August 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1. 7:00 P.M. - CALL TO ORDER

2. INVOCATION

3. PLEDGE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG AND TEXAS FLAG

4. RECOGNITION OF SPECIAL GUESTS

5. OPEN FORUM FOR AGENDA ITEMS

5.A. Persons attending the meeting may request an Open Forum Sign-Up Card. The card must be completed in its entirety and submitted to the Board President or designee by 7:00 p.m. The first Open Forum is limited to agenda items other than personnel, public officers, and individual/specific students. Speakers will be limited to three (3) minutes.  When more than one individual wishes to address the same agenda item, the President may ask the group to appoint one spokesperson.

6. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS

6.A. Minutes

6.A.1. Minutes 7.15.25

6.A.2. Minutes 7.17.25

6.A.3. Minutes 7.28.25

6.B. Personnel: Routine Action

6.B.1. Employment, Retirement(s), Termination(s)/Proposed Termination(s), Proposed Nonrenewal(s), Request(s) for Leave of Absence, Request(s) for Extended Leave Without Pay, Resignation(s), Reassignment(s), Request(s) for Temporary Disability, Job Abandonment, Proposed Extension of Probationary Contract(s), Proposed Suspension Without Pay, Administrator Contract Recommendations, Non-Administrator Contract Recommendations

6.B.2. Personnel Report 

6.B.2.a. Personnel Report 

6.C. Regular Reports of the Superintendent

6.C.1. Contract Listing 

6.C.1.a. Board Agenda Contracts

6.C.2. Property Tax Collection Report 

6.C.2.a. Tax Report

6.C.3. Revenue and Expenditure

6.C.3.a. Revenue and Expenditure Report 

6.C.3.b. Revenue and Expenditure Report - $16 Million Donation 

6.C.3.c. Revenue and Expenditure Report - Capital Projects Fund

6.D. Memorandum of Understanding for Dallas County Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program (DCJJAEP)

6.E. Public Information Act Schedule for 2025-2026

6.F. Cooperative Program Membership Fees

6.G. Approval of Cooperative Agreement between Grand Prairie Independent School District's Special Education Department and Head Start of Greater Dallas, Inc.

6.H. Approval of Shared Services Arrangement Agreement between Grand Prairie Independent School District's Special Education Department and Dallas Independents School District's Dallas Regional Day School Program for the Deaf

6.I. Resolution Approving Application of GASB 54 Standards for 2024-2025

7. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ACTION AGENDA ITEMS

7.A. Out-of-State Travel - 2025 Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship National Competition - New York, NY

7.B. Out-of-State Travel to 2025 SkillsUSA Washington Leadership Training 

7.C. 2025-2026 Student Code of Conduct

7.D. Policy Updates from 89th Legislative Session

8. INFORMATION/DISCUSSION ITEMS

8.A. Grand Prairie High School Construction Update

9. OPEN FORUM FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS

9.A. Persons attending the meeting may request an Open Forum Sign-Up Card. The card must be completed in its entirety and submitted to the Board President or designee by 7:00 p.m. This second Open Forum allows individuals to address the Board on any subject, except personnel and individual/specific students.  Any personnel concern should be brought directly to the attention of the Superintendent prior to the meeting.  Speakers will be limited to three (3) minutes.  When more than one individual wishes to address the same topic, the Board President may ask the group to appoint one spokesperson.

10. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION

10.A. Personnel Matters (§ 551.074)
Appointments, Discipline, Dismissals, Duties, Employment, Employment Contracts, Evaluations, Extensions, Leaves of Absence, Nonrenewals, Proposals for Nonrenewals, Renewals, Reassignments, Retirements, Job Abandonment, Terminations, Proposed Terminations, Requests for Leave of Absence, Requests for Extended Leave Without Pay, Proposed Suspension Without Pay, Resignations, and Settlements, for Administrators, Principals, Teachers and/or other Employees.

10.A.1. Chapter 21 Contract Recommendations for 2025-2026

10.A.2. The evaluation, duties, and discipline of a public officer 

10.B. Deliberation Regarding Real Property (§ 551.072).

10.C. School Children; School District Employees; Disciplinary Matter or Complaint (§ 551.082).

10.D. Consultation with Attorney (§ 551.071)
Consultation with the attorney with respect to pending or contemplated litigation, settlement offers, and matters where the attorney's duty to the district, pursuant to the code of professional responsibility of the State Bar of Texas, clearly conflicts with the provisions of the Open Meetings Act, or on a matter which the attorney determines should be confidential, including, but not limited to, contract negotiations in accordance with the Texas Government Code §§ 551.071, 551.082, 551.0821, 551.087.

10.E. Deliberation Regarding Security Devices or Security Audits (§§ 551.076; .089).
The deployment, or specific occasions for implementation, of security personnel or devices; or a security audit.

10.E.1. Intruder Detection Audit. 

10.E.2. Three-year Safety and Security Audit 

11. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION 

12. ACTION AS A RESULT OF CLOSED SESSION

13. COMMENTS FROM INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT UPDATE

13.A. Board of Trustees' expressions of thanks, congratulations, and condolences.

14. ADJOURNMENT