Public Meeting Public Notice: June 9, 2015 at 6:30 PM - Regular Meeting

1. Call Meeting to Order for June 9, 2015.

1.A. Roll Call

1.B. Invocation & Pledge of Allegiance

2. Time for Public Comment:

3. Presentation(s):

3.A. Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP: Summary of Delinquent Tax Collection Activities and Results for the period of January 2014 through April 2015.

3.B. Preliminary STAAR Score Results

3.C. Communities in School

3.D. Preliminary Plan for WETC

4. Consent Agenda Items:

4.A. Approval of minutes for board meetings: Special Board Meeting, April 28, 2015 and Regular Board Meeting May 12, 2015.

4.B. Approval of Budget Amendments for the period ending May 20, 2015.

4.C. Approval of promotions, transfers, new hires, resignations, retirements and reassignments for professional contract personnel where Board Action is required. [Note: Board action on this item, if any, is limited to those personnel items that require Board action; otherwise, the item is for information only, whether or not the Board approves a motion to approve this item; and, in any event, the Board does not approve transfers, resignations previously approved by the Superintendent, retirements and reassignments.]

4.D. Approval of the 2015-2016 school year Board Meeting Schedule.

4.E. Submission and proposed adoption of legally referenced policies in TASB Localized Policy Manual Update 101; and submission of locally referenced policies in Update 101 for First Reading only except as otherwise recommended.

4.F. Submission of a resolution creating Policy CH (Exhibit) for first reading.

5. Individual Items for Consideration and Approval:

5.A. Proposed approval of the interlocal agreement with Houston Independent School District Medicaid Billing and Claiming Services for the School Health and Related Services (SHARS) program for the 2015-2016 school year.

5.B. Proposed approval the School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) Activity Annual Board Report, meeting dates and members for the 2015-2016 school year.

5.C. Proposed approval for a decrease in contract days for Speech and Language Pathologists (SLPs) to 187 days per contract year.

5.D. Proposed modification of Board Policy DC (Local) regarding "Employment Practices," to delegate to the Superintendent the final authority to select Speech and Language Pathologists (SLPs) through, and limited for, the 2015-2016 contract year due to the critical shortage of SLPs, or until otherwise determined by the Board, whichever is earlier, and subject to all other hiring practices of the District and/or state law.

5.E. Proposed approval to purchase copy paper for District-wide usage from Bosworth Paper Company in the amount not to exceed $21,630.00 utilizing local funds.

5.F. Proposed approval of the services of Garza/Gonzalez & Associates to conduct the required, annual, fiscal audit as prescribed by the State Board of Education for the year ending August 31, 2015, at a cost of $74,300.00 and, if additional time is necessary, an additional fee based on hours invested, at an hourly rate of $105.00, utilizing local funds.

5.G. Proposed approval to purchase office supplies, classroom supplies and materials from Office Depot in the amount of $8,819.03 utilizing local funds and Title I funds.

5.H. Proposed approval to purchase custodial flooring supplies and custodial equipment for all campuses from Hillyard Supplies in the amount of $65,476.79 utilizing local funds.

5.I. Proposed contract extension with Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP from May 1, 2015 through April 30, 2020.

5.J. Proposed approval of Bank Depository contract for the 2015-2017 Biennium with Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

5.K. Proposed approval to purchase office supplies and consumable items from Consolidated Office Systems for the Career & Technical Education Department and campuses in the amount of $1,844.27, funded through local state funds.

5.L. Proposed approval for the purchase of a variety of literature and professional books for the participants of the Abydos Summer writing institute from Title I funds in the amount of $32,500 from the The Twig Book Shop.

5.M. Proposed approval for the purchase of Learning Graph software and support from Edtech360 to provide a tool for student progress monitoring at a cost of $56,664.00 and payable from State Compensatory Education Funds.

5.N. Proposed approval of a purchase order to TASB Inc. to pay registration fees for School Board Members to attend the Summer 2015 Leadership Institute in the amount of $1,285.00 utilizing local funds.

5.O. Proposed approval for the purchase of Grammar Keepers Book Bundle from QEP Professional Books for participants of Gretchen Bernabei Professional Development, at a cost of $2,515.50 using Title I Funds.

5.P. Proposed approval to purchase one (1) Electric Pallet Jack from W. W. Grainger Inc., in the amount of $3,981.81, utilizing local funds.

5.Q. Proposed approval to purchase employee uniforms for the Physical Plant Services Department and rental dust mop service for the remainder of 2014-2015 school year for the Custodial Department from Cintas Corporation, at a cost of $12,184.94, utilizing local funds.

5.R. Proposed approval to purchase custodial supplies for District-wide purposes from Matera Paper Company, Inc., at a cost of $26,731.30, utilizing local funds.

5.S. Proposed approval to award RFP #15-026, Refrigeration and Kitchen Equipment Preventative Maintenance and Repair Service, to Reliance Air and Refrigeration.

5.T. Proposed approval to award RFP #15-029 Management and Operational Audit Review, to Gibson Consulting Group, Inc.

6. Motion to go into Closed Session:

6.A. [Section 551.071, Texas Government Code - Consultation with Attorney:] For a private consultation with the Board's attorney with respect to pending or contemplated litigation or settlement offers, and/or on matters where the attorney's duty to the Board, under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with the open government provisions of Chapter 551 of the Government Code, to wit:

6.A.1. Proposed MOU with Westside Development Corporation, ACCD, and City of SAT and related matters.

6.A.2. Legal issues associated with agenda items brought into Closed Session.

6.B. [Section 551.074, Texas Government Code - Personnel Matters:] To deliberate the, appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee, to wit:

6.B.1. Other appointments, employments, assignments and/or reassignments of personnel mentioned in the Superintendent's Personnel Report under Agenda Item IV (3).

7. Discussion/Action on matters taken up in Closed Session and/or matters listed in Section VI, whether or not items listed therein were taken into Closed Session; and matters listed under Sections IV and/or V, if any, taken into Closed Session under Section VI.

June 9, 2015 at 6:30 PM - Regular Meeting

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