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Meeting Agenda
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. PUBLIC HEARING
3.A. Public notice of intent to apply for ESSA and use of federal grant funds.
3.B. Date of public meeting to decide budget and proposed tax rate.
4. PUBLIC COMMENTS/AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
5. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
5.A. Campus Reports
5.A.a. Refugio Elementary School
5.A.b. Refugio Jr. High School 
5.A.c. Refugio High School
5.B. District Reports
5.B.a. Academics
5.B.b. Financials
5.B.b.1. Budget Status
5.B.b.2. Payment of bills
5.B.b.3. Statement of Account
5.C. Operations
5.C.a. Discuss track repair project
5.D. Mental Health Specialist Report
5.E. 2024-2025 Budget considerations
5.F. General comments on the state of the district
6. BOARD ADMINISTRATION
6.A. July Board Meeting - Thursday, July 25, 2024
6.B. Changes and/or impact on local, state, and federal funding.
7. CONSENT AGENDA 
7.A. Minutes from Regular Board Meeting -May 20, 2024
7.B. Minutes of Special Board Meeting - June 3, 2024 and June 12, 2024
7.C. Adopt the resolution identifying hazardous traffic conditions applicable to Refugio ISD.
7.D. Nominations to the Victoria Central Appraisal District Board of Directors to replace the vacancy of Jodi Sandoval, Representative for Victoria ISD.
7.E. Consider the elimination of tax discounts for early payment of taxes and continue with split payment of taxes.
7.F. Accept donations and amend the 2023-2024 budget.
8. NEW BUSINESS
8.A. Adopt TASB Policy Update 123, affecting local policies.
8.B. Consider and approve the budget amendments for the 2023-2024 budget.
8.C. Consider administrator salary schedule for 2024-2025. 
8.D. Consider and approve the Stipend and Extra Duty pay schedule for the 2024-2025 school year.
8.E. Consider the hourly pay salary schedule for 2024-2025
9. CLOSED SESSION - In accordance with Texas Government Code Sections 551.074, 551.075
9.A. Deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public office or employee or to hear complaints against an officer or employee.
9.B. To confer with employees of the school district to receive information or to ask questions.
9.C. Employment of probationary contract employee (s) for the 2024-2025 school year.
9.D. Employment of Non-Chapter 21 and/or Chapter 21 probationary contract employee (s) of the GSEC Special Education Cooperative for the 2024-2025 school year.
10. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION
10.A. Take any action necessary resulting from discussions held during closed session.
10.B. Employment of probationary contract employee (s) for the 2024-2025 school year.
10.C. Employment of Non-Chapter 21 and/or Chapter 21 probationary contract employee (s) of the GSEC Special Education Cooperative for the 2024-2025 school year.
11. ADJOURNMENT
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NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

REFUGIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2024

5:30 P.M.

 

A regular meeting of the board of Trustees of the Refugio Independent School District  will be held on Thursday, June 27, 2024, beginning at 5:30 PM. in the Administration Building – Distance Learning Center, 212 W. Vance Street, Refugio, Texas.

The subjects to be discussed or considered or upon which any formal action may be taken are as follows: (Items do not have to be taken in the order shown on this notice.)

Meeting: June 27, 2024 at 5:30 PM - June Board Meeting
Subject:
1. CALL TO ORDER
Subject:
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Subject:
3. PUBLIC HEARING
Subject:
3.A. Public notice of intent to apply for ESSA and use of federal grant funds.
Subject:
3.B. Date of public meeting to decide budget and proposed tax rate.
Subject:
4. PUBLIC COMMENTS/AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
Subject:
5. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
Subject:
5.A. Campus Reports
Subject:
5.A.a. Refugio Elementary School
Subject:
5.A.b. Refugio Jr. High School 
Subject:
5.A.c. Refugio High School
Subject:
5.B. District Reports
Subject:
5.B.a. Academics
Subject:
5.B.b. Financials
Subject:
5.B.b.1. Budget Status
Subject:
5.B.b.2. Payment of bills
Subject:
5.B.b.3. Statement of Account
Subject:
5.C. Operations
Subject:
5.C.a. Discuss track repair project
Subject:
5.D. Mental Health Specialist Report
Subject:
5.E. 2024-2025 Budget considerations
Subject:
5.F. General comments on the state of the district
Subject:
6. BOARD ADMINISTRATION
Subject:
6.A. July Board Meeting - Thursday, July 25, 2024
Subject:
6.B. Changes and/or impact on local, state, and federal funding.
Subject:
7. CONSENT AGENDA 
Subject:
7.A. Minutes from Regular Board Meeting -May 20, 2024
Subject:
7.B. Minutes of Special Board Meeting - June 3, 2024 and June 12, 2024
Subject:
7.C. Adopt the resolution identifying hazardous traffic conditions applicable to Refugio ISD.
Subject:
7.D. Nominations to the Victoria Central Appraisal District Board of Directors to replace the vacancy of Jodi Sandoval, Representative for Victoria ISD.
Subject:
7.E. Consider the elimination of tax discounts for early payment of taxes and continue with split payment of taxes.
Subject:
7.F. Accept donations and amend the 2023-2024 budget.
Subject:
8. NEW BUSINESS
Subject:
8.A. Adopt TASB Policy Update 123, affecting local policies.
Subject:
8.B. Consider and approve the budget amendments for the 2023-2024 budget.
Subject:
8.C. Consider administrator salary schedule for 2024-2025. 
Subject:
8.D. Consider and approve the Stipend and Extra Duty pay schedule for the 2024-2025 school year.
Subject:
8.E. Consider the hourly pay salary schedule for 2024-2025
Subject:
9. CLOSED SESSION - In accordance with Texas Government Code Sections 551.074, 551.075
Subject:
9.A. Deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public office or employee or to hear complaints against an officer or employee.
Subject:
9.B. To confer with employees of the school district to receive information or to ask questions.
Subject:
9.C. Employment of probationary contract employee (s) for the 2024-2025 school year.
Subject:
9.D. Employment of Non-Chapter 21 and/or Chapter 21 probationary contract employee (s) of the GSEC Special Education Cooperative for the 2024-2025 school year.
Subject:
10. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION
Subject:
10.A. Take any action necessary resulting from discussions held during closed session.
Subject:
10.B. Employment of probationary contract employee (s) for the 2024-2025 school year.
Subject:
10.C. Employment of Non-Chapter 21 and/or Chapter 21 probationary contract employee (s) of the GSEC Special Education Cooperative for the 2024-2025 school year.
Subject:
11. ADJOURNMENT

NOTICE OF MEETING

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

REFUGIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

Notice is hereby given that on the 27th day of June, 2024 the Refugio Independent School District Board of Trustees will hold a meeting at 5:30 PM in the Administration Building – Distance Learning Center located at 212 W. Vance Street, Refugio, Texas. The subjects to be discussed are listed on the agenda that is attached to and made a part of this notice.

If, during the course of the meeting, discussion of any item on the agenda should be held in a closed meeting, the Board will conduct a closed meeting in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Government Code, Chapter 551, Subchapters D and E or Texas Government Code section 418.183(f).  Before any closed meeting is convened, the presiding officer will publicly identify the section or sections of the

Texas Government Code Section:

418.183(f)               Deliberate information confidential under Government Code Sections 418.175-418.182, related to Homeland Security.

551.071                   Private consultation with the board's attorney only when it seeks the attorney’s advice about pending or contemplated litigation or a settlement offer or on a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the         Board under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with the requirement for open meetings.

551.072                   Deliberate purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property.

551.073                   Deliberate negotiated contracts for prospective gifts or donations.

551.074                   Deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer or employee or to hear complaints against an officer or employee.

551.075                   To confer with employees of the school district to receive information or to ask questions

551.076                   Deliberate the deployment, or specific occasions for implementation of, security personnel or devices, or a security audit.

551.0785              Deliberate the medical records or psychiatric records of an individual applicant for a benefit from a public insurance, health, or retirement plan or a matter that includes a consideration of the information  in the medical or psychiatric records of an individual applicant for a benefit from the plan.

551.082              Deliberate in a case involving discipline of a public school child, or in a case in which a complaint or charge is brought against a District employee by another employee and the complaint or charge   directly results in the need for a hearing. 

551.0821                 Deliberate a matter regarding a student if personally identifiable information about the student will necessarily be revealed by the deliberation. 

551.083                   Considering the standards, guidelines, terms, or conditions the board will follow, or will instruct its representatives to follow, in consultation with representatives of employee groups.

551.084                   Excluding witnesses from a hearing.

551.087             Discuss or deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the Board has received from a business prospect that the Board seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the District and  with which the Board is conducting economic development negotiations, or deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to such a business prospect.

551.089             Deliberate 1. Security assessments or deployments relating to information resources technology; 2. Network security information as described by Government Code 2059.055(b); or 3. The deployment,     or specific occasions for implementation, of security personnel, critical infrastructure, or security devices.

Education Code Section:

39.030(a)                 Discuss or adopt individual assessment instruments or assessment instrument items.

 Act authorizing the closed meeting.  All final votes, actions, or decisions will be taken in open meeting.  [See BEC (LEGAL)]

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