Feb 18, 2025 Board Work Session

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. I'M NANCY HUMPHREY, BOARD PRESIDENT AND PRESIDING OFFICER.

NOTING THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT. I SHALL CALL THE WORK SESSION TO ORDER AT 5:30 P.M.

ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH, 2025. ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF, I WELCOME EVERYONE AT THIS TIME.

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

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

ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES AND STAFF.

THIS IS ALL CROOKED. THERE WE GO. AS SEATED AT THE DAIS TO MY LEFT.

SUPERINTENDENT. DR. THERESA WILLIAMS. DR. SELENDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS.

BOARD SECRETARY. TARRAH LANTZ. TRUSTEE. JERI CHAMBERS.

TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN AND O. MICHAELS JOINING US VIRTUALLY, BUT TRUSTEE MICHAEL COOK WILL BE ON THE SCREEN SHORTLY, I PRESUME. SEATED TO MY RIGHT.

BOARD VICE PRESIDENT DR LAUREN TYRAH. TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL, JONNY HILL, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEE SERVICES.

LISA WILSON, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF TEACHING, LEARNING AND LIFE READINESS DOCTOR.

PATRICK TANNER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.

DR. COURTNEY GOBER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.

AND DANNY STOCKTON, CHIEF OF STAFF. ALL RIGHT.

WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM TWO, WHICH IS RECOGNITIONS.

[2. RECOGNITIONS]

DR. TERESA WILLIAMS, WILL YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THIS EXCITING RECOGNITION FOR US? YES, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT. SO, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, BOARD OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND CABINET.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM HEB HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.

HEB AND CENTRAL MARKET HAVE BEEN EXCEPTIONAL PARTNERS FOR PLANO ISD FOR MANY YEARS, AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. AND TONIGHT, WE RECOGNIZE OUR LATEST INVESTMENT IN OUR STUDENTS, SPECIFICALLY OUR FUTURE STUDENTS WHO WILL PARTICIPATE IN OUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM INSIDE OUR NEW CTE CENTER.

I WILL NOW CALL ON SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR PLANO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION, BRITTANY ESRY, TO SHARE MORE ABOUT TONIGHT'S EXCITING RECOGNITION.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR WILLIAMS AND PRESIDENT HUMPHREY. I AM THRILLED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE DETAILS ON THIS MEANINGFUL NEW PARTNERSHIP IN SUPPORT OF OUR PLANO ISD, CTE CENTER AND CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM. OUR FRIENDS AT HEB ARE GENEROUSLY PROVIDING THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION WITH THE $50,000 GRANT TO HELP STOCK THE NEW CULINARY KITCHEN BEING BUILT AT THE CTE CENTER WITH STATE OF THE ART COMMERCIAL KITCHEN EQUIPMENT.

THIS SUPPORT HELPS TO ENSURE PLANO ISD STUDENTS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY TOOLS THAT ALIGN WITH CURRENT INDUSTRY STANDARDS.

HEB IS AN INDUSTRY LEADER AND IS LOOKED AT AS THE GO TO FOR BEST PRACTICE PRACTICES IN GROCERY, RETAIL AND MANY OTHER AREAS, INCLUDING LOGISTICS, HUMAN RESOURCES, AND MARKETING.

THE BRAND IS SYNONYMOUS WITH HIGH QUALITY SERVICE AND DEDICATED CONSUMER LOYALTY.

ENGAGEMENT WITH A TOP TIER PARTNER LIKE HEB IS A HUGE BENEFIT TO THE STUDENTS OF PLANO ISD.

THIS PARTNERSHIP HIGHLIGHTS THE STRONG CONNECTIONS BETWEEN OUR EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND PLANO ISD WITH LOCAL INDUSTRIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.

WE ARE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO HEB FOR INVESTING IN OUR STUDENTS FUTURES AND HELPING TO BUILD A SKILLED WORKFORCE THAT WILL DRIVE INNOVATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN OUR REGION.

IT IS NOW MY HONOR TO INVITE HEB MANAGING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS MABRIE JACKSON TO JACKSON TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

THANK YOU, BRITANY. WE JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS ACROSS PLANO.

WE KNOW IT'S A DIFFICULT JOB AND WE CONTINUE TO STAND BY YOU FOR ETERNITY.

FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, I WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS MONEY.

THIS MONEY IS ACTUALLY NOT FROM THE HEB FUND.

IT'S ACTUALLY THE HEB TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS.

AND THE HEB TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS IS A THREE DAY GOLF TOURNAMENT THAT STARTED 40 YEARS AGO WITH SOME GUYS THAT CUT MEAT, AND THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS. AND THAT FIRST YEAR THEY RAISED $36,000.

THIS LAST YEAR WAS OUR 39TH OR 40TH YEAR. I THINK THIS IS OUR 40TH YEAR.

WE RAISED OVER $16 MILLION IN THREE DAYS. SO, WE WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THAT GOODNESS WITH YOU ALL TO HELP JUMP START THIS CULINARY KITCHEN, AND SO THAT YOU CAN BE A CATALYST FOR THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO GO INTO THE CULINARY WORKFORCE IN THE FUTURE.

SO, WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL BIG CHECK THAT YOU CAN'T TAKE TO THE BANK, BUT THAT CHECKS IN THE MAIL.

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AND ALSO, JUST THE CONTINUED SUPPORT THAT YOU PROVIDE TO OUR STUDENTS.

AND WE CANNOT WAIT TO OPEN OUR CTE CENTER. AND WE CANNOT WAIT TO OPEN OUR NEW CULINARY PROGRAM THAT WILL BE HOUSED AT THE CT CENTER.

AND I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INVITE OUR BOARD, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUR EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

SO, WE'LL STEP DOWN, WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK UP.

SO, IF YOU'LL HOLD ON JUST A SECOND, WE'RE GOING TO COME JOIN YOU.

MICHAEL CAN YOU.

MIC].

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, GUYS, SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR BOARD RECOGNITIONS FOR THIS EVENING.

AND YOU ARE WELCOME TO EXIT AND CONTINUE WITH YOUR EVENING.

SAFE TRAVELS IN THIS WEATHER. MANY THANKS AGAIN TO ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING US AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF PLANO ISD.

EXCUSE ME, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM THREE.

PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION AT BOARD WORK SESSIONS.

THE BOARD PERMITS PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.

DOCTOR FREEMAN, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS TONIGHT? PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.

ALL RIGHT THEN WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM FOUR. AND IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, WE WILL NOW ADJOURN TO CLOSE SESSION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT FOR

[4. CLOSED SESSION]

[5. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION]

WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 6.1 FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION, WHICH IS THE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENTS,

[6. DISCUSSION AND ACTION]

CONTRACTS FOR THE 2025-26 SCHOOL YEAR. AND I'M NOT TURNING THIS OVER TO ANYONE.

OKAY. MAY I CALL FOR A MOTION, PLEASE? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENTS, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS, CHIEF OFFICER, SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND DIRECTORS CONTRACTS FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR. I SECOND, SECOND, SECOND. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE ECHOING.

SORRY, Y'ALL. THAT'S OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY DR.

LAUREN TYRAH, A SECOND BY ANGELA POWELL THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENTS, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS, CHIEF OFFICERS, SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND DIRECTORS CONTRACTS FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. MAY I CALL FOR A VOTE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. AND I SEE MICHAEL HAS HIS HAND UP.

AND SO THAT IS A UNANIMOUS PAT MOTION PASSING.

SO, 7-0. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN, ONE OF OUR REPORTS.

[7. REPORTS]

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AND SO, THE REPORT WILL BE PRESENTED AT A LATER DATE.

WE TYPICALLY DO THAT IN THE FEBRUARY MEETING. WE JUST CAN'T DO IT TONIGHT.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN, TWO OF OUR REPORTS, OUR BUDGET REPORT, AND THAT IS OUR PEER STAFFING REVIEW.

AND I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO MR. HILL. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND CABINET, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR CFO, COURTNEY REEVES, TO GO OVER THIS PEER REVIEW.

THIS IS A STEP THAT WE LOOK AT EVERY YEAR. AND WE FORMULATE IT.

WE LOOK AT IT QUITE A BIT WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR STAFFING AND OUR BUDGET PROCESSES.

AND SO TONIGHT IS JUST THE PEER REVIEW. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY GOOD INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO FIND EDUCATIONAL.

SO, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COURTNEY. COURTNEY. THANK YOU, JONNY.

WELL GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY. DR. WILLIAMS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

CABINET. IT'S ALWAYS MY PLEASURE TO COME AND BRING THINGS.

ALL THINGS FINANCE. JUST REALLY QUICKLY, LIKE JOHNNY SAID, THIS IS ACTUALLY AN ANNUAL REVIEW.

WE DO A PEER REVIEW EVERY YEAR. I THINK THIS IS OUR FOURTH YEAR FOR THIS PARTICULAR FORMAT.

TO GO OVER THIS DATA. I AM LOOKING TO WE USE A SOFTWARE.

IT'S CALLED FORECAST FIVE ACTUALLY FOR OUR COMPARATIVE ANALYTICS.

AND THEY'VE STARTED TO KIND OF BUILD IN SOME MORE ROBUST COMPARATIVE ANALYTICS.

SO HOPEFULLY, MAYBE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS I CAN BRING IN A LITTLE BIT SOME VARIED DATA FOR YOU.

BUT JUST REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY, I WOULD SAY THE ONLY DRAWBACK TO THIS PARTICULAR REPORT IS THE DATA IS A LITTLE BIT DATED.

IT IS NOT CURRENT YEAR DATA. IT IS FROM OUR FTE AND OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS ARE FROM 2024.

AND THEN OF COURSE WE DO HAVE A FEW FINANCIAL SLIDES IN THERE.

AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY EVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE DATED. THEY'RE FROM 22-23.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE ACTUALLY WHERE FORECAST GETS THE BULK OF THEIR INFORMATION IS FROM MARK TAPER.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER, ANTON CAME LAST TIME WAS TALKING ABOUT THE TAPER.

AND THE TIMING OF OUR FINANCIAL DATA USUALLY DOESN'T SHOW UP INTO THE TAPER UNTIL ABOUT SPRING.

AND SO IT'S ACTUALLY FROM THAT MIDYEAR PIECE SUBMISSION IS WHERE IT ACTUALLY CAPTURED THAT THAT SNAPSHOT OF OUR FINANCIAL DATA.

SO FOR COMPARATIVE PURPOSES THEY HAVEN'T COLLECTED ALL THE DATA FROM EVERYBODY RIGHT NOW FOR OUR FINANCIAL.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF LAG. IT'S A LITTLE BIT DATA A LITTLE BIT OF LAGGED DATA.

BUT STILL, I THINK IT'S VERY GOOD INFORMATION.

AND ALSO, KIND OF THE OTHER DISCLAIMER IS THAT OBVIOUSLY WE DO BRING SOME FTE INFORMATION.

IT'S REALLY FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. IT IS NOT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ANY STAFFING ADJUSTMENTS OR HOW WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING STAFFING.

IT'S JUST INFORMATION PURPOSES. SO, WE'VE USED THE SAME ACTUALLY STATE AND DFW PEER GROUPS FOR THE LAST 4 OR 5 YEARS.

OF COURSE, ON THERE YOU CAN SEE WHERE ALL OF THESE DISTRICTS, WHAT COUNTY THEY'RE CURRENTLY RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT ENROLLMENT, THEIR LOW INCOME PERCENTAGE AND OF TWO ENROLLMENT AND THEIR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER.

PERCENTAGE TO ENROLLMENT. AND OF COURSE, OUR PEERS THAT WE'RE USING FOR THIS DATA IS CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH, FRISCO, GARLAND, IRVING, LEWISVILLE, MESQUITE, AND RICHARDSON.

WE'VE USED THE SAME STATEWIDE PEERS, PROBABLY FOR ABOUT THE LAST 4 OR 5 YEARS.

FORECAST FIVE ALSO HAS A ACTUALLY ONE OF THEIR ONE OF THEIR ANALYTIC DATA'S THEY HAVE IS YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO IN AND PLUG IN SOME INFORMATION TO FIND OUT WHO ARE YOUR STATEWIDE PEERS. AND I WENT AHEAD AND DID THAT THIS YEAR TO SEE IF MAYBE WE NEEDED TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS.

AND ACTUALLY, THIS IS WHAT FORECAST FIVE CAME IN. AND THEY ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED THIS GROUP AGAIN AS OUR STATEWIDE PEERS.

OF COURSE, YOU CAN SEE AGAIN THE COUNTY THAT THEY'RE IN, THEIR DISTRICT ENROLLMENT, THEIR LOW-INCOME PERCENTAGE OF ENROLLMENT AND THEIR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER. AND WE'RE USING CLEAR CREEK ISD, CONROE, HUMBLE, LEWISVILLE, MANSFIELD AND ROUND ROCK.

YOU ALL KNOW OUR ENROLLMENT STORY VERY WELL. OF COURSE, AGAIN, THIS IS FROM 2024.

JUST TO BREAK DOWN LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. OF COURSE THIS IS BROKEN DOWN BY GRADE. AND AGAIN, JUST THE INFORMATION THAT WE ALL KNOW IS LOOKING AT THOSE TWO COHORTS, OUR KINDERGARTEN CLASS AND OUR 12TH GRADE CLASS.

OUR KINDERGARTEN CLASS FOR 2024 WAS JUST OVER 3000.

IT WAS 3034 STUDENTS. OUR 12TH GRADE WAS 3824.

THAT DIFFERENCE WAS 790 STUDENTS BETWEEN THE TWO COHORTS.

INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, OUR NINTH GRADE WAS ACTUALLY OUR LARGEST AT 3930 AND OUR SECOND LARGEST CLASS, AND 24 WAS OUR 11TH GRADE AT 3916. A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT LOOK ON OUR ENROLLMENT DATA.

THIS ONE ALSO INCLUDES SOME ENROLLMENT CATEGORIES FOR OUR LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER STATUS, AND OUR SPED PERCENTAGE. AND THIS IS ABOUT A 17 YEAR SNAPSHOT.

SO JUST KIND OF FOR 2024 OUR LOW ECONOMIC ECONOMICS, LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ACTUALLY WAS AN INCREASE OVER 2023.

IT WAS 38.3. IT WAS A 1.5% INCREASE FROM 23, WHICH IS 36.8%.

OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS FOR 2024 WAS 26.2%.

THAT WAS AN INCREASE OVER 23 OF 2.6%. 23 WAS AT 23.6%, AND OUR SPECIAL ED PERCENTAGE FOR 24 WAS 14.24,

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THIS IS ACTUALLY A SPENDING COMPARISON FOR THE STATE.

I KIND OF LIKE TO BRING THAT TO YOU AGAIN. AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT OF LAGGING DATA. THIS IS FROM 23.

THIS IS JUST SHOWING OUR AVERAGE DOLLAR PER STUDENT THAT WE'RE SPENDING.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS OUR GENERAL FUND ONLY. AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN SEE OUR COMPARISON TO THE STATE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THAT PER STUDENT'S TOTAL SPEND FOR THE STATE WAS 9944. AND FOR PLANO ISD IN 23 WAS 9947.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS JUST THAT BREAKDOWN PER PERCENTAGE. OF COURSE, IT'S NOT AS GOOD AS OUR WONDERFUL PIE CHARTS, BUT WE'LL TAKE IT SINCE IT DOES BREAK DOWN THE PERCENTAGE, OF COURSE, AS YOU SEE.

OF COURSE, THAT BREAKDOWN BETWEEN THOSE COLORS IS THE BLUE IS FOR OUR PAYROLL COSTS. AGAIN, WE TALK ABOUT THAT.

WE'RE LABOR INTENSIVE INDUSTRY. AND OUR LARGEST COST OF COURSE IS OUR PAYROLL.

THE YELLOW IS PROFESSIONAL AND CONTRACTED SERVICES.

THAT KIND OF RED IS THE SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS.

AND THAT TEAL IS OTHER OPERATING EXPENDITURES.

AND THEN THERE'S A GREEN. BUT I DON'T THINK YOU CAN SEE IT BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BITTY SLIVER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE CAPITAL OUTLAY. OKAY. THIS BREAKDOWN IS SPENDING PER STUDENT IS ACTUALLY ALL FUNDS EXCEPT FOR IT IS IT IS NET OF RECAPTURE DEBT SERVICE AND CAPITAL OUTLAY.

SO OF COURSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT LARGER. SO, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THAT 9000. BUT THIS AVERAGE FOR OUR DFW PEERS WAS $12,340 PER STUDENT.

AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE AT 11,529. THIS IS AGAIN FOR 2023.

23 STATEWIDE PAIRS. A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THAT STATEWIDE AVERAGE WAS $11,110 FOR 2023.

AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE WHERE PLANO IS AT 11,529.

JUMPING INTO OUR FTE INFORMATION. SO THIS IS AGAIN FOR 2324.

OUR TOTAL FTES FOR OUR TEACHER ROLE WAS 3,316.38 FTE.

COMPARED FOR OUR DFW PEERS, THAT AVERAGE WAS 14.4.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE WERE RIGHT AT THAT AVERAGE OF 14.4 STUDENTS PER TEACHER, FTE OUR STATEWIDE PEERS, THAT AVERAGE WAS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER AT 14.7.

AND YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, WE'RE JUST A LITTLE BIT UNDER THAT. AND THEN OUR ALL PEER AVERAGE ACTUALLY TAKES OUR STATE AND OUR DFW PEERS.

AND THAT ALL PEER AVERAGE WAS STILL 14.7. AND JUST AGAIN TO KIND OF MAKE APPLES TO APPLES FOR PLANO ISD TO OBTAIN THAT ALL PEER AVERAGE, WE WOULD NEED TO REDUCE THAT FTE BY 45.6 FTE.

OUR COUNSELORS FOR 23-24 WAS 146 FTE. AGAIN, THE AVERAGE FOR OUR DFW PEERS WAS 338.2 STUDENTS PER COUNSELOR. AND YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, WE'RE JUST A LITTLE UNDER THAT THAT AVERAGE AT 328.1.

THE STATEWIDE WAS 358.7. THE ALL PEER AVERAGE WAS 358.7 AS WELL.

AND THAT NUMBER TO CHANGE THE FTE TO OBTAIN THAT AVERAGE WAS TO REDUCE BY 11.

OUR NURSING FTES WERE AT 70.58 FOR 2324. OUR STATE AVERAGE IS 690.3.

AND YOU CAN SEE PLANO ISD JUST A LITTLE BIT UNDER THE AVERAGE AT 678.8.

OUR ALL STATE PEERS A LITTLE BIT. A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AT AVERAGE OF 818.5. ALL PEER AVERAGE SEVEN 60.5.

AND FOR US TO OBTAIN THAT AVERAGE WOULD BE DECREASING BY 7.6 FTES.

EDUCATIONAL AIDS. WE HAD 640.3 IN 2020 2324. OUR DFW AVERAGE WAS 76.1 WITH PLANO JUST RIGHT UNDER AGAIN AT 74.8.

OUR STATEWIDE PEERS WERE AT 78 WITH OUR AVERAGE, AND OUR ALL PEER WAS 77.4.

AND TO OBTAIN THAT AVERAGE, WE'D HAVE TO DECREASE BY 20.9 FTES.

OUR PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT FTES. SO THAT IS ACTUALLY ALL OF OUR OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS THAT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY HIGHLIGHTING IN THIS PRESENTATION.

SO, IT'S LIKE YOUR ATHLETIC DIRECTORS, YOUR ASSISTANT AIDES, YOUR DIAGNOSTICIANS, PHYSICIANS, LIBRARIANS, ANY OF OUR PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS IN TRANSPORTATION VANS, MAINTENANCE.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS GROUP IS. THIS AVERAGE WAS 76.1 FOR OUR DFW GROUP.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY OVER THE AVERAGE HERE AT 87.3.

AND THE AVERAGE FOR STATEWIDE IS 93.2. AND THAT ALL YEAR AVERAGE IS 85.2.

AND IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY MEET THAT ONE, WE WOULD HAVE TO INCREASE OUR FTES BY 13.9.

CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION. OF COURSE, THIS IS OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AT 180 8.7.

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OUR STATEWIDE 287.1. AND THAT ALL PAIR AVERAGE AT 270 8.8.

TO OBTAIN THAT AVERAGE, WE WOULD NEED TO DECREASE BY 16.8 FTE.

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION. NOW, THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN HOW WE ACTUALLY PICK THE DATA. IT'S NOT REALLY CLEAN IN OUR FORECAST FIVE.

SO, THERE IS A, IT LOOKS A LITTLE IT LOOKS A LITTLE WONKY.

I THINK WE TALK ABOUT THIS ONE EVERY YEAR. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OUTLIERS WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR STATE.

EXCUSE ME. SO AGAIN 11 112.5 FTES. AGAIN, HOW YOU CHOOSE IT IS ACTUALLY BY POSITION.

SO, IT COULD VARY FROM DISTRICT TO DISTRICT DEPENDING ON IF THEY CALL THAT POSITION.

THEY ACTUALLY CODE THAT POSITION TO AN ACTUAL ADMINISTRATION.

COST MAY VARY. SO, IT DOES LOOK A LITTLE LOOKS A LITTLE STRANGE.

AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OUTLIERS. BUT I ALWAYS LIKE TO REFERENCE OUR INDICATOR 13 FROM OUR FIRST.

BUT HERE THE AVERAGE FOR OUR DFW PEERS IS 503.7.

YOU CAN SEE PLANO IS AT 425.8. AND AGAIN, JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT THE OTHER ONES, GARLAND AND MESQUITE, AND I WOULD SAY EVEN FRISCO SEEM TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF AN OUTLIER FOR THIS GROUP.

AND SO, FOR OUR FIRST, IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER THAT THAT INDICATOR ACTUALLY MEASURES THE MEASURES THE PERCENTAGE OF THE BUDGET THAT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS SPEND ON ADMINISTRATION.

AND OF COURSE, FOR OUR SIZE, THERE IS A CAP OF 0.0855.

JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE CONTEXT FOR 23-24, FOR OUR 23-24 FIRST GARLAND HAD 0.0772.

MESQUITE. THEIRS WAS AT .0759. FRISCO WAS AT 0.0645 AND LEWISVILLE WAS AT 0.0648.

AND THEN PLANO WAS AT 0.0503. STATEWIDE PEERS.

THAT AVERAGE FOR CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION WAS 503.6.

THAT ALL PEER WAS FIVE 13.3. AND AGAIN, TO OBTAIN THAT AVERAGE, WE WOULD NEED TO DECREASE OUR FTES BY 19.2.

SPECIAL ED NUMBERS. AND SO, THIS SPECIAL ED NUMBER IS NOT COMPARED TO ALL ENROLLMENT. IT'S ACTUALLY JUST COMPARED TO OUR SPECIAL ED ENROLLMENT FOR 23-24.

THOSE TOTAL FTES WAS 329.29. EXCUSE ME. THAT AVERAGE FOR OUR DFW GROUP WAS 66.1 WITH PLANO AT 5.2. OUR STATEWIDE IS AT 5.7.

ALL PEER AT 5.9. TO OBTAIN THAT CHANGE, WE WOULD NEED TO DECREASE OUR FTES BY 136.8.

EXCUSE ME. LAST ONE I JUST KIND OF THREW THIS ONE IN.

WE'VE NOT KIND OF LOOKED AT ANYTHING OTHER FINANCIAL IN QUITE SOME TIME.

AGAIN, IT'S A LITTLE DATED. AGAIN IT'S 22-23.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO COMPARE OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE TO OUR PEERS.

AGAIN, THIS IS TO OUR DFW PEERS. AND OF COURSE, IF YOU'LL SEE, THAT IS THE ACTUAL TOTAL FOR OUR FUND BALANCE IN 23 FISCAL YEAR 23.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE ALL THE WAY ON THE RIGHT AT 200, JUST OVER 280 MILLION ON OUR FUND BALANCE FOR 23.

THAT PERCENTAGE AT THE BOTTOM, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IS A PERCENTAGE OF THAT FUND BALANCE TO TOTAL EXPENDITURES, NET OF RECAPTURE KIND OF LEVELS, THE PLAYING FIELD AND JUST THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND THAT OF COURSE WE TALK A LOT ABOUT WHY, YOU KNOW, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PART OF OUR ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE IS OUR CASH FLOW.

SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT WONDERFUL PIE CHART THAT HAS OUR REVENUE IN IT, AND THE BIGGEST PIECE OF THAT IS OUR LOCAL REVENUE, RIGHT.

AND SO OUR BIGGEST PIECE OF THAT, OF COURSE, IS OUR PROPERTY COLLECTIONS.

WE ACTUALLY COLLECT 94% OF OUR PROPERTY COLLECTIONS IN DECEMBER, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 40% OF ACTUALLY THAT IS ACTUALLY COLLECTED IN JANUARY.

BUT THEN THAT HAS TO SUSTAIN US CASHFLOW WISE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR BECAUSE WE GET THE BULK OF THAT DURING THAT.

SO AGAIN, IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT, BUT 100 AND ABOUT $170 MILLION FOR CASH FLOW FOR OUR DISTRICT.

SO, AND AGAIN, HAVING TO YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN MR. HILL ON THAT ONE TOO. JUST ONE POINT REAL QUICK.

I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THESE OTHER DISTRICTS WHERE WE'RE SITTING VERY HEAVY ON RECAPTURE AS WELL, YOU DON'T SEE THAT WITH THESE OTHER DISTRICTS.

SO, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WELL.

BECAUSE BASICALLY WHAT COURTNEY SAID, 94% OF OUR MONIES IN TAXES.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T GET THAT THROUGHOUT EVENLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE GET THAT THREE MONTHS, YOU KNOW, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY. AND SO, CASH FLOWING FOR US JUST TO MAKE SURE WE CAN MAKE PAYROLL AND PAY OUR BILLS.

PROBABLY ABOUT 180 MILLION OF THAT IS ACTUALLY GEARED JUST TOWARD US CASH FLOW IN OUR DISTRICT.

IT'S A CHALLENGE THAT THESE OTHER DISTRICTS DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE. SO IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE ON THE FAR RIGHT. WE WOULD BE IN TROUBLE IF WE WEREN'T, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME A COUPLE OF UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES IN OUR DISTRICT THAT MOST OF THESE OTHER DISTRICTS AREN'T HAVING, HAVING TO DEAL WITH. SO JUST IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

AND WE PAY THAT IN AUGUST IN FULL RECAPTURE EVERY YEAR.

RIGHT. WE DO. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LITTLE PARTY, AND WE JUST SIT AROUND AND CRY AND PAT EACH OTHER ON THE BACK.

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SO THAT ABOUT ROUGHLY 170 MILLION IS ABOUT 61% OF THAT 280 MILLION.

JUST KIND OF INFORMATION. AND THEN OUR STATEWIDE PEERS AGAIN SAME THINGS.

AGAIN, WE'RE ALL THE WAY ON THE FAR RIGHT. AND AGAIN, THAT PERCENT OF THAT FUND BALANCE IS THAT TO OUR TOTAL EXPENSES FOR THAT YEAR. NET OF RECAPTURE. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THAT I'M INTERPRETING SOMETHING YOU SAID CORRECTLY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES PER STUDENT.

SO, I PULLED UP THE FIRST REPORT CRITERIA FROM TASB AND INDICATOR 13.

WHAT'S THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIO EQUAL OR LESS THAN THE THRESHOLD RATIO WHICH YOU COVERED.

SO THE INDICATOR MEASURES THE PERCENTAGE OF THE BUDGET THAT TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS SPEND ON THEIR ADMINISTRATION.

SO AS A COMPARISON TO INSTRUCTION, AS A COMPARISON TO INSTRUCTION.

SO WE HAVE THE LOWEST ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIO AS COMPARISON TO INSTRUCTION IN BOTH OF OUR STATEWIDE PEER GROUP AND OUR LOCAL PEER GROUP. EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE MORE ADMINISTRATORS PER STUDENT, BECAUSE WE MAY BE COATING THINGS DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER DISTRICTS ARE COATING THINGS. CORRECT? CORRECT.

IT'S NOT BASED ON THOSE EXPENDITURES. WHEN I'M PULLING THAT DATA, IT'S BASED ON POSITION. SO, I POSITION THAT. I MAY CHOOSE THAT. I KNOW THAT WE CURRENTLY CODE AS A CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION POSITION MAY NOT BE WHAT GARLAND NECESSARILY CODES THEM AT, OR FRISCO OR SOMEONE ELSE. WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF THOSE FOLKS? LIKE HOW WOULD HOW WOULD WE BE CODING SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN GARLAND? I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS GREAT. AND YOU KNOW, THE FIRST INDICATOR IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS, LIKE, WHO IS GARLAND NOT CODING HIS CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION THAT WE MAY BE YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING I ACTUALLY REACH OUT TO FORECAST FIVE TO FIVE TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET SOME MORE DATA ON THESE KIND OF GROUPS, BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE PRETTY BROAD GROUPS. AND SOME OF THEM SOME OF THE PIECES OF IT ARE PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS.

MAY AGAIN, LIKE THEY'RE KIND OF BROAD. SO, I MAY REACH OUT TO THEM AND GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION TO SEE IF THEY CAN BREAK DOWN, LIKE WHAT'S PULLING OVER FROM THAT TAPER REPORT THAT MAY BE SKEWING THE DATA. SO THIS I MEAN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHETHER TO EVEN INCLUDE THIS ONE OR NOT, BUT WE WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO SAY, WELL, YOU'RE LEAVING IT OUT ON PURPOSE, BUT WE AND SO WE ACTUALLY PRESENT IT.

BUT THIS ONE AND ALSO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OR CAN BE A LITTLE SUBJECTIVE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO ACTUALLY CODE A CERTAIN WAY.

YOU'RE CERTAIN PEOPLE, LIKE I WOULD GUESS THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE FAR RIGHT BECAUSE IT'S SO SKEWED LOOKING, ESPECIALLY IF YOU COMPARE IT WITH INDICATOR 13 ON THE FIRST REPORT, IS THEY ARE DOING IN MY MIND ANYWAY, THEY'RE PROBABLY JUST CUTTING THE MINIMUM. SO, THEY'RE DOING THE BUSINESS OFFICE, WHICH IS REQUIRED TO BE 41. THEY'RE DOING THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, WHICH IS REQUIRED TO BE 41.

BUT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE THEM IN THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

WE'RE COATING THEM. CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATORS.

BUT THESE OTHER ONES, THEY MAY NOT ACTUALLY BE IN THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. THEY MAY NOT BE COATING THEM THAT WAY. THEY MAY BE COATED IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SAY, WAS IT WORTH IT EVEN HAVING THIS ONE? I THINK IT'S STILL RELEVANT TO HAVE THE INFORMATION IN HERE, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST WORTH AN ADDITIONAL POINT OF REFERENCE TO ACTUALLY THESE ARE BASED ON HOW YOU COAT THEM, BUT WHAT'S EVERYBODY COATS EXACTLY. ON THE FUNCTION 41, WHICH IS IN YOUR INDICATOR 13.

THOSE ARE ON ACTUAL COST. SO THAT'S WHY COURTNEY BROUGHT UP THE INDICATOR.

13 BECAUSE THOSE ARE ACTUAL REPRESENTATION OF ALL OF YOUR FUNCTIONAL OVENS AND ALL OF YOUR FUNCTION.

41 INSTRUCTION AND THEN CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION.

SO, IT'S A LITTLE SUBJECTIVE ON THIS ONE BECAUSE THERE'S A MINIMUM AND WE GO WAY ABOVE, ABOVE THAT.

IF THIS IF THEY'RE IN THIS BUILDING WE'RE GOING TO CALL THEM AS CENTRAL ADMINISTRATORS. SO, I WOULD INCLUDE THEM IN OUR GROUPING. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT ONE EVERY YEAR.

THANK YOU. SO, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 7.3 OF OUR REPORTS, WHICH IS THE 2025-2026 HAZARDOUS ROADWAYS UPDATE.

AND I WILL TURN THAT OVER TO MR. HILL. AGAIN.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND CABINET.

I'VE GOT MR. EWING. EVERYONE'S FAMILIAR WITH HIM.

HE IS. THIS IS ACTUALLY HIS FOURTH TIME TO COME AND ACTUALLY DISCUSS HAZARDOUS ROADWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION IN GENERAL.

I THINK IT'S WE'RE DOING THAT BECAUSE IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT.

IF YOU REMEMBER YOU GUYS HELPED US AND ACTUALLY VOTED ON ACTUAL GUIDELINES.

WE TOOK THOSE GUIDELINES. WE WENT BACK AND ACTUALLY BASED ON WHAT TO IS, IS REQUIRING WE TOOK THOSE GUIDELINES, WE CAME UP, YOU GUYS APPROVED THAT, AND WE ACTUALLY WENT BACK AND CLEANED UP OUR HAZARDOUS ROADWAYS AS A RESULT OF THAT.

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WE TOOK FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD AND THEN WE THE TONIGHT THE REPORT WILL ACTUALLY GO BACK, AND IT WILL INCORPORATE THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD.

SO WE CAN GIVE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT REPORT.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, EXTENDED CABINET AND AUDIENCE.

AS MR. HILL INDICATED, I AM HERE TO DO A CONTINUATION OF THE PREVIOUS REPORT FROM JANUARY.

AND SO, SOME OF THE SLIDES WILL BE REDUNDANT, BUT I WILL MOVE THROUGH THOSE A LITTLE QUICKER TO GET TO THE UPDATES THAT WE WILL HEAR TONIGHT. OKAY. AND IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS, TASB RECOMMENDED THAT WE UPDATE OUR HAZARDOUS ROADWAY PLAN.

ADDITIONALLY, THEY MADE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OUR SPECIAL, OUR PROGRAMMATIC TRANSPORTATION, SPECIAL EDUCATION, BILINGUAL EDUCATION CAUTION AND CONSIDERATION OF ELIMINATING FARE BUSSING DUE TO MAJOR BUDGET AND RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS. I PROVIDED THIS SLIDE LAST TIME AS WELL.

ONE THING THAT STICKS OUT HERE IS THE OBVIOUS APPROXIMATELY $18 MILLION IN FUNDING GAP THAT I'LL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION BACK TO AS WELL.

AND THEN TO ALSO GUIDES US ON WHAT THE DEFINITION OF HAZARDOUS ROADWAYS, WHAT THEY ARE.

AND SO, WE USE THIS DEFINITION IN THIS WORK. AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER WE BROUGHT TO YOU THE, THE PROPOSED GUIDELINES. I WILL READ THOSE AGAIN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, THAT EVERYONE HEARS THOSE GUIDELINES THAT WE'VE UTILIZED IN THIS WORK.

THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT. AND 4 OR 6 LANE ROADWAY WITH A SPEED LIMIT OVER 45 MILES AN HOUR.

SO THESE AGAIN, THESE WOULD BE TRANSPORTATION WILL BE PROVIDED TO STUDENTS THAT MUST CROSS A 4 OR 6 LANE ROADWAY WITH A WITH A SPEED LIMIT OVER 45 MILES AN HOUR.

4 OR 6 LANE ROADWAY THAT DOES NOT HAVE A PEDESTRIAN ACTIVATED TRAFFIC SIGNAL.

OUR MAJOR HIGHWAYS. SO, YOUR US 75 CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY, PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE, STATE HIGHWAY 289 OR PRESTON ROAD, AN ACTIVE RAILROAD TRACK OR AREAS THAT DO NOT HAVE SIDEWALKS OR SAFE PATHS.

A SAFE PATH DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A SIDEWALK, AND WE KNOW AS A RESULT OF THIS WORK, THERE WILL BE IMPLICATIONS ON THE PLANO ISD ROADS THAT WE SERVE. THE WORK HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED IN ABOUT 15 YEARS OF THE UPDATES, I WOULD SAY.

AND SO, WE DO EXPECT TO SEE A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF HAZARDOUS ROUTES.

JUST A REMINDER OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS WE'VE TAKEN THUS FAR. BOARD APPROVAL IN SEPTEMBER.

AND SO WE MADE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GUIDELINES TO DEVELOPMENT OF A DEVELOPMENT OF A TRANSPORTATION SAFETY COMMITTEE.

WE'VE APPLIED THE NEWLY ADOPTED GUIDELINES TO ALL OF OUR PLANO ISD ROADWAYS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 2526, AND WE HAVE PREPARED ROUTE MAPS AND DESCRIPTORS, WHICH WE WILL SEE A FEW EXAMPLES OF TONIGHT.

SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF APPLICATION FROM MCCAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WE HAVE UPDATED THIS MAP TO REFLECT A FEW THINGS THAT YOU ASKED US TO LOOK AT.

AND FROM THE JANUARY MEETING, I'LL GO OVER THE LEGEND AGAIN JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THAT. THE RED DIAMOND IS THE CAMPUS MCCAUL AND THIS IN THIS EXAMPLE, THE STARS ARE THE PEDESTRIAN ACTIVATED CROSSWALK SIGNALS.

YOU WILL SEE THE YELLOW ATTENDANCE ZONE BOUNDARY.

YOU'LL SEE THE SMALLER, THINNER TWO MILE WALK ZONE BOUNDARY.

AND THEN IN BLUE I DID CHANGE THOSE BECAUSE OF THE GREEN SPACE HERE IS ALSO GREEN.

SO, I MADE IT BLUE FOR THE HAZARDOUS BUSSING.

AND THEN AND IT MIGHT BE PURPLE BUT IT'S BLUE TO ME.

BUT THEN RED IS DISCONTINUED. HAZARDOUS BUSSING.

IN THIS CASE, WE ALSO ADDED THAT WE HAVE. SO, IN ZONE B, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S 45 STUDENTS ELIGIBLE.

WE ESTIMATE 21 TO 28 RIDERS DAILY ON THAT ON THAT ROUTE.

AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE YELLOW AREA IS THE ELIGIBLE BUSSING OUTSIDE OF THOSE TWO MILES.

AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT YOU'LL FIND A DESCRIPTOR THAT MATCHES THAT MAP FOR YOU.

AND THAT'S JUST A VERY DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THAT MAP.

AND THEN WE HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL EXAMPLE IN FRANKFURT MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SAME LEGEND TO THE RIGHT. AND THEN YOU WILL SEE I'LL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO ZONE F.

WE HAVE 31 ELIGIBLE STUDENTS WITH AN ESTIMATED RIDERSHIP OF 13 TO 20 DAILY.

AND THEN THE DESCRIPTOR OF FRANKFURT TO DELINEATE ALL THAT INFORMATION.

AND THEN AN EXAMPLE FOR HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL. JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, ZONE B 17 ELIGIBLE STUDENTS.

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AND THEN THE DESCRIPTOR OF THAT APPLICATION AS WELL THAT MATCHES THAT MAP.

AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT THE SUMMARY OF CHANGES.

I'M GOING TO SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT HERE JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME UPDATES WITH THIS AS WELL.

ROUTES DISCONTINUED DUE TO HAZARDOUS DUE TO NEW HAZARDOUS ROADWAY GUIDELINES.

-20 OR -29. AND THEN ROUTES ADDED DUE TO HAZARDOUS ROADWAY GUIDELINES.

WE NEED TO ADD THREE. AND THEN NET CHANGE DUE TO IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW HAZARDOUS ROAD ROADWAY GUIDELINES IS -26.

WE ESTIMATE THAT'S AROUND 13 DRIVERS, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND WE'LL CERTAINLY MAKE SENSE AS I CONTINUE THE WITH THE DATA HERE.

ROUTES ADDED DUE TO THE RETIREMENT OF CAMPUSES.

SO, DAVIS, FOREMAN, ARMSTRONG AND CARPENTER. WE WILL NEED TO ADD EIGHT AND TEN ROUNDS ADDED DUE TO AN INCREASE IN OUR BILINGUAL PROGRAM AND THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS.

PLUS 15. SO THEN OUR NET CHANGE IS THE PLUS 23.

AND THAT'S AN ESTIMATED ADDITION OR 21 BUS DRIVERS THAT WE WILL NEED TO HAVE FOR THOSE.

AND THEN I WILL SWITCH GEARS A LITTLE BIT FROM HAZARDOUS INTO FAIR BUSSING HERE.

THIS WAS A SLIDE I PREVIOUSLY SHARED IN JANUARY.

AND AS I STATED EARLIER, TASB IS RECOMMENDING DISCONTINUATION OF THE FAIR BUSSING SERVICE DUE TO INEQUITIES AND EFFICIENCIES AND COST.

AND I BELIEVE ONE OF THE ASKS THAT YOU THAT YOU THAT YOU HAD WAS THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE MAPS FOR FAIR BUSSING WHERE WE OFFER THIS SERVICE CURRENTLY.

YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR SERVICE REALLY BEGINS IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF OUR DISTRICT, BUT THEN MOVES HEAVILY TO THE NORTHWEST.

HERE, THIS IS THE ELEMENTARY AND THEN MIDDLE SCHOOL UIL.

THAT WILL STICK OUT JUST QUITE A BIT. A QUITE A BIT MORE HERE WITH THIS ONE.

AND THEN IT'S A LITTLE IT'S SPARSELY SEPARATED THERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

AND SO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I PROVIDED THOSE TO YOU THIS EVENING SO YOU COULD SEE THAT VISUAL AS WELL. AND THEN JUST TO AGAIN FINISH THE DATA HERE, ESTIMATED BUS DRIVERS DEDUCTED DUE TO NET CHANGE IN HAZARDOUS ROADWAY GUIDELINES AT -13.

ESTIMATED BUS DRIVERS ADDED DUE TO THE NET CHANGE IN CAMPUS RETIREMENTS AND ADDITIONS AND ADDITIONAL BILINGUAL PROGRAM.

TRANSPORTATION NEEDS IS AT PLUS 21, AND THE NET CHANGE IN BUS DRIVERS DUE TO HAZARDOUS RETIREMENTS AND BILINGUAL PROGRAM IS PLUS EIGHT.

IF FARE BUSSING IS ELIMINATED, THEN WE. IF IT'S DISCONTINUED, THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A -13 REDUCTION THERE FOR FAIR BUSSING, AND THE ESTIMATED BUS DRIVERS DEDUCTED DUE TO THE OVERALL NET CHANGE WOULD BE NEGATIVE FIVE.

REAL QUICK, ONE THING I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT POINT OUT BEFORE I GET HERE TO THE END IS, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ALSO LOOK AT AN ALTERNATE FARE BUSSING PLAN SUCH AS THE ORIGINAL INTENT.

SO, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED BUS ROUTES. THEN IF WE HAD, YOU KNOW, THOSE VACANT SEATS ON THOSE BUS ROUTES, WE COULD STILL WE COULD STILL DO THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I DEFINITELY SAY THAT THAT WE COULD OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE MEASURE THERE WHERE WE HAVE EMPTY SEATS ON A BUS FOR FARE BUSSING. AND THEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE NEXT STEPS PROVIDE FINAL 25-26 PLAN FOR BOARD APPROVAL.

AND THEN WE WOULD CREATE A COMMUNICATION PLAN AND TIMELINE, PRESENT TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND UPDATE ANNUALLY, WHICH THEN COMES TO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO APPROVE THE 2526 HAZARDOUS ROUTES, DISCONTINUED FARE BUSSING AS IS OR AND THEN OR CONSIDER RESTRUCTURING TO A MORE COST EFFECTIVE MODEL.

SO THE ORIGINAL INTENT AS I STATED. AND THEN WE WOULD COMPLETE AND PRESENT ANNUAL REVIEW OF HAZARDOUS ROUTES TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL, WHICH MOVING FORWARD WILL BE GREAT BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE SUCH DRASTIC DECISIONS TO MAKE.

AND THAT IS THE LAST SLIDE TO SWOOP IN. SO HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU ESTIMATE WE WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE OUT IF WE DO OFFER FARE BUSSING? AS ORIGINALLY INTENDED, IN THE SPIRIT OF FARE BUSSING.

HOW MUCH ADMINISTRATIVE TIME WOULD BE INVOLVED IN FIGURING THIS OUT? SO IT IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO LET THE STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ELIGIBLE FOR BUSSING, YOU WOULD HAVE TO LET THAT PLAY OUT, PROBABLY, IN MY OPINION, UNTIL THE END OF SEPTEMBER, 1ST OF OCTOBER, TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE ABLE TO ESTABLISH YOUR TRUE RIDERSHIP.

EVEN WITH THAT, YOU STILL HAVE SOME UNKNOWNS.

SPORTS CHANGE, TEAMS CHANGE. KIDS ARE ADDED TO AN EVENT OR ACTIVITIES, THINGS LIKE THAT, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO YOUR RIDERSHIP ALSO CHANGES. SO, YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL WITH HOW MANY OPEN SEATS.

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AND THEN YOU HAVE ELIGIBLE RIDERS THAT NO LONGER HAVE TRANSPORTATION WITH THE CURRENT ROUTE.

SO, IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WHEN THE PARENT WHO REALLY DESIRES AND NEEDS FAIR BUSSING THAT WE MAY HAVE TO TELL THEM EVEN I'M SORRY, WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL ABOUT OCTOBER UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW MANY SEATS ARE OPEN THAT IS ACCURATE.

AND AT THAT POINT, THEY MAY NO LONGER WANT FAIR BUSSING IF THEY'VE FIGURED OUT AN ALTERNATIVE. VERY, VERY POSSIBLE. YES, POSSIBLY.

OKAY. MY QUESTION IS BECAUSE I KNOW THE MAPS FAIR BUSSING IS ADJACENT TO AREAS THAT DO GET BUSSING.

HOW? HOW? POLICE ARE THE BUS DRIVERS TO SAY THAT THIS IS A STUDENT BECAUSE THEY'RE NEXT TO EACH OF THEIR HOUSES. ONE IS ALLOWED AND ONE IS NOT. HOW STRENUOUS IS IT TO POLICE THAT? I HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT. THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY VERY POSITIVE IN THE FUTURE.

BUT RIGHT NOW, IT'S VERY CHALLENGING, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT.

YOU COULD HAVE A HOUSE 1 OR 2 HOUSES DOWN, AND THE KID CERTAINLY COULD SLIP ON THE BUS, LET'S SAY.

BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT A NEW TECHNOLOGY, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS WHO ARE ACTUALLY ASSIGNED TO BUS ARE THE ONES GETTING ON THE BUS. SO, TO SAY RIGHT NOW THAT THAT'S NOT THAT THAT IS A POSSIBILITY IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY, THAT WE WOULD NOT, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DETERMINE IF 1 OR 2 HOUSES OUTSIDE OF THAT ZONE WERE ON THE BUS CURRENTLY.

BUT YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S A SYSTEM THAT MAY BE IN PLACE THAT WOULD THEN THAT.

YES, MA'AM. WE ARE LOOKING TO. WE'VE ALREADY PURCHASED THE SOFTWARE, BUT IT'LL BE WE'RE LOOKING TO PILOT THAT THIS NEXT YEAR BUT IMPLEMENT IT DISTRICT WIDE IN 26-27. DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH THEIR BADGES THAT THEY HAVE.

YEAH, IT DOES. OKAY. JUST CURIOUS. AND THEN THERE'S MORE I'M SURE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT.

BUT IT IS NOT LOST ON ME THAT YOU LISTEN TO US ABOUT THE MAPS, AND YOU MADE THE CHANGES TO MAKE IT EASIER TO SEE, AND IT WAS VERY MUCH EASIER TO SEE. SO GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT THE TIME AND THE AMOUNT OF DETAIL THAT HAS YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS.

AND SO JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE DOING THIS EVERY YEAR.

I'M GLAD THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR THAT IT'S GOING TO BE QUITE THIS ONEROUS AS WE TWEAK IT IN THE FUTURE.

NOT COMPLETELY OVERHAULED? YES, MA'AM. THAT WOULD BE VERY ACCURATE, BUT WE WOULD EXPECT VERY MINIMAL CHANGES MOVING FORWARD.

AND THE LAST THING YOU MENTIONED IT, BUT THE COMMUNICATION PLAN, I MEAN, IS THAT STILL IN DEVELOPMENT? I MEAN, ARE WE PREPARING FOR THAT? AND HOW ARE YOU ANTICIPATING THE PAYING THE PARENTS.

I'M GUESSING MY GUESS WOULD BE THAT PARENTS, TO YOUR POINT, TARA, ARE NOT GOING TO REALIZE THAT THEY NO LONGER HAVE FARE BUSTING UNTIL PROBABLY A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS. YES, MA'AM. AND SO THE GOAL WOULD BE, IF THIS PLAN IS APPROVED, THAT WE WOULD HAVE A VERY AGGRESSIVE COMMUNICATION PLAN.

I DID INFORM MR. HILL THAT I WOULD PERSONALLY TAKE CARE OF THAT, THAT IT WOULD BE VERY AGGRESSIVE, VERY OUTREACHING, VERY ALL IN TELLING 24 HOURS A DAY OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR PARENTS TO REACH OUT AND VISIT WITH ME OR THE, OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE VERY TRANSPARENT AND AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS COMMUNICATION BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT.

WE KNOW IT AFFECTS HOW OUR FOLKS PLAN FOR THEIR YEAR, AND WE DON'T WANT THEM TO IN JULY AND AUGUST, SAY, WAIT A MINUTE, WHAT WE THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE MY FAULT IF THAT HAPPENED.

AND I, MY GOAL IS THAT THEY WON'T, I KNOW, MAYBE AN AGGRESSIVE GOAL BUT I THINK THAT SHOULD BE THE EXPECTATION. I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH, STEVE.

AND I ALSO THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO, AS PART OF THAT COMMUNICATION PLAN, TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS HARD AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO I MEAN, YES, MA'AM. AND EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT SAVING ALL THAT MUCH, THINK ABOUT ALL THE AREAS THAT WE SHOULD BE SERVING THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN SERVING. AND SO WE JUST HAVE TO RIGHT THE SHIP. AND SOMETIMES RIGHTING THE SHIP CAN BE PAINFUL.

AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR BEING THE MESSENGER AND GETTING THE BRUNT OF THAT.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU IN THE FUTURE FOR WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING TO CONTINUE.

LET THIS HAPPEN. YES, MA'AM. SO, ARE WE TALKING IF WE'RE VOTING ON THIS IN MARCH OR TONIGHT IS A REPORT? YES, MA'AM. NOT TONIGHT, BUT MARCH. PROBABLY.

SO AS SOON AS WE'D BE COMMUNICATING THIS TO FOLKS WOULD BE MAYBE APRIL.

SO, BEFORE THE END OF SCHOOL OR YEAH, OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO AS SOON AS SOON AS WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ANSWER QUESTIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE FEEL LIKE THE

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THE EARLIEST THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE WOULD BE MARCH THE 11TH.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT AS SOON AS THAT HAPPENS, WE WILL ALREADY HAVE A COMMUNICATION PLAN READY TO GO SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

SO, IT'LL BE AT THE WHENEVER THE BOARD ACTUALLY CONSIDERS AND VOTES TO APPROVE OR NOT APPROVE IT.

SO. CORRECT. HE HAD A BETTER ANSWER. STEVE, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THIS AND INFORMATION.

AND I'LL JUST POINT OUT THAT DANNY'S TOLD US IN PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS WE HAVE AN $18 MILLION FUNDING GAP ON OUR TRANSPORTATION.

AND SO, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING.

AND I THINK YOU SAID EARLIER THAT YOU HAD DISCONTINUE FARE BUSSING AS IS BUT HAVE AN ALTERNATE TO FARE BUSSING.

YES, MA'AM. AND I THINK WHEN YOU I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT ALTERNATE TO THE FARE BUSSING WOULD BE WHERE YOU HAVE ACCESS AND CAPACITY, BUT IT WON'T ADD COST. IS THAT CORRECT? NO, MA'AM.

IT WOULD COST. FARE BUSSING IS EXACTLY THAT FARE BUSSING.

AND WE WOULD STILL WE WOULD STILL MAKE THOSE WELL, NO, WHAT I'M SAYING TO ADD COST TO THE DISTRICT, IT WOULD BE A COST TO THE PERSON THAT IS NOT A NATURAL RIDER, BUT IT WOULD NOT BE AN ADDITIONAL COST TO THE DISTRICT.

NO. OH MY FAULT. IT'S NOT AN INCREMENTAL COST TO THE DISTRICT.

THAT'S WHAT I SHOULD HAVE SAID. I APOLOGIZE, I WAS I ALREADY WENT TO THE KIDS AND THE PARENTS, AND I MY MIND WAS THERE. NO, MA'AM, IT IS. IT WOULD NOT BE AN INCREMENTAL COST TO THE DISTRICT.

THIS WOULD BE WHAT WE'RE ALREADY APPROVED FOR.

THIS IS THESE WOULD BE APPROVED ROUTES. THIS WOULD NOT BE ADDITIONAL ROUTES THAT WE'RE ADDING, DRIVERS THAT DRIVERS THAT WE'RE ADDING JUST CAPACITY.

YES, MA'AM. JUST CAPACITY ON THE BUS. IT WOULD BE LIMITED.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE A LOT OF THAT AVAILABLE, BUT IF WE HAD IT.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU. I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK. WE APPRECIATE IT. YES, MA'AM. ANYONE HAVE? DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? I SHOULD HAVE LET YOU KNOW A COMMENT.

SORRY. NO PROBLEM. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY YOU KNOW, WE ADOPTED THESE GUIDELINES FROM TEA, RIGHT? Y'ALL BROUGHT THOSE TO US. YOU ASKED THEM TO ADOPT THEM AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH HAZARDOUS BUSSING. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT ALSO BROUGHT UP THE FAIR BUSSING IN THIS. AND I'M A VERY RULES BASED PERSON.

I LIKE RULES AND I LIKE TO FOLLOW THE RULES. AND IT MAKES ME VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN WE GET OUTSIDE OF THOSE RULES.

AND SO, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK THAT MAY BE UNDERAPPRECIATED IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT FAIR BUSSING, AS IT HAS EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS, IS THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY LIKE THE RULES YOU ASK THE BOARD.

IT'S NOT THESE ROUTES WERE NOT NECESSARILY DEVELOPED OR ADOPTED UNDER A SET OF RULES, OR UNDER A SET OF GUIDELINES THAT WOULD MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE STUDENTS AT, YOU KNOW, ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL ARE GETTING THE SAME TYPE OF SERVICE THAT STUDENTS AT ANOTHER MIDDLE SCHOOL.

RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THING FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND.

AND LOOKING AT THIS LIKE MY HOUSE IS IN ONE OF THESE LITTLE PURPLE SPLOTCHES, RIGHT? SO, MY CHILDREN WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR FAIR BUSSING WHEN THEY GO TO MIDDLE SCHOOL IF WE LEAVE THIS THE SAME.

NOT SAYING I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT BECAUSE I'M DEFINITELY HEARING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S JUST ONE ASPECT THAT I HOPE THE COMMUNITY IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FAIR BUSSING UNDERSTANDS IS THAT THESE ROUTES WERE PUT IN THESE THINGS WERE DONE IN A WAY THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY RIGOROUS OR EVENLY APPLIED ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

AND SO WE DO REALLY HAVE SOME INEQUITIES IN TERMS OF WHO'S GETTING FAIR BUSSING AND WHO IS NOT GETTING FAIR BUSSING ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

SO, I KNOW YOU'VE BROUGHT THAT UP IN THE PAST, BUT WHEN WE ARE IN A DEFICIT, I'VE NEVER PASSED AS A TRUSTEE, NEVER PASSED A BALANCED BUDGET, AND THAT MOST DISTRICTS AREN'T RIGHT NOW.

LIKE, THAT'S THE REALITY OF WHERE WE ARE. BUT I THINK ESPECIALLY LAUREN TYRAH SPORTS OPINION HERE, LIKE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE IN A DEFICIT BUDGET AND YOU ARE HAVING TO ENSURE THAT EVERY DOLLAR IS BEING USED THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY ESPECIALLY PROGRAMS LIKE THIS WHERE THE FAIR BUSSING, WHERE YOU KNOW IT, IT IS NOT A RULES BASED, RIGOROUSLY DONE AND EVALUATED PROGRAM.

I THINK YOU REALLY HAVE TO QUESTION THOSE THINGS, AND YOU REALLY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT WE'RE USING OUR RESOURCES MOST WISELY.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL ASKING US TO DO THAT.

YES, MA'AM. AND JUST TO REITERATE, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT THIS WAS EVALUATED? HOW MANY YEARS AGO? 2010. SO, IT'S BEEN 15 YEARS.

15 YEARS. AND SO. I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE FINALLY GETTING IT CORRECTED.

AND THE OTHER THING, TO YOUR POINT, LAUREN, YOU'VE NEVER PASSED A BUDGET THAT WASN'T A DEFICIT.

MY FIRST YEAR ON THE BOARD, IT WAS 7 MILLION.

AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT. FELT LIKE I WAS LIKE, HERE I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, WOW, I'M VOTING.

I WOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT I WOULD EVER DO THAT.

AND NOW I'VE DONE IT EVERY YEAR SINCE. HI, MICHAEL.

I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE YOU OUT. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO SAY ABOUT IT?

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AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE HAZARDOUS ROUTES, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S MONEY FOR THOSE ROUTES.

AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND TRY TO COLLECT AS MUCH OF THAT MONEY AS WE POSSIBLY COULD. YES.

YES, SIR. THAT WAS ONE OF OUR FOLLOW-UPS THAT MR. HILL AND I DISCUSSED FROM THAT FEEDBACK. YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT, HARD WORK, AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 7.4 OF OUR REPORTS, WHICH IS POSITIVE BEHAVIOR BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS, WHICH IS PBIS. AND I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO LISA WILSON.

THANK YOU. PRESIDENT HUMPHRIES, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMSON BOARD, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE COURTNEY GOBER, BUT I BELIEVE HE'S PROBABLY GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO HIS TEAM.

SO I'LL JUST HAND IT OVER TO JANICE HANDLE. SO SHE IS GOING TO WALK US THROUGH THE PBIS UPDATE.

GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I WILL TELL YOU, WHEN DOCTOR GOBER TOLD ME IT WAS TIME TO UPDATE YOU GUYS ON THIS, I WAS A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS, BUT ALSO EXTREMELY EXCITED BECAUSE I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS WORK AND I GET TO WEAR A LOT OF HATS IN MY JOB AS DIRECTOR OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT.

BUT IMPLEMENTING THIS INITIATIVE ACROSS ALL 72 CAMPUSES IS MY MOST FAVORITE PART OF MY JOB, BECAUSE I THINK IF YOU DO IT WELL, YOU'LL SEE A BIG CHANGE.

SO, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PBIS. WHEN PEOPLE THINK ABOUT PBIS, YOU PROBABLY THINK OLD SCHOOL LIKE TEN YEARS AGO.

IT'S A TICKET SYSTEM. WE JUST GIVE OUT TICKETS TO KIDS FOR KIDS FOR DOING A GOOD JOB.

TO TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, THE EASIEST WAY TO SAY IT IS IF WE WANT TO CHANGE STUDENT BEHAVIOR, YOU FIRST HAVE TO CHANGE ADULT BEHAVIOR. AND THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS TO TEACH ADULTS AS WELL WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE.

SO REALLY PBIS LOOKS AT HOW DO WE GET THE WHOLE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY ON THE SAME PAGE OF WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING STUDENTS TO DO? SO WE LOOK AT DATA, WE WORK. YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE TRADITIONAL IS VERSUS WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

BUT WHATEVER WE EXPECT STAFF, STUDENTS, COMMUNITY, WE'RE GOING TO TEACH.

SO A LOT OF THAT IS WE TEACH OUR TEAMS HOW TO LOOK AT DATA.

HOW DO WE GET ALL THE STAFF TO UNDERSTAND, HOW DO WE GET ALL STAFF TO DO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO? SO THEREFORE THEY CAN ALL BE CONSISTENT AND WITH OUR STUDENTS.

SO WITH PBIS, WITH THE FOUNDATIONS, WE'RE WORKING WITH SAFE AND CIVIL, AND WE GO THROUGH BASICALLY FOUR MODULES.

MODULE A IS JUST REALLY LOOKING AT TEAM PROCESSES.

HOW DO YOU GET A SOLID TEAM ON YOUR CAMPUS? WE HAVE LEARNED THROUGH THIS FOUR YEAR IMPLEMENTATION THAT SCHOOLS THAT DO NOT HAVE A SOLID TEAM, WHO ARE NOT GOOD AT MODULE A, THE PBIS RUNS WHEN THE PRINCIPAL LEAVES, PBS IS DONE, RIGHT? SO WE REALLY WORK WITH THEM THAT FIRST YEAR. AND HOW DO YOU HAVE A SOLID TEAM? HOW DO WE KEEP THIS GOING FOR FOREVER? NO MATTER WHO COMES IN AS OUR ADMINISTRATION, OUR TEACHERS, HOW CAN THE GUIDELINES AND THE EXPECTATIONS STAY AT THIS CAMPUS? WE REALLY TEACH THEM HOW TO LOOK AT DATA. AS A DISTRICT, WE'RE REALLY GOOD AT LOOKING AT ACADEMIC DATA, RIGHT? BUT WE'RE TEACHING SCHOOLS AND HOW TO LOOK AT ATTENDANCE DATA, HOW TO COLLECT PERCEPTION DATA, OBSERVATIONAL DATA FROM THEIR STAFF, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY. AND THEN WE REALLY GO THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION CYCLE.

MODULE B IS REALLY ABOUT COMMON AREAS. SO, FOUNDATIONS PBIS IS MORE ABOUT COMMON AREAS IN THE SCHOOL.

IT'S NOT ABOUT CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT WHICH HOW TEACHERS HANDLE THEIR CLASS, BUT IT'S ABOUT THE SCHOOL AS A WHOLE.

HOW DO WE ALL WORK IN OUR SCHOOL? MODULE C IS MY FAVORITE BECAUSE WE REALLY LOOK AT GUIDELINES FOR SUCCESS, AND THAT'S EACH CAMPUS IS GOING TO LOOK AT THEIR MORALS AND VALUES THAT THEY BELIEVE ARE MOST IMPORTANT ON THEIR CAMPUS.

BUT WE ALSO TEACH STAFF ON HOW TO APPROPRIATELY INTERACT WITH KIDS AND HOW TO APPROPRIATELY CORRECT STUDENTS.

TEACHERS ARE GREAT IN THEIR CLASSROOM, RIGHT? BUT WHEN WE LEAVE OUR CLASSROOM, SOMETIMES WE FORGET THAT EVERY KID THAT COMES PAST US IS OUR STUDENT.

SO HOW DO WE APPROPRIATELY INTERACT WITH THEM? AND HOW DO WE MAKE THOSE KIDS FEEL CONNECTED TO OUR SCHOOL? SO THAT'S WHY I LOVE MODULE C. MODULE D IS AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT RELATIONSHIPS.

WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT SPECIFIC STUDENTS WHO MIGHT NEED MORE.

YOU KNOW WE DO THE 8020 RULE. USUALLY, 80% OF OUR KIDS ARE DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.

IF LESS THAN 80%, IT'S PROBABLY A CLASSROOM PROBLEM.

IF IT'S 20% OR LESS, IT MIGHT BE AN INDIVIDUAL STUDENT.

SO HOW DO WE HELP THOSE KIDS? WE LOOK AT OUR LEVEL GUIDE OF BEHAVIOR.

SO DR. MILEY HELPED CREATE THAT WHEN SHE CAME ABOUT.

SO, WE CAN BE CONSISTENT ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND IN CAMPUSES, WHAT IS HANDLED IN THE CLASSROOM VERSUS WHAT SHOULD GO TO THE OFFICE.

AND SO, WE REALLY WORK WITH SCHOOLS SO THEY CAN TEACH THEIR TEACHERS ALL THESE EXPECTATIONS.

SO, WE'RE HANDLING THAT. AND THEN WE WORK WITH ADMINISTRATORS ON PREVENTING MISBEHAVIORS AND HOW TO HANDLE THINGS THAT COME.

SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE FOUR COHORTS OF CAMPUSES YOU CAN SEE.

SO, FOUR YEARS AGO, IS WHEN WE STARTED, AND WE HAD WE HAVE 19 CAMPUSES IN COHORT ONE.

THERE WERE ABOUT FIVE CAMPUSES FROM COHORT ONE WHO WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE PROGRAM.

THAT DECIDED AT THE END OF YEAR THREE THAT THEY WERE NOT READY TO BE ON THEIR OWN, WHETHER IT WAS FROM CHANGE OF ADMIN OR SCHOOL, THAT THEY KIND OF STARTED OVER. SO YOU CAN SEE COHORT ONE IS REALLY 19 ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.

COHORT TWO, WE LEARNED FROM COHORT ONE THAT IT'S BEST TO GROUP THEM BY LIKE CAMPUSES.

SO WE HAD PLANO WEST WAS IN COHORT ONE. THEY WERE WITH MAINLY ELEMENTARIES AND A COUPLE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

NOT THE BEST LIGHT GROUP FOR THEM. SO, YOU KNOW WE DECIDED TO MAKE SOME DIFFERENT COHORTS.

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AND WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR TWO. COHORT THREE IS ALL OF OUR NINE THROUGH 12 CAMPUSES.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE OUR COHORT FOUR THAT STARTED THIS YEAR.

THAT'S IN YEAR ONE IS OUR LARGEST. AND THERE'S 26 CAMPUSES.

WHEN YOU COME TO TRAINING THERE'S NOT ANY ROOM IN STOCKWELL FOR ANYONE TO MOVE.

SO, AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT THEY'RE ALL WORKING ON.

SO, EACH COHORT IS AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF IMPLEMENTATION BASED ON WHERE THEY ARE IN YEAR.

IT TAKES THREE FULL YEARS TO YEARS TO GO THROUGH THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION AND LEARNING PROCESS WITH SAFE AND CIVIL.

SO, COHORT ONE IS ON THEIR FIRST YEAR OUT OF TRAINING.

I'M JUST IMPLEMENTATION ON THEIR OWN WITH SUPPORT BY MYSELF AND MY TEAM.

THESE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES. SO, YOU GUYS CAN SEE WHAT SCHOOLS ARE DOING ON THEIR CAMPUS ABOUT HOW THEY'RE REALLY WORKING WITH STAFF AND STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND EXPECTATIONS.

THEY'RE ALL LINKED IN THIS PRESENTATION FOR YOU, BUT THERE ARE SOME VIDEOS WHERE THEY'VE WORKED WITH STUDENTS ON HOW THEY'RE TEACHING EACH OTHER AND HOW THEY'RE TEACHING THE STAFF, AS WELL AS RICE.

WE LINKED THEIR BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. SO HOW THEY'RE REALLY TEACHING EVERYONE WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS, WHAT DO WE DO HERE? HOW DOES SCHOOL LOOK LIKE AT RICE? SO IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT A CHANCE TO WATCH ANY OF THEM I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY GOOD. THESE ARE JUST SOME SERVICES NUMBERS THAT WE'VE PROVIDED.

SO, BESIDES PBIS WE ALSO TRAIN STOIC WHICH IS OUR TIER ONE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT.

AND I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. BUT WE DO HAVE 69 CAMPUSES THAT ARE DOING PBIS.

THAT INCLUDES SO THE ONLY ONES WHO ARE NOT GOING THROUGH PBIS FOUNDATIONS RIGHT NOW ARE EARLY CHILDHOOD CAMPUSES.

SO, I HAVE TALKED ABOUT STOIC A FEW TIMES, AND WE USE STOIC WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR FOUNDATIONS IMPLEMENTATION ACROSS SCHOOL WIDE.

BUT IT'S ALSO OUR TIER ONE FOUNDATIONAL CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT STRATEGY THAT WE TRAIN ON IN PLANO.

AND IT GOES HAND IN HAND WITH OUR FOUNDATIONS. BUT THIS IS REALLY WHAT SHOULD THE TEACHERS BE DOING? AND IT'S BROKEN DOWN TO THE EASIEST WAY POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN TEACH THIS.

SO FAR BETWEEN THE LAST, LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, WE'VE TRAINED 55 OF OUR 72 CAMPUSES, SPECIFICALLY ON STOIC.

WE ALSO TRAIN ALL NEW TEACHERS TO THE DISTRICT EVERY YEAR.

WE DO REFRESHER TRAININGS, BUT IT'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL.

IN THIS YEAR, MY TEAM AND I HAVE PICKED UP TIER ONE CLASSROOM OBSERVATIONS.

SO, TEACHERS WHO ARE KIND OF STRUGGLING WITH CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT, THEY MAYBE CAN'T.

THEY'RE JUST STRUGGLING WITH THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT A SKILL THAT YOU LEARN IN THE CLASSROOM. IN COLLEGE. THEY DON'T TEACH YOU HOW TO HOW TO DO THIS.

AND SO, TEACHERS ARE REALLY STRUGGLING WITH THAT. WE THAT. WE GO IN AND WRITE AND OBSERVE THEM, AND THEN WE'LL WRITE SOME REPORTS AND SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND WORK BASED ON OUR STOIC FOUNDATION AND STRUCTURE, ON HOW THEY CAN IMPROVE THAT, SO THAT HOPEFULLY THE LEARNING AND SUCCESS OF THE KIDS IMPROVES.

AND THE LAST THING REAL QUICK ARE JUST SOME OTHER SUPPORTS THAT COMES WITH OUR PBIS INITIATIVE. WE DO PBIS AUDITS, AND SO THIS IS ONE WAY WE CAN LOOK AT HOW WELL IS THIS IMPLEMENTATION GOING ON CAMPUSES.

AND SO, AT THE END OF THEIR THREE YEARS WE AUDIT EVERY CAMPUS.

SO LAST YEAR WAS OUR FIRST YEAR TO AUDIT. IT WAS A LEARNING PROCESS.

I WILL TELL YOU IT WAS A LEARNING PROCESS FOR THE SCHOOLS, BUT MY TEAM AND I AS WELL. AND SO, WE'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT BETTER, AND WE'VE PROVIDED SOME MORE STRUCTURE FOR THE SCHOOLS. AND SO THIS YEAR WE'RE RE AUDITING ALL COHORT ONE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING COHORT TWO. SO THERE'LL BE 34 AUDITS OR MORE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

MY TEAM AND I WILL DO. WE ALSO DO SITE VISITS WHICH I LOVE.

THEY ARE WHEN WE GO TO A CAMPUS AND WE WALK THROUGH THE SCHOOL WITH THEIR FOUNDATIONS TEAM, WE TEACH THEM HOW TO TRACK SPECIFIC DATA IN A COMMON AREA AND THEN GIVE THEM FEEDBACK ON THAT, BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS EVERYBODY ON THE CAMPUS SHOULD BE ABLE TO COLLECT SOME DATA ABOUT COMMON AREAS SO THAT THEY ALL ARE SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE.

WE THEN ALSO PROVIDE GATHER FEEDBACK FROM STAFF AND STUDENTS AND PROVIDE THAT TO THE SCHOOL AND ARE ABLE JUST TO REALLY SIT DOWN IN A SMALL ENVIRONMENT WITH THE TEAM TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON AND WHAT SUPPORT THEY NEED FROM US. AND THEN THE LAST PART I JUST PUT IS KIND OF SOME SUPPORT.

I'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT MY TEAM AND I PROVIDE.

BUT YOU ALSO IF YOU THE LITTLE CIRCLE THAT'S IN COLOR, IT SAYS COHORT 123.

IT SHOULD BE OPEN FOR YOU GUYS IF YOU EVER WANT TO CLICK ON IT. THAT'S OUR FOUNDATION'S HUB THAT WE'VE CREATED FOR THE DISTRICT.

IT JUST PROVIDES ANY INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDE TO ALL THE SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS EXAMPLES THAT CAMPUSES SEND TO US.

WE LINK IT THERE, SO ALL SCHOOLS HAVE ACCESS TO SEE WHAT EVERYONE IS DOING.

WE LIKE THEM TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT SOMEONE'S DOING, BUT NOT IT'S NOT STEAL IT, BUT MAYBE RECREATE IT SO IT FITS THEIR CAMPUS.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE SOME COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? SO. HAVING BEEN A TEACHER, I KNOW THAT NEVER ME, BUT TEACHERS CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING TO TEACH. AND NEVER ME. ALWAYS ME.

CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE? BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A DRAMATIC CHANGE.

I MEAN, IT'S VERY DIFFERENT. CAN YOU GIVE A LITTLE COLOR TO SOME RESISTANCE YOU MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED BY TEACHERS AND THEN LIGHT BULBS THAT HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF AN THAT THEY HAD FROM THE TRAINING, THE EXPERIENCE AND THE SUPPORT THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED.

SURE. I THINK SOMETIMES TEACHERS REALLY FEEL THAT STUDENTS SHOULD KNOW WHAT AND DO BETTER,

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THEY SHOULD JUST KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND THEN I'M REALLY BIG ON THE TEACHING PIECE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO TEACH THEM HOW TO READ OR DO MATH AT THE SAME THING GOES WITH BEHAVIOR, BECAUSE EVERY CLASSROOM LOOKS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I'M OKAY WITH. WHAT DR.

GOBER MIGHT BE OKAY WITH IN HIS CLASS, AND HOW THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO ACT IN THOSE CLASSES IS VERY DIFFERENT. SO, WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF AHA'S WHEN WE EXPLAIN IT THAT WAY.

AND EVEN IN A STAFF MEETING. RIGHT. YOU HAVE STAFF WHO ARE DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO AND PAYING ATTENTION VERSUS THE STAFF ON THEIR COMPUTER DURING THEIR EMAIL, LIKE. SO, WE HAVE TO TEACH THOSE EXPECTATIONS. SO THERE HAS BEEN SOME RESISTANCE OUR TRAINING SINCE WE'VE STARTED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE REALLY HELPED.

I BELIEVE WHEN YOU KIND OF BREAK IT DOWN IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT, THERE ARE STILL, I'LL BE HONEST, STILL TEACHERS WHO REALLY STRUGGLE BEHAVIOR IS DIFFICULT.

AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT CHANGES OVERNIGHT, BUT NEITHER IS. IF A STUDENT WHO'S BEHIND TWO GRADE LEVELS, THEIR READING DOESN'T CHANGE OVERNIGHT. SO, IT'S SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO TEACH AND WORK ON CONSISTENTLY. SO, I THINK WE HAVE SEEN THAT. AND THAT'S REALLY WHY WE'RE FOCUSED ON TO CHANGE STUDENT BEHAVIOR. YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THAT ADULT BEHAVIOR. AND UNTIL WE GET THAT THEN WE'RE NOT REALLY GOING TO SEE ANY CHANGE.

NEVER. OH, ARE YOU DONE? SO I THINK MY CAMPUS ELEMENTARY CAMPUS MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE FIRST COHORT.

OVER AT HICKEY ELEMENTARY AND A FEW YEARS AGO, AND I CANNOT REMEMBER IF THIS WAS PRE-PANDEMIC OR NOT.

I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE TRYING TO REMEMBER, BUT WE HAD A COUNSELOR WHO HAS SINCE LEFT, AND OUR PTA AT THE TIME WAS WE OFFERED TO PURCHASE THE INCENTIVES FOR PBIS. ARE THOSE THE SORTS OF THINGS THAT ARE IN THAT FOUNDATION HUB OF WHAT SCHOOLS ARE DOING? WE WERE GIVING SPIRIT STICKS TO HER TO GIVE TO CHILDREN.

SO IT WASN'T LIKE THEY GOT LIKE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, STORE DOLLAR OR WHATEVER.

AT OUR SCHOOL, THEY CALLED THEM STARBUCKS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL STARS.

SO, IT WAS VERY CUTE. BUT IS THIS THE SORT OF STUFF THAT SCHOOLS ARE DOING, LIKE GIVING INCENTIVES? SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO, WE LOOK AT MORE THAN JUST INCENTIVES, BUT IT'S MORE ABOUT REINFORCEMENT. HOW CAN WE TIE OUR EXPECTATIONS TO REINFORCEMENT.

AND SOMETIMES THAT'S JUST HOW WE INTERACT WITH KIDS.

LIKE IF ONE OF YOU ASKED A QUESTION, I COULD SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO CARING, AS THAT'S ONE OF OUR PICK WHAT WE DO HERE LIKE.

AND THEN YOU COULD AWARD THEM A BOOK THAT MIGHT BE WHAT? SOMETHING THEY DO AT A SCHOOL, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S JUST TELLING THEM, LIKE WE USE OUR EXPECTATIONS ON HOW YOU SHOULD ACT IN THE HALL. ELEMENTARIES DO REALLY LIKE THE STORES AND SOME OF THEM ARE MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE DOING THAT.

HICKEY'S ACTUALLY THIS IS THEIR FIRST YEAR IN PBIS THIS THEY'RE IN COHORT FOUR.

SO SOME OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAD A LOT OF STORES THAT WAS LIKE THE PRIOR PBIS.

THIS IS MY 20TH YEAR IN PLANO. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WE'VE KIND OF ROLLED OUT PBIS.

IT'S, I WILL TELL YOU, IT'S A BETTER IMPLEMENTATION.

WE HAVE A LOT MORE THINGS IN PLACE TO HELP THE SCHOOLS AND THE WAY WE'RE TRAINING THAN BEFORE.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE OLD VERSION. IT'S STILL AROUND, BUT WE ALSO LOOK LIKE HOW DO WE REWARD THE STAFF WHO ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING? ARE THEY SUPERVISING CORRECTLY? ARE THEY TEACHING THE LESSONS? DO WE TALK ABOUT KIDS WHO ARE FOLLOWING OUR GUIDELINES FOR SUCCESS ON ANNOUNCEMENTS? DO WE SEND THEM HOME TO PARENTS? AND SO, IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE STORE, BUT THAT IS ONE WAY.

SO YES, I THINK IT WOULD BE SO HELPFUL FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO COME AND TALK TO THE COUNCIL OF PTAS AT SOME POINT.

BECAUSE AS A PARENT, I'VE BEEN IN THE SCHOOL DOING SPIRIT STORE OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, AND I'M ALWAYS TELLING KIDS LIKE, I LIKE YOU HOLDING YOUR BUBBLE WHEN THEY'RE IN THE HALLWAY OR WHATEVER, YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB. AND SO, AS PARENTS, AS VOLUNTEERS IN THE SCHOOL, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, I JUST TALKED TO EVERYBODY. SO, I DON'T CARE IF THEY'RE FIVE AND I'M GOING TO COMPLIMENT THEM ON GOOD BEHAVIOR, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW THESE THINGS SO THAT OTHER VOLUNTEERS COULD DO THAT AS WELL.

I'M HAPPY TO TALK TO ANYONE OR HAVE. I MEAN, I LOVE PBIS, SO I DID SEE THE WILL'S VIDEO AND IT WAS VERY ENTERTAINING.

IT WAS A REALLY GOOD ONE IN TERMS OF WHAT NOT TO DO AND WHAT TO DO.

I JUST, I'M CURIOUS AND AS YOU'VE SAT HERE TALKING THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, BECAUSE I HAD ASKED AHEAD OF TIME, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE KIND OF WHAT ARE THE GOALS AND THEN HOW WILL WE KNOW WHEN THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL? AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THESE AUDITS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE GOING TO BE A KEY COMPONENT IN UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL. I WAS CURIOUS IF YOU OR DOCTOR OR ANYBODY KNOWS OFF KIND OF OFFHAND IN TERMS OF LIKE DISCIPLINE, REFERRALS, WHAT KIND OF PERCENTAGE OF THOSE ARE CLASSROOM AND WHAT KIND OF PERCENTAGE OF THOSE ARE HALLWAY RELATED OR LIKE OTHER AREA RELATED, LIKE KIDS GETTING IN FIGHTS ON THE IN THE HALLWAY VERSUS MISBEHAVING IN THE CLASSROOM? I'M JUST I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT DATA. AND SO, I'M JUST IT'S AN ESOTERIC QUESTION.

SORRY, I DON'T HAVE PERCENTAGES OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THE MAJORITY OF OURS ARE CLASSROOM MANAGED, BUT THEY'RE TEACHER MANAGED. SO ANYTHING THAT'S KIND OF IN THE COMMON AREAS MIGHT COME TO THE OFFICE, BUT IT IS MORE A MAJORITY OF CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR.

I WILL ALSO TELL YOU LIKE THROUGH THIS WE ARE LOOKING AT AUDITS.

THAT'S ONE WAY TO MEASURE. BUT DR. GOBER IS ON OUR DISTRICT TEAM THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS TO MEASURE THE IMPLEMENTATION SUCCESS OF THIS.

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BUT WITH PBIS, WHEN WE LOOK AT FOUNDATIONS AND WE'RE TEACHING PEOPLE ON HOW TO HOW TO SUPERVISE.

SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT SEE SOME DISCIPLINE GO UP, BECAUSE WE'RE DOING A BETTER JOB OF SUPERVISING OUR KIDS AND TEACHING THEM THOSE EXPECTATIONS. BUT THEN OVERALL, IF I'M WORKING SPECIFICALLY ON HALLWAYS AND I'M TEACHING MY STAFF HOW TO MONITOR HOW TO DO ALL THIS, AND I'M TEACHING MY KIDS WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS LOOK LIKE AND I'M REINFORCING THE RIGHT BEHAVIOR, WE SHOULD SEE IT GO DOWN. YEAH.

GREAT. THANK YOU. THIS IS A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, JANA. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN FIVE OF OUR REPORTS, WHICH IS OUR BOARD MEMBER, COMMUNITY LIAISON AND BOARD SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES.

AND DID I MISS SOMETHING? NO, WE'RE JUST GETTING CLOSE TO THE END, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

I GUESS I'LL KICK US OFF. WHERE DID THE SCREEN GO? OH, THEY'RE JUST SWITCHING SLIDES. OH, OKAY. GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.

I THOUGHT WE LOST. MICHAEL. YOU STILL THERE? MICHAEL? STILL HERE. OKAY. SO, I'LL KICK US OFF. I'LL START THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, AND DANNY AND I ARE GOING TO CO-PRESENT, AND SO I'M GOING TO JUST KICK OFF THE BEGINNING.

SO, WE HAVE A BY THE NUMBERS. I SAW IT COME UP.

SO, YOU SEE THAT THIS THIS SLIDE IS CHANGING DAILY.

BUT WE HAVE ABOUT 4200 TOTAL FILED BILLS SO FAR.

I THINK THE END OF THE DEADLINE FOR FILING IS MARCH 15TH.

IS THAT RIGHT? MARCH 14TH. 14TH. OKAY. SOMEBODY'S GOING TO THINK THAT THEY HAD UNTIL THE 15TH.

AND THEN WE HAVE ABOUT 812. OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M LOOKING AT MY OLD ONE. SO, THIS IS YOUR I UPDATED IT EARLIER.

I UPDATED IT BECAUSE LIKE I SAID IT CHANGES EVERY MINUTE.

SO, 4300 BILLS FILED, 812 EDUCATION BILLS, 100 OF THOSE RELATE TO PROPERTY TAX, 84 ARE SCHOOL GOVERNANCE SCHOOL FINANCE OR 68 CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, 54 BILLS OF THOSE, AND THEN VOUCHERS AND ESSAYS.

SO THAT'S THE SKINNY OF IT RIGHT NOW. AND HERE ARE THOSE KEY DATES.

JANUARY 14TH WAS THE FIRST DAY OF THE SESSION.

MARCH 14TH IS THE DEADLINE FOR BILL FILING AND JUNE 2ND IS SIGNING DAY.

SO THAT'S WHEN THEY CLOSE OUT. WE HOPE THEY WILL.

I DIDN'T I DIDN'T SAY THAT, BUT WE WENT INTO FOUR SESSIONS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

SO, AS YOU SEE UP THERE, WE HAVE THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE PUBLIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE, AND WE HAVE THE SAME CHAIR.

WE HAVE A NEW VICE CHAIR. CORRECT. AND THEN A LOT OF THEM WERE THE SAME.

I'M NOT GOING TO READ EVERYBODY'S NAME, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE NAME JEFF LEACH, YOU SEE THERE'S AN ASTERISK THERE.

THAT'S BECAUSE JEFF IS IN OUR LOCAL DELEGATION.

SO, THAT'S, WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE SOMEONE ON THE COMMITTEE THAT WE WORK WITH ON.

I MEAN, WE CAN TEXT JEFF. SO, WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT.

HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP THERE. NOW THE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE IS INCLUSIVE OF.

POST-SECONDARY AS WELL. SO YOU SEE IT'S K THROUGH 16.

AND BRANDON CREIGHTON IS THE SAME CHAIR AS WE HAD LAST TIME.

IS DONNA NEW? NO. SHE'S ALSO SHE WAS VICE CHAIR.

LAST TIME SHE WAS VICE CHAIR. LAST TIME. OKAY. AND THEN IF YOU JUST KIND OF SQUIGGLE DOWN, YOU'LL SEE ANGELA PAXTON HAS AN ASTERISK BY HER NAME BECAUSE SHE IS ONE OF OUR LOCAL SENATORS.

SO, AGAIN, WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE ON PUBLIC COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE LOCAL DELEGATION MEMBERS, AND WE CAN JUST PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL THEM AND HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS.

SO THE GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY ITEMS, IT'S PROBABLY ALREADY BEEN IN THE NEWSPAPER, BUT THE PASSAGE OF ESAS WITH UNIVERSAL ELIGIBILITY IS ONE OF HIS PRIMARY EMERGENCY ITEMS. TEACHER PAY RAISES. AND THEY WANT TO DO THAT MOSTLY THROUGH PERFORMANCE BASED MEASURES.

AND SOME ARE ACROSS THE BOARD. AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.

BUT WE ACTUALLY WOULD PREFER IT TO BE ACROSS THE BOARD BECAUSE THEN WE HAVE THE CONTROL OF WHO WHERE THEY GO.

AND IT'S NOT TIED TO SOMETHING LIKE THE STAR TEST.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY PROPERTY TAXES, THAT'S A HUGE PRIORITY OF THEIRS.

AND THEY'RE WILLING TO PUT IN $10 BILLION IN NEW TAX RELIEF.

AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT THAT IT NEEDS TO HAVE A TWO THIRDS MAJORITY REQUIRED TO APPROVE BONDS.

AND SO, IT'LL BE HARDER FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DO THOSE, AND THEY WANT TO PUSH THOSE ALL INTO A NOVEMBER ELECTION, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT MORE CHALLENGING. AND I'LL JUST POINT OUT THAT THE 10 BILLION IN NEW TAX RELIEF DOES NOT HIT INTO THE CLASSROOM. THAT'S JUST IT. WE WE'RE ALL TAXPAYERS.

WE'RE GLAD WE'RE SAVING MONEY, BUT IT DOESN'T FUND OUR SCHOOLS.

SO, THE NEXT SLIDE JUST REAL QUICK NANCY, JUST ON THIS POINT, I JUST FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE EMERGENCY ITEMS THAT THE LEGISLATURE IS NOT

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SO WHEN HE DESIGNATES THESE ITEMS AS EMERGENCY ITEMS, THAT ALLOWS THEM TO PASS OFF THE FLOOR EARLIER THAN THAT 60 DAY MARKER.

SO THAT'S WHY THESE ARE SO IMPORTANT. YES. I'M SO GLAD YOU POINTED THAT.

CAN I REAL QUICK. I KNOW, WE DON'T SUPPOSED TO WAIT, BUT SINCE WE'RE ON THAT LAST SLIDE, IS THE BOND ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER APPLY TO CITY COUNCILS AND OTHER PLACES, OR IS IT JUST LIMITED TO EDUCATION SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE LEGISLATION ON IT YET? OKAY. BUT THE WAY IT'S TALKED ABOUT IS FOR ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

SO YEAH, YOU PROBABLY HURT THE CITIES, TOO. YEAH.

OKAY. SO, SCHOOL FINANCE JUST KIND OF IN A NUTSHELL, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT 5.25 BILLION TOTAL IN NEW MONEY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

AND SO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS ABOUT 400 MILLION INCREASED IN SAFETY, THE SCHOOL SAFETY ALLOTMENT.

AND THEY'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF US THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY COMING OUT OF POCKET, I THINK, IN PLANO ISD. WE'RE COMING OUT OF POCKET AN ADDITIONAL 8 MILLION.

SO, I THINK THEY'RE LISTENING THERE. AND THEN IT ALSO IS THAT'S FOR THE LEGISLATION THAT THEY PASSED IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT REQUIRES US TO DO CERTAIN THINGS FOR SAFETY AND SCHOOL SAFETY.

AND SO, THEY JUST DIDN'T FULLY FUND THAT. AND THEN 4.85 BILLION FOR INCREASED PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING CONTINGENT UPON THE PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION.

SO THEN ADDITIONAL OF THAT IS 3.5 BILLION FOR NEW PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.

AND AGAIN, THAT DOESN'T GO INTO THE CLASSROOM.

IT'S RELATED TO EDUCATION BECAUSE IT IMPACTS OUR PROPERTY TAXES, BUT IT DOESN'T PUT MORE MONEY IN THE CLASSROOM.

1.7 BILLION FOR CHANGES IN STUDENT POPULATION.

SO, THAT'S JUST THAT. IS THAT RELATED TO THE TYPE OF STUDENT OR IS THAT THE INCREASE IN INCREASE IN STUDENTS IN THE STATE? BOTH. SO THE ENROLLMENT IN IN THE STATE IS BASICALLY FLAT.

AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE IS ACTUALLY PROJECTED TO DECREASE. BUT WE FUND BASED ON WEIGHTED AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, WHICH IS THOSE STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS, LIKE HOW MANY SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS DO WE HAVE. AND WEIGHTED AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE. SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S 1.7 BILLION FOR THAT. THAT IS REQUIRED UNDER CURRENT LAW.

AND IT COMES WITH ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WELL. SO IT IS TECHNICALLY NEW MONEY FOR SCHOOLS, BUT IT'S NEW MONEY TO SERVE STUDENTS WHO HAVE HIGHER NEEDS THAT REQUIRE MORE RESOURCES TO EDUCATE.

WELL, RIGHT. AND IN A PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING, YOU TALKED ABOUT THOSE INCREASES IN NEEDS.

AND THEN $1 BILLION FOR VOUCHERS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 ONLY.

SO, I MEAN, WE COULD TALK ALL DAY ABOUT THAT, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.

AND THEN SENATE BILL 260 IS BY SENATOR JOAN HUFFMAN, AND SHE IS DOUBLING THE SCHOOL SAFETY ALLOTMENT.

AND SO THAT'S ABOUT THAT 400 MILLION PER BIENNIUM.

YEAH. SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THIS ONE.

THIS THE 4.85 BILLION, THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE DIFFER ON HOW THEY HAVE SPENT THAT MONEY OR HOW THEY INDICATE THEY PLAN TO SPEND THAT MONEY IN THE BASE VERSION OF THEIR BUDGETS.

THE SENATE PUTS IT ALL INTO TEACHER PAY, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT HERE IN A MINUTE, BECAUSE THAT BILL WAS FILED TODAY. AND THEN THE HOUSE WAS VAGUE ABOUT IT, AND THEY BASICALLY JUST DIDN'T SAY HOW THEY WERE PLANNING TO SPEND IT. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE 3.5 BILLION THEY HAVE IN THERE FOR NEW PROPERTY TAX RELIEF IS $6.5 BILLION SHORT OF WHAT THE GOVERNOR ASKED FOR, SO THAT NUMBER COULD GO UP.

WE ALSO DON'T SEE IN THIS IN THESE BASE BUDGETS, FUNDING FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION OR EXPANSION OF FUNDING FOR PRE-K, BOTH OF WHICH WE KNOW ARE PRIORITIES FOR THE LEGISLATURE, ESPECIALLY THE SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING.

SO I DO THINK THIS NUMBER WILL GO UP. THIS IS JUST A STARTING POINT.

SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF AGREEMENT, THOUGH, ON THE SAFETY AND SECURITY MONEY.

AND AGAIN, YOU ALREADY HAVE LEGISLATION TO SPEND THAT MONEY FROM THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WHICH ANYTIME THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE TRIES TO SPEND MONEY, THAT IT'S GOT A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE OF PASSING. SO, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO DO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO ALONG THE LINES OF THE FUNDING WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER A ONE PAGER ABOUT KIND OF OUR STORY HERE IN PLANO ISD RELATED TO THE IMPACT OF INFLATION ON, ON OUR, ON OUR BUDGET. SO STATEWIDE SINCE HOUSE BILL THREE, WHICH WAS THE LAST TIME THE LEGISLATURE SET KIND OF THE APPROPRIATE FUNDING LEVEL FOR SCHOOLS NEARLY UNANIMOUSLY, THE BUYING POWER OF THE BASIC ALLOTMENT HAS DECREASED BY $1,340.

TO BE CLEAR, FUNDING HAS INCREASED SINCE 2019.

OVERALL, FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS HAS INCREASED PER STUDENT. FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS HAS INCREASED. IT'S ABOUT FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.

OUR AVERAGE PER STUDENT FUNDING STATEWIDE IS ABOUT $10,800, WHICH IS AN IS AN INCREASE SINCE 2019.

HOWEVER, IT HAS NOT KEPT PACE WITH INFLATION.

AND WHEN YOU FACTOR IN STUDENT NEEDS AS WELL, THAT'S WHERE WE GET TO THIS $1,340 DECREASE IN THE BUYING POWER OF THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

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THAT WOULD COST THE STATE ABOUT $20 BILLION. I'VE NEVER SEEN A $20 BILLION BILL.

WE DO HAVE RIGHT NOW 4.85 BILLION IN THE HOUSE BUDGET.

THAT COULD BE PUT INTO A BASIC ALLOTMENT INCREASE.

THAT WOULD BUY US ABOUT $330 IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THE SYSTEM IS SET UP, THE BASIC ALLOTMENT IS THE LEVER THAT MOVES THE WHOLE SYSTEM.

SO IT TRIGGERS SOME AUTOMATIC THINGS THAT ARE STATE PRIORITIES.

AND SO, WE'VE GOT THE IMPACT THERE FOR US IN IN PLANO ISD.

EVERY TIME THE BASIC ALLOTMENT GOES UP, WE'RE REQUIRED TO SPEND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THAT MONEY ON AVERAGE ON TEACHER, COUNSELOR, LIBRARIAN AND NURSE PAY. SO A $330 INCREASE WOULD REQUIRE US TO PROVIDE AT LEAST AN AVERAGE INCREASE OF $1,720 FOR OUR TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, NURSES, AND NURSES AND LIBRARIANS. IT ALSO WOULD INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE SPECIAL EDUCATION ALLOTMENT.

IT WOULD PROVIDE 4.3 MILLION, AND THEN IT WOULD ALSO INCREASE MONEY FOR SCHOOL SAFETY 188,000.

THAT'S IF YOU CHANGED NOTHING BUT THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

AND THERE'S OTHER MONEY THAT WOULD COME BEYOND JUST THOSE PIECES THAT WE COULD USE FOR THOSE THINGS AS WELL.

THOSE ARE THE REQUIRED PIECES THAT WOULD COME FROM THIS.

THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE REQUIRED PIECES THAT WOULD COME FROM THIS. YOU ALSO HAVE THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE SOME OF OUR INFLATIONARY INCREASE SINCE INCREASES SINCE 2019.

WHICH WAS OBVIOUSLY THE LAST TIME THE FUNDING WAS INCREASED, FUEL HAS GONE UP.

GENERAL INSURANCE POLICIES HAVE SKYROCKETED. UTILITIES ARE UP.

AND THEN OF COURSE, EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AS WELL. THESE ARE THE PRESSURES, THE INFLATIONARY PRESSURES THAT ARE BEING PUT ON DISTRICTS.

YOU'LL ALSO SEE SOME FUNDING GAPS FOR SOME KEY AREAS.

THESE ARE FOR 23-24. SO YOU'VE HEARD SOME OTHER SOME NUMBERS THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THESE EARLIER TONIGHT.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE THOSE WERE FOR 24-25, BUT THIS IS OUR FINAL AUDITED ACTUAL DATA FOR 23-24.

SO, WE HAD A $42.4 MILLION GAP, MEANING WE SPENT 42.4 MILLION MORE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION THAN WE RECEIVED IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION ALLOTMENT.

WE SPENT 16.4 MILLION MORE ON TRANSPORTATION THAN WE RECEIVED IN THE TRANSPORTATION ALLOTMENT, AND WE SPENT 5.5 MILLION MORE FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY THAN WE RECEIVED IN THE SAFETY AND SECURITY ALLOTMENT.

NONE OF THOSE ALLOTMENTS ARE DESIGNED TO FULLY FUND THOSE PROGRAMS, THAT THEY'RE DESIGNED TO BE SUPPLEMENTAL TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, BUT THEY'RE CERTAINLY NOT DESIGNED TO BE QUITE SO WOEFULLY SHORT.

WELL, AND JUST TO REITERATE, DANIEL, WE USUALLY SAY THIS TRANSPORTATION IS RECOMMENDED.

IT IS NOT REQUIRED BY LAW. SPECIAL EDUCATION SAFETY AND SECURITY.

THIS IS THE FUNDING GAP TO MEET REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE LAW.

IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE FOUND $40 MILLION IN EXTRA THINGS TO OFFER THAT ARE NOT REQUIRED BY LAW LIKE THIS IS.

THIS IS ABSOLUTE TEXTBOOK AN UNFUNDED MANDATE? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT POINT. THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S INTERESTING YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT.

THE FUNDING HAS GONE UP BECAUSE THAT'S THE NARRATIVE I'M HEARING IS WE'VE BEEN GIVING MORE TO PUBLIC EDUCATION THAN WE'VE EVER BEEN GIVEN.

AND THAT'S WHY WE CAN DO THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING BECAUSE IT'S THE MOST.

AND YET THEY DON'T TELL THE REST OF THE STORY.

YEAH. AND THAT'S WHAT THE FRUSTRATION IS. ABSOLUTELY.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT FUNDING HAS GONE UP, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO BE HONEST ABOUT THAT IN OUR CONVERSATIONS AS WELL.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I EMPHASIZE WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THIS PER STUDENT NUMBER.

BUT FUNDING HAS GONE UP BECAUSE STUDENT NEEDS HAVE GONE UP. SO OUR WEIGHTED AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE IS HIGHER THAN IT WAS IN 2019. AND THERE HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT LIKE WE GOT A GOLDEN PENNY YIELD, AND WE CAN GET INTO THE WEEDS OF SCHOOL FINANCE. WE'VE GOT A GOLDEN PENNY YIELD INCREASE LAST SESSION, WHICH HELPS ESPECIALLY DISTRICT. WELL, IT ACTUALLY DOESN'T HELP DISTRICTS LIKE US AS MUCH AS IT HELPS OTHERS BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY SO HIGH OVER THAT YIELD.

BUT IT DID HELP US A LITTLE BIT. AND THAT'S NEW MONEY, BUT IT'S NOT FOR ALL SCHOOLS.

AND IT AND IT HAS NOT COME ANYWHERE NEAR TO KEEPING PACE WITH INFLATION.

AND THAT'S REALLY THE KEY OF THIS CONVERSATION IS YES, THERE'S MORE MONEY WE HAVE, BUT WE HAVE THIS PROBLEM THAT WASN'T CREATED BY THE LEGISLATURE, BUT THAT WE NEED THEIR HELP TO SOLVE.

BUT ISN'T THERE ALSO BEEN AN INCREASE IN EDUCATION THAT HAS BEEN FUNDING THINGS THAT AREN'T GOING TOWARDS THE CLASSROOM OR GOING TOWARDS THE CAMPUS? I MEAN, T EXPENSES HAVE GONE UP. THERE'S OTHER THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT SUPPORT THE PUBLIC ED NETWORK.

SURE. AND THAT'S ANOTHER PART THAT YOU KNOW. OH YEAH, WE'VE GOT ALL THIS HAS GROWN MORE.

BUT AGAIN, WHERE IS THAT MONEY ACTUALLY DEPENDING ON WHICH NUMBER GETS QUOTED.

BECAUSE SOMETIMES LIKE 96,000,000,104 BILLION SOMETHING LIKE THAT GETS THROWN AROUND.

THROWN AROUND. THOSE ARE ALL INCLUSIVE NUMBERS THAT INCLUDE ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE 10,800, THAT IS JUST SCHOOL DISTRICT MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS COSTS. BUT THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS WE'RE TRYING TO NAVIGATE THIS, TO TALK ABOUT APPLES TO APPLES, NOT TALKING ABOUT HOW TO, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S SPENDING IT IN A WAY THAT LOOKS BETTER FOR THEM.

WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HAVING THE REAL STORY FOR EVERYBODY, NOT.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, I DO WANT TO JUST MAKE ONE POINT.

SO, A LOT OF TIMES WE DO SAY THE BASIC ALLOTMENT HAS NOT GONE UP SINCE 2018-2019.

AND THAT THAT IS A TRUE STATEMENT. A LOT OF THIS FUNDING IS BUILT OFF OF THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, AND THAT'S STILL $6,160. THAT HAS NOT CHANGED A LOT AT ALL SINCE 2018-2019.

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YOU ALSO HEAR THIS $15,000 NUMBER OUT THERE. AND THAT'S A NUMBER THAT INCLUDES INS, WHICH IS TAXPAYER VOTER APPROVED LOCAL FUNDING FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES THAT CANNOT BE USED FOR TEACHER PAY OR DAILY EXPENSES.

AND IT ALSO INCLUDES FEDERAL FUNDING, WHICH THE WAY THAT THE T TRACKS FEDERAL FUNDING, THEY HAVE PUT THE ESSER MONEY IN THE YEAR THAT IT WAS SPENT, RATHER THAN THE YEAR THAT IT WAS RECEIVED. SO INSTEAD OF PUTTING ALL OF IT IN IT IN 2021, WHICH IS WHAT THE LBB DID.

THEY'VE SPREAD IT OUT AND SO IT ACTUALLY IS STILL HITTING THE BOOKS IN 2324, MEANING THAT THE FEDERAL DOLLAR AMOUNT IN THAT 15,000 IS ARTIFICIALLY HIGHER WITH ONE TIME COVID MONEY THAT WILL BE GONE FOR THIS YEAR. SO THAT FEDERAL NUMBER IS GOING TO GO DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY FOR 24-25 JUST BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GETTING COVID MONEY, NOT EVEN SEPARATE AND APART FROM ANYTHING ELSE THAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. SO, I JUST HAVE TO POINT OUT REALLY QUICK, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN MEMES ONLINE WHERE THIS HAS BEEN MISQUOTED ON BOTH SIDES.

SO YOU SEE TEA SAYING IT'S 15,000 PER STUDENT, INCLUDING THE INS NUMBERS AND THE ESSER COVID FUNDS.

AND THEN YOU SEE ON OTHER SIDES WHERE IT'S ONLY THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, THE 60 WITHOUT INCLUDING THE, YOU KNOW, SAFETY AND SECURITY ALLOTMENT, THE GIFTED AND TALENTED ALLOTMENT TO TRY TO DISTILL THIS INTO EASY TO UNDERSTAND TIDBITS, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A COMPLEX, YOU KNOW, THING TO UNDERSTAND.

YEAH. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THE MISINFORMATION IS ABOUT IT ABOUNDS.

THERE'S YES AND ONLINE AND JUST THE TEA HAS ACTUALLY PUT OUT SOME REALLY GOOD, CLEAR INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE THEY GET THAT $15,000 NUMBER IN RESPONSE TO SOME LAWMAKER QUESTIONS. AND THEY EXPLAINED IT AND HE EXPLAINED IT.

THE COMMISSIONER EXPLAINED IT IN HIS SENATE FINANCE HEARING TESTIMONY.

IF YOU GO TO THERE'S A WEBSITE LINK DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS ONE PAGE OR FUND SCHOOLSFIRST.ORG, WE ACTUALLY SHARE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION ON THAT WEBSITE. SO JUST FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DIG INTO THAT, THERE'S MORE INFORMATION OUT THERE AND YOU CAN KIND OF GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF THAT. SO. WELL, DANNY, I WAS JUST GOING TO POINT OUT THAT IS WHAT THIS IS.

YOU AND TWO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT PEOPLE HAVE PUT THIS TOGETHER, AND IT IS USING THE LBB AND THE TEA NUMBERS TO TELL THE STORY.

SO THIS IS REALLY THE REAL STORY. YEAH. THANK YOU.

I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT. WE HAVE WE HAVE SEVERAL MORE SLIDES, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL OF THESE SLIDES IN AS MUCH DETAIL AS IS ON THE SLIDES. Y'ALL ARE WELCOME TO READ THESE AT YOUR LEISURE.

I'M JUST GOING TO HIT THE HIT THE HIGH POINTS. BUT BEFORE I START TALKING ABOUT THESE BILLS, I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR THAT THESE ARE MOSTLY THERE'S A COUPLE THAT HAVE PASSED OUT OF THE SENATE, BUT THESE ARE MOSTLY INTRODUCED BILLS, WHICH MEANS THEY CAN ABSOLUTELY CHANGE.

EVEN THE ONES THAT HAVE PASSED OUT OF THE SENATE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS IN THE HOUSE, STILL HAVE TO GET SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. THERE'S A LONG PROCESS AHEAD FOR THIS LEGISLATION. SO, IT IS MUCH TOO EARLY TO BE TOO CONCERNED WITH THE SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THESE BILLS.

SO, BUT THE INFORMATION IS THERE. AND YOU'RE AND YOU'RE ABLE TO READ IT.

SO, THESE ARE, THESE ARE THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S PRIORITY POLICY PRIORITY BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED RELATED TO PUBLIC EDUCATION SO FAR.

THERE'S ANOTHER SET OF 15 PRIORITY POLICY PRIORITIES COMING FROM THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED YET.

AND IT'S POSSIBLE SOME OF THOSE WILL ACTUALLY ONE OF THEM WAS FILED TODAY, EVEN THOUGH HE HASN'T FORMALLY ANNOUNCED THE NEXT SET YET.

SO AT LEAST ONE OF THEM DEALS WITH PUBLIC EDUCATION.

THE REST OF THEM WE DON'T KNOW YET. SO, WE'LL BE WATCHING THOSE.

SO SENATE BILL TWO IS THE ESA BILL. THIS IS THIS HAS ALREADY PASSED OUT OF THE SENATE AND IS CURRENTLY IN THE HOUSE.

AND SO THIS PROVIDES EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS FOR STUDENTS.

AND IT'S ALL STUDENTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR ONE OF THESE TO SPEND ON EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO ENROLL IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL. SO THERE'S DETAILS THERE FOR YOU.

JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO NOTE ABOUT THIS IS THEY DO HAVE A PRIORITY SYSTEM IN HERE THAT ONLY KICKS IN IF MORE STUDENTS APPLY THAN SLOTS AVAILABLE. BASED ON THE ANALYSIS, THEY ARE ESTIMATING THAT THERE WILL BE ABOUT 92,000 SLOTS AVAILABLE FOR THE.

WITH THE FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR THIS.

AND THAT PRIORITY IS FOR THE FIRST 80% OF THOSE SLOTS, AND IT'S FOR PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED, STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR OR WERE ENROLLED IN PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR AT LEAST 90% OF THE PRIOR YEAR AND EITHER HAVE A DISABILITY OR ARE A MEMBER OF A HOUSEHOLD MAKING 500% OR LESS OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR. THAT'S ABOUT $160,000.

THAT IS DEFINED AS LOW INCOME IN THE BILL. BUT DURING THE BILL LAY OUT, CHAIRMAN CREIGHTON MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT IT WAS INTENDED TO INCLUDE THE MIDDLE CLASS.

SO WHILE IT'S DEFINED AS LOW INCOME, THAT WASN'T THE INTENT OF THE BILL.

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SO, I JUST SAID I JUST SAID THE DEFINITION IN THE BILL SAYS LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AND THEN DEFINES THAT AS 500% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.

DURING THE WHICH IS 160,000 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR.

BUT DURING THE LAYOUT OF THE BILL, THE CHAIRMAN, CREIGHTON, MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT IT WAS INTENDED TO COVER MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES AS WELL.

YEAH. AND SO, I DID A LITTLE DIGGING. SO IF YOU HAD A MIDDLE CLASS FAMILY OR, I MEAN, A 500% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL OF A THREE PERSON HOUSEHOLD. THAT'S 133,000. IF YOU LOOK AT THE AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME IN PLANO, THAT IS 108,649, AND THAT'S 2.6 PEOPLE. SO, I COMPARED IT TO THAT THREE PERSON HOUSEHOLD.

WE'RE STILL IN PLANO. IT'S STILL ALMOST 18% LOWER THAN THAT, 500% IN PLANO. 108,006 49 IS THE 2.6 HOUSEHOLD PERSON'S AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME, WHICH IS PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD HIGH, YOU KNOW, GENEROUS NUMBER. THE OTHER THING I'LL NOTE ABOUT THIS IS THAT THE LBB IN THEIR IN THEIR ANALYSIS, THEY ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT 24% OF THOSE AVAILABLE SLOTS WOULD BE USED BY IN THE FIRST YEAR, WOULD BE FILLED BY STUDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN PUBLIC SCHOOL, AND THE REMAINING WOULD BE FILLED BY STUDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY NOT ENROLLED IN PUBLIC SCHOOL. IT DOES REQUIRE STUDENTS WHO HAVE AN ESSAY TO TAKE A STATE, EITHER STAAR OR A NATIONALLY NORM REFERENCED EXAM, AND FOR THOSE RESULTS TO BE REPORTED AND UP THROUGH INTO THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.

THE COMPTROLLER'S WHO ADMINISTERS THIS PROGRAM UNDER SB TWO.

IT DOES ALSO, I THINK THIS IS JUST AN INTERESTING NOTE, BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR HAS POSTED SOME THINGS RECENTLY THAT ARE IN CONFLICT WITH THIS, BUT IT SAYS THAT FUNDS FROM THE ESA MAY NOT BE USED TO PAY FOR ONLINE OR VIRTUAL EDUCATION SERVICES.

SEVERAL OF THE GOVERNOR'S RECENT SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS SAY THAT IT CAN BE USED FOR, BUT HE'S NOT REFERENCING SB TWO SPECIFICALLY, SO THIS WOULD BE A PROVISION THAT I WOULD WATCH AS THIS BILL MOVES THROUGH, BECAUSE IT MAY BE REMOVED IN A FUTURE VERSION OF THE BILL.

CAN I JUMP IN REAL QUICK? IS THERE A PROVISION FOR FISCAL TRANSPARENCY OF THOSE SCHOOLS THAT RECEIVE TAXPAYER FUNDS? THERE ARE THE ONLY REQUIREMENT IS REALLY ON THE STUDENTS TO TAKE THE EXAM.

THERE IS A REQUIREMENT, THERE'S SOME REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO COMPLYING WITH FERPA FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS THAT THAT HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE USING AN ESSAY.

BUT LIKE IN OUR DISTRICT, OUR CHECKBOOK IS ONLINE.

OUR SUPERINTENDENTS CONTRACT AND SALARY ARE ONLINE.

WE KNOW WHAT EVERY DOLLAR IS, HOW IT'S BEING SPENT.

AND I DON'T SEE THAT PROVISION IN THIS BILL. IT'S NOT.

SO, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND TESTING.

THIS IS THE SECOND LAST BUTTON STATE REQUIRED ASSESSMENT OR NATIONALLY NORM REFERENCED EXAM.

SO IT CAN BE ANY KIND OF TEST. OR THEY HAVE TO DO THE SAME TEST CYCLE.

THEY HAVE TO DO STAAR. THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO STAR.

THEY HAVE TO CHOOSE SOMETHING. THEY HAVE TO USE A AT LEAST A NATIONALLY KNOWN REFERENCE TEST.

SO MANY PRIVATE SCHOOLS, SOMETHING LIKE MAP OR I THINK THERE'S THE IOWA TEST I THINK IS A NATIONALLY REFERENCED TEST.

SO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO, IT'S NOT THE SAME AS WHAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS DO.

IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT'S OUT THERE OKAY. AND TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, THAT IS, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY REPORTING STRAIGHT TEST DATA.

IT'S NOT THESE COMPLICATED FORMULAS THAT THE TEST DATA GETS PUT INTO THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND AHEAD OF TIME.

THAT SO THIS IS NOT AN A THROUGH F SCORE. THIS IS THIS IS NOT THE SAME ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM WE HAVE.

THIS IS JUST LIKE IF WE DO MAP TEST WE REPORT THAT OUT PUBLICLY.

THAT'S WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE. ABSOLUTELY.

BUT THEN THERE WERE THE ACCOUNTABILITY ON TOP OF IT. THERE WERE AMENDMENTS TO OFFER THAT THAT WERE EXPLICITLY REJECTED DURING THAT DEBATE.

SO, THE NEXT OF HIS, THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S PRIORITY BILLS THAT HAS ALREADY PASSED OFF THE SENATE FLOOR IS SENATE BILL FOUR.

AND THE ACCOMPANYING REQUIRED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IS ESSER II.

AND THIS WOULD INCREASE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY TAXES TO 140,000 FROM 100 AND 100,000.

ONE NOTE IS THAT THE HOLD HARMLESS IN THIS BILL IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST.

AND THIS WAS TALKED ABOUT ON THE FLOOR. IT WAS INTENTIONAL.

IT ESSENTIALLY THE WAY THE HOLD HARMLESS WOULD WORK FOR THE INS PORTION OF OUR, OF OUR TAX RATE.

WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO DEFEASANCE ANYMORE. WE WOULD HAVE TO REFUND IT IF WE WANTED TO REDUCE OUR INTEREST RATES.

IF WE WANTED TO PAY EARLY. I'M SORRY. BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THEY SET UP THE HOLD.

HARMLESS. WE'RE NOT. THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO PAY US FOR THE PORTION OF OUR INS THAT'S REQUIRED TO MAKE THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS OR REFUND THE DEBT.

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AND IT USED TO BE THAT WAY, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS IS THAT ON THE NO SIDE IT OFFSETS THE HOLD HARMLESS.

ANY STATE AID THAT IS PROVIDED, ANY NEW STATE AID THAT IS PROVIDED OUTSIDE OF THIS BILL WILL OFFSET THE AMOUNT OF NO HOLD HARMLESS THAT WE RECEIVE.

WE'VE ALSO GOT TWO ADDITIONAL. I'M SORRY. I'M TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE HOLD.

HARMLESS. SO, BECAUSE WE'RE A DISTRICT THAT THIS COULD REALLY MATERIALLY IMPACT.

AND PART OF THE REASON WE DO DEFEASANCE AND PAY OFF DEBT EARLY IS TO SAVE INTEREST ON THAT DEBT.

AND SO IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS, THAT THIS IS COUNTERINTUITIVE TO WHAT I WOULD EXPECT, BECAUSE EITHER YOU'RE SAVING MONEY ON INTEREST OR YOU'RE SAVING TAXPAYER MONEY ON INTEREST, OR, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD ALMOST BE INCENTIVIZED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY KEEPING IT A CERTAIN DEBT LEVEL THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE COULD IMAGINE THAT THAT WOULD BE ABOVE WHAT IS ACTUALLY NEEDED JUST IN ORDER TO NOT RUN AFOUL OF THIS, BUT HOW MANY? SO I'M GOING TO ASK JOHNNY TO BE READY HERE TO GRAB ME OUT OF THE WATER AS I'M SINKING IF I'M SAYING THIS WRONG.

BUT MY UNDERSTANDING, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY, IS THAT REFUNDING DEBT CAN ACCOMPLISH THE SAME PURPOSE AS DEFEASANCE.

IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED AND ONEROUS, SO WE CAN STILL DO THE SAME THING WE ARE CURRENTLY ABLE TO DO WITH DEFEASANCE BY REFUNDING THE DEBT, AND WE WOULD GET HELD HARMLESS FOR THAT.

IT'S JUST MORE COMPLICATED AND KIND OF ANNOYING.

SO JUST, I MEAN, JUST I DON'T LIKE THIS, BUT IF I'M WRONG, NO, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT MORE COMPLICATED THAN IT IS.

BUT WE WE DID DEFEASANCE. WE DO DEFEASANCE ABOUT EVERY YEAR.

REFUNDING IS WHEN YOU HAVE REFUNDABLE BONDS THAT ARE OUT THERE, WHICH IS NORMALLY 8 OR 9 OR AS MUCH AS TEN YEARS.

BUT ONCE YOU'VE PAID OFF THOSE OFF AND WE AGGRESSIVELY PAY DOWN OUR DEBT EARLY, THE DEFEASANCE IS BASICALLY SETTING UP AN ESCROW ACCOUNT TO ACTUALLY PAY UNTIL THE REFUNDING IS ELIGIBLE. THIS LAST YEAR WE DID A DEFEASANCE OF $13 MILLION AND SAVED, I DON'T KNOW, 3 OR $4 MILLION OF INTEREST AS A RESULT OF IT.

THAT'S THAT'S THAT COULD BE A BIG DEAL FOR US BECAUSE WE ARE WE ARE A DISTRICT THAT AGGRESSIVELY PAYS DOWN OUR DEBT EARLY.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON, BECAUSE THAT COULD BE A BIG DEAL FOR US, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU MIGHT PAY AN EXTREME PENALTY IF PENALTY IF YOU PAY IT OFF EARLY.

SO UNTIL THEY'RE CALLABLE YOU. THAT'S WHY YOU SET THAT ESCROW ASIDE TO PAY IT DOWN.

SO YOU'RE NOT PAYING THOSE PENALTIES. BUT BECAUSE WE DO AGGRESSIVELY PAY DOWN NO MORE THAN A 20 YEAR MATURITY, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE DEFEASANCE.

YEAH. SOMETHING WE NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON, I THINK. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS THIS IS JUST THE SENATE VERSION OF THE BILL.

SO THERE'S STILL A LONG WAYS TO GO. SO THE NEXT TWO ARE THESE HAVE JUST BEEN INTRODUCED.

THEY HAVE NOT BEEN HEARD IN COMMITTEE OR ANYTHING YET.

SO SB TEN WOULD REQUIRE KIND OF SIMILAR TO THE IN GOD WE TRUST POSTERS WE ALL HAD TO PUT UP IN SCHOOLS WOULD REQUIRE DISTRICTS TO PUT UP COPIES OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN CLASSROOMS. IF THEY WERE DONATED TO THE SCHOOL FOR THAT PURPOSE, IT WOULD NOT REQUIRE US TO PURCHASE THEM. SB 11 WOULD REQUIRE THE BOARD TO TAKE A RECORD VOTE ON A POLICY TO DESIGNATE A PERIOD OF PRAYER AND READING THE BIBLE OR OTHER RELIGIOUS TEXTS AT EVERY CAMPUS.

THIS BILL AGAIN. THERE'S A LONG WAY TO GO ON THIS.

I WOULDN'T GET TOO WORRIED ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW. BUT WE DO HAVE SOMETHING CALLED THE FIRST AMENDMENT THAT ALREADY PROTECTS OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF RIGHTS TO PRAY AND READ THE BIBLE AT SCHOOL. SO OR OTHER RELIGIOUS TEXTS AT SCHOOL.

SO FROM A FUNCTIONAL STANDPOINT, THIS IS NOT DOESN'T REALLY CHANGE MUCH OF THAT.

IT JUST REQUIRES US TO DO A FEW THINGS. BUT AGAIN, THERE'S A LONG WAYS TO GO ON THAT ONE.

SENATE BILL 13 IS RELATED TO SCHOOL LIBRARY MATERIALS.

THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO SENATE BILL 13 FROM LAST SESSION, WHICH WAS BOTH OF THESE HAVE BEEN CARRIED BY SENATOR PAXTON.

SOME OF THE STUFF, ESPECIALLY IN THE PARENTS RIGHTS COLUMN, YOU'LL SEE THEY'RE ACTUALLY ALL OF THE STUFF IN THE PARENTS RIGHTS COLUMN. YOU'LL SEE THERE IS STUFF THAT WE HAVE ALREADY PROACTIVELY DONE AS A DISTRICT.

SO IT WOULD REQUIRE DISTRICTS THAT ARE NOT ALREADY DOING THAT TO DO THAT.

BUT IT'S THINGS LIKE LETTING PARENTS PROVIDE LISTS OF BOOKS THAT THEIR KIDS AREN'T ALLOWED TO CHECK OUT, MAKING SURE THEY GET NOTIFICATIONS WHEN THEY CHECK A BOOK OUT, THINGS LIKE THAT. IT DOES ADJUST THE LIBRARY STANDARDS SLIGHTLY TO CLARIFY SOME OF THE LANGUAGE AROUND.

AND INSTEAD OF USING OBSCENE. THERE'S SOME THERE'S SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE DEFINITION THERE, BUT IT'S GENERALLY WHAT. WHAT IS ALREADY KIND OF UNDERSTOOD.

IT WOULD REQUIRE BOARDS TO APPROVE ACQUISITIONS OF LIBRARY MATERIALS.

IT WOULD ALSO REQUIRE THE CREATION OF A SCHOOL LIBRARY ADVISORY COUNCIL, KIND OF SIMILAR TO OUR SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCILS, TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD. AND THEN IT MAKES A COUPLE OF ADJUSTMENTS RELATED TO CHALLENGES TO LIBRARY MATERIALS IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS FOR THAT.

BUT IT'S IT'S PRETTY SIMILAR, AGAIN, TO HOW A LOT OF DISTRICTS ARE ALREADY DOING THIS.

IT JUST GOES THROUGH THE COUNCIL. UNLESS THE COUNCIL ADOPTS A POLICY THAT ALLOWS FOR KIND OF SMALLER RECONSIDERATION COMMITTEES TO BE MADE UP.

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I BELIEVE OUR COMMUNITIES ARE MADE UP OF LIBRARIANS AND TEACHERS.

AND SO IT'S IT'S A MINIMUM OF FIVE, ACTUALLY, FOR US, IT WOULD BE A MINIMUM OF SEVEN BECAUSE IT REQUIRES EVERY BOARD MEMBER TO APPOINT AN EQUAL NUMBER. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU SEVEN WOULD APPOINT AN EQUAL NUMBER OF FIVE.

BUT SO WE WOULD HAVE SEVEN ON OURS AS A MINIMUM.

THAT'S THE MINIMUM. AND A MAJORITY HAS TO BE MADE UP OF NON EMPLOYEE PARENTS.

SO NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT A MAJORITY OF THE, OF HOWEVER MANY WE CHOSE TO BE ON THE COMMITTEES WOULD HAVE TO BE.

BUT YOU ALL YOU ALL WOULD UNDER THIS BILL YOU WOULD ADOPT A POLICY THAT WOULD LAY ALL THAT OUT AGAIN, A LONG WAY TO GO. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A BIG ONE.

THIS WAS FILED TODAY. THIS WAS NOT IN YOUR THE PRESENTATION YOU ALREADY GOT. I WROTE THIS AT LIKE 330 THIS AFTERNOON AND PUT IT IN THERE FOR YOU ALL.

THIS IS SENATE BILL 26. THIS IS THE NEW THIS IS THE NEWEST OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S PRIORITY BILLS THAT HE HAD NOT ANNOUNCED BEFORE IT WAS FILED.

AND THIS IS RELATED TO TEACHER PAY. WE KNEW THIS WAS COMING, BUT BUT SOME OF THE OF THE DETAILS HAVE ARE IN HERE.

SO IT EXPANDS THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT, WHICH IS A PERFORMANCE PAY PERFORMANCE BASED PAY SYSTEM THAT'S OPTIONAL FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS RIGHT NOW. SO IT ALLOWS IT ADDS AN ADDITIONAL DESIGNATION LEVEL UP TO THE AMOUNTS OF THOSE STIPENDS.

IT ALSO CREATES THIS ENHANCED DESIGNATION WHERE IF YOU ESSENTIALLY TAKE THE TIA AND KIND OF BASE YOUR ENTIRE COMPENSATION SYSTEM ON IT.

SO YOUR ENTIRE COMPENSATION IS BASED ON PERFORMANCE NOW FOR INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF, AND YOU DON'T GIVE ACROSS THE BOARD RAISES EXCEPT TO ADDRESS SIGNIFICANT INFLATION.

THAT'S THE WORD THAT'S THE LANGUAGE IN THE BILL.

THEN YOU GET A BUMP IN THE IN THE AMOUNT OF THOSE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT STIPENDS.

SEPARATELY, IT CREATES A TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT.

AND I HAVE MORE DETAILS FOR THIS IN THE FULL SUMMARY.

BUT FOR OUR FOR DISTRICT OUR SIZE, THAT WOULD PROVIDE $2,500 FOR EVERY CLASSROOM TEACHER WITH THREE AND FOUR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, AND THEN $5,500 FOR EVERY CLASSROOM TEACHER WITH FIVE OR MORE YEARS OF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO USE THAT MONEY IN THIS FIRST YEAR TO RAISE TEACHER COMPENSATION.

WE WOULD GET THAT MONEY ANNUALLY, AND IT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THE PAY RAISES THAT WE'VE PROVIDED.

THE WAY THIS IS SET UP, IT WOULD ALSO REPEAL THE PROVISION REQUIRING A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE BASIC ALLOTMENT TO BE SPENT ON TEACHER PAY.

THE BILL ALSO MAKES TEACHERS TEACHER STUDENTS ELIGIBLE FOR FULL DAY PRE-K.

I HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SAY THIS, BUT IN RURAL DISTRICTS OR SMALLER DISTRICTS WITH LESS THAN 5000 STUDENTS, THEY WOULD GET $5,000 FOR EVERY CLASSROOM TEACHER WITH BETWEEN 3 AND 5 YEARS EXPERIENCE AND 10,000 FOR EACH CLASSROOM WITH FIVE PLUS YEARS EXPERIENCE.

I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, WITH THESE SMALLER DISTRICTS, WHY WOULD THOSE TEACHERS GET MORE WHEN IT COSTS MORE TO LIVE HERE? YEAH, I'VE NEVER UNDERSTOOD THAT. CAN YOU? YEAH.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT'S THIS ISN'T MY I DIDN'T WRITE THE BILL, SO.

RIGHT. THE I DON'T KNOW, I'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE.

I'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE. AND I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT KNOW THE ANSWER.

THE IDEA IS THAT IS THAT THE RURAL DISTRICTS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY FARTHER BEHIND SUBURBAN AND URBAN DISTRICTS, AND IT MAKES IT HARD FOR THEM TO GET TEACHERS, REGARDLESS OF COST OF LIVING, AND THAT THEY NEED TO BE CLOSER TO.

AND I THINK PROBABLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE IF YOU LOOK AT THE PAY, THE GAP IS PROBABLY GREATER THAN JUST THE COST OF LIVING DIFFERENCE.

THEY JUST THERE'S WHEN YOU'RE A SMALLER DISTRICT, YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME. YOU CAN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SAME ECONOMIES OF SCALE TO PROVIDE THE SAME LEVEL OF PAY THAT WE CAN IN LARGER DISTRICTS.

SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL TALK ABOUT IT AS RURAL DISTRICTS.

I WILL SAY LESS THAN 5000 DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN RURAL.

SO DEPENDING ON YOUR AREA, YOU COULD HAVE SOME SMALLER SUBURBAN DISTRICTS THAT WOULD THAT WOULD QUALIFY FOR THAT.

BUT BUT THE WHOLE DISECONOMIES OF SCALE THING APPLIES EITHER WAY.

SO. JUST A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL MAJOR BILLS THAT I WANT TO MENTION ARE SENATE BILL 568, WHICH IS PAUL BETANCOURT'S BILL RELATED TO SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING I MENTIONED BEFORE.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT MONEY YET. WE'RE EXPECTING IT TO COME.

THIS COMPLETELY RESTRUCTURES HOW WE FUND FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION TO BE BASED ON INTENSITY OF SERVICES, RATHER THAN ON CLASSROOM PLACEMENT. THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING COMMISSION AND IS IS PRETTY BROADLY SUPPORTED WHICH IS A GOOD THING.

BUT RIGHT NOW THERE'S A LOT OF KIND OF LIKE COMMISSIONER, GO FIGURE IT ALL OUT.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S HOW THE FINAL BILL WILL COME OUT.

BECAUSE THE COMMISSIONER DID SOME WORK TO TRY TO FIGURE THAT OUT IN THE INTERIM.

HE DID A PILOT PROGRAM WITH SOME DISTRICTS TO GATHER SOME DATA AND REALLY TRY TO LOOK AT WHAT, HOW WOULD WE SET THESE WEIGHTS AND WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? AND SO I THINK WE'LL SEE THIS BILL CHANGE AND AND WE'LL GET A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY ON WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE.

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AND THIS LAST BILL, I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE SUMMARY.

I'M JUST GOING TO QUICKLY HIT THE HIGH NOTES HERE.

THIS IS HB 2886. AND THIS REALLY MAKES SOME CHANGES TO INCREASE THE COMMISSIONER'S AUTHORITY RELATED TO RELATED TO THE ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. THIS IS A DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE LAWSUITS THAT HAVE BEEN FILED RELATED TO THE ATF SYSTEM.

SEVERAL OF THE STATUTES, ACTUALLY, ALL OF THE STATUTES THAT FORMED THE BASIS OF THOSE LAWSUITS ARE AMENDED IN THIS BILL TO ELIMINATE THE OR TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE COMMISSIONER'S ACTIONS WOULD NOT HAVE VIOLATED THE NEW VERSION OF THE STATUTE.

IT ALSO CREATES SOME PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS FOR DISTRICTS THAT EITHER CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN AN ACTION AGAINST THE COMMISSIONER OR COMMISSIONER OR INITIATE FUTURE ONES.

CAN WE RECAP THAT REAL QUICK? SO OKAY. SO THE LEGISLATURE PASSED SOME LAWS.

OKAY. WE AND SEVERAL OTHER DISTRICTS BELIEVED THAT THE COMMISSIONER WAS NOT FOLLOWING THE LAW THAT THAT THE LEGISLATURE PASSED. AS A RESULT, WE'RE LITIGATING.

AND SO THIS BILL WOULD GO REWRITE ALL OF THOSE LAWS THAT THAT ARE BEING LITIGATED AGAINST THE DEA BY MULTIPLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BELIEVING THE DEA IS NOT FOLLOWING THE CURRENT STATE LAW AND THEN WOULD PUNISH DISTRICTS FOR TRYING TO LITIGATE AGAINST THE DEA, PUT THEM INTO CONSERVATORSHIP WHEN THEY'RE BREAKING, LIKE, WHY WOULD A REPRESENTATIVE SUPPORT THIS? LIKE, WHY WOULD A REP SAY, YOU KNOW, YES, WE WILL LET YOU REWRITE THE LAW THAT WE PASSED TO TO TO YOUR BENEFIT LIKE I.

THAT'S WHAT I'M HAVING A HARD TIME WITH, WITH THIS. BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE WE ALL UNDERSTAND, THERE IS THERE IS A MISUNDERSTANDING THAT THE INTENTION BEHIND THE LAWSUITS, ESPECIALLY THE SECOND ONE, WAS FOR SCHOOLS THAT WERE GOING TO BE THAT WERE GOING TO HAVE POOR ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS TO ESSENTIALLY PREVENT THEMSELVES FROM HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THAT.

THAT'S THE MISUNDERSTANDING MISCONCEPTION THAT EXISTS IN SOME OF THE MINDS OF SOME OF THE LEGISLATORS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT THAT MISCONCEPTION WITH THIS LEGISLATURE.

WELL, AND PERHAPS THERE SHOULD BE DATA OF HERE ARE ALL OF THE ASSESSMENTS THE FIRST TIME.

AND THEN HERE ARE THE ASSESSMENTS THAT WERE SENT BACK AND RE GRADED.

AND THE DIFFERENCE AND THE DISCREPANCY WITH THE MACHINE GRADING VERSUS THOSE THAT WERE THEN GRADED BY A HUMAN.

SO AND THAT WILL CERTAINLY BE A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION WHEN WE MEET WITH THE AUTHOR OF THIS BILL NEXT WEEK.

IT FEELS LIKE A MONOPOLY GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD FOR THE FOR THE TEA.

I'M JUST GOING TO I'M HOT SPORTS OPINION TONIGHT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT THIS FEELS LIKE IS A GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD AFTER THE FACT.

DANNY, WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF THIS BILL, REPRESENTATIVE LEO WILSON, WHO IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE NEWER MEMBER, WELL, NEW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE THIS SESSION.

AND LEO AND WHAT SORRY, TERRY IS HER FIRST NAME.

LEO WILSON IS HER LAST NAME. LEO WILSON. AND WHERE IS SHE? SO SHE'S DOWN IN, LIKE, THE GALVESTON AREA. OKAY.

YEAH. WE CAN'T GO KNOCK ON HER DOOR. SHE'S. NO AGAIN.

AGAIN? SHE'S NOT A SUPPORTER OF. WE'RE GOING TO GO WE'RE GOING TO GO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HER BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND. Y'ALL WERE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHY YOU MADE THE DECISION THAT YOU DID ON BOTH LAWSUITS, AND HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT YOUR DESIRE FOR TRANSPARENT, FAIR, RIGOROUS ACCOUNTABILITY AND HAVE BACKED THAT UP WITH HOW YOU LOOK AT DATA AND PRESENT DATA PUBLICLY IN THESE BOARD MEETINGS, AND THAT NARRATIVE IS NOT BEING HEARD BY BY THIS REPRESENTATIVE AND OTHERS.

AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR HER TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND FOR OTHERS TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION, TOO, AS THEY CONTINUE TO CONSIDER THIS LEGISLATION. ALL RIGHT.

THE LAST THING I WANT TO MENTION IS ALL OF THESE BILL SUMMARIES AND MORE CAN BE FOUND ON OUR BILL TRACKING SHEET, WHICH IS ON OUR WHICH IS ON OUR WEBSITE. AT LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS.

YOU'LL SEE A LEGISLATIVE DASHBOARD, WHICH I THINK IS GOING TO GET CHANGED BACK TO LEGISLATIVE TRACKER BECAUSE THE DASHBOARD LOOKS WEIRD ON MOBILE. BUT BUT EITHER WAY, RIGHT NOW YOU CAN STILL GET THERE. IF YOU GO ON THE DASHBOARD, YOU'LL SEE ALL PUBLIC EDUCATION BILLS AS THE BUTTON RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE DASHBOARD THAT TAKES YOU TO THIS THIS NICE LITTLE SPREADSHEET HERE.

AND ALL OF THESE BILL SUMMARIES ARE IN THERE SO YOU CAN SEE THEM.

YOU CAN TRACK WHERE THE BILLS ARE GOING. ALL 812 BILLS THAT WE'RE TRACKING ARE ON THERE.

AND AS THINGS MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE'LL ADD MORE SUMMARIES. AND THAT'S ALL PUBLICLY AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE. YOU CAN ALSO SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER AND GET UPDATES WEEKLY THERE

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BOTH DANNY AND NANCY. ONE MORE THING ON THIS HOUSE, BILL 2866 I'M SORRY.

I'M JUST FLOORED BY THIS, Y'ALL. ALLOWS THE COMMISSIONER TO CHANGE STANDARDS AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO ISSUING RATINGS.

COULD YOU IMAGINE IF OUR TEACHERS DID THIS WITH OUR STUDENTS GRADES AND, LIKE, HANDED OUT A RUBRIC AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEMESTER AND SAID, HERE'S HOW YOUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE GRADED. AND THEN AFTER THE SEMESTER ENDED AND AFTER EVERYTHING WAS DONE, THEN SAID, OKAY, WE'RE ACTUALLY CHANGING THE WAY THAT YOUR STUDENTS ARE BEING GRADED AND IT'S GOING TO BE MORE PUNITIVE TO YOUR STUDENTS.

LIKE, COULD YOU IMAGINE THE PARENTS FREAK OUT? WOULD IT BE KIND OF LIKE ABOUT THIS? WOULD IT BE LIKE MOVING THE SCORE FOR CMR FROM 66 TO 80 IN ONE YEAR? THAT IS. BUT BUT I JUST I'M FLOORED BY THIS BILL.

Y'ALL KNOW I THINK BUT BUT THE ONE THING WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IS THIS IS ALL INITIAL FILING AND HASN'T REALLY BEEN DEBATED ON THE, YOU KNOW, OPPOSITE CHAMBER. SO WE CAN'T EVEN OR EVEN IN THE COMMITTEE YET, RIGHT? I MEAN, THIS HASN'T EVEN BEEN REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON THE HOUSE SIDE YET. THERE'S THERE'S A LONG WAY TO GO.

YEAH. SO VERY, VERY FEW BILLS AND CERTAINLY NOT ONES THAT ARE QUITE THIS LARGE MAKE IT TO THE END OF THE PROCESS WITH NO CHANGES.

SO AND WE'LL COME BACK WITH MORE LEGISLATIVE UPDATES AS WE ROLL THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

SO DON'T GET TOO WORKED UP TONIGHT. TOO LATE.

SO HEY, DANNY, I KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE WAS A LINK TO TO GET TO THIS REPORT.

SO ARE YOU. SO IF WE GO BACK OUT TO THAT EMAIL I BELIEVE IT IS.

AND CLICK ON THAT IS THIS WE'LL GET THE UPDATED ONE OR I THINK I SAID IT IN A PDF, BUT I'LL MAKE SURE YOU GUYS HAVE THE UPDATED ONE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR POLICY UPDATE AND BOARD VICE PRESIDENT DOCTOR LAUREN TYRA AND BOARD SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ MIGHT WEIGH IN ON EITHER WAY.

SO Y'ALL JUMP IN. I PROMISE I'LL BE LESS OPINIONATED.

FOR THIS. WE WE AS A POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH IS MYSELF NANCY AND TARA HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH SOME THINGS AND TO GIVE, YOU KNOW, JUST LEVEL SET US AS A BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAD A CURRICULUM AUDIT DONE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE BELIEVED COMING OUT OF THAT WORK, AS WELL AS BASED ON EXPRESSION OF CONCERN BY SEVERAL TRUSTEES OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS. WE BELIEVED AS A BOARD WE NEEDED TO TAKE AN ACTIVE LOOK AT MANY OF OUR DISTRICT'S POLICIES, SOME OF WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN REVIEWED AND UPDATED SINCE I WAS AT HARRINGTON AS A STUDENT.

SO AS BOARD PRESIDENT, NANCY CONVENED A BOARD POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE IN RESPONSE TO BOTH THE CURRICULUM AUDIT AS WELL AS THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED FROM TRUSTEES.

AND SO THAT IS, IS THE THREE OF US. AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH SEVERAL POLICIES LOOKING AT ONES THAT NEED TO BE UPDATED.

TARRAH HAS DONE A REALLY PHENOMENAL JOB SORT OF CATEGORIZING THEM BY OKAY, THIS THING HASN'T BEEN UPDATED OR LOOKED AT IN 20 YEARS.

AND, AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HELPING PRIORITIZE HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AND, AND JUST VERIFY THESE POLICIES.

ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS IF PRACTICES CHANGED BUT POLICY HASN'T WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR OUR POLICIES AND PRACTICES ALIGN IN THE WAY THAT THE BOARD AND THE WAY THAT THE, THE ADMINISTRATION INTEND.

OKAY. SO THAT'S THAT'S SORT OF THE BACKGROUND AND THE GENESIS OF THIS WORK.

AND I JUST WANT TO YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WE'RE WE'RE LEVEL SET.

I SAW YOU TURN YOUR MIC ON. DID YOU WANT TO JUMP IN? I WAS JUST GOING TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW. I MEAN, THIS JUST TOOK, I DON'T KNOW, A DAY JUST SITTING BACK AND FORTH, LOOKING THROUGH THE POLICY ONLINE AND FIGURING OUT WHEN WAS IT LAST UPDATED, HOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF WORK DO WE NEED TO DO? AND WE ACTUALLY DO NEED TO SIT DOWN AND DO A PRIORITIZATION AT ONE OF OUR NEXT MEETINGS.

BUT I THINK FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITY, THEY CAN KNOW THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING AT REVIEWING THESE POLICIES BECAUSE IDEALLY, THEY SHOULD BE REVIEWED WITHIN AN UPDATED WITHIN EVERY 3 TO 5 YEARS.

WELL, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE A POLICY HASN'T BEEN UPDATED IN A NUMBER OF YEARS DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT IN PRACTICE.

AND SO IT'S IT'S GOOD TO HAVE IT WRITTEN DOWN.

AND THEN WE WILL CHECK AND SEE IF IT NEEDS ADJUSTMENT.

WELL, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR IT TO BE SET TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT WAS REVIEWED AND SO THAT THE DATES DON'T GO BACK TO SOME OF THE DATES THAT ARE THERE.

IT MAY BE PERFECTLY FINE, BUT WE JUST NEED TO SAY WE PUT OUR EYEBALL EYEBALLS.

WE AS A BOARD HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR COMMUNITY TO SAY WE HAVE PUT OUR WE PUT OUR EYES ON IT.

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JUST AS A REMINDER THAT POLICIES ARE ALSO, IN ADDITION, REVIEWED WITH EACH UPDATE THAT COMES FROM THAT WE RECEIVE AS FAR AS AS LEGAL POLICIES GET UPDATED ALONG WITH WE ALSO DO HAVE SERVICES WHERE WE DO HAVE SEGMENTS OF OUR POLICIES THAT GET REVIEWED.

SO WE GET THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. SO IT'S MULTI-LAYERED.

YEP. YEP. ABSOLUTELY. SO IN YOUR PURPLE FOLDER YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE FIRST COUPLE PAGES OF POLICY, A LOCAL EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY. WE HAVE HAD TWO, TWO HOUR MEETINGS ON THIS ALREADY, AND WE STILL ARE WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THESE THINGS, BUT, WE AGREED TO BRING THIS BACK TO THE WHOLE BOARD TO HAVE EVERYBODY LOOK AT THIS.

AND SO THIS IS ONE THAT WE WERE HOPING WOULD DIRECTLY WOULD STRENGTHEN OUR EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY, MAKE THINGS VERY CLEAR. AND I WANT TO REFER BACK TO SOMETHING JANICE SAID EARLIER WHERE SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, TO CHANGE STUDENT BEHAVIOR, YOU HAVE TO CHANGE ADULT BEHAVIOR.

AND SO SOME OF THAT IS IS REFLECTIVE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IN THIS EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY.

IT HAS BEEN UPDATED, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE MOST CURRENT PILLARS OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE OF AN UPDATE THAT YOU'LL SEE IN HERE.

THE REASON WE WANTED TO BRING IT BACK, SPECIFICALLY THE FIRST COUPLE OF PAGES, IS BECAUSE WE INCORPORATED THE BOARD BELIEFS FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH AND STARTED ADDING IN COMMITMENTS.

AND SO THAT THOSE COMMITMENTS ARE REALLY WHAT DEFINE ADULT BEHAVIOR.

AND SO I'LL, I'LL READ AN EXAMPLE HERE. OR TWO.

WE BELIEVE ALL STUDENTS ARE AT THE HEART OF OUR DECISIONS, ONE OF OUR BELIEFS FOR OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, THE COMMITMENT WE WILL PRIORITIZE STUDENT NEEDS AND INTERESTS IN ALL DECISIONS TO ENSURE SUCCESSFUL STUDENT OUTCOMES AT ALL LEVELS OF THE DISTRICT.

ANOTHER BELIEF. WE BELIEVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS, SUPPORT AND RESOURCES LEAD TO GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT FOR EACH STUDENT AND STAFF MEMBER, RIGHT? IT'S ONE THING TO SAY THAT WE BELIEVE THIS, BUT THEN WHAT ARE HOW ARE WE AS ADULTS AND HOW DO WE EXPECT THE ADULTS AT ALL LEVELS, INCLUDING DOCTOR WILLIAMS, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO EVERY EMPLOYEE ON EVERY CAMPUS TO CARRY THAT BELIEF FORWARD? RIGHT. WE WILL SET AND MAINTAIN HIGH STANDARDS FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF TO FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND EXCELLENCE.

WE WILL COMMIT TO USING MULTIPLE MEASURES OF DATA TO ELIMINATE GAPS AMONG AND BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL STUDENT GROUPS, WHILE DEVELOPING EACH STUDENT'S FULLEST POTENTIAL. SO JUST TWO EXAMPLES.

FOR THE SAKE OF OF HAVING SOME DISCUSSION AROUND WHY WE'RE DOING THIS WE WANTED TO PROVIDE THIS TO THE OTHER TO TO THE FULL BOARD.

NOT, YOU KNOW, FOR ANY DISCUSSION OR ACTION NECESSARILY TONIGHT.

BUT I KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN WE DO GET POLICIES TO REVIEW, THEY KIND OF SNEAK UP ON YOU AND IT'S LIKE VERY, VERY EDITED. AND, YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE HARD TO FORMULATE YOUR, YOUR THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS ABOUT IT ON A, ON A SHORTENED TIMELINE. AND THIS IS ONE THAT'S IMPORTANT ENOUGH THAT WE WANTED TO BRING THIS TO AN OPEN MEETING.

WE WANTED TO PUT THIS, THIS WORKING DRAFT OUT TO THE FULL BOARD SO THAT YOU CAN READ IT, FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH IT, BE THINKING ABOUT IT SO THAT WHEN THIS POLICY DOES COME BACK TO THE FULL BOARD FOR DISCUSSION AND OPEN MEETING AND APPROVAL, YOU KNOW YOU'VE HAD A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO FORMULATE SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT IT. AM I MISSING SOMETHING, TARA OR NANCY? NO, BUT I THANK YOU. I'M JUST REITERATING, BECAUSE WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME JUST ON THIS ONE POLICY, BECAUSE IT IS THE DRIVER OF SO MUCH IN OUR POLICIES AND THE PRACTICES THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT.

SO IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ONE. THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO BRING IT FORWARD TO YOU.

AND I JUST WANT TO ASK A QUESTION OF CLARIFICATION ON THE SECOND PAGE. SECOND BULLET, THE COMMITMENT IS DARKENED.

IS THAT AN OOPS. YES. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS EDITED ABOUT THAT, THAT I'M I'M LOOKING AT MY ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT AND IT'S NOT DARK, SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE PRINTER DECIDED.

THAT'S FINE. WE'LL JUST HAVE TO GO. YEAH, WE'LL CROSS EYED LOOKING.

NO KIDDING. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. THANK YOU.

SO THERE WILL BE MORE TO THIS POLICY COMING FORWARD.

THIS IS THIS IS THE FIRST BECAUSE YOU'LL SEE ONE OF EIGHT AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE LIKE, I DON'T HAVE EIGHT PAGES. LAUREN.

WE'RE ONLY BRINGING BACK THE PORTION THAT THAT WE AS A COMMITTEE HAVE REALLY VETTED WORDSMITHS FEEL GOOD FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE REST OF THE POLICY IS STILL YOU KNOW, REALLY THAT THAT DEVELOPMENT IS ONGOING.

WELL, I WANTED TO SAY BEING IN THE ROOM WHEN WE LOOKED AT BOARD, WE LOOKED AT THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

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WE TRIED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES AND DO SOME TWEAKS IN A WAY THAT WASN'T WITH MUCH EFFICACY.

AND I THINK WE WERE NOT REAL. NONE OF US IN THE ROOM WERE REALLY HAPPY WITH HOW THAT ENDED UP.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR PUTTING THE TIME AND THE COMMITMENT TO GETTING THESE TO A PLACE.

THE COMMITMENTS THAT I'M SEEING RIGHT NOW ARE TREMENDOUS AND REALLY, WELL, WELL WORDED.

I ESPECIALLY LIKE THE ONE AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE OF PAGE.

THE SECOND PAGE WE WILL ACTIVELY ENGAGE, COMMUNICATE AND COLLABORATE WITH PARENTS AND FAMILIES, RECOGNIZE THEIR VITAL ROLE IN OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL JOURNEYS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THAT IT'S OUR BELIEF, BUT TO SAY THIS IS OUR COMMITMENT.

I AGREE WITH YOU. THAT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF OUR BEHAVIORS MATCHING WHAT OUR BELIEFS ARE.

AND THAT'S EXCELLENT. CAN. AND I JUST WANT TO ADD AND THERESA CAN.

DOCTOR WILLIAMS CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. THIS ALSO COMES OUT OF DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD DURING OUR TRAINING AT HOLDSWORTH.

FOR TRUSTEES, THEIR INAUGURAL PROGRAM. AND AND THAT IS THE IDEA.

DOCTOR ROBINSON I HAD A BIG DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS, THE IDEA OF WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT SIGNIFICANT CHANGE OF BOARDS SUPPORTING SIGNIFICANT CHANGE MEANT THAT THERE NEEDED TO BE CLARITY IN OUR MISSION AND IN OUR BELIEFS.

AND THEN WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT OUR BELIEFS WERE, IT CAME TO US THAT WE NEEDED WE DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING WITH THIS IS WE NEEDED A FULL CIRCLE ON THIS, THE SAME WAY WE HAVE PILLARS AND WE EXPECT FROM FROM YOU ALL ACCOUNTABILITY ON OKAY, HERE'S WHAT WE WANT. IT. HERE'S HOW WE MEASURED IT.

AND SO EXACTLY THE IDEA THAT WE'RE GOING TO COMMIT TO THIS, TO SUPPORT THAT BELIEF.

WHAT DOES THAT BELIEF MEAN TO US? I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

OR IT CAN VERY IMPORTANT FOR, FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE MEAN BY OUR BELIEFS, WHY THIS POLICY IS SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE IT LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR THEN THE REST OF THE POLICY WORK.

SO IF THIS IS OUR BELIEF AND THIS IS WHAT OUR COMMITMENT TO IT IS GOING TO BE, WHETHER IT'S ENGAGEMENT OR THE WAY WE ARE GRADING PRACTICES.

THIS REALLY WE'RE TAKING A LOT OF TIME HERE BECAUSE THIS WILL THEN NEED TO BE THE FOUNDATIONAL WORK FOR EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE DO AND UPDATE.

AND BECAUSE THESE ARE THE BOARD BELIEFS AND COMMITMENTS, IT'S NOT JUST ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE DISTRICT OPERATING UNDER THESE BELIEFS AND COMMITMENT. IT IS ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE SEVEN OF US SAYING, YOU KNOW, IN A WAY WE ARE COMMITTING TO OPERATE UNDER THESE BELIEFS AND COMMITMENTS THAT THAT WE HAVE COLLECTIVELY DEVELOPED.

THIS WILL COME BACK. WE WILL ALL, YOU KNOW, DISCUSS AND APPROVE.

SO YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE'VE HAD A STANDING POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE.

AGAIN, IS IS RESULT OF FEEDBACK FROM TRUSTEES AND THE CURRICULUM AUDIT.

AND I THINK IT'S GOING VERY, VERY WELL. SOME OF IT IS SLOW GOING BECAUSE LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW WE LIKE TO WORDSMITH THINGS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT BALANCE OF, OF THE RIGHT TONE, THE RIGHT MEASURE. SO THIS ONE WILL TAKE PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME AND THEN HOPEFULLY FUTURE FUTURE EFFORTS WILL, WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPEDIENT JUST AS, AS WE GET OUR FOUNDATION SET.

SO NOTHING TO APPROVE AT APPROVE AT THE MOMENT, BUT WE DID FEEL LIKE THIS WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH AND THAT THIS, THIS POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO BRING BACK AN UPDATE TO YOU GUYS IN A IN A PREVIEW OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING.

I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO LISA WILSON AND LORI TAYLOR AND DOCTOR WILLIAMS, BECAUSE WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEM.

SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I GUESS WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON TO PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION PTA UPDATE.

AND THAT WOULD BE BOARD SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ.

OKAY. TWO VERY QUICK POINTS FOR TONIGHT. ONE TEXAS PTA RALLY DAY IS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH.

AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST, THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING SOME OF US TRUSTEES WILL BE THERE FOR TEXAS PTA RALLY DAY ON THAT MONDAY THE 24TH.

BUT I KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING DOWN FROM OUR SENIOR HIGHS, AND THEY WILL CAUCUS SEPARATELY FROM THE ADULTS WHO WILL BE IN AUSTIN, AND THE ADULTS WILL ALL BE CARAVANNING AND DRIVING ON THEIR OWN DOWN TO AUSTIN.

SO IF YOU ARE LISTENING AND YOU ARE INTERESTED, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO KELSEY, WHO IS THE ADVOCACY CHAIR FOR THE PLANO ISD COUNCIL OF PTAS, AND SHE'S ADVOCACY AT PLANO, TX. ORG. SO THAT'S TEXAS PTA RALLY DAY.

AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THEIR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, THAT IS ORG SLASH LEGISLATIVE.

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THEY'RE VOTED ON BY THEIR PEERS AT THEIR CAMPUS TO RECEIVE THE LIFE MEMBER AWARD.

AND SO THE COUNCIL ALSO ANNOUNCES THEIR AWARDEES AND FOR THEIR LIFE MEMBER AWARD THIS YEAR, THEY GAVE THAT TO CAROL RODEN, OUR NURSE CLINICIAN AT THE BIRD WELCOME AND ENROLLMENT CENTER.

AND, I MEAN, I JUST LOVE THE FACT THAT SHE IS SHE'S DOING AMAZING THINGS OVER IN THAT CLINIC IN REGARDS TO THE NUMBER OF VACCINES AND IMMUNIZATIONS AND ALL THE WORK THAT SHE DOES WITH FAMILIES AND STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY SPECIAL. BUT THEN I ALMOST BROKE DOWN IN TEARS BECAUSE THEY GAVE ME THE EXTENDED SERVICE AWARD.

AND SO THAT IS FOR THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN PART OF PTA FOR TEN YEARS.

AND THAT WAS VERY THAT'S VERY SPECIAL TO ME. SO I WILL BE CELEBRATING WITH LIFE MEMBERS FROM ALL ACROSS THE DISTRICT AT THE ROBINSON FINE ARTS CENTER ON MARCH 27TH. AND SO TICKETS ARE $15. AND IT'S A IT'S A CEREMONY WHERE THERE WILL BE LIGHT OR D'OEUVRES AND WE WILL CELEBRATE LIFE.

MEMBER AWARDS AND EXTENDED SERVICE AWARDS FOR NOMINEES AND HONOREES FROM ALL ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

SO THAT'S MARCH 27TH. THAT'S GREAT. CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU. I THINK I GOT THAT A FEW YEARS AGO, AND THEY SAID THEY WERE EXTENDING MY LIFE.

OH, WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LOVE THAT.

BUT IT'S REALLY VERY SPECIAL. THAT'S AWESOME.

I'M PROUD OF YOU. YOU'VE DONE SO MUCH FOR THE PTA OVER THE YEARS.

THANK YOU. TARRAH. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE PLANO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE UPDATE AND BOARD.

OH, ARE YOU BOTH DOING IT OR JUST JERI? OKAY, BECAUSE I HAVE BOTH NAMES ON THERE, BUT JERI CHAMBERS.

TRUSTEE. SO TWO THINGS COMING UP THAT WE ALL NEED TO BE AWARE OF.

ONE IS THIS FRIDAY, OUR PLANO CHAMBER IS HOSTING THE STATE OF EDUCATION IN PLANO, AND OUR OWN SUPERINTENDENT, TERESA WILLIAMS, WILL BE A PART OF THAT PRESENTATION. SO I THINK ALL OF US ARE PLANNING ON BEING THERE TO SUPPORT HER AND BE A PART OF THAT COMMUNITY AND CELEBRATE HER GREAT LEADERSHIP. AND THEN TO FOLLOW PTA DAYS, THE 25TH AND 26TH, THE PLANO CHAMBER AND ALL OF US IN THE PLANNING COMMUNITY WILL BE GOING DOWN FOR PLANO DAYS. SO WHEN DANNY WAS ALLUDING TO ALLUDING TO NEXT WEEK.

THAT IS WHAT THAT IS. AND I'M IT'LL BE A FUN COUPLE OF DAYS AND A BUSY COUPLE OF DAYS, AND HOPEFULLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAKE SOME MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS WITH OUR LEGISLATORS. SO THAT'S THAT WILL BE HAPPENING THEN.

AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I GOT. AND THAT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU. YEAH, THAT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL BE ALL THAT FUN, BUT IT'LL BE WELL, OKAY.

I'M THE DORK THAT THINKS IT'S FUN OKAY. I MEAN I YOU KNOW, BUT IT IS IT IS IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO FEEL COMMUNITY AND FEEL LIKE THAT.

OUR ADVOCACY IS ADVOCACY DOES MATTER. AND TO BE INVOLVED IN ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT.

SO. AND WE'LL BE VERY PRODUCTIVE. RIGHT, DANNY? I KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ONE IS OUR FINAL REPORT, AND IT'S THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION UPDATE.

AND TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL, WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

OH, YES. WE HAD RECENTLY HOSTED THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION, HOSTED THE SKI PLANO ON FEBRUARY 8TH.

AND TO GIVE YOU THE STATISTICS FOR THAT NIGHT, THERE WERE 564 ATTENDEES.

SO THAT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL FUNDRAISER FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE HAD 31 CORPORATE SPONSORS, NINE INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS, AND WE RAISED $360,000 FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

VERY GOOD JOB FOR OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND STAFF.

AND ALSO, THE LEGACY OF LEARNING SOCIETY IS SOMETHING WE JUST LAUNCHED THROUGH.

THE FOUNDATION IS AN OFFICIAL PLAN GIVING PROGRAM.

IT'S CALLED THE LEGACY OF LEARNING SOCIETY AND IT SUPPORTS FUTURE PLANO ISD STUDENTS.

AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE DETAILS ABOUT LEGACY OF LEARNING SOCIETY AND THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS THIS YEAR.

THEY HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON THREE MAIN GOALS. THE FIRST ONE IS CONNECTING, ENGAGING WITH ALUMNI.

ALUMNI'S NUMBER TWO LAUNCHING IN PLANNED GIVING PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED THIS YEAR.

AND NUMBER THREE IS EVALUATING REFRESHING THE FOUNDATIONS MARKETING STRATEGY TO INCREASE REACH THROUGH OUR DISTRICT.

SO, OUR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS THIS YEAR HAVE LED TO THE COMMITMENT OF NEARLY $1.1 MILLION IN FUNDING TO THE FOUNDATION.

SO, THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR SUPPORTING THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

THAT'S A GREAT REPORT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE AT ITEM EIGHT, WHICH IS OUR ADJOURNMENT.

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OH, WELL, DON'T PUT HIM ON THE SPOT. I TEXTED HIM.

MICHAEL, ARE YOU STILL WITH US? IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

THE WORK SESSION IS ADJOURNED, AND THE TIME IS 8:36 P.M.

ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH, 2025.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.