement by the Board President calling this meeting of the Taft Independent School District to order. Let the record show that a quorum of Board Members is present, that this meeting has been duly called, and that notice of this meeting has been posted in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 551.

2. Invocation

3. Taft ISD Credo and Taft ISD Board Goals

4. PUBLIC HEARING:  Proposed Budget and Tax Rate in Accordance with Section 44.004 Texas Education Code. Public Partition in the discussion is invited. The Board will provide time for Citizens to  present their views, opinions, suggestions, etc. regarding the proposed 2016-2017 General School District Budget and Tax Rate.

5. Public Comments: Comments are limited to five minutes per speaker. The Board Secretary will be the timekeeper and will inform the speaker when they have one (1) remaining minute. Should there be more than five (5) people who wish to speak on a particular issue they need to select one (1) representative to speak for them. The presiding officer or designee shall determine whether a person who wishes to address the Board has attempted to solve the 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.

6. Consent Agenda:

6.A. Approve Minutes of Board Meetings:

6.A.1. Regular Board Meeting on Tuesday, July 26, 2016.

6.A.2. Special Board Meeting Thursday, July 28, 2016.

6.A.3. Special Board Meeting Tuesday, August 2, 2016.  

6.A.4. Special Board Meeting, Tuesday, August 9, 2016.

6.A.5. Special Board Meeting Tuesday, August 16, 2016.

6.B. Approve Total Expenditures by Function Ending July 2016.

6.C. Approve Investment Report for July 2016.

6.D. Approve Summary of Taxes paid to Taft ISD for July 2016.  

6.E. Approve Child Nutrition Report for June 2016.

7. Discussion:

7.A. Taft Boys & Girls Club Report

7.B. Technology Department Report

7.C. Drug Testing/Synthetic Marijuana

7.D. District Attorney Fees

7.E. School Board Member Terms

7.F. Single School Board Election 

7.G. Resurfacing existing lot across the street from Administration Building.

7.H. Maintenance and Operations Department Report

7.I. Federal Programs Update

7.J. District Alternative Education Placement

7.K. Curriculum and Instruction Update

7.L. Principal's Report: Back to School and Student Enrollment

7.L.1. Taft High School

7.L.2. Taft Junior High

7.L.3. Petty Elementary

8. Items for Individual Consideration:

8.A. Discuss and/or Approve Policy Update 106, affecting LOCAL Policy CODE  EHBAF. 

8.B. Discuss and/or Approve Year End Budget Amendment for Fiscal Year 2015-2016.

8.C. Discuss and/or Approve an Order Setting the Tax Rate for the 2016-2017 Tax year. Proposed Tax Rate: $1.5349 with $1.1694 for Maintenance & Operations (M&O)and $0.3655 for Bonded Indebtedness (Interest and Sinking Fund (I&S).

8.D. Discuss and/or Approve Official Budget for Fiscal Year 2016-2017.

8.E. Discuss and/or Approve Certification of 2016 Appraisal Roll.

8.F. Discuss and/or Approve Appraised Calendar and Certified Appraisers.

8.G. Discuss and/or Approve Resolution of the 4-H Club Extracurricular Activity.

8.H. Discuss and/or Approve Adjunct Faculty Agreement with the 4H Club.

9. Closed Session: Board will adjourn into Closed Session pursuant to the following sections of the Texas Open Meetings Act. The Board will convene into Closed Session as authorized by the Texas Government Code, Chapter 551. et seq. TGC 551.074/551.071.

9.A. Employee Retiring:

9.A.1. Rose Cantu

10. Reconvened from Closed Session: The Board will take appropriate action on items, if necessary, as discussed in Closed Session.

11. Future Board Agenda Items from Board Members

12. Important Dates to Remember:

12.A. Regular Board Meeting Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 7:00 p.m.

13. Adjourn