Jun 22, 2021 Regular Board Meeting

>> GOOD EVENING. I'M DAVID STOLLE,

[1. CALL TO ORDER: 5:30 P.M.]

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NOTING THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT, I CALL TO ORDER THIS BOARD MEETING OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT 5:31 PM ON TUESDAY, JUNE 22ND, 2021.

ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF, I WISH TO WELCOME OUR VIEWERS AND ALL WHO ARE PRESENT WITH US THIS EVENING.

LET ME INTRODUCE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES AND STAFF SEATED AT THE DIAS. SEATED TO MY LEFT.

SARA BONSER, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.

DR. THERESA WILLIAMS, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, SECRETARY JERI CHAMBERS, IN THE SEAT OF SHAME AT THE END.

[LAUGHTER] SEATED TO MY RIGHT VICE PRESIDENT, NANCY HUMPHREY.

TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL, TRUSTEE, DR. HEATHER WANG AND TRUSTEE CODY WEAVER.

TRUSTEE LAUREN TYRA IS ON THE WAY IN TRAFFIC, BUT WILL JOIN US SHORTLY.

AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK SUPERINTENDENT BONSER TO VERIFY THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT REGARDING THE NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING.

>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE, I VERIFY THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

>> PLEASE JOIN ME IN STANDING TO SAY

[2. PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE]

TONIGHT'S INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE WILL BE DELIVERED BY BOARD MEMBER CODY WEAVER. CODY.

[3. INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE]

>> THANK YOU. GIVE ME ONE MOMENT TO PULL IT UP. THERE WE GO.

TODAY'S BOARD MEETING FALLS BETWEEN TWO AMERICAN HOLIDAYS, JUNETEENTH AND INDEPENDENCE DAY.

ONE HOLIDAY MARKS THE END OF BRITISH TYRANNY OVER THE AMERICAN COLONIES, THE OTHER COMMEMORATES THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF A DIFFERENT TYPE OF TYRANNY.

ONE HOLIDAY DECLARES, "WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUALLY OR EQUAL, THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, THAT AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS." THE OTHER HOLIDAY ACKNOWLEDGES AND EFFECTUATE THE ETERNAL TRUTH OF THOSE WORDS.

I'D LIKE TO SHARE A FEW QUOTES REGARDING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IN HONOR OF INDEPENDENCE DAY COMING UP.

FIRST, THIS IS REGARDING THE FOUNDING FATHERS AND THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BY PRESIDENT LINCOLN.

HE SAID, "WISE MEN OR WISE STATESMAN AS THEY WERE, THEY KNEW THE TENDENCY OF PROSPERITY TO BREED TYRANTS, AND SO THEY ESTABLISHED THESE GREAT SELF-EVIDENT TRUTHS THAT WHEN IN A DISTANT FUTURE, SOME MEN, SOME FACTIONS, SOME INTERESTS, SHOULD SET UP THE DOCTRINE THAT NONE BUT RICH MEN OR NONE BUT WHITE MEN WERE ENTITLED TO LIFE, LIBERTY, AND PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.

THEIR ARE POSTERITY, MIGHT LOOK UP AGAIN TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND TAKE COURAGE TO RENEW THE BATTLE WHICH THEIR FATHERS BEGAN.

SO THAT TRUTH, AND JUSTICE, AND MERCY, AND ALL THE HUMANE AND CHRISTIAN VIRTUES MIGHT NOT BE EXTINGUISHED FROM THE LAND.

SO NO MAN WOULD HEREAFTER DEAR TO LIMIT OR CIRCUMSCRIBE THE GREAT PRINCIPLES ON WHICH THE TEMPLE OF LIBERTY WAS BEING BUILT." FREDERICK DOUGLASS WROTE IN "WHAT TO THE SLAVE IS THE 4TH OF JULY?" "I HAVE SAID THAT THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IS THE RING-BOLT TO THE CHAIN OF OUR NATION'S DESTINY SO INDEED, I REGARD IT.

THE PRINCIPLES CONTAINED IN THAT INSTRUMENT ARE SAVING PRINCIPLES.

STAND BY THOSE PRINCIPLES, BE TRUE TO THEM ON ALL OCCASIONS, IN ALL PLACES, AGAINST ALL FOES, AND AT WHATEVER COST." IN HIS LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL REGARDING THE DEMONSTRATORS OF BIRMINGHAM, MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR SAID, "ONE DAY THE SOUTH WILL KNOW THAT WHEN THESE DISINHERITED CHILDREN OF GOD SAT DOWN AT LUNCH COUNTERS, THEY WERE IN REALITY STANDING UP FOR WHAT IS BEST IN THE AMERICAN DREAM AND FOR THE MOST SACRED VALUES OF OUR JUDEO-CHRISTIAN HERITAGE, THEREBY BRINGING OUR NATION BACK TO THOSE GREAT WELLS OF DEMOCRACY, WHICH WERE DUG DEEP BY THE FOUNDING FATHERS IN THEIR FORMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE." FINALLY, BACK TO PRESIDENT LINCOLN AT GETTYSBURG.

HE SAID THAT, UNITED STATES HAD BEEN DEDICATED TO THE PROPOSITION THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL.

THE FOUNDERS MEANT SIMPLY TO DECLARE THE RIGHT SO THAT THE ENFORCEMENT OF IT MIGHT FOLLOW AS FACT OR AS FAST AS CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD PERMIT." HUMANITY AND HUMAN NATURE ARE FICKLE.

OUR FOUNDING FATHERS KNEW THIS.

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THEY PROVIDED HUMANITY WITH A VEHICLE TO RECOGNIZE AND DEFEND THE LAWS OF NATURE AND OF NATURE'S GOD.

THOUGH OUR FOUNDING FATHERS DID NOT LIVE TO SEE THEIR OWN ASPIRATIONAL WORDS COME TO FRUITION, THEY MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO PURSUE A MORE PERFECT UNION.

FOR THAT, I AM GRATEFUL.

I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A WONDERFUL INDEPENDENCE DAY, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, CODY. NEXT WE HAVE OUR RECOGNITIONS.

[4. RECOGNITIONS]

WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING, NATIONAL MERIT COLLEGE SPONSORED SCHOLARSHIPS HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO 18 STUDENTS, THAT'S PHENOMENAL.

TWO STUDENTS ARTWORKS WERE SELECTED AS TEXAS THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ART CONTEST WINNERS AND ARE ON DISPLAY IN THE US CAPITOL.

THE UIL STATE SPEECH AND DEBATE TOURNAMENTS, PLANO WEST WON THE 6A TEAM CHAMPION.

PLANO WEST STUDENT DEBATERS WON FIRST PLACE IN LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATE AND PERSUASIVE SPEAKING.

PLANO ISD HAD 22 PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR CANDIDATES AND FIVE SEMI-FINALISTS.

APPLICATION IS BY INVITATION ONLY AND BASED ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, CHARACTER, LEADERSHIP, AND SERVICE.

FINALLY, AT THE REGENERON INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR, 13 STUDENTS WON 9 GRAND PRIZE AWARDS AND 11 STUDENTS WON SPECIAL AWARDS.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN APPLAUDING THESE TALENTED STUDENTS.

[APPLAUSE] THE EVENING, WE'RE ALSO RECOGNIZING A NATIONAL WINNER IN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

DR. KATRINA HASLEY, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR ACADEMIC SERVICES WILL INTRODUCE THIS RECOGNITION. DR. HASLEY.

>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO INTRODUCE OUR WINNER OF A NATIONAL BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE DIGITAL MEDIA PRODUCTION EVENT.

I INVITE DIRECTOR OF CTE, KAREN BUECHMAN TO THE PODIUM TO INTRODUCE OUR WINNER AND ALSO TO ACKNOWLEDGE, KELLEY MOSS OUR CTE COORDINATOR WHO IS ALSO HERE IN SUPPORT.

>> GREAT. THANK YOU. TONIGHT WE ARE EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE TIFFANY HWANG FOR HER ACHIEVEMENT IN THE BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA.

TIFFANY IS A PLANO EAST STUDENT WHO COMPETED IN THE DIGITAL MEDIA COMPETITION.

SHE BEGAN HER JOURNEY AT THE REGIONAL COMPETITION.

FROM THERE, SHE QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE COMPETITION AND PLACE FORTH.

THAT THEN QUALIFIED HER FOR NATIONALS FOR TIFFANY BROUGHT HOME A FIRST-PLACE WIN IN THE COMPETITION.

TIFFANY'S BPA ADVISOR FOR THE COMPETITION WAS MALIA HUDSON WHO COULD NOT BE HERE WITH US TONIGHT, BUT WITH US IS TIFFANY.

CONGRATULATIONS, TIFFANY.

[APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU BOTH.

TO EXCEL AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL TAKES A LOT OF COMMITMENT.

TIFFANY, WHAT WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF THE COMPETITION AND TELL US WHAT ARE YOUR FUTURE PLANS AS A RECENT PLANO EAST GRAD?

>> I THINK PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT ASPECTS OF THE COMPETITION WAS COMPETING VIRTUALLY AND ALSO NOT HAVING MY ADVISOR BY MY SIDE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS.

IT DEFINITELY WAS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THE COMPETITION ALL VIRTUALLY AND ALSO TRYING TO COMPLETE MY PROJECT AND PRODUCING THE PROJECT ALL ON MY OWN VIRTUALLY.

THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT ASPECTS OF PARTICIPATING IN THE COMPETITION THIS YEAR.

ONE OF MY FUTURE PLANS AS A RECENT PLANO EAST GRADUATE COULD BE ATTENDING COLLEGE AT BARNARD COLLEGE IN NEW YORK CITY.

I'M VERY EXCITED TO CONTINUE IN PURSUING ON ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS CAREER OPTIONS IN COLLEGE.

HOPEFULLY, I CAN CONTINUE ALONG IN THAT PATHWAY TOWARDS BECOMING AN ENTREPRENEUR.

>> THAT BET IS VERY IMPRESSIVE AND ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS.

FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, ANYBODY LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?

>> WELL, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH ON TIFFANY AND SHE'S QUITE A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL STUDENT.

SHE MAY HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THIS PARTICULAR THING, BUT I'VE ALSO SEEN SHE'S QUITE THE DEVELOPMENT IN FUNDRAISER FOR DIFFERENT THINGS OF WHICH SHE IS EXCITED ABOUT.

THAT COMBINATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP WITH HER SCIENCE, I'M LOOKING FOR GREAT THINGS.

TIFFANY, WE CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR BACK ABOUT HOW YOU TAKE CARE OF THINGS IN NEW YORK FOR US FROM TEXAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> HI, TIFFANY. I JUST WONDER IF WE'LL RELATED 5000 YEARS AGO.

[LAUGHTER] MY LAST NAME IS W-A-N-G, YOUR LAST NAME IS H-W-A-N-G. IS THERE A [FOREIGN] OR [FOREIGN]?

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>> IT'S [FOREIGN]

>> [FOREIGN] OKAY, WE ARE NOT RELATED.

[LAUGHTER] CONGRATULATIONS TIFFANY. PROUD OF YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> CONGRATULATIONS TIFFANY.

IS AMAZING FOR YOU DID WIN THIS AMAZING AWARD AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, I'M AN ENTREPRENEUR TOO SO JUST IN CASE YOU MIGHT IN THE FUTURE BE A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WE'RE ALL ENCOURAGING YOU TO BE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

[LAUGHTER]

>> TIFFANY, GREAT JOB.

A NATIONAL AWARD IS EXCEPTIONAL AND YOU OBVIOUSLY KNOW THAT AND YOU'RE GOING TO A GREAT COLLEGE.

BEST OF LUCK TO YOU AND JUST KEEP UP THAT GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> CONGRATULATIONS TIFFANY.

WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU AND VERY EXCITED FOR YOUR FUTURE AND COME BACK AND VISIT US AND LET US KNOW HOW YOU'RE DOING, OKAY?

>> OF COURSE, THANK YOU.

>> CONGRATULATIONS.

>> YOU SPOKE ABOUT WHAT WAS REALLY CHALLENGING, WHICH BY THE WAY THOSE SKILLS ARE ABSOLUTELY NEEDED IN YOUR FUTURE CAREER AS A SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR.

WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS THE MOST REWARDING ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO LOOK BACK ON 10 YEARS AND THINK FONDLY ABOUT?

>> I THINK PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST REWARDING ASPECTS WAS BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE MY VIDEO THAT I SUBMITTED FOR THE COMPETITION TO TRY TO EDUCATE PARENTS AND STUDENTS TO VIEW MY VIDEO PROJECT TO HELP IN JUST MAKING THE COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS A LOT SIMPLER AND HOPEFULLY LESS STRESSFUL BECAUSE IT IS A VERY COMPLICATED AND STRESSFUL PROCESS.

HOPEFULLY, IT CAN HELP SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS A BIT.

AT THE SAME TIME, I KNOW THAT UTILIZING MY VIDEO PROJECT WITHIN THE COMPETITION ALSO IS A COMPONENT TOWARDS WHAT ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BEING IN BUSINESS IS ALL ABOUT, WHICH IS CREATING SOLUTIONS FOR REAL-WORLD ISSUES.

I THINK BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT ASPECT OF BUSINESS IS ALSO A VERY REWARDING ASPECT TO IT.

>> IT DEFINITELY SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A STARTUP IDEA AND THERE ARE SOMEWHERE KEEP THINKING ABOUT IT.

CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WELL, THANK YOU TIFFANY. WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE FOR YOU THAT WILL BE MAILED TO YOUR HOME.

WE WISH YOU LUCK IN WHAT I'M SURE IS GOING TO BE A BRIGHT FUTURE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO GREAT THINGS FROM YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> ABSOLUTELY. HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

>> YOU TOO, THANK YOU.

>> WE'RE GOING TO PAUSE VERY BRIEFLY WHILE WE SWITCH ZOOMS. [LAUGHTER] I THINK WE HAVE ACTUALLY A FAIRLY LARGE GROUP COMING IN NEXT SO WE MIGHT LIKE TO TELL A JOKE? [NOISE] WE SHOULD HAVE, YES.

I THINK WE'RE READY TO PROCEED.

[5. REPORTS]

WE HAVE A 143 DIFFERENT VOLUNTEERS.

PLANO ISD HAS FIVE COMMITTEES WHOSE MEMBERS MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD AND THE DISTRICT BASED IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE.

THIS COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO ARE VOLUNTEERS, STAFF AND IN SOME CASES STUDENTS COMMIT TO THREE YEARS OF SERVICE.

THEY ARE ESSENTIAL TO HELPING US CARRY OUT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR TALENT, TIME AND SERVICE.

WELCOME EVERYBODY, THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING, OUR RECOGNITION SLIDESHOW HONORED YOU ALL BY NAME AND BY COMMITTEE.

WE SINCERELY THANK EACH ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION DURING THIS CHALLENGING SCHOOL YEAR.

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YOUR ROLE HAS BEEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER.

THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE STAFF LIAISONS FOR THESE COMMITTEES; CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE DIRECTOR CTE; CARE BETHMANN, DIVERSITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE; TOM KING, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION AND BRIAN LYONS, DIRECTOR FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.

FOR THE SCHOOL HEALTH COMMITTEE: STACY ETELLOH, DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES AND MOLLY PIPETTE, CO-ORDINATOR OF K THROUGH 12 HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION.

FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED COMMITTEE; DR. RHONDA DAVIS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR ADVANCED ACADEMICS AND COLLEGE CAREER MILITARY READINESS; ANN KEVIN MOORE COORDINATED FOR GIFTED AND TALENTED SERVICES.

FINALLY, FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.

JANET CROW, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES.

BOARD MEMBERS, BEFORE I MAKE A COMMENT.

WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SAY THANKS TO OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS?

>> I'LL JUMP IN AND SAY THANK YOU.

I KNOW A FEW YEARS BACK THE BOARD WAS VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT MAKING CERTAIN THAT WE HAD GOALS SET FOR THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND SO I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

YOU'RE NOT JUST SITTING ON A COMMITTEE GETTING CREDIT FOR YOUR RESUME.

YOU GUYS ARE REALLY MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HELP US AND INFORM US AS A BOARD.

WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU SPEND AND SERVE WITH OUR STUDENTS IN MIND.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF IT.

I KNOW THAT NOT ALL OF YOU ARE ON THE THE SCREEN, BUT WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE OF YOU. THANK YOU.

>> THIS IS [INAUDIBLE] AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING ON THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE TERM FOR THE COMMITTEES ARE THREE YEARS AND THUS IS A VERY LONG COMMITMENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMMITTING TO OUR PLANO ISD STUDENTS.

>> I TOO WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THAT.

I KNOW THE TIME COMMITMENT IS NOT EASY AND NOT EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY HAS A TIMER WHO IS WILLING TO DO IT.

EVERYTHING YOU CONTRIBUTE MATTERS AND WE'RE ALWAYS GLAD TO HEAR YOUR VOICE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

>> I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES SERVING ON A COMMITTEE LIKE THIS FEELS LIKE YOU'RE RAGING AGAINST THE MACHINE, BUT I REALLY WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS IN NANCY TAKA.

WHEN NANCY SAID A FEW YEARS AGO, WE REVAMPED OUR BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEES BECAUSE WE WANTED TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GIVE US REAL FEEDBACK ON REAL ISSUES THAT WE CAN THEN TAKE TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND SAY, "IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO PUT INTO ACTION REMEDIES FOR THESE ITEMS THAT OUR BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEES HAVE STUDIED?" YOUR WORK IS REAL, IT'S IMPORTANT AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU ALL.

WE MISSED LAST YEAR'S PRESENTATIONS AND WE'RE NOW GETTING TO THIS YEAR'S PRESENTATIONS.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

WE'RE EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THE REPORTS.

AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR SERVING.

THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE.

I HOPE YOU ALL REALIZE THAT.

THAT WAS MY VAMPING AND SO LESLIE'S PROBABLY FREAKING OUT ON ME. LET ME GET BACK TO THIS.

[LAUGHTER] I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING AND FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU DO TO HELP US EDUCATE, INSPIRE, AND EMPOWER EVERY STUDENT TO ACTIVATE THEIR UNIQUE POTENTIAL IN A DYNAMIC WORLD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO PLANO ISD, AND AFTER RECOGNITION, THE BOARD WILL HEAR AN UPDATE REGARDING THE BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

WE INVITE YOU ALL TO SIT TIGHT, WATCH THE LIVE STREAM.

THERE'S A LINK TO IT ON THE WEBSITE.

FELLOW TRUSTEES, IF YOU'LL NOW JOIN ME IN APPLAUDING THESE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, [OVERLAPPING] I APPRECIATE IT.

WAIT, WE HAVE ONE MORE.

>> JUST ONE MORE. ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION, I WISH I COULD SEE EVERY SCREEN OF ALL THE FACES, BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU ENOUGH HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO REPRESENT THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT WE SERVE WORKING ON THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT.

I KNOW SOMETIMES AS DAVID SAID, YOU GET ON A COMMITTEE AND YOU WONDER, IS IT MAKING A DIFFERENCE? I'M TELLING YOU, IT IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR VOICE, BUT MORE THAN THAT, YOU WORK HARD.

I THINK SOMETIMES THERE'S A MISCONCEPTION YOU GO TO SOME MEETINGS, BUT I KNOW WE WORK YOU HARD BEHIND THE SCENES, AND SO PLEASE KNOW WE DON'T TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED AND ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND THE WORK YOU'LL CONTINUE TO DO ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS SERVED BY PLANO ISD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FROM THE ADMINISTRATION.

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>> CAN I SAY SOMETHING DAVID? [BACKGROUND] THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART.

I STARTED BASICALLY SERVING BISD WITH THE PD AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

EVER SINCE WE HAD A NEW VISION AND STRATEGIC PLAN.

I SEE WITH MY OWN EYES HOW MUCH PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE AND HOW MUCH MORE ESSENTIAL YOUR WORK HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY IN THE YEAR OF PANDEMIC, LAST YEAR.

I APPRECIATE THE ADMINISTRATION FOR PUTTING SO MUCH EMPHASIS ON AND APPRECIATE OUR BOARD.

REALLY VALUING YOUR INPUT.

AGAIN, YOU ARE ESSENTIAL, AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU.

>>YEAH, PLEASE JOIN ME IN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE] YOU'RE ABOUT TO BE WIPED OFF THE ZOOM, BUT STAY RIVETED TO THE MEETING AS I KNOW YOU ALL WELL.

[LAUGHTER] WE MIGHT HAVE AN AUDIBLE HERE.

WE HAVE ONE MORE RECOGNITION, BUT OUR GUEST HAS NOT YET ARRIVED, I DON'T BELIEVE. [BACKGROUND] OKAY.

VERY GOOD. THIS IS OUR FINAL INTRODUCTION FOR A STATE CHAMPION WRESTLER, TAGIN JAMIESON.

>> [BACKGROUND] YOU CAN IMAGINE WHEN YOU'RE WRESTLING WITH ANOTHER OPPONENT FROM ANOTHER CITY, HOW THAT COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.

WITH THE HELP OF THE UIL AND SUPPORT FROM YOU GUYS IN OUR DISTRICT, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A WRESTLING SEASON AND IT WAS AWESOME.

WE WERE ABLE TO CROWN STATE CHAMPIONS.

WE DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT A LONG TIME AGO, BUT HERE IT GOES.

WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT.

WE DID CROWN A STATE CHAMPION THIS YEAR AND HIS NAME IS TAGIN JAMIESON.

I WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM SO YOU GUYS CAN UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM.

FIRST OF ALL, HE'S A SENIOR, HE IS GRADUATING THIS YEAR FROM PLANO WEST.

HE'LL BE ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ON A FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO WRESTLE.

MINNESOTA HAS AN OUTSTANDING WRESTLING PROGRAM AND SO EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO AT MINNESOTA, BUT BEFORE THAT, THREE YEARS AGO, TAGIN WON STATE AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2019, WHICH IS VERY HARD TO DO.

OUR WRESTLING DISTRICT IS ARGUABLY THE TOUGHEST IN THE STATE, AND SO TO WIN A STATE GOLD MEDAL, YOU GOT TO WIN THE DISTRICT.

YOU GOT TO GET OUT TO REGIONALS AND THEN YOU GO TO THE STATE COMPETITION.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE ARE MANY MATCHES ALONG THE WAY TO WIN A GOLD MEDAL AND TAGIN PERSEVERED AND WON IN 2019.

THEN IN 2020, HE WAS THE STATE RUNNER-UP.

HE WON THE SILVER IN 2020.

THEN THIS PAST YEAR, HE WON GOLD AGAIN.

HE'S THE FIRST TWO-TIME GOLD MEDALIST IN PISD HISTORY FOR A MALE WRESTLER.

THAT'S QUITE AN HONOR FOR TAGIN, BUT A PRETTY AWESOME RUN OF THREE YEARS AS A WRESTLER REPRESENTING PLANO WEST AND OUR DISTRICT.

JUST WANTED TO HONOR HIM FOR HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

THESE GUYS DO A LOT OF WRESTLING OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.

HE'S RANKED NUMBER 15 NATIONALLY.

WHO KNOWS, MAYBE ONE DAY BE WRESTLING IN THE OLYMPICS OR FOR SURE WRESTLING IN MINNESOTA.

JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HIM FOR HIS HARD WORK.

AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

>> THANK YOU. WE REALLY WISH THAT TAGIN COULD BE HERE WITH US TONIGHT.

I KNOW THAT HE'S DISAPPOINTED THAT HE'S NOT ABLE TO, BUT PLANO HAS A RICH HISTORY IN WRESTLING.

I THINK THIS IS NOW THE THIRD OR FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW THAT WE'VE HAD A WRESTLING STATE CHAMPION HONORED AT OUR MEETING.

IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE.

AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS DISTRICT IS VERY COMPETITIVE RELATIVE TO WRESTLING.

BOARD MEMBERS, WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE A FURTHER COMMENT?

>>I'LL JUST SAY IN THIS DAY AND AGE, WITH EVERYTHING THE STUDENTS HAD TO GO THROUGH AND ALL OF THE SPORTS, BUT RIGHT HERE IN WRESTLING, THIS WAS A VERY DIFFICULT YEAR.

TO PERSEVERE, KEEP THE TRAINING.

I KNOW THERE'S LESS PEOPLE LOOKING OVER YOUR SHOULDER ON THOSE DAYS OFF OR IN-BETWEEN TRAINING.

I'M SURE HE HAD TO HAVE A LOT OF DISCIPLINE AND KEEPING HIMSELF MOTIVATED AND IN THE PHYSICAL SHAPE, HE NEEDS TO BE, TO BE A CHAMPION.

IT OBVIOUSLY PAID OFF.

IT SOUNDS LIKE HE'S GOT A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF HIM AND EXCITED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT.

I GUESS I'M GOING TO BE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING

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>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> GREAT. CONGRATULATIONS

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO TIGAN, BUT ALSO TO THE PLANO WEST WRESTLING FACULTY.

IT'S REALLY ESSENTIAL THAT THESE STUDENT-ATHLETES HAVE GREAT COACHING AND MENTORING AND YOU GUYS ARE SUPPORTING THEM.

THIS IS A WONDERFUL ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR HIM AND WE WISH HIM THE BEST IN MINNESOTA.

ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU GUYS, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED MENTORSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO STUDENTS.

>> REALLY PROUD OF COACH, GOODWELL, HE'S THE HEAD WRESTLING COACH OF PLANO WEST.

AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, JUST A GREAT TRADITION IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, BUT COACH GOODWELL AND HIS TEAM OF COACHES HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.

WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THEM AND PROUD OF OUR KIDS.

WE ALSO HAD SOME STATE RUNNER-UPS AND SMALLER KIDS AT METAL DOWN THERE.

FROM PLANO WEST, SO VERY PROUD OF THEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> JUST FOR THE BOARD, COACH SNIF AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO PLANO WEST AND THEY HAD THE WRESTLING BANNERS, AND SO WE GOT TO GO FOR THE RAISING OF THE BANNER AND CELEBRATE WITH THE BOOSTER CLUB AND THE PARENTS AND THE COACHES AND REALLY HAVE A CELEBRATION IN THE GYM, WHICH IS A LOT OF FUN.

I ALSO KNOW THAT TAGIN WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING NEXT MONDAY.

THE MAYOR'S GOING TO DO A RECOGNITION AS WELL.

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND TO THE WRESTLING TEAM AND ESPECIALLY TO TAGIN IN THE PLANO WEST WRESTLING PROGRAM.

IT'S ALWAYS HARD TO [LAUGHTER] KEEP UP THE TRADITION, BUT I BELIEVE THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY.

>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. LESLIE, DO WE HAVE OTHER WRESTLERS?

>> WELL, I THINK WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL.

WE APPRECIATE THE CHAMPIONSHIP-LEVEL, CHAMPIONSHIP-CALIBER ATHLETES IN PLANO.

WE WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND THE STAFF AND REALLY THANK OUR STUDENTS FOR REPRESENTING US WELL.

JUST VERY BRIEFLY, JOIN ME IN APPLAUDING TAGIN AND THE OTHER WRESTLING STUDENTS.

[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. WELL, I THINK WE HAVE ALL READY LET ALL OF OUR VISITORS GO, BUT THIS CONCLUDES THE RECOGNITION PORTION OF OUR AGENDA, AND SO IF ANY OF OUR VISITORS ARE STILL HERE YOU ARE FREE TO LEAVE.

THE BOARD WILL NOW HEAR THE 2021 BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORTS FROM DR. KATRINA HASLETT, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR ACADEMIC SERVICES, AND DR. COURTNEY GOVER ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY SERVICES. DR HASLETT.

>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STYL.

SO I'M PRIVILEGED TO BRING THE FIRST THREE REPORTS TO YOU AND THEN DR. GOVER WILL BRING THE DIVERSITY COMMITTEE REPORT.

SO TO START WITH, THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS AGAIN FACILITATED BACK HERE IN BATEMAN OUR CTE DIRECTOR, AND REALLY THE WHOLE CTE DEPARTMENT WORKS CLOSELY WITH THIS COMMITTEE.

THESE ARE THE GOALS THAT THEY WORKED ON THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR.

THE COMMITTEE MET SEVERAL TIMES AND DURING EACH MEETING OF COURSE, THEY WORKED ON MAKING PROGRESS TOWARD EACH OF THESE SKILLS.

SO THIS JUST GIVES A LITTLE IMAGE FOR EACH OF THE THREE GOALS AND I'LL EXPLAIN SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE IN THESE AREAS.

SO THE FIRST GOAL AGAIN, WAS ABOUT REVIEWING THE CURRENT PROGRAMS OF STUDY AND DETERMINE IF ANY ADDITIONAL HIGH-WAGE, HIGH-DEMAND PATHWAYS WERE NEEDED.

SO LAST YEAR, AS YOU'LL REMEMBER, TEA ROLLED OUT PROGRAMS OF STUDY AND AS YOU MIGHT RECALL, WE HAVE CTE CAREER CLUSTERS AND WITH NOW UNDER EACH CAREER CLUSTER THERE IS A PROGRAM OF STUDY AND THE PROGRAM OF STUDY PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH A CORE SEQUENCE THAT TIES TO AN ENDORSEMENT OR CERTIFICATION AND OFFERS STRONG VERTICAL ALIGNMENT BETWEEN SECONDARY AND POST-SECONDARY OPPORTUNITIES.

THIS COMMITTEE REVIEWED OUR CURRENT PLANS AND SOME DATA FROM TEA AND INTERLINK, THEY HAD IDENTIFIED SOME HIGH-WAGE, HIGH-DEMAND FIELDS IN THE AREA.

AS THEY WERE WORKING ON THIS, THE SUBSEQUENT MEETING WAS CANCELED DUE TO THE WINTER WEATHER AND SO THEY REALLY WANT TO CONTINUE THE WORK ON THIS PARTICULAR GOAL IN THE COMING YEAR.

BUT THEY DID REVIEW ABOUT TWELVE OPPORTUNITIES AND WANT TO CONTINUE LOOKING AT THOSE IN THE COMING YEAR.

THE SECOND GOAL WAS EXAMINING ADDITIONAL INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS.

SO WHEN LOOKING AT THOSE CERTIFICATIONS, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW IN THE DISTRICT ALL READY, SOME ARE RECOGNIZED BY TEA AND THEY COUNT TOWARD THE CCMR AND WE DO ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER CERTIFICATIONS THAT WE PROVIDE THAT ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE STUDENTS AND PREPARE THEM TO BECOME WORKFORCE READY BUT THEY ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE TEA LIST.

SO WE'RE STUDYING TO SEE WHICH ADDITIONAL ONES WE NEED TO INCLUDE.

WE ALL READY ADDED SEVEN ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS THIS PAST YEAR, AND THOSE ARE ADOBE CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE IN DESIGN,

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SO WE ARE ALSO HAVE IDENTIFIED TO ADD IN THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR MEDICAL SCRIBE AND MEDICAL ASSISTING IN THE 2021 SCHOOL YEAR, AND THAT'LL BE THROUGH THE HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMY.

THE THIRD GOAL THE COMMITTEE WORKED ON WAS TO ENHANCE THE MARKETING EFFORTS FOR THE PISD INDUSTRIES ACADEMY AT COLLIN COLLEGE TECHNICAL CAMPUS.

THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE HAD STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM, WE STARTED WITH JUNIORS AND THE COMMITTEE PROVIDED LOTS OF INPUT AND IDEAS ON HOW TO MARKET THAT AND REACH OUT TO MORE FAMILIES AND STUDENTS TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION.

SO WITH THEIR IDEAS WE INCREASED MARKETING EFFORTS AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE JUNIORS AND SENIORS ENROLLED FOR THE PROGRAM NEXT YEAR AT COLLIN CAMPUS.

WE HAVE THEM ENROLLED IN THE AREAS OF BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT, TECHNICAL TECHNOLOGY, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, AND INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION, COMPUTER NETWORKING, DRAFTING, AND WELDING.

SO WE HAVE 42 JUNIORS AND 20 SENIORS WHO WILL BE ATTENDING THOSE PROGRAMS NEXT YEAR.

SO THE COMMITTEE HAS PROPOSED THESE TWO GOALS FOR THE WORK IN THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR AND AGAIN, IT'S CONTINUING LOOKING CLOSELY AT THOSE HIGH WAGE HIGH DEMAND PATHWAYS USING SOME SURVEY RESULTS AND CONTINUE TO EXAMINE THAT FOR OUR CAMPUSES.

THEN SECONDLY, THEY WANT TO WORK ON DEVELOPING A COLLEGE CAREER READINESS NIGHT FOR ALL STAKEHOLDERS.

THIS WOULD BE A DISTRICT WIDE EVENT WHICH REALLY WOULD BE A TRANSITION NIGHT BETWEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, AND FOCUSING ON THE CCMR OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AS WELL AS ADVANCED ACADEMICS.

SO THAT WOULD BE A COMBINED EFFORT ACROSS SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS.

AS WE SCROLLED EARLIER HERE ARE THE CTE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHICH WE APPRECIATE SO MUCH THEIR WORK, AND AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER THE COMMITTEES DO WORK, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE HOMEWORK BETWEEN MEETINGS AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR INPUT.

SO THE NEXT REPORT IS ABOUT OUR GIFTED AND TALENTED WORK AND THIS COMMITTEE IS FACILITATED BY KEVIN MOORE, OUR GT COORDINATOR, AND DR. RHONDA DAVIS.

JUST AS AN INTRODUCTION, PLANO ISD CURRENTLY SERVES OVER 9000 STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS GIFTED IN NEED OF GIFTED SERVICES.

SO THE MISSION OF THE PLANO ACADEMIC AND CREATIVE EDUCATION OR PACE, IS TO PROVIDE A CHALLENGING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT NURTURES THE UNIQUE POTENTIAL OF GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS.

SO HERE ARE THE TWO GOALS THAT THIS COMMITTEE WORKED ON THIS PAST YEAR.

CONSIDERING PARENT INPUT ON THE STRESS LEVEL OF GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS DURING TRANSITION, AND THEN INVESTIGATING PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WITH BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.

SO THE WORK ON THE FIRST GOAL INCLUDED PROVIDING INPUT ON OBSERVED FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO STRESS.

THIS WAS A TOPIC REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THE PARENTS WHO WERE ON THE COMMITTEE, THAT THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME DIVING INTO AND DEVELOPED A SURVEY THAT WILL BE USED IN THIS NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THAT TO FAMILIES OF STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THE GIFTED SERVICES.

THE DRAFT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND WE'D LIKE TO USE IT IN THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, THIS YEAR WAS SO DIFFERENT THAT WE THOUGHT WE'D HAVE A MORE NORMAL LOOKING YEAR IN ORDER TO GATHER THE INPUT FROM THE SURVEY.

THE SECOND GOAL THEY WORKED ON WAS TO INVESTIGATE PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.

THIS IS TO BRING MORE POTENTIAL MENTOR SHIPS AND INDEPENDENT STUDY OPPORTUNITIES FOR GIFTED STUDENTS.

SO THEY EXPLORED LOTS OF DIFFERENT COURSE OPTIONS AND HAD SOME PRESENTATIONS FROM SOME VENDORS AND EXPORT OTHER DISTRICT MODELS AND THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST IN DIVING DEEPER INTO THIS TOPIC AND REALLY THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION TO WORK MORE ON HOW TO BRING REAL LIFE PARTNERSHIPS AND EXPERIENCES INTO THE CLASSROOM FOR OUR STUDENTS HERE IN THE PACE PROGRAM.

SO HERE ARE THE PROPOSED GOALS FROM THE GIFTED AND TALENTED COMMITTEE FOR NEXT YEAR; TO EXPLORE BUSINESS COMMUNITY HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS, A CONTINUATION OF THAT OTHER GOAL.

THEN THEY WOULD REALLY LIKE TO INVESTIGATE RESOURCES TO EMPOWER PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BE STRONGER, MORE WELL INFORMED ADVOCATES FOR GIFTED EDUCATION.

THERE IS A STRONG INTEREST IN THIS.

A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I BELIEVE WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE LOTS OF ATTENDANCE AT A PARENT EVENT AND THEN WE'VE HAD COVID A COUPLE OF PARTS OF TWO YEARS.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET BACK TO THOSE EVENTS AS WELL.

[00:35:01]

HERE ARE THE GIFTED TALENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS NAMES WHO WE APPRECIATE VERY MUCH, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND MANY HAD BEEN ON THE COMMITTEE FOR NOW THREE YEARS.

SO THE COMMITTEE WAS ABLE TO MEET FOUR TIMES THROUGH ZOOM BUT AS KEVIN SHARED HERE, EVEN THROUGH ZOOM THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE ABLE TO FORM THEIR OWN LITTLE COMMUNITY AS THEY WORKED ON THESE THINGS.

SO FOR THE THIRD REPORT, WE HAVE SPECIAL EDUCATION BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THIS IS FACILITATED BY JANNA CROW AND REALLY THE WHOLE SPED LEADERSHIP TEAM WORKS WITH THIS COMMITTEE TOO.

THEIR GOAL FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR WAS TO DESIGN OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT IN THE SCHOOL PROCESS BY PROVIDING ENHANCED OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARENTS TO LEARN AND LEARN MORE ABOUT FAMILY SUPPORT AND CARE.

SO THIS COMMITTEE LIKE ALL THE OTHERS WORKED REALLY HARD AND THEY ACTUALLY HAD SOME EVENTS TO TAKE PLACE, EVEN IN A VIRTUAL YEAR, THAT PROVIDED PARENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN.

THEY PROVIDED INPUT ON TOPICS THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR FAMILIES IN THE AREAS OF DEVELOPING PARENT TRAINING LUNCHES WHERE THEY OFFERED FOUR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND ALSO DESIGNED A PARENT CONFERENCE, WHICH WAS A VIRTUAL CONFERENCE WHICH TOOK PLACE IN MAY.

SO THIS IS ONE OF THE FLIERS FOR THE PARENT LUNCH LEARNING HOUR AS I SAID, THEY HAD TWO IN THE FALL AND TWO IN THE SPRING.

THESE TOPICS WERE USING GOOGLE CLASSROOM TO HELP YOUR STUDENT, WHICH WAS VERY TIMELY AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WAS LEARNING ALL ABOUT THE ARD COMMITTEE PROCESS AND NAVIGATING THOSE MEETINGS.

SO EVEN THESE WERE VIRTUAL AND SO WHILE WE DID HAVE ATTENDANCE AT BOTH, WE ALSO RECORDED THE PRESENTATION SO THAT WE'RE STARTING A VIRTUAL LIBRARY FOR PARENTS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN TOPICS LATER ON.

THEY MADE THESE AVAILABLE TO PARENTS AND SCHOOL STAFF WHO WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND.

ALSO, WE HAD THE EVERY PARENT IS A HERO CONFERENCE IN OUR HERO EXPO.

SO THE COMMITTEE WAS PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, LOTS OF TOPICS WERE ADDED ON HERE FROM THE COMMITTEE'S INPUT AND THIS WAS THE CULMINATING EVENT AND WE HAD A 190 PARENTS REGISTER FOR THE EVENT.

THERE WERE 18 SESSIONS, ALL DIFFERENT TOPICS IN EACH ONE LASTED AN HOUR.

SO THE CONFERENCE WAS HELD ON MAY 14TH, AND THESE TWO WERE RECORDED SO THAT WE CAN OFFER THOSE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN FUTURE AREAS.

THEN THE COMMITTEE ALSO CONTINUED TO WORK ON, IF YOU'LL RECALL LAST YEAR THEY DEVELOPED THE PARENT NAVIGATOR WEBSITE AND SO THEY DID CONTINUE TO PROVIDE INPUT ON HOW TO CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THAT FOR THE STAFF.

SO THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THIS WORK FOR NEXT YEAR AND AGAIN, ON THE VEIN OF STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH PARENTS AND SCHOOL, THEY WOULD LIKE TO DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS AND SUPPORT PARENTS AND FAMILIES IN THE SCHOOL PROCESS.

WE'D LIKE TO WORK ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARENTS IN THESE THREE AREAS, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THE PARENT CONFERENCE AND PROBABLY EXPAND THAT AND MAYBE HAVE AN IN-PERSON CONFERENCE THIS YEAR HOPEFULLY, SUPPORT IN THE COMMUNITY TALKING ABOUT TOPICS SUCH AS SPECIAL OLYMPICS AND SIBLING GROUPS POSSIBLY AND THEN THE COMMUNICATION INCREASE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT ON HOW TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT.

[NOISE].

HERE ARE THE MEMBERS WHO SERVED ON OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE THIS YEAR AND AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE THEIR TIME AND VALUABLE INSIGHT AND PERSPECTIVES THAT THEY BRING TO THE GROUP.

I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO DR. GILBERT.

>> THANK YOU. DR. HASSLIEN IF YOU DON'T MIND, CAN YOU CLICK FOR ME?

>> SURE.

>> THE DIVERSITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE VERY DEDICATED GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS.

IT WAS FACILITATED BY TOM KING FROM OUR HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM AND EVENTUALLY BRIAN LYONS, I THINK HE TOOK OVER FACILITATION IN MARCH, OUR NEW DIRECTOR FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.

THIS GROUP WAS SUPPOSED TO SCHEDULE TO MEET FOUR TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

THEIR DEDICATION SHOWED BECAUSE THEY DOUBLED THE MEETINGS SO WE HAD EIGHT MEETINGS OVER THE PAST SCHOOL YEAR.

BEFORE I GET INTO THEIR GOALS, I JUST WANT TO SHOW SOME THINGS THAT YOU WON'T SEE ON THE GOALS.

THEY ALSO SERVE AS JUDGES FOR THE DISTRICTS DIVERSITY LEADERSHIP AWARD.

THEY SUPPORT AND HELP WITH THE MLK TRIBUTE THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR.

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THEY'VE SERVED AS THE FIRST GROUP TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR LISTENING ROUNDS AND THEY ALWAYS PROVIDE EXTREMELY HELPFUL ADVICE, SUGGESTIONS, OR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US IN THE DISTRICT.

THIS YEAR WE HAD FOUR GOALS.

TO CONDUCT AN EQUITY AUDIT, TO HIRE A DIRECTOR OF DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION, TO DEVELOP A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION, AND TO PROPOSE A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.

FIRST GOAL, WE CONDUCTED THAT EQUITY AUDIT IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY.

I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THREE THINGS, A LOT CAME FROM THAT AUDIT, BUT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THREE OF THEM.

ONE WAS THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON ENSURING A WELCOMING AND SAFE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS.

TO ENSURE A HIGH QUALITY RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE ACROSS ALL SCHOOLS AND TO PROMOTE ACCESS TO ALL COURSES INCLUDE AN ADVANCED ACADEMIC COURSES.

GOAL NUMBER TWO WAS TO DEVELOP THE ROLE OF A DIRECTOR FOR DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION.

THE COMMITTEE RESEARCHED THE ROLES FROM OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND YOU ALL IN FEBRUARY, I THINK WAS FEBRUARY 2ND APPROVED FOR BRIAN LINES TO BE OUR DIRECTOR FOR DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION.

HE BEGAN FULL TIME THIS WEEK, SO YESTERDAY.

WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD FULL TIME.

GOAL NUMBER THREE, WE DID NOT GET TO, SORRY, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT ON THAT.

GOAL NUMBER FOUR, OUR TEAM, SPECIFICALLY, MR. LYONS, WORKED WITH OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TEAM TO REVISE AND UPDATE OUR CURRENT TRAINING FOR STAFF MEMBERS.

THE MEMBERS, SORRY, OUR PROPOSED GOALS FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND WE STILL NEED TO MEET AS A COMMITTEE TO GO OVER THESE BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT INCREASING THE ENROLLMENT OF UNDER-REPRESENTED POPULATIONS AND ADVANCED COURSES, DEVELOPING A COHORT OF PRINCIPLES TO ENGAGE IN PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SERIES AND COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RACE AND EQUITY, AND TO REVIEW THE NEW WELCOME AND ENROLLMENT CENTER, WHICH I'LL BE GIVING YOU AN UPDATE NEXT MONTH TO DETERMINE AREAS FOR INCREASED COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT WITH A WELCOMING FOCUS FOR ALL STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

THOSE ARE WHAT WE TENTATIVELY ARE LOOKING AT PROPOSING FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

THE COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF THESE GREAT FOLKS RIGHT HERE ON YOUR SCREEN, AGAIN, FACILITATED BY MR. LYONS AND MISS.

KING. IT WAS A GREAT GROUP OF FOLKS TO WORK WITH, VERY DEDICATED, VERY PASSIONATE, AND JUST WANT TO THANK THEM ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND MY TEAM.

THE ONLY THING WE WANT TO ADD FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WITH YOUR PERMISSION, WE WANTED TO ASK STUDENT REPRESENTATION TO THE COMMITTEE.

>> THANK YOU BOTH FOR THOSE PRESENTATIONS.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A TRYING YEAR FOR ALL OF OUR COMMITTEES AND WE APPRECIATE, AGAIN, THE WORK THAT THE COMMITTEES HAVE DONE.

I KNOW THERE'S PROBABLY AT LEAST ONE PERSON WHO IS STILL WATCHING, SO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN.

FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, BEFORE WE BREAK INTO CLOSED SESSION, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COMPLAINTS, QUERIES, CONCERNS?

>> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR DR. HASSLIEN.

ON THE SUPERHERO EXPO THAT THE GIFTED AND TALENTED COMMITTEE DID, WAIT, DO I HAVE THE SPECIAL ED? THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. I THOUGHT IT WAS SPECIAL ED.

I'M JUST BRAIN-DEAD.

ARE THEY GOING TO DO THAT ANNUALLY? I THINK THAT SOUNDED LIKE SUCH AN AMAZING 18 CLASSES, ONE HOUR EACH AND YOU'RE MAKING A LIBRARY.

IT'S AMAZING. THAT WAS A GREAT PROGRAM.

I THINK PART OF THE CONTINUED WORK IS TO PROVIDE INPUT FOR EVENTS JUST LIKE THAT.

I'M SURE IT'S IN THE PLANS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL DO A VIRTUAL OPTION AND AN IN-PERSON, BUT THAT WAS WELL RECEIVED.

>> I THINK THAT SOUNDED FABULOUS, AND PERHAPS IF YOU DO IT IN PERSON, WE CAN RECORD IT AND THEN YOU'VE GOT PART OF YOUR LIBRARY THERE.

THAT WAS AMAZING. THANK YOU.

>> DR. COOPER, I HAVE A QUESTION ON COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RACE AND EQUITY THAT IS CALLED A LEARNING SERIES, IS THAT A PROGRAM WE BUY OR WHAT IS THAT COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS?

>> IT IS GOING TO BE LOOKED AT AND DEVELOPED BY THAT GROUP OF PRINCIPLES.

>> SO WE DEVELOP THIS?

>> CORRECT.

>> IS IT BASED ON THE BOOK?

>> COULD HAVE SOME TENETS OF THE BOOK, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT CREATING SOMETHING HOMEGROWN.

>> OKAY.

>> THANKS GUYS. NOW, I WANT TO PROPOSE AN AUDIBLE, ANOTHER AUDIBLE.

[LAUGHTER].

WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC SPEAKER,

[8. PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION]

[00:45:02]

>> ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER WITH US TONIGHT.

I BELIEVE IT'S HIS BIRTHDAY, BUT WE HAVE A SIMON SALINAS, STUDENT AT PLANO EAST HIGH SCHOOL AND HE'S HERE TO SPEAK TO US TONIGHT ON CRT AND MENTAL HEALTH. MR. SALINAS

>> HANG ON. I'M SUPPOSED TO READ SOMETHING.

AT REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS THE BOARD PERMITS PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE TOPIC DESIGN, AGENDA ITEM OR NOT AT ALL OTHER BOARD MEETINGS, INCLUDING WORK SESSIONS, SPECIAL CALLED MEETINGS, PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

AN INDIVIDUAL'S, COMMENTS SHALL NOT EXCEED THREE MINUTES.

IF YOU'RE NOT FINISHED SPEAKING AT THE END OF YOUR TIME, YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO STOP OR I WILL INTERRUPT AND THEN MICROPHONE WILL THEN BE TURNED OFF SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

AS A REMINDER, THE BOARD DOES NOT DELIBERATE OR DECIDE REGARDING ANY SUBJECT THAT IS NOT INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA.

WE HAVE OUR SPEAKER READY.

YOU'VE GOT THREE MINUTES.

JERRY IS OUR OFFICIAL TIMEKEEPER.

I THINK YOUR TIME WILL ALSO BE DISPLAYED UP HERE.

YOU'VE GOT THREE MINUTES AT YOUR CONVENIENCE, YOU MAY BEGIN.

>> HEY, I'M SIMON SALINAS.

TODAY IS MY 17TH BIRTHDAY AND I'M GOING TO BE A SENIOR AT PLANO EAST NEXT YEAR.

FIRSTLY, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE INCOMING TRUSTEE TYRA AND I ALSO COMMEND TRUSTEE POWELL AND TRUSTEE WANG FOR REPRESENTING DIVERSITY ON THE BOARD.

I KNOW TRUSTEE PALESTINE AND I'M INSPIRED WHEN TRUSTEE WANG TALKS ABOUT AMERICA.

I RECENTLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THIS YEAR DURING THE SUMERIAN BULLYING TRAGEDY, WHERE I SUPPORTED HIM AND I LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THIS LAST ELECTION SEASON.

I BELIEVE FORMER TRUSTEE RICHARD SAID IT BEST WHEN SHE SAID THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD BE ONE OF THE LEAST POLITICALLY DIVISIVE OFFICES AND YET UNFORTUNATELY, I'M NOT SEEING THAT.

I LOVE POLITICS AND I HOPE I SHOW THAT POLITICS IS ABOUT FINDING COMMON GROUND BETWEEN ALL PEOPLE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, PARTIES ASIDE AND BELIEFS ASIDE, THIS IS ABOUT THE STUDENTS AND FROM CONSIDERING GETTING RID OF THE AVID PROGRAM PROJECT AT ACADEMY, WHICH I WAS A PART OF THAT BOWMAN THAT HELPED ALL COLORS OF STUDENTS FIND SCHOLARSHIPS, COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND TUTORING TO HAVING MASKS BE A PARTY DRIVEN DECISION WAS JUST EYE-OPENING AND UNBELIEVABLE FOR ME AND MANY STUDENTS.

CRT IS NOT ANTI WHITE.

THERE AREN'T EVEN CRITICAL RACE THEORY ELEMENTS IN AVID AND TO SEE SO MANY BELOVED COMMUNITY MEMBERS VOICE THEIR CONCERNS AND WANT TO STOP THE PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THE OPTIONAL BOOKS WAS JUST SADDENING BECAUSE THEY WERE UNINFORMED.

SADLY, THIS HAS COME FROM FEAR MONGERS WHO SAY THAT AMERICAN SOVEREIGNTY IS BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM AND THAT CRT IS ANTI GOD.

I DON'T AGREE WITH FEAR AND DIVIDING OUR CITY MORE AND THAT IS ALL THAT THE STATEMENT DOES.

THIS IS OUR EDUCATION, THIS IS OUR FUTURE.

THIS IS WHERE WE SPEND SEVEN PLUS HOURS OF OUR DAY FOR 12 OR MORE YEARS TO FOCUS ON OUR INTERESTS.

YET THIS FEELS LIKE SOMETHING THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE VERY LITTLE CONTROL OVER.

OUR MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS HAVE BEEN ON THE RISE SINCE COVID, I'VE SEEN IT IN MY FRIENDS AND MY COMMUNITY.

HOWEVER, THE COUNSELORS AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ARE UNDERSTANDABLY OVERWHELMED WITH ACADEMIC COUNSELING TO FIND PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS.

I AM URGING THE BOARD TO PRIORITIZE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAMS FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR WITH.

BULLYING AND SEXUAL ASSAULT CLEARLY BEING SHOWN IN PISD, WE NEED THESE PROGRAMS TO BE IMPLEMENTED.

AS MUCH AS I LOVED THE IDEA OF PROM AND IN PART OF THE CTE CLASSES AT MY SCHOOL AND EVEN HSA, WE NEED TO ALSO FOCUS ON HOW THE STUDENTS ARE DOING MENTALLY OR ELSE WHAT GOOD IS GOING TO JOYOUS EVENT LIKE PROM WHERE STUDENTS ARE FACING DEPRESSION AND SUICIDAL THOUGHTS AT HOME.

THESE CONCERNS AND SO MANY MORE SEEMED TO BE OVERLOOKED AND HOPEFULLY WE AS A COMMUNITY CAN DO BETTER TO ADDRESS THEM.

I'M SEEING MY CLASSMATES UNDERCLASSMEN, FRIENDS AND PARENTS UPSET AND JUST CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN PISD.

A FRESH PERSPECTIVE FROM A PAST IT INVOLVED COMMUNITY MEMBER IS NEEDED.

I'M DEFINITELY PLANNING ON RUNNING FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SPECIFICALLY IN 2023.

HOPEFULLY MANY OF THESE ISSUES WILL BE DEALT WITH BY THEN. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE EVENING.

IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, WILL NOW ADJOURN TO CLOSE SESSION AS

[6. CLOSED SESSION]

CODE 551.072, 551.129 AND 551.074.

THE TIME IS 6:20 ON TUESDAY, JUNE 22ND, 2021.

[7. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION]

WE ARE NOW GOING TO ADDRESS

[9. CONSENT AGENDA]

UNLESS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA,

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BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS TO REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE?

>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

>> SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION BY JERI CHAMBERS, SECONDED BY CODY WEAVER THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED, WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY 7-0 WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO REPORTS.

[10.A. 87th Texas Legislative Session Recap]

SUPERINTENDENT BONSER.

>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE.

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TRISHA WINDHAM FROM TRINITY PUBLIC AFFAIRS TO GIVE US OUR YEAR-IN-REVIEW OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

[NOISE]

>> YES, NOW. OKAY. [LAUGHTER] ONE SECOND.

[NOISE] HELLO, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

MY CLICKER IS [NOISE]

>> IS NOT THERE.

>> IT'S PROBABLY [OVERLAPPING]

>> IT'S ON ITS WAY.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

I AM HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE 87TH LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FINISHED AT THE END OF MAY, AND TO SAY IT WAS A NORMAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION WOULD BE AN INACCURATE STATEMENT.

IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, THE BOARD APPROVED YOUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES IN I THINK EARLY [NOISE] MID-2020, AND WE WERE REALLY PREPARING FOR A SESSION WITH SOME PRETTY LOOMING GIANT BUDGET CUT EXPECTED.

WE PREPARED THINKING THAT WE WERE GOING INTO A SESSION LIKE IN 2011.

SESSION STARTED WITH A SIGNIFICANT SECURITY PRESENCE AT THE CAPITOL FOLLOWING THE JANUARY 6 SEIZURE.

THE US CAPITOL COVID PROTOCOLS LIMITED VISITORS IN THE CAPITAL, REQUIRED TESTING TO EVEN GET IN.

SOME OFFICES NEVER OPENED UP TO THE PUBLIC AT ALL.

OVERALL, THE AMOUNT OF INTERACTION WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISHED, AND IT WAS JUST AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT FEEL THIS SESSION.

THEN ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAD WINTER STORM URI.

A LOT OF PARTISAN DIVIDE OVER LEGISLATION THAT WAS OUTSIDE OF THE PRIORITIES OF PLANO ISD, WE HAVE A NEW SPEAKER, AND THEN IN THE END, WHICH WAS SOMEWHAT APPROPRIATE FOR THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, DEMOCRATS BUSTED QUORUM ON THE FINAL EVENING OF THE HOUSE TO CONSIDER LEGISLATION, WHICH HAS ONLY HAPPENED FOR THREE OTHER TIMES IN THE HISTORY OF OUR LEGISLATURE.

IT WASN'T THE NUTS AND BOLTS LEGISLATION LEGISLATIVE SESSION WE SAW IN 2019, BUT THERE WAS SOME GOOD LEGISLATION THAT WE SAW COME OUT OF IT, SOME GOOD LEGISLATION THAT DID NOT PASS, AND SOME NOT SO GOOD LEGISLATION THAT DID.

I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH OUR KEY BILLS TONIGHT, AND I HAVE CATEGORIZED THEM TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT YOU ALL APPROVED.

TO BEGIN WITH IS THE BUDGET, SENATE BILL 1 AND HOUSE BILL 2, THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT.

SENATE BILL 1 WAS ABLE TO FULLY FUND HOUSE BILL 3, THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK THAT THE CONTROLLER CONTINUED TO UPDATE GOT BETTER WITH EVERY UPDATE.

A LOT OF THAT HAD TO DO WITH LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHEN THEY ALLOWED FOR SALES TAX FOR ONLINE PURCHASES, SO WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT THE LEGISLATURE DID THAT.

STATES THAT DID NOT HAVE THAT LEGISLATION DID NOT FARE AS WELL AS TEXAS DID.

HOUSE BILL 2 ACTUALLY ALLOW THE STATE TO REDUCE ITS PORTION OF SOME OF THE HOUSE BILL 3 FUNDING, BECAUSE OF COVID RELIEF FUNDS AND INCREASED RECAPTURE BECAUSE OF PROPERTY TAXES AND CLIMBING PROPERTY VALUES.

WHILE WE ARE STILL FULLY FUNDED, THE ACTUAL STATE'S OBLIGATION WAS DECREASED, AND YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE TERMS OF PLANTING BY NOW.

HOUSE BILL 1525.

SORRY, I'LL MENTION THE FEDERAL AID AND ESSER FUNDS.

ESSER 1 AND 2 ARE LARGELY BEING USED FOR OUR HOLD TO HARMLESS.

PTA HAS SOME GRANTS THAT THEY'RE USING FOR SOME OF THE ESSER FUNDS, THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT.

THEN ESSER 3 IS BEING DISPERSED LARGELY DIRECTLY TWO DISTRICTS, BUT WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT THE HOUSE BILL 1525 DID NOT INCLUDE THE BANKING REQUIREMENT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT DURING SESSION, THAT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED YOU ALL TO BANK ANY OF THAT FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THREE YEARS BEFORE 40 PERCENT OF IT FOR THREE YEARS BEFORE YOU COULD USE IT.

HOUSE BILL 1525 STARTED OFF AS JUST A LITTLE TECHNICAL BILL

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BY THE END OF IT, IT WAS ITS OWN HUGE MONSTROSITY.

I THINK WHEN WE GO THROUGH IT, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT ENTITLEMENT ADJUSTMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT REALLY WHAT HAS AN IMPACT FOR PLANO ISD IS IT REINSTATES THE GT ALLOTMENT, WHICH THE PROJECTIONS THAT I'VE SEEN ARE ABOUT CLOSE TO A MILLION DOLLARS FOR PLANO ISD.

RANDY, STOP ME WHEN I START TO VEER OUT OF MY LANE.

REALLY THIS ALSO BENEFITS RECAPTURE ANYTIME YOU INCREASE THOSE ALLOTMENTS, BUT IT REDUCES OUR RECAPTURE AND BENEFITS US TO THE POSITIVE THERE, NOT SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT ANY LITTLE THING HELPS.

THE OTHER THINGS LIKE FAST GROWTH ALLOTMENT, CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY AND FORMULA TRANSITION GRANTS, REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A HUGE IMPACT FOR PLANO ISD.

HOUSE BILL 1468 WAS ONE THAT WE WATCHED LANGUISH, AND WE'RE VERY SORRY TO SEE IT GO.

THIS IS THE ONE THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE TO COUNT TOWARDS ADA.

ORIGINALLY, THERE WAS SOME HESITATION FROM [BACKGROUND] THE RURAL SENATORS THAT THIS WOULD ALLOW STUDENTS IN THEIR DISTRICTS TO MOVE OUT OF THOSE RURAL DISTRICTS AND INTO MORE PERHAPS HIGH-PERFORMING DISTRICTS IN URBAN AREAS.

THEY GOT THAT SORTED OUT.

THIS WAS A BILL THAT PLANO ISD ACTIVELY SUPPORTED THROUGHOUT SESSION.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THIS WAS ON THE AGENDA THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE HOUSE, AND WHEN THEY BUSTED QUORUM FOR SENATE BILL 7, THE HOUSE RAN OUT OF TIME AND [NOISE] WAS NOT ABLE TO APPROVE THIS LEGISLATION.

HOUSE BILL 3445, WE WERE HAPPY TO SEE IT GO.

THAT WAS THE FUND BALANCE RESTRICTIONS BY HUBERTY.

IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, I UPDATED YOU DURING SESSION ON THAT BILL.

THAT WOULD HAVE FORCED YOU TO SPEND ANY OF YOUR SAVINGS, ANY OF YOUR FUND BALANCE BEYOND 180 DAYS OF OPERATING EXPENSE.

HUBERTY HAD PLANNED TO TRY TO PASS THAT OUT OF COMMITTEE SOLO, WHEN THAT DIDN'T WORK, HE TRIED TO ADD IT AS AN AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1525 AND ULTIMATELY, DECIDED NOT TO.

I THINK HE HEARD FROM QUITE A FEW LEGISLATORS WHO'D HEARD FROM THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT, INCLUDING OURS, THAT THAT WAS NOT FAVORABLE.

HE INDICATED ON THE FLOOR, HE WAS TIRED OF EVERYBODY COMING UP TO HIM AND ASKING ABOUT THE AMENDMENT, SO HE WAS GOING TO PULL IT DOWN.

OUR SECOND PRIORITY, AND PLEASE STOP ME AT ANY POINT, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

>> I'M STOPPING YOU.

>> PLEASE DO.

>> FOR 1468?

>> YES.

>> WHAT IS OUR POLL? I KNOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS SPECIAL SESSION, BUT SINCE WE'RE THERE, WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS ON IT COMING UP IN THE SPECIAL SESSION?

>> WE'VE ASKED FOR IT, BUT WE HAVE HAD NO INDICATION THAT THAT IS A PRIORITY FOR SPECIAL SESSION.

I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED TO SEE IT BE A PRIORITY NEXT JUST REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON THIS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT WERE INTERESTED IN THAT OPTION, BUT I [BACKGROUND] HAVE NOT HEARD IT DISCUSSED.

WE DID SIGN ON, IF I ALREADY SAID THAT.

[NOISE] WE SIGNED ON TO A LETTER ASKING FOR IT, BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYBODY PICKING IT UP.

NEXT WAS ACCOUNTABILITY.

OUR ACCOUNTABILITY PRIORITIES REALLY FOCUS ON USING ACCOUNTABILITY TO INCREASE, I'VE LOST TO MY SPOT. I'M SORRY.

LET'S SEE. TO BETTER SERVE STUDENTS AND ALLOW HIGH-PERFORMING DISTRICTS LIKE PIC, MORE FLEXIBILITY AND LOCAL CONTROL WHEN POSSIBLE.

SENATE BILL 1365, AND ITS HOUSE COMPANION WERE ON OUR RADAR AND HAD A LOT OF CONCERN THERE IN TERMS OF THESE BILLS WERE REALLY CREATED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT TEA IS HAVING WITH HOUSTON AND CAMP ISD, WHERE THE COMMISSIONER HAS COME IN AND TRIED TO APPOINT A BOARD OF MANAGERS.

THOSE DISTRICTS HAVE PUSHED BACK AND FILED LAWSUITS.

COURTS HAVE INTERVENED AND ARE NO LONGER ALLOWING TEA TO APPOINT THOSE BOARD OF MANAGERS LIKE THEY HAVE IN THE PAST.

THIS BILL WAS REALLY ORIGINATED TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AND TAKE AWAY SOME OF THE LEGAL STRINGS I GUESS THAT THE DISTRICTS WERE PULLING THAT WE'RE PREVENTING TEA FROM APPOINTING THAT BOARD OF MANAGERS.

THE LEGISLATURE GOT A LOT OF PUSHBACK FROM SCHOOL GROUPS AND FROM DISTRICTS INCLUDING US AND THE BILL WAS AMENDED TO MORE CLEARLY DEFINE THE POWER AND LIMITATIONS OF TEA AND I THINK AT THIS POINT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY OPPOSE.

IT ESTABLISHES FAIRNESS PROCEDURES FOR DISTRICTS DURING TEA INVESTIGATIONS.

IT AUTHORIZED DISTRICTS TO KNOW THE IDENTITY OF TEA WITNESSES, WHICH IS A BIG ISSUE WITH THE ORIGINAL BILL, AND IT ALSO GIVES DISTRICTS ACCESS TO ALL EVIDENCE.

AGAIN, AND ORIGINALLY IN THE BILL DISTRICTS WOULDN'T KNOW WHO WAS ALLEGING THAT THERE WAS SOME WRONGDOING HAPPENING AND WHAT THE EVIDENCE WAS.

IT ALSO AUTHORIZES DISTRICTS TO HAVE HEARING FOR TEA SANCTIONS AND GIVES DISTRICTS APPEAL AUTHORITY.

IT ALSO CHANGES D ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS TO BE REPORTED AS "NEEDS IMPROVEMENT" AND PROVIDES OPTIONAL REVIEW FOR PERFORMANCES AND WILL ALLOW DISTRICTS TO RECEIVE RATINGS OF ABC OR NOT RATED FOR THE 21, 22 SCHOOL YEAR SO NO D'S OR F'S FOR THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR.

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THIS DOES ALSO APPLY TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO FAIL END-OF-COURSE EXAM AND THERE IS SOME GRANT MONEY WITH TEA TO PAY FOR SOME OF THOSE.

WHEN THAT MONEY RUNS OUT, WHICH THERE'S NOT ENOUGH OF THAT MONEY TO COVER HOW MUCH THIS IS GOING TO COST A SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEN THE COST IS ENTIRELY BORN INTO A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

HOUSE BILL 1147 ADDS ENROLLMENT IN THE TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD AS A NEW INDICATOR FOR MILITARY READINESS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE CCMR BONUS.

HOUSE BILL 999 AND HOUSE BILL 1603 DEAL WITH THE INDIVIDUAL GRADUATION COMMITTEES.

I THINK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY DEALT WITH THESE WHAT ESSENTIALLY THESE HOUSE BILL 999 REAUTHORIZED IT AND HOUSE BILL 1603 MADE THEM PERMANENT SO THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT EVERY SESSION MOVING FORWARD.

THIRD PRIORITY WAS ENSURING PLANO ISD SCHOOLS ARE SAFE AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENTS FOR STUDENTS AND THE DISTRICT HAS THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE AN APPROPRIATE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS.

THE HOUSE BILL 3643 CREATED THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON VIRTUAL EDUCATION.

THE LEGISLATURE FELT LIKE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE COMMISSION THAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST INTERIM WAS SO SUCCESSFUL, I GUESS IT WAS TWO INTERIMS AGO WAS SO SUCCESSFUL IN PRODUCING HOUSE BILL 3 THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TRUSTEE CHAMBERS, TO YOUR POINT, TO STUDY VIRTUAL EDUCATION AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ADH LEGISLATURE.

SENATE BILL 1697 IS ANOTHER CONTROVERSIAL BILL.

THIS ONE ALLOWS PARENTS TO DECIDE IF THEIR STUDENT SHOULD BE RETAINED FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

THIS IS A SOMEWHAT COMPLICATED ONE.

IT APPLIES TO PRE-K AND KINDER FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR AND FOR GRADES ONE THROUGH EIGHT FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND ANY COURSE IN HIGH SCHOOL THAT A STUDENT WANTS TO RETAKE, THEY CAN UNLESS THEY ALREADY QUALIFIED TO GRADUATE.

EVERYBODY QUALIFIES FOR ADA BUT IF YOU'RE REPEATING A COURSE THAT YOU DIDN'T FAIL, YOU STILL HAVE TO KEEP THE ORIGINAL COURSE GRADE.

YOU CAN'T TAKE THE BETTER COURSE GRADE.

>> JUST A CLARIFICATION THAT'S JUST FOR THIS ONE TIME IT'S A LAW THAT PRETTY MUCH SUNSETS VERY QUICK.

>> YES. YES, IT DOES.

I THINK THE PRE-K AND THE KINDER LESS THAN EXTRA YEAR IF PARENTS WANT TO HOLD THEM BACK BEFORE THEY PUT THEM IN FIRST GRADE.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> SENATE BILL 1716, AGAIN, ANOTHER SOMEWHAT CONTROVERSIAL BILL.

THIS ONE ALLOWS EVERY SPECIAL ED STUDENT TO HAVE AN ONLINE ACCOUNT SETUP WITH $1500 IN IT THAT THE PARENT GETS TO CONTROL.

THEY CAN MAKE PURCHASES OF TEA APPROVED MATERIALS, SERVICES, THERAPIES, TUTORS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

THE REASON THAT THIS BILL WAS CONTROVERSIAL IS IT WAS SEEN BY A LOT OF EDUCATION GROUPS AND DISTRICTS AS SORT OF A FOOT IN THE DOOR FOR VOUCHERS TO HAVE THAT PUBLIC MONEY CONTROLLED BY PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS AND BE ABLE TO BE SPENT OUTSIDE THE SYSTEM.

I THINK THAT ONE, IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF RULES AND GUIDANCE COME OUT AND IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE FAIRLY COMPLICATED FOR DISTRICTS TO ADMINISTER.

>> I HAVE HEARD THAT THE VENDORS THAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE VENDORS THAT ARE ON THEIR PRESCRIBE LIST AND AT THIS POINT IT'S NOT A VERY ROBUST LIST.

>> YEAH. WELL, THAT IS GOING TO BE A TRICKY THING TO ADMINISTER AND TO THE EXTENT THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE INVOLVED OR HAVE ANY SORT OF INPUT AND I DON'T REMEMBER IF CHRISTY MENTIONED THAT AT ALL, BUT [OVERLAPPING].

>> GO AHEAD COADY.

>> ARE THIS STATE DOLLARS OR RECAPTURE DOLLARS OR WHERE'S THE FUNDING FOR THIS?

>> IT'S $60 MILLION IN TOTAL THAT'S THE FISCAL NOTE.

THE NEW INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITIES ALLOTMENT THAT WENT AWAY WAS REDUCED BY $60 MILLION SO THERE'S A ONE FOR ONE THERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S HOW IT MOVED, BUT THAT IS THE EXACT SAME.

>> ONE POCKET TO ANOTHER.

>> POTENTIALLY.

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>> THIS BOARD HAS HISTORICALLY HAD TAKEN A STRONG POSITION ANNUALLY ON VOUCHERS THAT WE ARE OPPOSED TO ANY KIND OF VOUCHER SYSTEM.

WE DID NOT DO THAT LAST TIME BECAUSE VOUCHERS WERE KIND OF DEAD IN THE WATER GOING INTO THE SESSION.

WE NEED TO MONITOR THIS AND HOW IT'S IMPLEMENTED AND HOW IT'S USED BECAUSE THIS IS EXACTLY HOW FLORIDA ENDED UP WITH A VOUCHER SYSTEM.

THEY GOT IT IN FIRST WITH THIS EXACT KIND OF BILL, AND THEN THEY EXPANDED FROM THERE.

THE FOOT IN THE DOOR CONCERN IS A LEGITIMATE CONCERN BECAUSE IT'S A MODEL THAT HAS BEEN USED IN OTHER STATES.

>> YEAH AGREED. SENATE BILL 279, I INCLUDED THIS TRUSTEE CHAMBERS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU'D ASK ME ABOUT IT BEFORE THIS REQUIRES THAT IF YOU PROVIDE STUDENT IDS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PROVIDE THEM.

BUT IF YOU DO, THAT YOU HAVE CONTACT INFORMATION ON THERE FOR THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE THE CRISIS TEXT LINE AND A LOCAL SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE TO BE PRINTED ON THOSE ID CARDS FOR GRADES SEVEN THROUGH 12.

>> SIR, WE HAD ALREADY PLANNED TO DO THAT, RIGHT? OKAY AND I TAKE IT THAT'S PROBABLY AN UNFUNDED MANDATE?

>> OH, YES. YES.

>> PATRICIA, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE STUDENT ID, BUT IF YOU DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THIS NUMBERS THERE?

>> YES.

>> I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WHEN NANCY, I'LL GIVE HER CREDIT FOR AS WELL BECAUSE WE HAD HEARD THIS SPRING A LOT FROM PEOPLE WANTING TO HAVE SOME KIND OF THINGS.

>> YEAH.

>> I THINK DIDN'T WE DECIDE TO HAVE JUST A SECOND CARD KIND OF LIKE RIGHT HERE I'VE GOT A SECOND CARD ON MY ID BADGE.

>> IT WAS ON DR. COOPER'S LIST AND NOW, DR. ANDERSON'S [LAUGHTER].

>> I THINK THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE A PLASTIC COVER THAT YOU'D PUT YOUR ID IN.

>> YES.

>> IT'S CONFIRMED WE HAVE A HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT ARE MIDDLE-SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT HAVE ID BADGES?

>> CORRECT.

>> SENATE BILL 179 REQUIRES SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO HAVE A POLICY THAT A SCHOOL COUNSELOR MUST SPEND AT LEAST 80 PERCENT OF THEIR TOTAL WORK TIME ON DUTIES IN THE SCHOOLS COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM.

THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT YOU CAN APPLY TO IF THIS IS THE STANDARD THAT YOU SIMPLY CAN'T MEET.

BUT AGAIN, THE PRECEDENT THAT THIS SETS WITH HOW DEEP IT GOES INTO HOW YOU MANAGE YOUR PERSONNEL IS PROBABLY THE GREATEST CONCERN HERE AND JUST THE LACK OF LOCAL CONTROL.

AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT PRECEDENT AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WANT TO WATCH.

IF THIS IS ON THE RADAR.

THIS IS A BILL THAT THEY'VE TRIED TO PASS FOR SEVERAL SESSIONS, IT'S FINALLY BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

SO WHAT MIGHT BE THE NEXT FOCUS FOR THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION?

>> MY QUESTION IS IMPACT ON US.

>> WE HAD BEEN IN THE PLANNING PHASES OF SOME CHANGES TO COUNSELOR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THROUGHOUT THE SPRING.

WE WERE ALREADY SHIFTING AWAY FROM HAVING OUR COUNSELORS SERVE AS THE TESTING COORDINATORS.

THE CHANGE IN THE MODEL HAS BEEN PLANNED AND IS READY TO IMPLEMENT. TRISHA MAY ADD MORE.

>> ADDITIONALLY, TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO AUTOMATE PAPERWORK FOR OUR COUNSELORS WILL ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE TIME SPENT THERE.

>> I'LL JUST SAY THIS IS A LAST NOTE ON THIS, I KNOW IT'S HARD TO WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A BIG CHANGE, BUT WITH ALL THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND ALL THE CLASSROOM GUIDANCE IN SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, THAT WE WANT OUR COUNSELORS MAIN JOB TO BE COUNSELING, AND SO FOR US TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE THINGS AROUND AND THEN MAKE THIS POSSIBLE, WE WERE ON THE FRONT END OF THE PLANNING FOR THIS AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WILL BE AS BIG A SHOCK TO OUR SYSTEM AS IT IS FOR OTHERS.

WE NEED COUNSELORS WHO CAN BE GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, STILL DO THE ACADEMIC BUT MORE SHIFT TO THE PRIORITY OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING.

>> TRISHA BEFORE YOU TURN [OVERLAPPING]. GO AHEAD.

SARAH FINISH UP. BEFORE YOU TURN TO PAGE [OVERLAPPING] I'M SORRY, HANNAH GO AHEAD.

>> SORRY. I'M GLAD WE CAN DECIDE WHAT WE DO WITH OUR COUNSELORS, BUT HAVING OUR STATE LEGISLATE THIS IS CONCERNING.

>> IT IS.

>> YEAH.

>> YEAH.

>> WELL, IT'S FINE BECAUSE IT'S ONE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE OKAY WITH, BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE'S OTHER THINGS WE'RE NOT OKAY WITH? THAT'S YOUR POINT, HEATHER.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY A GOOD POINT IS WE DO LOCAL CONTROL IS WHAT WE WANT.

IT JUST SEEMS LIKE LOCAL CONTROL DOESN'T HAPPEN ON OUR TERMS.

>> I AGREE. YES, IT'S GOOD.

>> BEFORE YOU TURN BACK TO 36, 43, WHEN WILL THE COMMISSION BE APPOINTED AND DO WE HAVE ANY HOPE FOR LOCAL REPRESENTATIONS.

>> I DON'T KNOW. I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT TODAY.

LET ME LOOK INTO THAT AND GET BACK TO YOU,

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>> OKAY. ALSO WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT, I DON'T SEE IT LISTED.

THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A COMMISSION ABOUT DYSLEXIA.

AS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE IMPLICATIONS OF DIVERSE EDUCATION, ARE YOU ALSO LOOKING FOR THE ONE ON DYSLEXIA AS WELL.

>> I WILL.

>> THANK YOU.

>> LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WHEN WE CREATED THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, WE HAD A SECTION ON THE BOTTOM FOR LONG-TERM PRIORITIES.

AGAIN, WE WERE COMING INTO THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION EXPECTING SOME BUDGET CUTS AND WE'RE LARGELY FOCUSED ON FUNDING.

WE KNEW THAT THESE LONG-TERM PRIORITIES, THINGS LIKE RECAPTURE AND SOME OF THE TRS ISSUES WEREN'T GOING TO BE TOP OF MIND FOR LEGISLATORS, BECAUSE THEY JUST FOCUSED ON HOUSE BILL 3, BECAUSE WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE DOWNTURN AND COVID, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THESE PRIORITIES.

SO THERE WERE THINGS ON HERE THAT ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE A PRIORITY FOR PLANO ISD, BUT ESSENTIALLY WE UNDERSTOOD WEREN'T GOING TO BE ISSUES FOR TOP PRIORITIES FOR THIS SESSION.

FIRST UP, WE'RE SENATE BILL 2 AND HOUSE BILL 749.

THESE WERE THE BAN ON TAXPAYER FUNDED LOBBYISTS.

HOUSE BILL 749 WAS BASICALLY AN OUTRIGHT BAN, WHICH REALLY NEVER GOT ANY TRACTION.

SENATE BILL 10 ULTIMATELY BECAME, I THINK SOMEONE OF A COMPROMISE AND SOMETHING THAT PLANO ISD ALREADY IS LARGELY IN COMPLIANCE WITH.

IT REQUIRED A LOT OF TRANSPARENCY POSTING WHO YOUR LOBBYIST IS, THE CONTRACT, THE TERMS, ALL THAT STUFF ON YOUR WEBSITE WHICH YOU GUYS ALREADY HAVE MOST OF THAT STUFF DONE.

THAT BILL ACTUALLY ULTIMATELY DIED IN THE HOUSE WHEN THEY CAME BACK TO APPROVE, THEY COULDN'T COMPROMISE BETWEEN WHAT THE COMMITTEE CHAIR WANTED AND WHAT THE AUTHOR WANTED AND SO THAT BILL DID NOT PASS.

I WOULDN'T BE SUPER SURPRISED TO SEE THAT ON A SPECIAL SESSION CALL, THAT IS A PRIORITY FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND ONE FOR GOVERNOR ABBOTT.

IF IT'S NOT A SPECIAL SESSION, WE WILL DEFINITELY SEE A BILL LIKE ONE OF THOSE AGAIN IN THE 88TH.

HOUSE BILL 1556 WAS THE CHAPTER 313 RE-AUTHORIZATION.

ORIGINALLY THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION OPENED WITH HOPES OF REFORMING THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL, AND MAKING IT A LITTLE BIT MORE PALATABLE, AND A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFECTIVE.

THOSE HOPES SOON DIED AND THEN HOUSE BILL 1556 ARRIVED, AND THAT REALLY JUST REAUTHORIZED IT FOR TWO MORE YEARS WHILE EVERYBODY HAD TOOK TIME TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WANTED.

ULTIMATELY, THAT DIDN'T GET A HEARING IN THE SENATE AND DIED BEFORE IT GOT TO THE SENATE FLOOR.

THANKFULLY, THAT DOES NOT IMPACT EXISTING AGREEMENTS LIKE ONE THAT PLANO ISD HAS WITH TI, BUT NO NEW AGREEMENTS WILL BE ABLE TO BE CREATED I THINK AFTER SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR.

THERE IS A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT RESURRECTING THIS IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND AGAIN TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE PALATABLE AND SOMETHING THAT THERE'S SUPPORT FOR IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE. DECEMBER 2002.

>> TRISHA, WHAT'S GOVERNOR ABBOTT'S APPETITE ON THIS? IS THIS A POTENTIAL SPECIAL SESSION ITEM?

>> I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK THAT HE HAS LARGELY BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF CHAPTER 13.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES AND THAT WHOLE ARRAY, THEY'RE SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES, A BIG PRIORITY FOR HIM.

BUT IT'S STALLED IN THE SENATE AND THERE'S A LOT OF REPUBLICAN SENATORS, THERE'S A LOT OF REPUBLICAN HOUSE MEMBERS, THAT ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF TAX ABATEMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS INCENTIVES LIKE THIS.

SO I DON'T SEE IT BEING A SPECIAL SESSION, BUT IT WILL CERTAINLY COME UP AGAIN IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE BUSINESS GROUPS DOWN THERE ADVOCATING FOR IT.

>> WELL, I THINK THAT THE BIG STYMIE ON IT WAS THE FACT THAT IT HAD A LOT OF WIND TURBINE ENERGY COMPANIES IN IT.

THEY COULD JUST TAKE THOSE OUT OF THE LANGUAGE, MAKE IT SO THAT THEY ELIMINATE THOSE.

BUT THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS THIS WEEK OR LAST WEEK THAT TALKED ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LEAVING THE STATE.

I'M REALLY SURPRISED THAT THEY ARE CUTTING THEIR NOSE OFF DESPITE THEIR FACE.

>> THERE IS A BELIEF IN AUSTIN FROM, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY BOTH CHAMBERS, THAT THESE ARE OFFERING TAX ABATEMENT AND INCENTIVES, THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO COME HERE.

I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THOSE RECIPIENTS OF THIS WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S NOT TRUE, BUT THAT SENTIMENT IS OUT THERE AND PART OF THE ISSUE AS WELL.

I TOUCHED ON HOUSE BILL 4545, HOUSE BILL 547 THIS CREATES WITH BOARD APPROVAL, IT'S UP TO A DISTRICT TO OPT INTO THIS.

BUT YOU COULD ALLOW HOME SCHOOL STUDENTS IN YOUR DISTRICT TO PARTICIPATE IN YOUR UIL SPORTS.

THEN SENATE BILL 1444 ALLOW DISTRICTS TO OPT OUT OF TRS-ACTIVECARE,

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YOU CAN'T COME IN AND OUT AND TRY SOMETHING ELSE ON FOR SIZE, YOU HAVE TO STAY OUT FOR FIVE YEARS.

THERE'S A LOT OF DECISION THERE.

>> CAN I PAUSE REAL QUICK AFTER CODY SAYS SOMETHING?

>> DID WE GET CLARIFICATION? IT'S ONE THING TO SAY DISTRICT IF THEY OPT OUT, THEY'VE GOT TO STAY OUT FOR THREE YEARS, BUT DOES THIS GIVE THE DISTRICT ALSO OPTIONS THAT THEY COULD STAY IN BUT ALSO LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS AT THE SAME TIME?

>> NO, YOU CAN'T.

>> YOU CAN'T.

>> WELL, YEAH, YOU CAN'T LAYER UP.

>> THERE'S NO LAYERING?

>> NO.

>> OKAY.

>> IT'S ALL OR NOTHING.

>> I THINK THIS IS A SARAH QUESTION PROBABLY.

ON THE UIL PARTICIPATION FOR HOME-SCHOOLED STUDENTS, ARE WE ANTICIPATING THIS TO BE A DISTRICT WIDE AGREEMENT OR IS THIS TRULY A DISTRICT BY DISTRICT ISSUE?

>> IT IS DISTRICT BY DISTRICT, BUT I DON'T KNOW ANY PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT THAT I KNOW OF AT THIS POINT IN TIME THAT IS GOING TO DO THAT.

>> I CAN'T REALIZE IT, IT DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO MY QUESTION.

>> DID I ANSWER IT CORRECTLY?

>> I MEAN UIL DISTRICT, LIKE WILL OUR UIL DISTRICT, WHATEVER WE'RE DISTRICT 968, ALL THE SCHOOLS AGREED NOT TO DO IT OR IS IT JUST TRULY PISD AND ALLEN ISD CHOOSES?

>> EVERY INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT MAKES A DECISION TO EITHER.

>> I'M NOT SAYING THIS RIGHT, I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LAW SAYS I'M JUST WONDERING PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, WHETHER ALL OF THE SPORTS TEAMS IN THE SAME DISTRICT ARE GOING TO SAY WE'RE NOT DOING THIS? [BACKGROUND]

>> I'M NOT HEARING OF THAT KIND OF COLLABORATION OR AGREEMENT.

I DO THINK THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION OF, ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT OR NOT? SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS.

>> OKAY.

>> I'D SAY WE LOOK AT THE DISTRICTS WITH THE WORST FOOTBALL TEAMS AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.

[LAUGHTER] I THINK THAT'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

MAYBE NOT, THE CHESS TEAM IS PRETTY COMPETITIVE THESE DAYS.

>> YEAH. IF WE WERE OPTING IN WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT TO THE AUGUST BOARD MEETING, BUT AT THIS POINT WE DO NOT INTEND TO BRING THAT TO THE BOARD.

>> EXCUSE ME, ONE MORE QUESTION SARAH.

DO WE HAVE HOME SCHOOLED KIDS NOW PLEAD TO THE DISTRICT, PLEASE LET US JOIN? DO WE HAVE ANY INTERESTED PARTIES ON THIS ONE?

>> OCCASIONALLY, WE HAVE REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE BUT OUR POLICY HAS NOT ALLOWED IT.

THE IMPLICATION FOR US WOULD BE THAT NO PASS NO PLAY WOULD NOT BE FAIR.

>> ONTO THE FUN STUFF.

SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE TONIGHT, THE GOVERNOR HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE FIRST SPECIAL SESSION IS SLATED TO START JULY 8TH, AND IT WILL INCLUDE THESE TWO TOPICS.

IF THERE ARE OTHER THINGS ADDED TO THE CALL, HE HAS NOT SAID YET.

BUT HE, IN PUBLIC REMARKS AT A FORUM TODAY SAID THAT THE JULY 8TH SPECIAL SESSION WILL INCLUDE THE ELECTION INTEGRITY BILL, WHICH IS WHAT THE DEMOCRATS BUS A QUORUM ON THE LAST DAY, AND THE HOSPITAL 3979, THE ANTI-CRITICAL RACE THEORY BILL WAS SIGNED INTO LAW, AND HE FEELS LIKE HE WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE STRENGTHENED.

THOSE TWO THINGS WILL BE THE FIRST SPECIAL SESSION.

HE DID LINE-ITEM VETO THE LEGISLATURE FUNDING.

THAT WILL HAVE TO BE PART OF THE SPECIAL SESSION TOO.

IF YOU HAVEN'T READ ABOUT IT, WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT STARTING SEPTEMBER 1ST WHEN WE START OUR NEW BUDGET, LEGISLATURES, THEY GET PAID A VERY SMALL AMOUNT.

THEY WILL NOT GET PAID FOR THIS NEXT BUDGET FOR THESE NEXT TWO YEARS.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEIR STAFF WON'T GET PAID AND SOME AGENCIES WON'T GET PAID, AND SO LEAVING THAT VETOED IS NOT SOMETHING THAT LEGISLATORS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO.

IN ADDITION TO THOSE TWO ITEMS, I'M SURE THAT HE WILL INCLUDE THAT ON THE CALL AS WELL.

AGAIN, HE SPECIFICALLY SAID THERE MAY BE OTHER THINGS ON THE CALL AND HE'S JUST NOT LISTING THEM TONIGHT.

THAT TBD IS NOW JULY EIGHTH.

THE SECOND LEGISLATIVE SPECIAL SESSION THAT WE WILL HAVE THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE FOR SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER, AND THE GOVERNOR HAS ALREADY INDICATED IT WILL COVER REDISTRICTING, WHICH IF YOU REMEMBER, THE CENSUS HAS DELAYED RELEASING THAT DATA BECAUSE THEY WERE DELAYED GETTING IT IN BECAUSE OF COVID.

ONCE IT FINALLY RELEASES THAT DATA IN SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER, WE'LL HAVE A SPECIAL SESSION, THE LEGISLATURE WILL COME BACK AND REDRAW AND DO MAPS ADDITIONAL FEDERAL AID.

I THINK THE STATE AT THIS POINT IS EXPECTING AT LEAST ANOTHER $16 BILLION FROM FEDERAL AID.

THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY LEFT OUT OF SENATE BILL ONE AND HOUSE BILL TWO AND A PLEDGE FROM THE GOVERNOR THAT HE WILL CALL THE LEGISLATURE BACK AND LET THEM APPROPRIATE THAT MONEY INSTEAD OF INCLUDING IT IN THE BUDGET.

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I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE OUR MARCH PRIMARIES GET MOVED BACK NEXT YEAR FOR WHATEVER THAT INFORMATION IS WORTH TO YOU.

REDISTRICTING IS ALWAYS A COMPLICATED AND VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF LAWSUITS AND IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO GET THOSE MAPS FULLY APPROVED.

HOW MUCH THAT IMPACTS OUR ELECTIONS NEXT YEAR? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I SUSPECT THAT IT WILL.

>> TRISHA,

>> YES.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. THIS $16 BILLION COMING WITH THE REDISTRICTING, DOES IT COME FROM FEDERAL MONEY?

>> IT DOES.

>> HOW DO WE SPEND THEM?

>> IT DOES. IT'S FEDERAL COVID RELIEF FUNDS.

I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S PUBLIC EDUCATION DOLLARS IN IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN.

WHETHER SOMETHING IN THERE MIGHT BE USED FOR GRANTS OR THINGS LIKE THAT, I'M NOT SURE.

THEY HAVEN'T BEEN SPECIFIC ON THAT YET OR IF THAT'S THE ONLY MONEY THAT THEY'RE EXPECTING FROM THOSE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN RELEASED SO FAR, SO THERE COULD BE ADDITIONAL.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANKS, TRISHA. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?

>> NO. I JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HELP DURING THE SESSION AND ALL THE REPORTS TO THE BOARD AND ADVOCACY SUPPORT.

>> HAPPY TO DO IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YEAH.

>> AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, DON'T GO FAR.

WE'RE GOING TO CRANK THIS UP FOR THE 23 SESSION IN ABOUT SIX WEEKS.

>> WELL, [LAUGHTER] THE SESSION ISN'T OVER, THIS IS WHAT I LEARNED TONIGHT SO WE HAVE WORK TO DO IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

WELL, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT ELSE IS ADDED TO THE CALL AT THIS POINT, THERE'S NOT ANYTHING THAT'S A LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY FOR PLANO ISD, BUT WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON IT.

>> WE'LL BE OVERLAPPING SESSIONS. WE MIGHT BE.

>> THANKS, TRISHA.

>> THANK YOU.

>> MOVING ON, WE ARE NOW GOING TO CONDUCT

[11. PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2021 - 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET AND TAX RATE]

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER RANDY MCDOWELL, PROVIDE INFORMATION, AND THEN AFTERWARDS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THIS TOPIC. MR. MCDOWELL?

>> YES. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STALLING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I BELIEVE THAT YOU ALL DID RECEIVE ONE OF THE BUDGET PACKETS, SO WHAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO MY BEST IS TRY TO CLICK ALONG WHILE I FOLLOW MY NOTES AND MY PACKAGE.

PLEASE KEEP ME ON TASK IF I MESS THIS UP.

FIRST, IF YOU GO TO PAGE SIX, OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT SOME NARRATIVE OR I'M SORRY PAGE FIVE.

[NOISE] WE'VE GOT SOME NARRATIVE HERE JUST TO HIT A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS IN THE OVERVIEW.

ONE IS IN THAT SECOND PARAGRAPH, THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS COMMITTED TO SOUND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT THROUGH INTEGRITY, PRUDENT STEWARDSHIP, PLANNING, ACCOUNTABILITY, FULL DISCLOSURE, AND OPEN COMMUNICATION.

THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENT REPRESENTS THE FINANCIAL PLAN FOR THE PLANO ISD FOR THE 21-22 FISCAL YEAR.

THIS DOCUMENT CULMINATES AN EXTENSIVE PROCESS INVOLVING INPUT FROM CAMPUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PROCESS THAT WE STARTED ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO.

WE STARTED IN JANUARY AT THE BOARD LEVEL.

WE STARTED IN FEBRUARY AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL, AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING, ALL OF US, NOT JUST THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, BUT ALL OF US HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO PREPARE THIS BUDGET SINCE EARLY 2021.

THE NEXT ONE, AS WE CONTINUE TO ADDRESS DECLINING ENROLLMENT, THE DISTRICT HAS TO STRATEGICALLY CONTINUE THE ZERO-BASED BUDGET PROCESS AND TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT STAFFING.

AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE DID REDUCE ABOUT 165 POSITIONS THIS YEAR.

ABOUT 150 OF THOSE WERE PROFESSIONALS AND ABOUT 15 WERE SUPPORT.

THAT WAS FOR A TOTAL OF ABOUT $10.1 MILLION.

[NOISE] THAT NEXT PARAGRAPH TALKS ABOUT ESSER I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE NEXT PRESENTATION, AND THEN THE NEXT PARAGRAPH IS ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, BUT TRISHA COVERED THAT WELL, SO WE WON'T GO INTO THAT EITHER.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO SELECT A FEW PAGES HERE, SEVERAL PAGES TO GO OVER.

[NOISE] IF YOU'LL GO TO PAGE 11, [NOISE] THIS IS THE SUMMARY OF THE BUDGETS THAT DO HAVE TO BE LEGALLY ADOPTED [NOISE], AND SO THAT IS THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND, THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND THE FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICE FUND.

THIS IS ROLLED UP INTO PRETTY MUCH TOTAL NUMBERS AND SO ON THE GENERAL FUND, YOU CAN SEE TOTAL REVENUES ARE $665,032,670.

WE'VE GOT THOSE SPREAD OUT BETWEEN LOCAL STATE, AND FEDERAL REVENUES AND THE GENERAL FUND.

ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE IS THE BOARD HAS TO APPROVE IT AT THE FUNCTION LEVEL.

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I'M REALLY JUST GOING TO LOOK AT MORE OF THE CATEGORICAL NUMBERS AND NOT GO INTO A LOT OF DETAIL [NOISE].

WE DO PROJECT RECAPTURE, YOU CAN SEE THAT AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL CHARGES TO BE JUST UNDER A $188 MILLION NEXT YEAR IN THE BUDGET [NOISE].

THAT MAKES TOTAL EXPENDITURES AT 68,533,304 WITH REVENUES AT THAT 665,032,670.

WE DO HAVE OTHER OPERATING TRANSFERS AND OTHER OPERATING TRANSFERS OUT TO OTHER FUNDS [NOISE].

BUT THE NET BOTTOM LINE OF THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO APPROVE OR TO CONSIDER IS A DEFICIT BUDGET OF $19,660,822 [NOISE] IN THE GENERAL FUND.

THE DEBT SERVICE, WE'RE PROJECTING REVENUES, PRIMARILY PROPERTY TAX ON THE NET SIDE.

THEN WE ALSO DO GET SOME STATE AND SOME FEDERAL FUNDS THERE THROUGH THE BAD PROGRAM.

WE'RE PROJECTING REVENUES AT THE CURRENT TAX RATE OF 26.9 CENTS TO BE 162,981,131.

DEPENDING ON HOW WE RESTRUCTURE, WE HAVE ANOTHER BOND ISSUANCE COMING UP.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT DOING AN ADDITIONAL REFUNDING.

WE'LL BE WORKING TO GET TOWARDS THAT 163 MILLION TO TRY TO PULL UP MORE DEBT AND PAY IT OFF EARLY.

THE SAME STRATEGY THAT WE'VE BEEN USING THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

THAT WOULD BE A BALANCED BUDGET.

THEN ON THE FOOD SERVICE BUDGET, IT WOULD BE REVENUES AT 27,776,880 AND EXPENDITURES OF 27,153,747 FOR A BUDGETED GAIN IN THAT FUND OF 623,133.

WE DID HIT THAT FUND PRETTY HARD THIS YEAR JUST BECAUSE OF COVID.

WE HAD TO USE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THEIR FUND BALANCE AND SO THIS WOULD BE A BUDGET THAT WOULD HOPEFULLY ADD BACK TO THAT FOR THIS COMING YEAR, AT LEAST A PORTION OF WHAT WAS LOST [NOISE].

OKAY IF WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE LEGALLY ADOPTED BUDGETS, THE GENERAL FUND IS ABOUT 57 PERCENT OF THAT TOTAL.

IF YOU EXCLUDE RECAPTURE, WHICH IS 21 PERCENT, THE DEBT SERVICE FUND IS ABOUT 19 PERCENT AND THE FOOD SERVICE BUDGET IS ABOUT THREE PERCENT.

NEXT, WE'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON THE GENERAL FUND ON PAGE 13 AND THEN INTO 14 [NOISE].

WE DID DO A COMPARISON HERE OF THE 2020-2021 OR THE CURRENT YEAR ORIGINAL BUDGET.

THEN WE ALSO COMPARED TO THE LATEST AMENDED BUDGET, BUT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE AMENDMENT THAT IS IN THE AGENDA THAT YOU APPROVED TO NODE.

THIS WOULD'VE BEEN THE ONE PREVIOUS TO THAT.

THEN OVER ON THE FAR RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGE FROM THE PREVIOUS AMENDED BUDGET TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET BY THE DIFFERENT LINE ITEMS. WE CAN SEE THAT AT THE FUNCTIONAL LEVEL, WE CAN ALSO SEE THAT IN REVENUES.

AS YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT BUDGET WAS A $10.6 MILLION DEFICIT [NOISE].

AGAIN, THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS A 19.6 OR ABOUT NINE MILLION GREATER DEFICIT THAN THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET, WE DID COME OUT BETTER THAN THE $10.6 MILLION DEFICIT ON THE CURRENT YEAR.

WE BELIEVE THAT WE WILL.

WE DID HAVE SOME SAVINGS FROM COVID ALSO, IF YOU'LL RECALL, WE HAD THE PRIOR YEAR PROPERTY VALUE APPEALS THAT WERE ABOUT SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS OF REVENUE WHEN WE WENT BACK INTO PRIOR YEARS.

THAT HELPED US A LOT ON THE BOTTOM LINE.

WE HAD A FEW THINGS GO IN OUR FAVOR, RIGHT NOW WE PROJECT THAT TO BE SOMEWHERE AROUND BALANCED.

IT'S STILL EARLY, ITS STILL MID JUNE, AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO CLOSE OUT THE YEAR.

BUT IF YOU ASK US TODAY, WE THINK THAT SOMEWHERE AROUND A BALANCED BUDGET FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

BUT WE DO THINK [NOISE] THERE WILL BE ADJUSTMENTS MADE ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH ESA, AND HOW MUCH OF THAT WE END UP SUPPLANTING.

WE'RE OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING THAT 19.6 MILLION DOWN JUST THROUGH SUPPLANTING WITH THE FEDERAL FUNDS.

WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT HERE IN A MINUTE [NOISE].

ON THE NEXT PAGE, ON PAGE 15, WE JUST HAVE A [NOISE] MORE DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THOSE REVENUE CATEGORIES ARE.

WE'VE GOT A YEAR BY YEAR COMPARISON.

YOU WILL NOTICE THAT STATE FUNDING IS GOING DOWN PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST YEAR OF THE BIENNIUM AND SO WE LOSE ABOUT 10 MILLION ON PER CAPITA.

THE FOUNDATION SCHOOL FUND, THAT WAS THAT ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT WE WERE RECEIVING INTO TIER 2.

BUT OUR PROPERTY WEALTH PER WATER WENT UP AND SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THAT ON THOSE COPPER PENNIES,

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MOST OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES [NOISE] ARE PRETTY SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT BUDGET.

ANY QUESTIONS THERE? I'M NOT TRYING TO FLY THROUGH ALL THESE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO READ YOU ALL THE NUMBERS.

>> CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT THE AMOUNT WE NEED TO HAVE IN OUR FUND BALANCE IN ORDER TO CASH FLOW UNTIL THE STATE FUNDS COME IN?

>> YES. I THINK WE SHOWED THAT AT ABOUT A 160 MILLION ON WHAT WE DID FOR THE LEGISLATIVE MEETINGS.

IT DOES TAKE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT BECAUSE WE'RE ON A JULY 1 FISCAL YEAR AND WE REALLY DON'T GET ANY TAX COLLECTIONS IN UNTIL LATE NOVEMBER.

IT IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONTHS THAT WE HAVE TO CASH-FLOW.

>> OKAY. JUST WATCHING THAT FUND BALANCE, I'VE ONLY BEEN ON THE BOARD TWO YEARS AND JUST WATCHING THAT FUND BALANCE GO DOWN AND DOWN AND DOWN.

EVENTUALLY, THE CLOSER WE GET TO THAT 160, THE SCARIER AND MORE IMMINENT THIS ISSUE BECOMES.

>> IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'D BE BROKE.

IT MEANS WE'D HAVE TO GO TO THE BANK AND BORROW MONEY JUST TO MAKE PAY ROLL.

>> RIGHT. YEAH.

>> WELL, AND IT'S PROBABLY NO COINCIDENCE THAT OUR INCREASE IN DEFICIT IS ABOUT THE SAME AS THE INCREASE IN RECAPTURE OR IS THAT JUST COINCIDENTAL? THE 8 MILLION, 9 MILLION?

>> I MEAN, THERE ARE SOMEWHAT CORRELATED.

I COULD PROBABLY SAY IT'S MORE THAN SOME, BUT YEAH, I THINK CODY TO YOUR POINT, IT'S DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS.

>> YEAH.

>> THAT'S WHY HUBERTY'S BILL ABOUT FUND BALANCE.

IT WAS HUBERTY RIGHT.

WAS SO FRIGHTENING BECAUSE ALL HE SEES IS A NUMBER WITHOUT REALIZING WHAT THAT NUMBER REPRESENTS AND THAT NUMBER REPRESENTS OUR OPERATING CASH.

IT'S GOING DOWN, AS YOU SAID.

IN ORDER TO BALANCE THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT $20 MILLION OUT OF THAT.

IT'S PRETTY FRIGHTENING.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE GETTING STARTED IN AUGUST ON OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.

>> IT'S GETTING REAL.

>> YEAH. WE CAN'T SURVIVE THIS FOR LONG.

>> I WOULD AGREE. ON PAGE 16, THIS IS JUST A GRAPH THAT BREAKS DOWN THOSE REVENUES IN THE GENERAL FUND.

WE KNOW BECAUSE WE DO HAVE RECAPTURE THAT WE BRING IN A LOT OF LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES.

THAT'S ABOUT 92 PERCENT OF OUR GENERAL REVENUES [NOISE].

IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE OTHER LOCAL RESOURCES, ABOUT TWO PERCENT, FEDERAL FUNDS, ABOUT ONE PERCENT.

MOST OF THAT IS INDIRECT COST ON FEDERAL PROGRAMS. STATE FUNDING ABOUT FIVE PERCENT.

THERE'S A LITTLE SLIVER IN THERE THAT DIDN'T FALL INTO ONE OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES.

[NOISE] AS WE GO INTO PAGE 17, NOW WE'RE TAKING EACH ONE OF THOSE FUNCTIONS AND BREAKING IT OUT INTO THE DIFFERENT OBJECT CODE CLASSIFICATIONS BETWEEN PAYROLL, CONTRACTED SERVICES, SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS, OTHER OPERATING AND CAPITAL OUTLAY.

I WON'T READ ALL OF THOSE. OF COURSE, [NOISE] THE BOARD APPROVES THE BUDGET AT THE FUNCTION LEVEL.

ALL THAT ROLLS UP FOR THE BUDGET THAT YOU WILL ADOPT.

BUT THIS IS GOOD COMPARISON DATA.

THESE ARE THE SAME NUMBERS THAT WE BROUGHT YOU BACK LAST MONTH IN THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET.

I WON'T EXPLAIN THOSE AGAIN UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

THAT GOES ON FOR PAGE 17, 18, 19 [NOISE].

THEN I WILL GO TO PAGE 21.

THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION AND THIS IS NET OF RECAPTURE.

SO 66 PERCENT OF OUR GENERAL FUND, IF YOU EXCLUDE RECAPTURE, IS THE INSTRUCTION.

THAT'S WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS IN THE CLASSROOM.

THEN YOU CAN SEE THOSE OTHER FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

SO IT'S THE SAME NUMBERS.

IT'S JUST IN A PIE GRAPH JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW THAT'S DISTRIBUTED.

GOING ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE, WHEN WE NOW LOOK AT THEM BY OBJECT CODE, SO ABOUT 85 PERCENT OF OUR BUDGET IN THE GENERAL FUND, IF YOU EXCLUDE RECAPTURE IS SALARIES AND BENEFITS.

WE'VE SHOWN YOU THAT PERCENTAGE BEFORE.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S A SURPRISE.

CONTRACTED SERVICES ARE ABOUT 10 PERCENT.

BUT THAT CONTRACTED SERVICES, IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE THINGS LIKE INSURANCE.

IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE THINGS LIKE UTILITIES, LEGAL FEES, ALL OF THE CONSULTING FEES, STAFF DEVELOPMENT, ALL OF THAT IS IN THAT 10 PERCENT NUMBER.

SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS ARE ONLY ABOUT THREE PERCENT.

OTHER EXPENSE IS TWO PERCENT, AND CAPITAL OUTLAY WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND IS ACTUALLY TOO SMALL TOO GRAPH,

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THEN WE MOVE TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.

IF YOU'LL GO TO PAGE 24, THIS IS JUST A COMPARISON OF THE TWO YEARS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT GENERATING IT THE SAME TAX RATE BECAUSE OUR VALUES ARE GOING UP.

WE DON'T HAVE FINAL CERTIFIED IN YET.

THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GO UP SOMEWHERE AROUND 1.5 PERCENT.

WE WILL GENERATE MORE REVENUE AT THE SAME TAX RATE.

WE'VE PROJECTED THAT AND WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT WILL BE A BALANCED BUDGET.

>> RANDY, CAN YOU JUST REFRESH MY MEMORY ON THE EXPENDITURES OTHER IN THE 2020-2021, WE SPENT 403,000 AND IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, IT'S ONLY 45.

IS THAT LIKE A RE-FUNDING?

>> THAT'S ISSUANCE COST ON THE REFUNDING.

>> OKAY, THANKS.

>> YES, MA'AM. THE 45,000, I BELIEVE THOSE ARE SOME FEES THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR ARBITRAGE AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.

>> HI, RANDY, LOOKING AT THE FOR 2021-2022, THE 162,981,131, AND THEN LOOKING AT THE OUTSTANDING BOND DEBT ON THAT PAGE, THAT ONLY BEING ABOUT 129 MILLION.

ARE WE ABLE TO PUT ANOTHER 30 MILLION DOWN TO PAY DOWN THAT PRINCIPAL?

>> YES, THAT'S WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO EARLIER.

AT THE SAME TAX RATE, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GENERATE $30 MILLION MORE THAN WHAT OUR DEBT PAYMENT IS.

WE DO HAVE ANOTHER ISSUANCE, IT'S SOMEWHERE AROUND 10 MILLION THAT IF WE ISSUE THAT, WE COULD PROBABLY PAY IT OFF IN A YEAR LIKE WE DID LAST TIME.

BUT SECONDLY IS WE HAVE ANOTHER REFUNDING OPPORTUNITY TO PULL MORE PRINCIPLE UP AND PAY IT OFF IN REALLY KEEP CUTTING THAT DEBT SCHEDULED DOWN.

THE SAME STRATEGIES WE'D BEEN USING.

DR. TOWERY, WE WENT OVER THOSE IN OUR ONE-TO-ONE, BUT DEFINITELY WE'VE GOT ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THAT AGAIN.

>> THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU.

>> RANDY, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS.

IF WE HAVE MORE FUND BALANCE IN INTEREST AND SINKING, WILL THERE BE A DANGER THAT THE STATE WILL EVENTUALLY FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET OUT SOMETHING LIKE RECAPTURE ON BASED PLAN?

>> AS FAR AS THAT SERVICE.

I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THAT'S VERY HIGH RISK JUST BECAUSE THAT MONEY IS TAXED TO PAY DEBT.

THAT WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE TO BE USED FOR DEBT.

WE CAN USE THAT IN A RESTRUCTURING NEXT TIME WE GO FOR A BOND ISSUANCE, WE COULD MAKE AN INITIAL PAYMENT ON THAT.

BUT SINCE THAT'S A TAX THAT WAS FOR DEBT, WE SAW THE THINGS ON TRANSPARENCY THAT THEY PUSH THIS LAST TIME ABOUT HOW YOU CAN'T LOWER ONE RATE AND USE THE OTHER THERE.

THE LEGISLATION THAT WE'VE SEEN AS VERY COMMITTED TO KEEPING THE DEBT SERVICE FUND TRUE THAT WHATEVER YOU TAX FOR DEBT SERVICE DOES STAY IN DEBT SERVICE.

IF THEY DID TRY TO COME AFTER THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD CONTRADICT ALL THE BELIEFS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN RECENT LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS.

I THINK IT'S PROTECTED, AT LEAST FOR NOW, BUT AT SOME POINT THAT MONEY WILL BE USED FOR DEBT PAYMENTS.

IT'S JUST AT WHAT POINT IN TIME IS IT THE BEST STRATEGY FOR US TO USE THEM?

>> OKAY, THANK YOU.

>> UNLIKE THE OTHER BUDGET, THIS ONE, I LOVE THIS ONE.

BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN REALLY AGGRESSIVE IN RE-FUNDING DEBT, RESTRUCTURING OUR DEBT, AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AGAIN TO CONTINUE TO BE REALLY AGGRESSIVE.

IT'S THE SMART THING TO DO, IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THIS BUDGET THE WAY IT IS.

>> I THINK WHEN I FIRST RAN AND I WAS STUDYING THESE NUMBERS, I THINK WE WERE PAYING LIKE 34 PERCENT INTEREST ON OUR BOND AND NOW I THINK THIS NEXT PAYMENT WOULD BE LIKE 18 PERCENT INTEREST AND JUST HAVING THAT HIGHER EFFICIENCY AND MORE OF IT GOING TOWARDS PRINCIPAL AND JUST USING THE TAX DOLLARS IN SUCH A RESPONSIBLE WAY.

I THINK WHAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND EVEN THE BOARD PREVIOUS TO ME PASSING THAT POLICY, I THINK CCA LOCAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I THINK WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING HAS BEEN GREAT AND YOU'RE SAVING PEOPLE MONEY AND YOU'RE USING THE TAX DOLLARS VERY EFFICIENTLY.

I THINK PEOPLE LIKE TO HEAR THAT. YEAH.

>> WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE, BUT THAT PLAN PROCEEDS ME BEING HERE, IT PROBABLY GOES BACK 10 YEARS.

THE BOARD WAS INVOLVED IN THAT AS WELL, BUT THOSE STRATEGIES WE'VE JUST CONTINUED.

WE'VE JUST BEEN ABLE TO GET MORE AGGRESSIVE RECENTLY BECAUSE IT'S JUST PAYING OFF MORE EVERY YEAR NOW AS WE GO, BUT SAME PHILOSOPHIES.

ON THE NEXT PAGE IS THE DEBT PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR THIS COMING YEAR.

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AGAIN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW NICE THIS IS, THAT IF YOU'VE GOT THERE AND LOOK AT OTHER LARGE DISTRICTS, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN FIND ANYBODY LIKE US.

BUT WHEN YOU SEE THE DEBT PAYMENTS FALL OFF LIKE THOSE DO.

WE SEE 129 MILLION THIS COMING YEAR, AGAIN, WE'LL ADJUST THAT BASED ON A REFUNDING AND ANOTHER ISSUANCE.

BUT ANYTIME YOU CAN DO A SMALL ISSUANCE AND PAY IT OFF THE SAME YEAR, YOU'RE PAYING ALMOST NO INTEREST AND BEING AGGRESSIVE AND CONTINUING TO PULL UP MORE AND MORE DEBT.

BUT THE SECOND THING IT IS WHEN WE DO HAVE TO GO FOR ANOTHER BOND ISSUE AND YOU LAYER THAT IN, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF BOND CAPACITY HERE, EVEN AT THE SAME TAX RATE, WHERE YOU CAN PAY OFF ANOTHER BOND AND PAY IT OFF QUICKLY.

>> YEAH, THIS IS A DREAM DEBT SCHEDULE.

THEN WE MOVE INTO THE FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICE BUDGET.

THIS IS ONE THAT WE MAY HAVE TO MEND A LITTLE BIT.

THE SUMMER FEEDING PROGRAM, SSO, IS GOING TO CONTINUE AGAIN FOR THIS COMING YEAR.

ALL STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATE THROUGH THE REGULAR LOAN ARE GOING TO RECEIVE FREE MEALS AND THE REIMBURSEMENT RATE IS ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN WHAT THE RADIUS THAT WE WOULD CHARGE IF THEY WERE PAYING THE FULL AMOUNT IF THEY'RE A PAYING CUSTOMER AND SO IT IS GOING TO HELP THIS FUND OUT.

AS THAT CONTINUES TO DEVELOP, WE WILL LIKELY COME BACK WITH A BUDGET AMENDMENT ON THIS, BUT IT WILL BE FAVORABLE.

WE LOOKED AT THOSE NUMBERS EARLIER.

ON PAGE 28, AGAIN, WE'VE GOT THAT AT A POSITIVE $623,000 BUDGET.

WE DID NOT REALIZE, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT 5.1 MILLION DEFICIT THAT WAS IN THE AMENDED BUDGET PRIOR TO TONIGHT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO REALIZE THAT.

WE THINK IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE MORE LIKE ONE OR PROBABLY 1.5 TO 2 MILLION OF FUND BALANCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DEPLETE ALL OF THEIR FUND BALANCE AND THEN HAVE TO SUPPLEMENT IT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE PROBABLY GETTING SOMEWHERE AROUND HALF OF THEIR FUND BALANCE AND NOT HAVE TO SUPPLEMENT IT.

THAT TURNED OUT BETTER THAN WE WERE PROJECTING IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

>> IS THAT DUE TO THE SR FUNDS OR? [OVERLAPPING]

>> NO, IT WAS DUE TO JUST LOWER ENROLLMENTS.

SO WE STILL HAD THE STAFF, BUT WE WEREN'T SERVING NEAR AS MANY MEALS.

>> OKAY.

>> THEN ON PAGE 30, YOU'VE SEEN THE BUDGET CALENDAR.

WE ARE NEARING THE COMPLETION OF THIS IF YOU GO TO THE SECOND PAGE ON PAGE 31.

WE ARE HERE NOT TO ADOPT THE BUDGET AND THEN WE EXPECT THAT WE'LL BE RECEIVING FINAL CERTIFIED VALUES SOMEWHERE PROBABLY MID-SEPTEMBER.

THEN WE'LL BE COMING BACK IN MID TO LATE SEPTEMBER TO ACTUALLY ADOPT THE TAX RATES, ONCE WE GET FINAL CERTIFIED.

A FEW MORE HIGHLIGHTS HERE REAL QUICK ON PAGE 36.

ON THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, THE RECAPTURE WAS BUDGETED JUST UNDER 180 MILLION, ON THE AMENDMENT THAT WE BROUGHT YOU, NOW WE INCREASE THAT TO 192 MILLION, AND THEN NEXT YEAR THAT'S PROJECTED AT 188.

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THE PERFECT TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS IT OR NOT, BUT AS FAR AS THE HOLD HARMLESS, THE REASON THAT RECAPTURE WENT UP IS THE HOLD HARMLESS.

WE PROJECTED THAT AT 10 MILLION.

I RAN SOME CALCULATIONS FOR WHEN WE WERE REALLY CLOSE, I'M AT 10,130,000.

WE GOT LUCKY THERE ON THE CALCULATION ANYWAY BUT, WE REALLY AREN'T GETTING A HOLD HARMLESS.

THIS HAD CONTINUED TO EVOLVE AND I WAS AT A CONFERENCE LAST WEEK WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON THIS.

BUT TA SAID WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS, THEY'RE GOING TO CALCULATE YOUR HOLD HARMLESS, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE IT OUT OF YOUR SR2 MONEY.

WELL, THAT'S REALLY NOT THE WAY IT'S GOING TO WORK ACCORDING TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH TA.

WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS, WE'RE GOING TO REPORT WHAT OUR ACTUAL ADA WAS AND THIS GETS A LITTLE TECHNICAL.

THAT'S GOING TO BE ADJUSTED DOWN TO OUR 18/19 ATTENDANCE RATE.

OUR CURRENT YEAR ATTENDANCE RATE CAME IN AT 98.1.

IT'S GOING TO BE ADJUSTED DOWN TO 96.2, AND THAT'S GOING TO REDUCE OUR ADA BY ABOUT 900.

OUR ACTUAL ADA WAS 48,367.

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THEN THE STATE IS GOING TO DO WHAT THEY DID ON SR1 AND THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK IN AND THEY'RE GOING TO SLIDE IN AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, OKAY, OUR HOLD HARMLESS ADA WAS 48,858.

THAT'S 1,400 HIGHER.

THEN THEY'RE GOING TO RUN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO AND THAT'S ABOUT 10.1 MILLION.

THEN THEY'RE GOING TO GO BACK INTO THE HOLD HARMLESS ADA, AND THEY'RE GOING TO ADJUST THAT NUMBER BACK DOWN UNTIL THEY REMOVE THAT 10.1 MILLION.

THEY'RE BASICALLY DOING THAT WHOLE EXERCISE JUST TO SEE IF YOUR HOLD HARMLESS IS GREATER THAN YOUR SR2 ALLOTMENT.

OUR SR2 ALLOTMENT IS $19 MILLION.

IF OUR HOLD HARMLESS IS 10.1, WE HAVE ENOUGH SR2 THAT THEY WON'T SUPPLEMENT IT.

BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE US THE HOLD HARMLESS MONEY.

WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL OF OUR SR2 ALLOTMENT.

IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY CONFUSING.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT LAST WEEK AT [INAUDIBLE] I MEAN, HOW MANY SUPERINTENDENTS AND CFOS ACROSS THE STATE ARE GOING TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT?

>> REALLY, THAT'S CARTOONISH.

>> IT'S CARTOONISH.

>> IT'S INCREDIBLY CONVOLUTED.

>> DISTRICTS LIKE US WE'RE RIGHT HERE AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

WE'VE GOT A FEW DAYS TO GET OUR BUDGET AMENDMENT CORRECT FOR WHAT TA IS GOING TO DO.

THERE'S A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT TA IS GOING TO DO.

>> THIS IS TEA?

>> THIS IS TEA, YES. OF COURSE.

>> WHY CAN'T WE GET OUR 19 MILLION DOLLARS? [LAUGHTER]

>> WE WILL GET OUR 19 MILLION AND SR2 BUT THE WHOLE STORY THAT WE'RE GETTING HOLD HARMLESS MONEY, WE'RE NOT.

WE'RE GETTING SR2 MONEY THAT WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN ANYWAY, BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO OFFSET THE TWO AGAINST EACH OTHER.

THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY THEY'RE GIVING US HOLD HARMLESS, BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING HOLD HARMLESS BECAUSE WE GOT SR2 MONEY.

>> SO THEY'RE SUPPLANTING THE HOLD HARMLESS MONEY THROUGH ADA ADJUSTMENT?

>> THEY'RE REALLY NOT EVEN DOING THAT.

THEY'RE RUNNING THIS CALCULATION JUST TO SEE IF YOUR SR2 EXCEEDS YOUR HOLD HARMLESS.

IF WE WERE GETTING 8 MILLION IN SR2, AND OUR HOLD HARMLESS WAS 10.1, THEN WE WOULD GET 2.1 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL STATE AID.

>> HERE'S MY QUESTION.

I REMEMBER SOMETIME IN JANUARY, WE SAID, "HEY, GREAT, WE JUST HEARD THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING THE SECOND SEMESTER HOLD HARMLESS." I GUESS THAT JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN.

THEY SAID, "HEY, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT," AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE NOT? THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHERE WE'RE AT, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEIR FORMULA SAYS?

>> WHAT'S CONFUSING, WHEN IT WAS REVEALED WE WERE GETTING SR2 ON THE CALL WITH THE COMMISSIONER, WHEN THEY GAVE US THE ALARM AND HE SAID, "WELL, YOUR SR2 WILL BE REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF YOUR HOLD HARMLESS." THAT'S WHAT WE THOUGHT, BUT THAT IS NOT THE WAY WE'RE UNDERSTANDING THE TA IS GOING TO HANDLE IT.

>> THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT? I DON'T KNOW.

>> WELL, CODY THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

[LAUGHTER] WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS ESSER II IS ABOUT 19 MILLION?

>> YES.

>> BUT WE WILL ONLY SEE NINE MILLION OF IT?

>> IF WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE HOLD-HARMLESS.

IF YOU SAY 10.1 OF THAT IS TO OFFSET HOLD-HARMLESS, THEN WE WOULD ONLY SEE NINE MILLION OF THAT.

>> OKAY.

>> IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW YOU TELL THE STORY, BUT THAT IS A TRUE STATEMENT.

IF YOU WERE EXPECTING HOLD-HARMLESS AS WE WERE AND WE LATER FOUND OUT THAT BASICALLY ESSER II IS OUR HOLD-HARMLESS, THEN YES, WE'RE REALLY ONLY REALIZING NINE MILLION DOLLARS WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WERE GETTING 19 MILLION.

>> BUT THEY'RE CHANGING THE RULES OF THE GAME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GAME. [OVERLAPPING]

>> AT THE END OF THE GAME.

>> THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK.

[OVERLAPPING] THIS IS LIKE A SHELL GAME AND IS THERE GOING TO BE UPDATED GUIDANCE, ARE WE ANTICIPATING THAT WHAT YOU'VE RUN US THROUGH IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE STICKY, OR IS THERE A POTENTIAL FOR UPDATED GUIDANCE?

>> THE REAL SHELL GAME LAUREN, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT IS THAT THE STATE APPROPRIATED THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR AND SO THE MONEY WAS THERE FOR THE HOLD-HARMLESS.

THAT MEANT THEY NEVER SPENT THAT MONEY BECAUSE THE KIDS DIDN'T COME.

THEN THEY GET THE ESSER FUNDS, SO THERE'S INFLUX OF MONEY SO THE STATE BUDGET IS WINNING OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

>> WELL, THEY ALREADY GOT OUR ESSER I AND WE NEVER SAW THAT.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> THEY DID THE SAME THING ON ESSER I, THEY GAVE US 4,033,000 [OVERLAPPING] OF ESSER I AND THEY WENT IN AND BACKED DOWN OUR ADA TILL THEY GOT 4,033,000 OUT OF ADA.

THEY REDUCED TO 600 AND SOMETHING ADA, 533 ADA, TO GET US DOWN TO TAKING THE MONEY BACK AWAY.

[01:50:05]

>> WELL, SO IS THIS THE COMMISSIONERS?

>> HE'S OVER TEAS.

>> AGAIN, I'M A BROKEN RECORD ON THIS, THERE'S SO MUCH AUTHORITY IN THE HANDS OF AN UNELECTED OFFICIAL. [OVERLAPPING]

>> APPOINTED.

>> HE'S NOT ELECTED BY THE PUBLIC. [OVERLAPPING]

>> I THOUGHT YOU SAID ELECTED OFFICIAL.

>> NO, UNELECTED.

HE'S NOT ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE THAT HE SERVES.

>> NOT TO FORGET THAT TEA GOT A BILLION AND A HALF OF ESSER FUNDS.

>> HE'S THE SHERIFF OF NOTTINGHAM.

[LAUGHTER]

>> RANDY, [INAUDIBLE] MEETING, THAT'S TO HOLD AS HARMLESS, THAT'S THE PROMISE.

THEN THE ANSWER TO IT IS TO HELP US REBUILD, LIFT EVERYBODY UP FROM THE PANDEMIC AND THE LOSS AND ALL.

THERE'S TWO FUNDS SERVING DIFFERENT PURPOSES.

WHY DO YOU USE THAT MONEY FOR THE PROMISE YOU MADE PREVIOUS TO THIS MONEY?

>> I THINK MIKE MORATH KNOWS BETTER.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> TO CODY'S POINT EARLIER, I THINK WE NEED TO DETERMINE IF THAT'S EVEN LEGAL FROM WHAT ESSER II IS DESIGNED.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE STATE CAN DO WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO REALLY BACK OUT THE HOLD-HARMLESS.

>> WE DON'T NEED THEM. THEY TRIED THE TACTIC OF YOU HAD TO TAKE 40 PERCENT AND PUT IN FUND BALANCE AND THE FED SAID, NO, YOU'RE NOT DOING THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS LEGAL, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NOT, I DON'T IF IT WILL BE CALLED ON IT.

BUT IT'S COMPLICATED AT BEST.

TO ME, IT'S YOU TAKE TWO DISTRICTS, ONE THAT WASN'T GOING TO GET THE HOLD-HARMLESS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE DECLINE ON ACTUAL ADA AND ONE THAT DID LIKE US, AND THEN WE WERE EXPECTING THAT WE WOULD BE BROUGHT UP, BUT NOW IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY WE'RE HAVING TO USE OUR ESSER II BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET THE OTHER.

BUT THE OTHER DISTRICT THAT DIDN'T HAVE A DECLINE, SO IT'S REALLY NOT A HOLD-HARMLESS BECAUSE WE GOT HURT AND THEY DIDN'T AND WE'RE GETTING THE SAME AMOUNT OF ESSER II MONEY.

>> ALL THEY DID WAS SHIFT ESSER II MONEY INTO A DIFFERENT BUCKET.

THEY FORCED THAT TO HAPPEN AND IT IS A SHELL GAME.

IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN UNTIL SOME SCHOOL DISTRICT SOMEWHERE GETS TIRED OF IT AND STANDS UP TO THEM.

WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH A LAWSUIT OR WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH SOMETHING ELSE, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT THIS IS EVER GOING TO CHANGE.

AGAIN, I MUST SAY, WE'RE GETTING STARTED FOR 23 IN SIX WEEKS AND IT MAY BE SOONER THAN THAT THAT WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR COUNCIL OR WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ABOUT THIS KIND OF THING.

IT IS AGAIN DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS AND IT IS GOING TO DESTROY US, AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF IT.

>> YEAH.

>> SORRY TO GET OFF ON THAT. I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. [OVERLAPPING]

>> IS THIS ALREADY A DONE DEAL? LIKE THIS MATH YOU JUST DID.

IS IT A DONE DEAL? [LAUGHTER]

>> PRETTY MUCH IT.

>> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BEING TOLD.

I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY SAY IT'S A DONE DEAL, I'VE JUST HEARD THAT'S THE WAY TEA IS GOING TO CALCULATE IT.

[LAUGHTER] SORRY, THAT WAS SOMEWHAT APPLICABLE JUST TO EXPLAIN WHY OUR RECAPTURE WENT FROM A 179 TO WHERE WE CHANGED THE BUDGET TO 192 BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT HOLD-HARMLESS, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE REALLY SIGNIFICANT RECAPTURE IN 2020-2021.

WE PADDED THAT A LITTLE BIT.

WE THINK IT WILL BE ABOUT 189,800 ACTUAL, BUT WE PADDED THAT A COUPLE OF MILLIONS JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THESE CALCULATIONS GOING ON.

[LAUGHTER] [NOISE] TO MOVE TO THE TAX NOTICE, WE POSTED THE PROJECTED M&O, RATE THE SAME AS THE CURRENT YEAR.

THE LEGISLATURE DID BUY DOWN THE M&O RATE BY 0.03.

WE THINK OUR M&O RATE, EVEN THOUGH WE POSTED 1.05475, WE THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE 1.05175, OR WE MAY HAVE TO ROUND THAT TO 1.0518 OR 7, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY DIGITS THEY LET US GO OUT.

BUT IT IS LOWER THAN THE PUBLISHED RATE OF 0.03.

WE DID PUT IN THE 26.9, AGAIN WE WON'T BE SETTING THESE RATES UNTIL SEPTEMBER, BUT THOSE ARE OUR LATEST PROJECTIONS.

I WON'T GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE NOTICE UNLESS YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS.

IF YOU GO TO PAGE 39, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN REQUIRED.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, BUT THE FIRST YEAR OF HOUSE BILL 3, TEA CALCULATED ALL OF OUR TAX RATES AND SO THIS IS A NEW CALCULATION THAT THE NO-NEW-REVENUE AND VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE

[01:55:02]

THIS IS NEW. WE'RE WRAPPING UP.

IF I JUMP TO 43, THIS SHOWS ALL OF OUR FEDERAL REVENUES THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING FOR THE COMING YEAR.

YOU DO SEE THE ESSER FUNDS, THE I, II, AND III, SO WE ROLLED OVER OF THAT 4,033,000, ABOUT 1.9 MILLION JUST TO HELP OUT THIS COMING YEAR'S BUDGET.

WE DO HAVE ABOUT 1.9 THAT WE'RE CARRYING OVER.

WE HAVE THE FULL AMOUNTS IN HERE FOR ESSER II AND ESSER III.

WE WON'T SPEND ALL OF THOSE IN THE CURRENT YEAR BECAUSE IT'S A THREE-YEAR BUDGET, BUT WE'LL SHOW YOU MORE OF THAT IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION, BUT THEN YOU SEE THE OTHER FEDERAL ALLOTMENTS THAT WE'RE EXPECTING FOR THE COMING YEAR.

>> HEY RANDY.

>> YES.

>> NANCY, SORRY.

[LAUGHTER] VOICES COME FROM EVERYWHERE.

WHY ARE WE NOT GETTING CERTIFIED VALUES UNTIL SEPTEMBER? WE TYPICALLY GET THOSE IN JULY, DON'T WE? OR AM I REMEMBERING WRONG?

>> NO, THERE'S JUST SO MANY APPEALS THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT ALL THE DISTRICTS IN AREAS LIKE US, THEY HAVE MORE TIME TO WORK THROUGH ALL THE APPEALS.

NOW WE GET A PRELIMINARY CERTIFIED ESTIMATE, BUT WE DON'T GET THE CERTIFIED VALUE UNTIL WE HAVE TO GET THAT BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

BUT IT'S MORE AND MORE [OVERLAPPING] GETTING PUSHED LATER.

>> WE HAVE TO BUILD A BUDGET BY JUNE WITHOUT THAT PERFECT KNOWLEDGE.

>> YES. WE HAVE TO GO OFF THEIR PRELIMINARY CERTIFIED.

OF COURSE STATE FUNDING, THE WAY IT WORKS IS, IF OUR VALUES COME IN HIGHER, THE SAME TAX RATE, OUR RECAPTURE IS GOING TO GO UP.

IF IT COMES IN LOWER, OUR RECAPTURE IS GOING TO GO DOWN.

OUR TOTAL BUDGET IS STILL GOING TO BE VERY SIMILAR.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE WON'T TAKE ACTION NOW, THAT WAS JUST THE PRESENTATION, THAT WAS THE PUBLIC HEARING.

>> RANDY, I HAVE QUESTION.

ON PAGE 37, TOTAL AMOUNT OF OUTSTANDING AND UNPAID BONDED INDEBTEDNESS, 635 MILLION.

IF I LOOK AT PAGE 26, IT SAYS TOTAL BONDED DEBT OUTSTANDING 2022, PRINCIPAL, THESE TWO NUMBERS DON'T MATCH.

YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN? 570, SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND. [OVERLAPPING]

>> WHICH PAGE IS?

>> TWENTY-SIX AND 37?

>> I THINK PAGE 26 REFLECTS PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS FOR NEXT YEAR.

>> PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS FOR NEXT YEAR? THIS IS A TOTAL AMOUNT OF THAT.

>> I THINK THAT'S RIGHT, RANDY.

[OVERLAPPING] PAGE 26, IS AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR '22.

>> THAT'S WRONG.

>> OKAY.

>> THE 625 MILLION, WHAT IS THAT? THE TOTAL DEBT?

>> THE TOTAL DEBT OUTSTANDING AT THE END OF THE ROAD.

[OVERLAPPING] SO THAT'S WHERE WE STAND TODAY, 625.

THEN AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR, WE WILL HAVE PAID DOWN THAT DEBT DOWN TO 570.

>> SO ABOUT 99 MILLION HASN'T BEEN PAID YET?

>> THIS YEAR WE GOING TO PRINCIPAL INTERESTS TOTAL, WE'RE GOING TO PAY DOWN 129, RIGHT?

>> CORRECT.

>> NEXT YEAR IT WILL BE MINUS 129 HERE? THAT'S 625 MINUS,

>> [OVERLAPPING] WELL, IT MAY BE MORE THAN THAT BASED ON THE REFUNDING.

>> REFUNDING. OKAY.

>> THE MONEY ISSUE, AND SO THE OTHER.

>> SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU.

>> YOU BET. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> THIS ISN'T A QUESTION, BUT IT'S JUST A GENERAL COMMENT.

GOING BACK TO PAGE 17-19, WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT GENERAL FUND BUDGET COMPARISONS BETWEEN 2020/2021 AND THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, 2021/2022, A COUPLE OF AREAS THAT ARE SEEING THE BIGGEST CHANGES; GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.

COMMUNITY SERVICE IS A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.

AN INCREASE IN GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING, ALMOST A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS, AN INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET TO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

I JUST WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS SUPPORT THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN THOSE THINGS AND THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET.

IT'S NOT A QUESTION, IT'S JUST A COMMENT. I SUPPORT THEM.

>> SOME OF THAT IS NEW EXPENDITURE, SOME OF THAT IS ALSO IN DR. GILBERT'S AREA.

WE MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND THE WAY THAT WE CODED SOME STUFF, AND YOU CAN SEE LIKE FUNCTION 41, I BELIEVE WENT DOWN.

THAT CARRIES OVER INTO SEVERAL BUDGETS.

LET'S SEE, A 41 WENT DOWN ABOUT 550,000.

[02:00:01]

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, TRUSTEES?

>> THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

DON'T LINE UP IN A HURRY.

SEEING NONE, THIS IS THE END OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

[NOISE] NEXT, THE BOARD WILL

[12. PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY RELIEF (ESSER) FUNDS ALLOCATED TO PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT]

RANDY MCDOWELL WILL PROVIDE THE INFORMATION, AND AFTERWARDS BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THIS TOPIC, MR. MCDOWELL?

>> YES. IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ENOUGH FROM ME LATELY, THEN HERE WE GO ON ESSER PLANNING UPDATE.

BY THE WAY, DR. WILLIAMS PUT THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER, SO ANY HARD QUESTIONS GO HER WAY.

ON THE ESSER OVERVIEW.

SORRY, WE'RE JUST GOING TO READ MOST OF THESE SLIDES, SO I'LL GO PRETTY QUICK HERE.

BUT THE PURPOSE OF ESSER IS TO AWARD FEDERAL FUNDS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ADDRESS THE IMPACT THAT COVID-19 HAS HAD, AND CONTINUES TO HAVE ON ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

BY THE WAY, THIS IS A REQUIRED PRESENTATION UNDER ESSER 3.

FUNDS TO BE USED TO SAFELY REOPEN AND SUSTAIN THE SAFE OPERATION OF SCHOOLS AND ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON STUDENTS.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE GENERAL OVERVIEWS WITH THE FUNDING.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT STIMULUS PODS THROUGH THE DIFFERENT ESSERS.

WE HAD ESSER 1, THE PLANO ISD WAS 4,033,000, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

ESSER 2 IS 19.25 MILLION, AND ESSER 3 IS 43.233 MILLION.

YOU CAN SEE THE TIMELINES DOWN THERE.

ALL THREE OF THESE WERE RETROACTIVE BACK TO MARCH OF 20.

WE DID USE ESSER 1 IN 2020/2021, ABOUT HALF OF IT.

THE OTHERS WERE NOT PLANNING ON DOING ANYTHING RETROACTIVE BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THAT ESSER 2 DOESN'T END UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH OF '23, AND ESSER 3 DOESN'T END UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH OF '24, AND SO WE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE TO SPEND THESE, AND REALLY JUST THE TIMELINESS OF IT JUST MAKES MORE SENSE TO SPEND THESE IN THE FUTURE.

YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL ALLOTMENT THAT WERE NATIONWIDE AND THE AMOUNTS THAT WERE ALLOCATED TO TEXT IS THESE WERE BIG STIMULUS PACKAGES.

WE DO HAVE ON HERE ESSER 2, HOW IT'S REDUCED BY THE DISTRICT'S HOLD HARMLESS.

THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS INITIALLY PRESENTED AND WE'VE LEARNED MORE RECENTLY, BUT THAT IS STILL THE WAY THAT IT'S BEING EXPLAINED.

AT LEAST THE LAST TIME I HEARD TA TALK, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NOT THE DETAILS OF HOW THAT'S WORKING OUT.

THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER ESSER 3 ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS.

WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GET PUBLIC INPUT AND GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR DISTRICT PLAN.

WE ARE REQUIRED TO SPEND 20 PERCENT OR ABOUT 8.6 MILLION OF THE GRANT ON EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS FOR LEARNING LOSS AND ENSURE THOSE INTERVENTIONS RESPOND TO STUDENTS ACADEMIC, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS.

THAT IS OVER THE ENTIRE GRANT PERIOD, SO THE REMAINING THREE YEARS.

BUT THAT IS A MINIMUM AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND THIS 20 PERCENT.

THAT'S ONE OF THE FEW REQUIREMENTS IN ESSER 3, BECAUSE WE CAN'T EVEN USE IT AS A PLAINTIFF IF WE WISH, BUT WE CAN USE THAT 20 PERCENT AS A PLAN.

WE ALSO HAVE TO ADDRESS THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON COVID-19 ON UNIQUE STUDENT POPULATIONS AFTER WE RECEIVE OUR GRANT AWARD, AND SO WE HAVE TO APPLY FOR THAT BY JULY 27TH.

IT WILL PROBABLY TAKE US A LITTLE WHILE FOR TA TO REVIEW THAT AND GET US A NOTICE OF GRANT AWARD, THEN WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER RECEIVING THAT NOTICE OF GRANT AWARD, THEN WE HAVE TO POST ON OUR WEBSITE AS SAFE RETURN TO IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AND CONTINUITY OF SERVICES PLAN, AND WE ALSO HAVE TO POST OUR PLAN FOR THE USES OF ESSER 3.

OUR FINANCIAL AND PROGRAM PLAN HAS TO BE PUT ON OUR WEBSITE.

TA HAS SENT OUT A SAMPLE OF THAT.

THEY WILL BE GOING OUT TO OUR WEBSITES AND REVIEWING THOSE, AND THEY HAVE SAID THAT IF WE USE THEIR FORMAT, THAT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE EASIER FOR ALL AND EASIER FOR THEM TO REVIEW.

I GUESS THEY'RE ENCOURAGING THAT TO SOME DEGREE THAT WE FOLLOW THEIR FORMAT.

>> HEY, RANDY, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? ON THE COVID-19, UNIQUE STUDENT POPULATIONS,

[02:05:01]

>> AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT'S LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT POPULATIONS, WHETHER IT'S FREE AND REDUCED, WHETHER IT'S YOUR BILINGUAL ESL.

AS I SAID, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THE STAKE HOLDER SURVEY, AND SO DR. WILLIAMS AND TEAM PUT TOGETHER THE SURVEY THAT THEN THEY PUT OUT ON THE WEBSITE.

I'LL GIVE YOU THAT DATA, BUT YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT LOOK LIKE.

THAT WENT OUT TO STAFF, FAMILIES, COMMUNITY.

WE WANTED ANYONE TO RESPOND AND WE ENCOURAGED TO ANYONE THAT WAS INTERESTED.

ON THE NEXT PAGE, WE DID RECEIVE 2,256 RESPONSES TO THAT SURVEY.

ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE ABOUT HALF OF THOSE WERE CAMPUS STAFF, ABOUT 9.6 PERCENT WERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, DISTRICT LEVEL STAFF, JUST UNDER 5 PERCENT, PARENTS 52 PERCENT, AND STUDENTS 4.19.

SOMEBODY COULD HIT MULTIPLE CATEGORIES BECAUSE I KNOW NANCY HAS GOT THAT MATH, IT DOESN'T ADD UP.

[LAUGHTER] THEY COULD SELECT MULTIPLE CATEGORIES HERE.

[LAUGHTER] ALSO ON AS RESPONDENTS, IF THEY WERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL AND AGAIN, IF THEY HAD CHILDREN IN MULTIPLE GRADES, THEY MIGHT HAVE SELECTED MULTIPLE, BECAUSE THAT MATH DOESN'T ADD UP EITHER.

ANY QUESTIONS THERE? AGAIN, IT WAS A REQUIREMENT THAT WE DO ALL THIS UNDER THE GRANT.

IN THE SURVEY, THE TOP THREE ACADEMIC STRATEGIES, THE RESPONSES THERE.

THE TOP ONE WAS ADDITIONAL SCHOOL DAY SUPPORT FOR READING AND WRITING SKILLS, THE SECOND WAS ADDITIONAL SCHOOL DAY SUPPORT FOR MATHEMATICS SKILLS, AND THE THIRD WAS CURRICULUM SUPPORT IN ELAR, MATH, SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES.

THEN IT DROPPED OFF FAIRLY QUICKLY THERE, AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE OTHER ITEMS THAT ALSO RECEIVED A PRETTY STRONG RESPONSE.

>> I'M SURPRISED TO SEE THE MATHEMATICS AND ELAR, A LOWER PERCENTAGE IN THE READING AND WRITING BASED ON THE K THROUGH EIGHT, THE RESULTS THAT WE GOT, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THE LOSS WAS MORE ON THE MATH SIDE.

BUT IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE PARENTS OR I GUESS, THE SURVEY TAKERS OPINIONS LIE.

>> WERE THESE PRETTY CONSISTENT AMONG ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL IN TERMS OF WHAT THESE RESPONSES WERE AND THIS IS THE DISTRICT AVERAGE?

>> THIS WAS THE AVERAGE OF ALL OF THE RESPONDENTS, SO WE DON'T HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT ELEMENTARY SAID, VERSUS, I MEAN, WE COULD GET THAT, BUT THIS IS JUST SHOWING ALL GROUPS, ALL LEVELS COMBINED.

>> GOT IT.

>> WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR MAP DATA, WE SEE THE SURVEY DATA BUT WE'VE GOT TO MARRY THAT TO THE ACTUAL STUDENT INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.

>> THE TOP THREE, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORTS.

FIRST WAS INCREASED LESSONS ON SOCIAL EMOTIONAL RELATED TOPICS, TWO WAS PARENTS SUPPORT IN HELPING THEIR CHILDREN WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, AND THREE IS INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES TO RECEIVE INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING.

THEN AGAIN, WE'VE GOT A DECENT DROP-DOWN TO THE OTHER ONES THAT ARE LISTED.

OKAY, SO AS WE BEGIN PUTTING OUR PLAN TOGETHER, SO NOW WE'VE GOT TO DEVELOP THIS MORE INTO FINANCIAL AND PROGRAM PLAN.

THERE ARE FIVE CATEGORIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

NUMBER ONE IS MITIGATING LEARNING LOSS.

AGAIN, THAT'S GOT TO BE 20 PERCENT OF THE OVERALL ESSER III FUNDS, TWO WAS WRAPAROUND SERVICES, THREE WAS WORKFORCE CONTINUITY AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, FOUR WAS COLLEGE, CAREER, AND MILITARY READINESS, AND FIVE WAS OTHER ESSER EXPENDITURES THAT DIDN'T FIT ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES.

ON NUMBER ONE, ON MITIGATING LEARNING LOSS, SO IN OUR PLAN, WE HAVE ELEMENTARY LITERACY AND MATH INTERVENTION RESOURCES.

WE HAVE MIDDLE SCHOOL READING AND MATH INTERVENTION.

ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL READING AND MATH INTERVENTION RESOURCES.

ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW STAFF MODEL FOR INTERVENTION SUPPORT.

WE'VE BEEN IN OUR PLAN INCLUDES ADDING ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALISTS AND ADDITIONAL DYSLEXIA SUPPORT TEACHERS TO TRY TO GET US OVER THAT HUMP AND COMBAT THAT LEARNING LOSS THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED.

THEN ALSO GRADES 9-12, ILEAP CREDIT RECOVERY.

SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT [NOISE].

[02:10:03]

>> RANDY, WHAT IS ILEAP?

>> SO I BELIEVE DR. GOBER TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER IN THE SPRING.

IT IS A CREDIT RECOVERY PROGRAM THAT EACH OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND SENIOR HIGH CAMPUSES HAVE.

STUDENTS THAT ARE CREDIT DEFICIENT, THEY'RE ABLE TO RECAPTURE, REGAIN ANY CREDITS THAT THEY HAVE FAILED.

IT'S COMPUTER ADAPTIVE AND PERSONALIZED LEARNING FOR STUDENTS.

>> IT'S A PROGRAM?

>> YES.

>> OKAY.

>> OKAY. THEN MOVING ON, CONTINUING UNDER MITIGATING LEARNING LOSS, ONE IS COGAT OR ADDITIONAL TESTING FOR GRADES FOUR THROUGH EIGHT.

[NOISE] ENGLISH LEARNERS HAVE SUMMER SUPPORT FOR THEM, LITERACY RESOURCES AND EXTENDED LEARNING.

ALSO SPECIAL EDUCATION, ADDITIONAL SUMMER SUPPORT, [NOISE] AND THEN [NOISE] ADDITIONAL CAMPUS BUDGETS FOR EXTENDED LEARNING, THINGS LIKE TUTORING, SATURDAY SCHOOL, TRANSITION ACTIVITIES, AND AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. ALL THAT TUTORING, EXTENDED DAY, EXTENDED YEAR, THOSE THINGS [NOISE].

UNDER WRAP AROUND, LOOKING AT ADDING ADDITIONAL DAYS TO THE SOCIAL WORKERS AND CONTINUING THEM INTO THE SUMMER [NOISE] GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING MODEL AND STAFF SUPPORT, PARENT EDUCATION MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, BEHAVIORAL SPECIALIST ADDING ONE OR TWO TO DR. GOBER TO ADDITIONAL BEHAVIOR SPECIALISTS, THE MOBILE WRAPAROUND LABS.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

I THINK DR. GILBERT PRESENTED THAT AND THAT WOULD BE INCLUDING SOME OF THOSE COSTS AND THIS ARE THREE, THE MTSS OR MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT, [NOISE] AND THEN ALSO ADDITIONAL SOCIO-EMOTIONAL LEARNING RESOURCES AND TRAINING.

[NOISE] UNDER WORKFORCE CONTINUITY AND STAFF SUPPORT, WE HAVE EXTENDED PLANNING FOR TEACHERS AND ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR SOME OF THAT.

READING ACADEMY TRAINING AND RETENTION STIPEND, ESSER BENEFITS OFFSET FOR EMPLOYEE RETENTION I BELIEVE DR. BROCKMAN WILL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT THAT HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

UNDER THE COMP PLAN, EXPANDED NEW TEACHER MENTORING, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR STUDENT DATA DESEGREGATION AND ACCELERATED PLANNING [NOISE].

UNDER CCMR, PSAT, AND NMSQT OR NATIONAL MERIT STUDENT QUALIFYING TEST, SUMMER PROGRAM AND SATURDAY BOOT CAMPS, TSIA, THAT'S THE TEXAS SUCCESS INITIATIVE ASSESSMENT, TESTING FOR THAT AND ADMINISTRATION, AND ALSO TUTORIALS AND ENROLLMENT, CCMR, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL TRANSITION, AND GATEWAY SUMMER CAMPS.

SO SOME EXAMPLES UNDER CCMR AND THEN SOME OF OUR OTHER ESSER EXPENDITURES, SCANNER REPLACEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL TESTING, THAT'S ABOUT A 100,000.

WE DO GET A CHARGE INDIRECT COSTS TO THIS.

THAT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 4.9 MILLION THAT WE CAN TRANSFER BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND AS WE SPEND THESE FUNDS, IT'S A PERCENTAGE, WHICH IS REALLY LIKE SUPPLANTING.

WE COULD JUST CHARGE EXPENDITURES DIRECTLY TO IT.

THEN ALSO SUPPLANTING THE LOCAL BUDGET, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON, THAT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF THE REMAINDER, WE'LL BACK INTO THAT NUMBER.

AGAIN, THIS IS A THREE-YEAR BUDGET AND SO THIS ONE'S GOING TO GO ON.

IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AND I'M SURE THAT THE PLAN WILL CHANGE AS NEEDS CHANGE THROUGH THE PROGRAM.

THEN ANOTHER ONE THAT DR. BROCKMAN WILL BE COVERING IS THE SUPPLANT OF SIX PLUS YEARS EXPERIENCE, SALARY ADJUSTMENTS.

TRYING TO GET US MORE COMPETITIVE WITH THE MARKET ON PRIMARILY OUR TEACHERS AND RELATED STAFF THAT HAVE MORE THAN SIX YEARS EXPERIENCE.

DIDN'T MEAN TO STICK IT UNDER THERE.

THAT'S FOR EMPLOYEE RETENTION.

ON THE ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES AND SO ON ESSER III, OUR CURRENT PLAN HAS THAT WE WOULD SPEND ABOUT 18 MILLION OF THAT 43.

REALLY LOOKING SINCE IT'S TO ADDRESS LEARNING LOSS AND THOSE, THE MORE WE CAN BE AGGRESSIVE ON THAT, THE SOONER WE CAN DO IT, THEN OUR HOPE IS WE CAN GET STUDENTS BACK ON TRACK AT A MORE RAPID RATE.

ABOUT 18 MILLION IN YEAR ONE ON ESSER II, THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS ABOUT THAT 19.25.

AGAIN, IN THEORY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO USE THAT IN A ROUND ABOUT WAY FOR THE HOLD HARMLESS MONEY WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET.

THEN ON ESSER III,

[02:15:02]

>> RANDY, ALL THIS MONEY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, CAN WE SPEND IT ALREADY LIKE IN THIS SUMMER TO HELP STUDENTS, OR WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE MONEY TO COME IN BEFORE WE EVEN MAKE A MOVE?

>> YES. NO. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEND IT AS IT COMES IN.

ANYTIME WE HAVE FEDERAL MONEY AND I THINK DR. TARA ARE THIS QUESTION, IT'S ALWAYS ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS.

WHETHER IT'S TITTLE ONE OR WHETHER IT'S IDEA, WE GET A NOTICE OF GRAND AWARD TO SAY YOU HAVE THIS MUCH MONEY TO SPEND AND THESE ARE THE GUIDELINES, BUT WE HAVE TO PAY THE MONEY OUT AND THEN WE GET REIMBURSED, SO WE DO COSTS REPORTS.

BUT EXPENDITURES THIS SUMMER WOULD BE ELIGIBLE BECAUSE IT'S GOOD RETROACTIVE BACK TO MARCH OF 20.

IF WE DECIDE TO DO THAT, THEN YES, WE COULD GO AHEAD AND START USING IT EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE THE PLAN APPROVED.

>> RANDY, THE ESSER III FUNDING WE HAVE UNTIL 2024 TO USE THOSE FUNDS?

>> YES.

>> DO WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL THAT IF WE HAVE THAT MONEY LEFTOVER AROUND THAT TIME AND THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THEY APPROVE THE VIRTUAL ACADEMIES THAT WE COULD USE THAT FUNDING TO FUND THAT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT FUNDING COULD BE USED FOR?

>> YEAH, REALLY. SINCE WE CAN SUPPLY ON EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE 20 PERCENT, IT'S ALMOST ANYTHING'S OPEN.

>> OKAY.

>> RANDY, GOING BACK TO THE CONCEPT OF THE STATE PLANNING WHOLE HARMLESS, THAT WHOLE ISSUE.

IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY, WHEN YOU SAY THAT THIS IS ALL DONE ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS, I THINK ESSER III, THE WHOLE THING WITH ESSER III WAS THAT THE FEDS SAID NO, YOU'RE GOING TO DEAL DIRECTLY WITH US.

THE FEDS CUT THE STATE OUT OF THIS.

DOES ESSER I AND II, THE WAY IT WORKED, DID THE FEDS SEND THE MONEY TO THE STATES AND THEN THE STATE SAID, SEND US THE TO BE REIMBURSED OUT OF THESE FUNDS OR IS ESSER I OR II GOING TO BE DIRECTLY GIVEN TO DISTRICTS? I KNOW WE DIDN'T GET ANY ESSER I. I GET THAT.

>> THEY'RE THE FLOW THROUGH AGENCY ON THOSE AND SO I DON'T KNOW.

I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE STATE HAS TO REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE FEDS LIKE WE DO AS THEY SPEND THE FUNDS THAT THE FEDS JUST DIDN'T SEND IT ALL DOWN.

REALLY, I THINK THEY'RE IN THE SAME TOP SITUATION, THE SAME GRANT GUIDELINES THAT WE'RE UNDER.

>> OKAY.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE NOT GRANTING IT TO US.

HOW CAN THEY GET REIMBURSED FOR THAT?

>> THAT'S ALL GOOD QUESTIONS.

>> I SUSPECT IF SOMEBODY DID THE DIGGING, WHAT THEY WOULD FIND OUT IS THAT A 100 PERCENT OF THOSE FUNDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN SPENT THROUGH OTHER ASPECTS OF THE BUDGET AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET THEIR FUNDS RIGHT AWAY.

>> I'M JUST NOT SURE HOW THEY [OVERLAPPING] HANDLE.

>> YEAH THAT WAS MORE OF A STATEMENT, NOT A QUESTION.

[LAUGHTER] ACTUALLY, THAT WAS AN ACCUSATION, NOT A QUESTION.

[LAUGHTER]

>> I WANT TO MEET THAT AUDITOR WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE ESSER PLAN? AGAIN, THAT WAS A REQUIREMENT UNDER THE GRANT.

>> I'M RANDY, THE GUIDELINE FROM THE TA FOR THE ESSER EXPENDITURE.

CAN WE HAVE A COPY OF THAT, OR DO WE ALREADY HAVE ONE?

>> I'M SORRY. [OVERLAPPING]

>> FOR THE ESSER YOU SAID THERE HAVE SAMPLES [OVERLAPPING]

>> OF THE PLAN?

>> YEAH, A USER.

>> WE'LL SEND OUR APPLICATION IN AND ONCE WE RECEIVE THE NOTICE OF GRANT AWARD THEN WE WILL TAKE THAT.

ONCE THEY APPROVE THAT, THEN WE HAVE 30 DAYS TO COME BACK AND ACTUALLY PUT IT INTO A FORMAT THAT WE POST ON OUR WEBSITE AND YES, WE WILL SEND YOU ALL COPIES AS WE DEVELOP THAT.

>> BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR DISTRICT'S PR, BECAUSE IF THEY SUPPLANT THE HOLD HARMLESS AND WE SUPPLANT LOCAL BUDGET, YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO THE STAKEHOLDERS WHY YOU DO THAT.

THAT'S WHY I WANT TO SEE THEIR SAMPLE.

HOW DO YOU TELL THE STORY TO YOUR OWN CONSTITUENTS, IS LIKE, I MEAN, PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND STAFF, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

>> A COUPLE OF THINGS.

WE HAVE A DEDICATED WEB PAGE TO ESSER THAT HAS ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AS WELL AS SOME FAQ AND

[02:20:02]

THE SECOND THING THAT YOU'LL SEE COME FORWARD IS ONCE WE HAVE OUR PLAN THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO POST FOR 30 DAYS FOR APPROVAL, THAT PLAN WILL COME FORWARD TO THE BOARD AS WELL AS OUR RETURN TO SCHOOL PLAN THAT WILL COVER ANY HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS, AS WELL AS OUR CONTINUITY OF INSTRUCTION PLAN.

>> YEAH AND HEATHER, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT, BUT I THINK I WANT YOU JUST TO REMEMBER WE'RE BEING VERY CONSERVATIVE IN OUR EXPENDITURES.

WE HAVE A $19 MILLION DEFICIT ON THE M&O.

BUT THE IDEA IS NOT TO TAKE THE REMAINING FUNDS AND COVER THE DEFICIT.

THAT'S NOT THE PLAN.

WE NEED TO GET KIDS BACK IN OUR BUILDINGS AND OUR TEACHERS, BACK IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND YOU CAN SEE THE SIX-PLUS YEAR RETENTION.

WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THOSE TEACHERS.

THEY ARE OUR BEST PRAYER FOR RECOVERING LEARNING LOSS, IS HOW DO WE RETAIN OUR QUALITY WORKFORCE? WE SAID THAT WHEN COVID STARTED, AND IT IS NEVER MORE TRUE THAN RIGHT NOW AS WE ALL COME BACK.

ONCE THE KIDS ARE BACK, WE MAY COME BACK AND SAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND SOME MORE OF THIS TO DO XYZ TO RECOVER KIDS.

THE IDEA IS NOT TO RUN TO SPEND OR SUPPLANT, THE IDEA IS REALLY TRULY, I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THE QUESTION, THAT THE GOAL IS IT THE THINGS THAT WE'VE PUT ON THOSE SLIDES, WE FEEL LIKE THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WILL HELP RECOVER KIDS, HELP TAKE CARE OF KIDS, HELP TAKE CARE OF FAMILIES AS WE COME BACK TO SCHOOL.

THAT'S WHY RANDY SAID, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO GO BACK TO ALL THE PREVIOUS COVID COSTS BECAUSE WE KNOW WHEN THEY COME BACK TO US, WE NEED TO BE CONSERVATIVE SO THAT WE'RE CAREFUL WITH THE GIFT OF FUNDS THAT WE HAVE HERE SO THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF KIDS FIRST AND FOREMOST IN HOW WE ALLOCATE THESE PRECIOUS DOLLARS.

>> THANK YOU, SARAH, I THINK YOU READ MY MIND, THAT'S MY CONCERN.

I DON'T WANT PARENTS TO SAY THIS IS MONEY TO ADDRESS COVID IMPACT, [OVERLAPPING] AND YOU ARE USING IT TO SUPPLANT THIS AND THAT? YOU ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT THE STATE IS DOING WITH THEIR SPILL.

I'M GLAD WE HAD THIS HONEST DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.

WE REALIZE THERE WHAT WE'RE REALLY GOING TO DO IS TO ADDRESS COVID IMPACT. THANK YOU [OVERLAPPING]

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> HEATHER, I THINK ANOTHER PART OF THAT CONVERSATION IS LOOK JUST BACK THE ENVELOPE MAP ON ALL THREE OF THE ESSER THAT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED THEN WE WERE ALLOCATED $66.5 MILLION.

WE'RE GOING TO REALIZE 52 MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH MEANS THAT 21 PERCENT, AND I'M BASING THAT ON THE ESSER II BEING ABOUT 10 MILLION, OR AS GETTING NINE MILLION.

THAT MEANS THAT SOMEBODY HAVE ABSCONDED WITH 21 PERCENT OF OUR MONEY AND WE KNOW WHERE IT IS, AND IT'S NOT BEING USED TO IMPACT KIDS WHO ARE AFFECTED BY COVID.

THAT'S JUST WRONG AND THAT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION TOO, IN MY OPINION.

BOARD, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THIS IS, AGAIN, A PUBLIC HEARING.

I WOULD INVITE NOW THE PUBLIC TO COME AND [NOISE] SPEAK ONCE AGAIN.

PUBLIC BACK THERE, ANYBODY? THIS IS THE END OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

[NOISE] LET ME POSE THIS QUESTION.

WE MIGHT NEED TO BREAK FOR THREE MINUTES, ARE WE READY TO ROLL THROUGH?

>> WOULD YOU NEED A MOTION ON THIS?

>> NO, THIS WAS JUST A HEARING.

>> BUT THERE'S [INAUDIBLE] [OVERLAPPING] [BACKGROUND]

>> YEAH, THOSE ARE COMING IN.

>> OKAY. [BACKGROUND]

>> LET'S POWER THROUGH.

>> OKAY.

>> WHAT NUMBER? [BACKGROUND] SHE CAN GO.

THAT WAS THE PUBLIC HEARING, NUMBER 12, CORRECT.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE DISCUSSION ACTION PORTION OF THE AGENDA.

>> YOU NEED ONE.

CORRECT? [BACKGROUND] YES. THANK YOU.

>> 13A.

>> YEAH. RANDY MCDOWELL [LAUGHTER] WILL PRESENT THE FIRST ITEM,

[13.A. Approval of a Resolution Adopting Policy Provisions for Policy CB(LOCAL) State and Federal Revenue Sources]

[02:25:01]

>> YES. TO CONTINUE THE ESSER REQUIREMENTS ON APRIL 28TH IN THERE'S RESOLUTION IN YOUR PACK.

THEN ON APRIL 28TH, TA NOTIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR ESSER III FUNDS.

TA PUBLISHED GARDENS, REGARDING HOW THESE FUNDS CAN BE USED IN LOCAL COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS SCHOOL DISTRICTS MUST FOLLOW, INCLUDING A RECOMMENDATION THAT DISTRICTS DEVELOP LOCAL BOARD POLICY TO ADDRESS HOW THE DISTRICT WILL PROVIDE THE REQUIRED PUBLIC NOTICE REGARDING FEDERAL GRANTS AND AWARDS FOR CONSISTENCY.

THAT WAS A REQUIREMENT UNDER THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES THAT TA NOTIFIED DISTRICTS.

THEN TASB, TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS, WHO DOES OUR POLICY SEND OUT A RECOMMENDED POLICY AMENDMENT TO POLICY CB LOCAL.

WHAT THAT DOES IS IT AMENDS OUR CB LOCAL, OF COURSE, TO SAY THAT A DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE PUBLIC NOTICE OF FEDERAL GRANT APPLICATIONS THROUGH AN INFORMATION ITEM AT A BOARD MEETING OR BY OTHER MEANS OF PUBLIC NOTICE AND BY PUBLISHING INFORMATION ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE.

THE DISTRICT SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC INPUT AS REQUIRED BY LAW OR THE GRANTING AGENCIES.

ALL OF THIS STAKEHOLDER INPUT THAT WE'VE DONE THROUGH SURVEYS AS A REQUIREMENT UNDER ESSER III, AND THIS JUST SOLIDIFIES THAT ENTIRE POLICY.

IT'S THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE AMEND POLICIES CB LOCAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS RESOLUTION.

>> QUESTIONS. MAY I HAVE A MOTION?

>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES OF RESOLUTION ADOPTING POLICY PROVISIONS FOR POLICY CB LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL REVENUE SOURCES.

>> I SECOND, ANGELA.

>> I HAVE A MOTION BY NANCY HUMPHREY AND SECONDED BY ANGELA POWELL THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING POLICY PROVISIONS FOR POLICY CB LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL REVENUE SOURCES.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, SEVEN, ZERO.

13B DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM.

[13.B. Approval of the 2021 - 2022 Employee Compensation Package]

ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR EMPLOYEE SERVICES WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM, DR. BROCKMAN, FOR A CHANGE UP.

>> THANK YOU. HAD TO WRESTLE THAT CLICKER AWAY FROM MY COLLEAGUE, RANDY.

I HAVE A FEW SLIDES.

[NOISE] THERE WE GO. I WANT TO EXPLAIN SEVERAL DIFFERENT PIECES OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COMPENSATION PACKAGE.

THE FIRST IS A GENERAL PAY INCREASE OF 2 PERCENT.

THIS IS TYPICALLY WHAT WE BRING TO YOU EACH YEAR.

IT DOES TRANSLATE INTO APPROXIMATELY $1,200 FOR TEACHERS AND DOES CHANGE OUR STARTING TEACHER SALARY TO 56,000 WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND 58,000 FOR A MASTER'S DEGREE.

WITHIN THAT CONTAINS SOME STRUCTURE ADJUSTMENTS AND A ROUGH ESTIMATE OF 7 MILLION.

BUT THAT WOULD BE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.

WE ARE PROPOSING SOME ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS FOR TEACHERS, NURSES, AND LIBRARIANS THAT HAVE SIX YEARS OF EXPERIENCE PLUS.

THEY'RE FOLLOWING THEIR SIXTH YEAR.

THE AMOUNT OF ADJUSTMENT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN IN THE DISTRICT.

WE FEEL THAT THIS IS NEEDED TO INCREASE OUR MARKET COMPETITIVENESS WITH SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.

THIS IS BOTH A RETENTION TOOL AS WELL AS A RECRUITMENT TOOL.

WE BELIEVE THIS WILL COST ABOUT $2.1 MILLION.

I PROVIDED A HANDOUT IN YOUR FOLDER.

THAT MAY BE HELPFUL TO LOOK AT.

THE FIRST PAGE OF THE HANDOUT IS THE SECOND TIME YOU'VE SEEN THIS CHART INTO THREE MONTHS, THIS IS AS OF THIS YEAR'S SALARIES, THE 2021 SALARIES WHERE PLANO ISD FALLS AND WE ARE THE RED LINE THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE.

WE'RE AT THE 50 PERCENT MARK FOR STARTING SALARY FOR ZERO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

THE CONCERN THAT I'M TRYING TO ADDRESS WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE ON THE NEXT PAGE OF THAT HANDOUT.

[02:30:02]

THE BLUE LINE IS THE LOCAL MARKET MEDIAN AND YOU CAN SEE THE GAP BETWEEN THE LOCAL MARKET AND OUR CONTINUING TEACHERS SALARY AND THEN OUR NEW HIGHER SALARY.

WE'RE WORKING TO CLOSE SOME OF THOSE GAPS.

THOSE GAPS ARE GREATEST WHEN WE HIT THE SIX-PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND THEN CONTINUE ON THROUGH THE REST OF THE EXPERIENCE BANDS FOR TEACHERS.

WE DO KNOW FROM ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION SHARED BY PRINCIPLES AS WELL AS MY OWN HR TEAM, THAT IT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO HIRE IN A TEACHER WITH SIX-PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND AT TIMES TO RETAIN THEM.

>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION BEFORE YOU MOVE ON?

>> OF COURSE.

>> ON THE LAST SLIDE, THE ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS FOR TEACHERS, SIX-PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IS THAT OVERALL TEACHING, IS THAT TEACHING IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, IS THAT TEACHING IN PLANO ISD?

>> THAT WOULD BE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THAT TRS CREDITS.

>> OKAY.

>> WHICH FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR TEACHERS IS NUMBER OF YEARS, NOT DEPENDENT ON IT SOME PLANO ISD.

WE'RE HAPPY TO LEVERAGE OUR AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND RECRUIT FROM NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS IN A FRIENDLY MANNER.

NEXT, WE FOUND THE NEED TO MAKE SOME ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS IN SOME OF OUR OTHER AREAS.

THIS IS JUST A REPRESENTATION.

IT IS NOT SOLELY LIMITED TO TRANSPORTATION FANS AND FACILITY SERVICES.

BUT AS YOU ARE AWARE, SALARIES OR HOURLY RATES FOR ALL KINDS OF JOBS KEEP GOING UP AND UP AND WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE, IN THIS DISTRICT, BUS DRIVERS AND BUS ASSISTANTS AND WE NEED TO INCREASE THAT COMPENSATION IN ORDER TO COMPETE, TO RETAIN THE PEOPLE WE HAVE, AND TO HAVE ANY HOPE OF RECRUITING NEW DRIVERS TO COME HERE, SAME WITH BUS ASSISTANTS.

IN OUR CAFETERIAS, CAFETERIA SPECIALISTS, CASHIERS AND ASSISTANT MANAGERS, THAT'S THAT FIRST GROUP OF CAFETERIA WORKERS.

THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE ON OUR CAMPUSES AND THE ONES THAT WE NEED TO WORK TO RECRUIT AS WELL AS RETAIN.

AS RANDY MENTIONED, WITH A DECREASE IN STUDENT POPULATIONS AT CAMPUSES AND NUMBER OF MEALS BEING SERVED, WE NATURALLY LET SOME OF OUR STAFFING LEVELS AND FANS DECREASE JUST THROUGH ATTRITION.

WELL, WE GOT TO RAMP BACK UP FOR THE FALL AND WE'VE GOT TO RAISE THOSE HOURLY RATES TO MAKE THAT WORK.

THEN AT OUR SKILLED TRADES AND FACILITY SERVICES, THE LOCAL CONSTRUCTION MARKET IS VERY LUCRATIVE FOR SOMEONE WHO'S HFAQ, CERTIFIED, AN ELECTRICIAN, A PLUMBER, ETC.

WE NEED THOSE FOLKS TO STAY WITH US AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT THEM.

THOSE THREE GROUPS, WE'RE LOOKING A ABOUT 1.5 MILLION IN CHANGES IN THEIR COMPENSATION.

>> BETH QUICK QUESTION. WHAT TYPE OF CONCERNS DO YOU HAVE IN TERMS OF TRYING TO FIND PEOPLE FOR THOSE POSITIONS? BECAUSE I KNOW WITH SOME OF THE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS THAT THE WORKFORCE IS SLOWLY COMING BACK AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT'S DRIVING UP THOSE COSTS.

I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE ANY FEARS THAT COME SEPTEMBER WE MIGHT NOT HAVE ENOUGH BUS DRIVERS?

>> RECRUITMENT IS A REAL CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW.

WE'VE HAD TWO FACE-TO-FACE RECRUITMENT FAIRS IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS AND FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR TRANSPORTATION AND FOR FANS AND THE TURNOUT HAS BEEN VERY LOW.

WE KNOW THAT IF THIS CONVERSATION RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD TONIGHT, WE CAN START MARKETING THE HIGHER RATES, WHICH WE BELIEVE WILL HELP.

SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE THINK ARE GOING TO HELP WITH THE CHANGE IN UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND NOT HAVING THE ADDITIONAL FEDERAL ADD ON THAT WILL HELP US.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO HELP US, IT'S GOING TO HELP OUR LOCAL STORES AND RESTAURANTS

[02:35:04]

>> LABOR?

>> YES.

>> THANK YOU.

>> BETH, DO YOU THINK IN THE FUTURE LIKE, AFTER SEPTEMBER, THE SITUATION WILL IMPROVE THE LABOR SHORTAGE?

>> WELL BEFORE THE PANDEMIC CAME UPON US, WE WERE AT VERY LOW UNEMPLOYMENT AND WE WERE SEEING INCREASING DIFFICULTIES IN COMPETING JUST IN OUR MARKET BEFORE THE PANDEMIC STARTED IN SOME OF OUR LOWEST WAGED JOBS.

THE LAST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS NON-SALARY COMPENSATION.

EVERY YEAR WHEN WE BRING THE COMPENSATION ITEM TO YOU, WE INCLUDE WHAT OUR DISTRICT CONTRIBUTION IS FOR EMPLOYEE HEALTH INSURANCE.

COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE RAISED THAT TO OUR CURRENT $300 A MONTH AND THAT IS FOR EMPLOYEES WHO TAKE OR ELECT TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR HEALTH MEDICAL INSURANCE THROUGH TRS-ACTIVECARE.

THIS YEAR MOVING INTO THE 21, 22 SCHOOL YEAR, THE PREMIUMS FOR THAT COVERAGE HAVE INCREASED FOR 17 OUT OF THE 20 DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS OF PLANS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH TRS-ACTIVECARE.

NOW, ONLY THE HD PLAN IS REALLY SEEING CHANGES IN BENEFITS THROUGH THE INCREASE OF DEDUCTIBLES, THE INCREASE OF OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES, ETC.

WE'RE NOT REALLY SEEING THOSE DECREASE IN BENEFITS ACROSS THE OTHER PLANS.

THE INCREASE IS ALSO OUTLINED IN A HANDOUT THAT I GAVE YOU.

IT'S THE THIRD PAGE OF THAT STAPLED HANDOUT WHERE YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY CURRENT EMPLOYEES ARE ENROLLED IN THE VARIOUS PLANS AND WHETHER IT'S THE EMPLOYEE ONLY, EMPLOYEE'S SPOUSE, EMPLOYEE CHILDREN, EMPLOYEE FAMILY, HOW MUCH THE COST IS GOING UP FOR NEXT YEAR.

THE LAST TWO COLUMNS REPRESENTS PROBABLY THE EASIEST LOOK, WHICH IS THE MONTHLY CHANGE IN PREMIUM FOR THE EMPLOYEE AND THEN THE ANNUAL CHANGE.

JUST AS A WORD OF NOTE, TRS-ACTIVECARE TO IS A CLOSED PLAN.

IT HAS NOT BEEN OPENED FOR NEW ENROLLMENT FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS.

WE DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES THAT MOVE INTO THAT PLAN.

AS YOU CAN SEE THAT BY FAR, THE LARGEST GROUP OF EMPLOYEES ARE IN ACTIVE CARE PRIMARY AND ACTIVE CARE HD AND ACTIVE CARE PRIMARY WAS ADDED AS A TRS-ACTIVECARE PLAN FOR THE YEAR WE'RE FINISHING NOW.

IT WAS ADDED AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR TO PROVIDE ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE THAT WOULD BE COST-EFFECTIVE FOR EMPLOYEES AND FAMILIES AND IT WORKS A LOT MORE LIKE A PPO PLAN THAN THE HD.

THE HD EMPLOYEE ONLY IS OUR MOST HEAVILY UTILIZED PLAN.

THAT IS THE ONE THAT'S HAVING THE MOST CHANGES IN BENEFITS OR DECREASES IN BENEFITS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

I AM RECOMMENDING, WE ARE RECOMMENDING, AN ESSER BENEFITS PREMIUM OFFSET FOR OUR EMPLOYEES THAT ARE 50 PERCENT TIME OR MORE.

SO 20 HOURS A WEEK OR MORE, IT'S AT THAT POINT THAT THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE DISTRICT CONTRIBUTION TO BENEFITS.

IF I'M ONLY A 40 PERCENT TIME EMPLOYEE, I CAN ACCESS THE BENEFITS, BUT THERE'S NO DISTRICT CONTRIBUTION.

WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT THIS PREMIUM OFFSET BE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES, WHETHER THEY TAKE THE HEALTH INSURANCE OR NOT.

THIS IS A ONE-TIME BENEFIT.

THIS IS NOT A MONTHLY OFFSET ON TOP OF THE $300?

>> THAT IS CORRECT. THIS WOULD BE A ONE-TIME OFFSET, PROBABLY IN THE FALL.

>> I JUST DID SOME BACK OF THE ENVELOPE MATH AND IF BASED ON A 10-YEAR PISD EMPLOYEE, AVERAGE SALARY, WE BUMP THAT BY TWO PERCENT.

THAT DOES NOT OFFSET THE CUT THE INCREASE IN THE COST OF THE HEALTH CARE.

IF SO ANY TEACHER OUT THERE WHO HAS THEIR FAMILY ON ANY OF THESE PLANS

[02:40:05]

THAT IS DEATH BY 1000 CUTS.

>> [LAUGHTER] I THINK PART OF THE CONVERSATION THEN HAS TO BE IS TRS RIGHT FOR OUR DISTRICT OR OUR TEACHERS?

>> WELL, OF COURSE, IN OUR DISTRICT OF INNOVATION PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD, MAY.

WE DID EXEMPT OUR-SELF FROM TRS-ACTIVECARE, AND THEN SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE LEGISLATION PASSED ALLOWING US TO REALLY EXPLORE OTHER OPTIONS.

THAT IS FIRST ON MY LIST.

IN AUGUST ONCE WE GET OPEN ENROLLMENT COMPLETED FOR EMPLOYEES, WHICH STARTS IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY AND RUNS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST, THEN WE ARE GOING TO DIVE INTO A RFP FOR HEALTH INSURANCE TO SEE IF WE CAN DO BETTER FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

>> WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE HAD A SURVEY OF EMPLOYEES ABOUT THE HEALTH CARE THAT WE PROVIDE?

>> IT WAS NOT LEGAL TO LEAVE.

ONCE YOU'RE IN TRS, YOU COULDN'T GET OUT.

>> GOT IT. OKAY, NOW THAT'S DIFFERENT?

>> NOW IT'S DIFFERENT.

>> NOW IT'S DIFFERENT.

>> IS THERE SOMETHING WORKS OR IS THERE JUST AN OVERALL CONSENSUS, WE KNOW HOW THEY FEEL.

>> NO, I THINK WE HAVE TO INVESTIGATE WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE AND THEN WORK WITH OUR EMPLOYEES TO SEE WHAT WE THINK IS THE BEST THING TO DO.

WE WANT THE BEST BENEFITS POSSIBLE FOR THE TEACHERS AND NOW THAT IT'S SICK, THAT TWO PERCENT RAISE IS NOT GOING TO COVER THE RAISING IN THEIR INSURANCE PREMIUMS, IT'S RIDICULOUS.

>> OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE GOT TO SEE WHAT THE OTHER OPTIONS ARE BECAUSE [OVERLAPPING] MAYBE THE NUMBERS DON'T LOOK THAT DIFFERENT.

IT'S GOING TO BE OUR NEWEST CONVERSATION ABOUT COVERAGE AND WHAT THE NUMBERS SHAKE OUT TO BE.

>> UNTIL WE HAD THE OPTION TO EVEN GET OUT, WE COULDN'T REALISTICALLY LOOK AT OPTIONS BECAUSE NO ONE WANTED TO TALK TO US.

THE OTHER PIECES WE ARE IN A VERY HIGH-COST MEDICAL MARKET.

HEALTH CARE IS MORE EXPENSIVE IN THE METROPLEX AND OTHER PLACES IN THE STATE.

WE DON'T HAVE A REAL GOOD IDEA AT THE MOMENT OF WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO, SEPARATE FROM TRS-ACTIVECARE.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO FINDING OUT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I WOULD THINK THAT IF WE JUMPED SHIP AND FOUND A CHEAPER PLAN, WE'D WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S GUARANTEED FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS BECAUSE THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO JUMP BACK INTO TRS FOR A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.

>> THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF IT.

IT'S LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE RIGHT GUARANTEES, WHAT ARE THE PREMIUM GUARANTEES, AND WHAT ARE THE COVERAGE GUARANTEES, OVER TIME.

>> THE $500 OFFSET, HOW WOULD THAT BE? WOULD THAT BE?

>> IN SEPTEMBER.

>> OKAY.

>> IN THE FALL, IT WOULD BE A [OVERLAPPING].

>> [INAUDIBLE] [OVERLAPPING] WE WERE LOOKING AT WHAT COULD WE DO IN ADDITION TO THE TWO PERCENT TO HELP OFFSET THIS, AND $500 DOES COVER ABOUT 70 PERCENT OF THE EMPLOYEES WHO TAKE OUR BENEFITS, THEIR ANNUAL INCREASE.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO GIVE RELIEF AND SUPPORT TO THE EMPLOYEES.

>> THAT MAKE SENSE.

>> DO THE EMPLOYEES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT MONEY INTO A HEALTHCARE SAVINGS PLAN?

>> WE HAVE BOTH AN FSA AND HSA OPTIONS.

>> COULD WE GIVE THAT 500 TO THAT PLAN SO THAT THERE ARE 500 IS TAX-DEFERRED OR IS THAT TOO COMPLICATED?

>> THE ONLY ONES THAT QUALIFY ARE THE ONES UNDER ACTIVE CARE HD.

THERE'S ONLY SELECT PLANS, THAT QUALIFY UNDER OUR ROS RULE. [OVERLAPPING]

>> FOR NHSA.

>> OKAY, THANKS.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> BETH, THESE PACKAGE 2021, 2022 EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PACKAGE, IS THIS ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR '21, '22?

>> I BELIEVE THAT SOME AMENDMENTS WILL HAVE TO TAKE PLACE.

BUDGET REVISIONS IN AUGUST AS WE WERE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE EXPERIENCE INCREASE AFTER THE BUDGET WAS PREPARED.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT.

THIS IS NOT SURPRISING, RANDY.

[LAUGHTER] WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT,

[02:45:05]

>> LET ME JUST ASK JUST TO CLARIFY THAT QUESTION.

THE CURRENT BUDGET DEFICIT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS ABOUT 19 MILLION, CLOSE TO 20, AND THEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY ADDING SEVEN TO AND THEN 1.5, SO THAT'S 10.6 OF THE [OVERLAPPING]?

>> THE TWO PERCENT WAS FACTORED IN.

[OVERLAPPING] I REMEMBER WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS, THEY'RE THREE PLANS, SOME OF THESE ITEMS ARE IN THERE, SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO COME OUT OF SR.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT DON'T COME OUT OF SR, THEN WE'VE GOT THIS PLAN OPTION.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SHUFFLING TO DO ON THE BUDGET IS THE BOTTOM LINE, BUT THE SEVEN MILLION IS ALREADY BUILT INTO THE BUDGET.

A LOT OF THOSE SALARY INCREASES WERE ALREADY BUILT INTO THE BUDGET WHERE WE LOOKED AT THE TRANSPORTATION, FOOD SERVICE, AND ALL OF THAT.

MANY OF THE COMPONENT [OVERLAPPING] AND MANY OF THE ONES THAT MOST OF THE ONES THAT AREN'T ARE GOING TO BE OUT OF THE SR.

>> GOT IT.

>> THE 2.1 MILLION THAT WAS FOR THE EXPERIENCE, THE SIX-PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, THAT IS THE MORE RECENT PIECE OF THE TABLE, AND WE BELIEVE THAT SR GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY, TO FIX AN ISSUE THAT'S BEEN BREWING.

>> THAT WILL BE A GOOD USE OF THE SR MONEY.

>> BUT AFTER THE SR FUNDS ARE USED FOR THAT, THESE ARE, I WOULD SAY LIKE PERMANENT FUNDS, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE REOCCURRING.

IT'S GOING TO END UP BEING A PART OF THE BUDGET EVENTUALLY.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> THE INTEND OF THE 500 AT THIS POINT IS NOT CONTINUING, [OVERLAPPING] BUT YOUR RIGHT, WHEN YOU ADJUST THE PAY STRUCTURE, IT IS NONE GOING COST.

>> THE $500 WE PAY EMPLOYEES, WILL THAT BE APPROVED EVERY YEAR?

>> JUST THIS YEAR.

>> JUST THIS YEAR AND THEN WE'LL EVALUATE WHAT ARE OTHER INSURANCE OPTIONS MIGHT BE TO SEE IF THERE ARE BETTER CHOICES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

>> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO KNOW IN ADVANCE.

>> OTHER QUESTIONS? THANKS, BETH. MAY I HAVE A MOTION?

>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE 2021, 2022 EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PACKAGES AS PRESENTED.

>> I SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION BY ANGELA POWELL, SECOND BY LAUREN TYRER THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE 2021, '22 EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PACKAGE AS PRESENTED.

IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT THAT I THINK I WANT TO TIE ALL THIS TOGETHER.

WE'RE ADOPTING A $19 MILLION DEFICIT BUDGET.

I WANT TO GIVE MORE THAN A TWO PERCENT RAISE TO OUR TEACHERS, WE'RE NOT EVEN KEEPING UP WITH THE RATE OF INFLATION, WE'RE DOING AS MUCH AS WE CAN AFFORD TO DO, AND AGAIN, WE CAN'T CONTINUE DOING THIS.

THAT'S MY STATEMENT. WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HANDS? NO OPPOSE, THAT MOTION PASSES 7, 0.

THANK YOU. I'M 13 C ON THE AGENDA THE NEXT ITEM IS THE ADOPTION OF THE 2021,

[13.C. Adoption of the 2021 - 2022 General Fund, Debt Service Fund and Food and Nutritional Services Fund Budgets]

RANDY MCDOWELL IS BACK. [LAUGHTER].

>> I'M BACK. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GET THE BUDGET PRESENTATION PULLED BACK UP.

BUT IF YOU'LL TAKE YOUR BUDGET BOOK AND TURN TO PAGE 11.

WE DID GET THERE. LET ME BACK THAT UP TO PAGE 11.

THAT'S IT.

>> FIRST, I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS BUDGET.

WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAD BEEN WORKING ON THIS BUDGET EVERY DAY SINCE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.

THAT'S PRIMARILY LED BY A [INAUDIBLE] OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND OUR DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND THEIR TEAM.

THIS IS A VERY BIG BUDGET.

THERE'S A LOT OF DETAILS AND THEY'D BEEN WORKING THROUGH THAT FOR MONTHS, AND SO WE APPRECIATE ALL THEIR HARD WORK.

ALSO THE DEPARTMENTS, AGAIN, THEY'RE WORKING HARDER EVERY YEAR TO TRY TO GET THEIR BUDGETS IN, AND WE'RE PUSHING THEM TOWARD A ZERO-BASED BUDGET AND THEM AND THEIR STAFF ARE SPENDING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME.

BUT ALSO THANK YOU BOARD FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS AND ITS MANY MEETINGS AND ITS MANY ATOMS. WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE END RESULT HERE TONIGHT.

ON PAGE 11, THIS IS THE DETAIL THAT THE BOARD HAS TO ADOPT THE BUDGET IN.

WE'VE GOT THE THREE FUNDS, WE'VE GOT THE GENERAL OPERATING, WE'VE GOT THE DEBT SERVICE, AND WE'VE GOT THE FUNDS BUDGET.

AGAIN, WE'VE GOT ON THE GENERAL FUND TOTAL REVENUES 665,032,670.

TOTAL EXPENDITURES, 685, 330,304.

[02:50:02]

DEBT SERVICE HAS A BALANCED BUDGET AT 162,981,131.

FUNDS HAS REVENUES OF 27,776,880, EXPENDITURES OF 27,153,747, AND A POSITIVE BUDGET OF 623,133.

IT WOULD BE OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU ADOPT THAT BUDGET AS PRESENTED ON PAGE 11 IN THAT DETAIL.

>> QUESTIONS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION?

>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF THE 2021, 2022 GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND FOOD NUTRITIONAL SERVICES FUND BUDGETS AS PRESENTED.

>> I SECOND.

>> IS THAT ANGELA?

>> YES.

>> I HAVE A MOTION BY JERI CHAMBERS AND SECOND BY ANGELA PAL THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF THE 21/22 GENERAL FUND DEBT SERVICE FUND AND FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICES FUND BUDGETS AS PRESENTED.

FURTHER DISCUSSION? [LAUGHTER] WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT.

THE NEXT ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT.

[13.D. Approval of an Amendment to the Superintendent's Contract]

>> THANK YOU. I AM RECOMMENDING THAT THE BOARD CONSIDER APPROVING THE AMENDMENT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.

>> MAY I HAVE A MOTION?

>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES AN AMENDMENT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.

>> I SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION BY NANCY HUMPHREY, A SECOND BY JERI CHAMBERS THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES AND AMENDMENT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? LET'S VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM E, OUR FINAL DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM

[13.E. Approval of Board Operating Protocol Section Revisions]

THERE, AS YOU MIGHT RECALL, WE PULLED ONE OF OUR SESSIONS, SO THERE'S ONE SECTION FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT, AND THAT IS TRAVEL AND EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION.

>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE REVISIONS TO THE FOLLOWING OPERATING AND PROTOCOLS SECTIONS, TRAVEL AND EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.

>> I SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION BY DR. HEATHER WANG, A SECOND BY ANGELA PAL, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE REVISIONS TO THE BOARD OPERATING PROTOCOLS SECTION, TRAVEL AND EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HANDS.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

POLICIES, THE BOARD WILL NOW CONSIDER ACTION ON POLICIES.

[14.A. Adoption of Policy FDA(LOCAL) Admissions: Interdistrict Transfers on Second Reading]

>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT SALIH.

I'M BRINGING POLICY FDA LOCAL.

IT'S BEEN MODIFIED WITH A CHANGE IN THE TIMELINE, REMOVAL OF A $50 APPLICATION FEE AND CHANGE OF DISTRICT PERSONNEL WHO OVERSEES THE TRANSFER PROCESS.

ADDITIONAL REVISIONS AND OUR SECOND READING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ALSO INCLUDE CHANGING THE TRAITS FOR APPLICATION AND DEADLINE TO THE FOURTH FRIDAY OF JUNE, REMOVING LANGUAGE ADDRESSING A CLOSING DATE ON A CONTRACT TO BUILD A HOME AS A PROVISION THAT IS NO LONGER NEEDED.

THESE ADDITIONAL AND PROPOSED EDITS HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTED FOR YOUR REFERENCE.

THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION UNDER SECOND READING AND SUBMITTED BY DR. COURTNEY GERBER.

>> QUESTIONS ON IT? MAY I HAVE A MOTION?

>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT POLICY FDA LOCAL EMISSIONS, INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFERS UNDER SECOND READING.

>> I SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION BY ANGELA POWELL, A SECOND BY NANCY HUMPHREY, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT POLICY, FDA LOCAL ADMISSIONS, INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFERS UNDER SECOND READING.

IS THERE A FURTHER DISCUSSION? LET'S VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THE NEXT POLICY ON THE AGENDA IS FDB,

[14.B. Adoption of Policy FDB(LOCAL) Admissions: Intradistrict Transfers and Classroom Assignments on Second Reading]

>> THIS POLICY HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO ALLOW INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFERS, PROVIDING A TIMELINE AND GUIDELINES FOR SUCH TRANSFERS.

IT IS PRESENTED UNDER SECOND READING AND AGAIN SUBMITTED BY DR. COURTNEY GERBER.

[02:55:05]

>> QUESTIONS? MOTION? MAY I HAVE A MOTION?

>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DOES POLICY FDB, LOCAL EMISSIONS, AND INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFERS AND CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS UNDER SECOND READING.

>> SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION BY ANGELA PAL, SECOND BY CODY WEAVER THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT POLICY FDB, LOCAL ADMISSIONS, INTRA-DISTRICT TRANSFERS, AND CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS UNDER SECOND READING.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? LET'S VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT IS POLICY GKD LOCAL NON-SCHOOL USE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES,

[14.C. Adoption of Policy GKDA(LOCAL) Nonschool Use of School Facilities: Distribution of Nonschool Literature on First and Final Reading]

>> PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THIS POLICY GKDA LOCAL HAS BEEN MADE TO MATCH OUR CURRENT PRACTICES FOLLOWING THE RECENT RELATED CHANGES IN GKDA LOCAL.

IT ALIGNS THE TWO POLICIES.

IT'S PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING AND SUBMITTED BY LESLIE RANGEDIN.

>> QUESTIONS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION?

>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY GKDA LOCAL NON-SCHOOL USE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES, DISTRIBUTION OF NON-SCHOOL LITERATURE UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING.

>> SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION BY NANCY HUMPHREY, A SECOND BY HEATHER WANG THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY GKDA LOCAL NON-SCHOOL USE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES, DISTRIBUTION OF NON-SCHOOL LITERATURE UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER CONVERSATION, DISCUSSION? LET'S VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

DR. WILLIAMS WILL NOW PRESENT APPROVAL OF TASB LOCALIZED POLICY MANUAL UPDATE 117.

[14.D. Approval of Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Localized Policy Manual Update 117, Affecting (LOCAL) Policies as Indicated on the Policy Action List and Review of (LEGAL) Policies, Exhibits and Regulations Included in the Policy Update on First Reading]

>> UPDATE TO 117 HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY CABINET AND STAFF AS WELL AS OUR DISTRICT'S LEGAL COUNSEL.

LOCAL POLICIES INCLUDED IN THE UPDATE ARE PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL UNDER FIRST READING THIS EVENING WITH REVISIONS TO CV LOCAL FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION AS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET OR UPDATE PACKET.

ALSO REVIEW OF LOCAL POLICIES, EXHIBITS, AND REGULATIONS RESULTED IN A REVISION TO A COUPLE OF EXHIBITS, BBD AND DK.

>> QUESTIONS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION?

>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADDS, REVISES, OR DELETES LOCAL POLICIES AS RECOMMENDED BY TASB POLICY SERVICE AND ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTION SHEET FOR TASB LOCALIZED POLICY MANUAL UPDATE 117 WITH REVISIONS AS NOTED TO POLICY CV LOCAL FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION UNDER FIRST READING.

>> SECOND.

>> WHO SAID THAT, JERI?

>> JERI.

>> I HAVE A MOTION BY CODY WEAVER, A SECOND BY JERI CHAMBERS THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADDS, REVISES OR DELETES LOCAL POLICIES AS RECOMMENDED BY TASB POLICY SERVICE AND ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTION SHEET FOR TASB LOCALIZED POLICY MANUAL UPDATE 117 WITH REVISIONS, AS NOTED, TO POLICY CV LOCAL FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION UNDER FIRST READING.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? LET'S VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? [LAUGHTER] MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN THERE BUT I'M WATCHING YOU.

I THINK THAT'S OUR FINAL POLICY.

WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS NOR ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

ANY OBJECTIONS ANYONE? THIS MEETING WILL BE ADJOURNED.

THE TIME IS 10:15 P.M. ON TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 2021.

[NOISE]

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