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[1. CALL TO ORDER: 5:30 P.M.]
I AM BOARD PRESIDENT TAMMY RICHARDS AND I CALL TO ORDER THIS WORK SESSION OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT 5:31 P.M.ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF, I EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO ALL OUR ONLINE VISITORS.
ON MARCH 16TH, 2020, GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT GRANTED A REQUEST BY ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON TO TEMPER TO SUSPEND A LIMITED NUMBER OF OPEN MEETINGS LAWS IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID 19 CORONA VIRUS TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO ALLOW VIDEO CONFERENCE MEETINGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE SUSPENDED RULES, WE CERTIFY THAT ALTHOUGH MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE NOT GATHERED IN A CENTRAL PHYSICAL LOCATION, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM IN ATTENDANCE BY ZOOM MEETING VIDEO CONFERENCING AS WE WOULD DO IT ANY IN-PERSON MEETING.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE MEETING PORTION FOR REGISTERING TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION BY SUBMITTING WRITTEN COMMENTS AND WILL HAVE THEIR COMMENTS BUT ALLOWED BY BOARD SECRETARY JERI CHAMBERS.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A COMMENT AT A FUTURE MEETING CONDUCTED BY VIDEO CONFERENCE.
PLEASE FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS ON THE MEETING.
NOTICE ALL OTHER MEETING PROCEDURES WILL ADHERE TO BOARD ADOPTED PROCEDURES TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE. A RECORDING OF THIS MEETING IS BEING MADE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT'S WEB SITE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AFTER THIS MEETING, THE BOARD AND CABINET MEMBERS WHO WILL HELP THIS MEETING RUN SMOOTHLY. BOARD AND CABINET MEMBERS WILL HELP THIS MEETING RUN SMOOTHLY, BY MUTING MICROPHONES WHEN NOT SPEAKING, REMAINING ON VIDEO, RAISING A HAND AND WAITING TO BE CALLED ON TO SPEAK AND IDENTIFY THEMSELVES WHEN THEY SPEAK.
IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG, SUCH AS A TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY OR LOSS OF A QUORUM, WE WILL TAKE A BRIEF RECESS UNTIL THE ISSUE IS RESOLVED.
LET ME INTRODUCE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES AND STAFF WHEN I INTRODUCE YOU.
PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR ATTENDANCE BY STATING HERE OR PRESENT VICE PRESIDENT ANGELA POWELL. PRESENT.
THANK YOU, SECRETARY JERI CHAMBERS.
HERE. AND TRUSTEE DAVID STOLLE.
HERE. AND TRUSTEE CODY WEAVER.
THANK YOU. SARA BONSER SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
THANK YOU. DR. THERESA WILLIAMS, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER.
BETH BROCKMAN, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR EMPLOYEE SERVICES.
KARY COOPER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND DISTRICT SERVICES.
PRESENT. DAN ARMSTRONG, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.
HERE. THANK YOU. DR. KATRINA HASLEY, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR ACADEMIC SERVICES.
THANK YOU. RANDY MCDOWELL, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
SUSAN MODISETTE, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES.
AND SHARON NOWAK, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
NOTING THAT A QUORUM PRESENT IS PRESENT.
[2. CLOSED SESSION: 5:30 P.M.]
I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION.WE HAVE A MOTION THIS IS JERI CHAMBERS.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION.
THANK YOU. I HAVE A SECOND BY JERI CHAMBERS, SECOND BY ANGELA POWELL THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADJOURNS TO CLOSED SESSION.
WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE BY ROLL CALL.
VICE-PRESIDENT POWELL, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED? IN FAVOR. THANK YOU.
SECRETARY CHAMBERS, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED? IN FAVOR. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE HUMPHREY, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED? IN FAVOR. THANK YOU.
TRUSTEE DAVID STOLLE, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED? IN FAVOR. THANK YOU. KRISTI WONG, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF OR OPPOSED? IN FAVOR. THANK YOU.
TRUSTEE WEAVER, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED? IN FAVOR. THANK YOU.
I'M IN FAVOR. MOTION PASSES SEVEN TO ZERO.
THE BOARD WILL NOW ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION IS AUTHORIZED UNDER SECTION 5 5 1.
0 0 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSE.
ALL RIGHT. THE BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE OPEN SESSION.
[3. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION: 6:00 P.M. OR IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING CLOSED SESSION]
TODAY IS TUESDAY, APRIL 21ST, 2020, AND THE TIME IS 6:03 P.M..I'M TAMMY RICHARDS, PRESIDENT OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND PRESIDING OFFICER.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK SUPERINTENDENT BONDS OR TO VERIFY THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT REGARDING THE NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING.
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PRESIDENT RICHARDS I VERIFIED THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT HAS TEMPORARILY AMENDED BY GOVERNOR ABOTT ON MARCH 16TH 2020.WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF OUR AGENDA.
SECRETARY CHAMBERS, HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? THERE IS NO ONE, NO COMMENTS, NO ADDRESS.
THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION.
[5. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION]
THE FIRST ITEM IS A RECOMMENDATION TO SEND NOTICE OF PROPOSED TERMINATION TO TERM CONTRACT EMPLOYEE.ADMINISTRATION IS ASKED IF THIS AGENDA ITEM BE REMOVED IS AS IT IS NO LONGER NECESSARY.
THE NEXT ITEM IS A TEACHER EVALUATION WAIVER.
DR. BETH BROCKMAN, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR EMPLOYEE SERVICES, WILL PRESENT.
GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AS IS OUR INTENT TO EVALUATE, EVERY EMPLOYEE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS ARE COVID 19 CLOSURE HAS PUT A SLIGHT WRINKLE INTO THAT FOR THIS YEAR AND THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY HAS OFFERED A WAIVER. SO I NEED TO EXPLAIN THAT THIS WAIVER WOULD BE VERY LIMITED IN SCOPE.
AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT RECALL, OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR TEACHER, ARE APPRAISED UNDER T TESTS AND THEY'RE ON A THREE YEAR ROTATION.
TYPICALLY THAT CAN BE WAIVED BY THE PRINCIPAL OR THE EMPLOYEE.
AND THERE ARE SOME EMPLOYEES THAT ARE ROUTINELY EVALUATED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
OUR FOLKS THAT ARE IN THE CYCLE TO HAVE A FULL EVALUATION THIS YEAR, WHICH INCLUDES CLASSROOM OBSERVATION, POST OBSERVATION, CONFERENCE AND A SCORING, IF YOU WILL, OF THE INSTRUMENT FOLLOWED BY WALKTHROUGHS, ET CETERA.
THOSE ON A FULL CYCLE WHO WERE ALREADY HAD THEIR CLASSROOM OBSERVATION PRIOR TO THE ORIGINAL SPRING BREAK, THEIR EVALUATION WILL CONTINUE AS PLANNED.
EVERYTHING FROM HERE ON OUT CAN BE DONE VIRTUALLY SUMMATIVE CONFERENCES CAN BE DONE VIRTUALLY. THOSE PIECES OF EVIDENCE OR DOCUMENTATION CAN BE UPLOADED INTO THE SYSTEM AND ALL OF THAT CAN CAN CONTINUE AND IS CONTINUING.
THOSE STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAD THEIR CLASSROOM OBSERVATION LIKE IN THE WEEK RIGHT AHEAD OF SPRING BREAK, WHO ARE MISSING JUST THEIR POST OBSERVATION CONFERENCE.
THOSE, TOO, CAN BE COMPLETED BECAUSE THOSE POST OBSERVATION CONFERENCES CAN CAN BE AND HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED VIRTUALLY.
THOSE THOSE HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AT THIS POINT.
THE GROUP OF EMPLOYEES THAT ARE NOT ON THE ROTATION TO HAVE A FULL EVALUATION THIS YEAR, THEY DO NOT HAVE A CLASSROOM OBSERVATION.
THEY JUST HAVE WHAT WE CALL A DOMAIN FOUR OR A GOALS DRIVEN EVALUATION FOR THE YEAR.
THOSE ARE FULLY IN PROGRESS AND CAN BE COMPLETED AS PLANNED.
THE SMALL SEGMENT OF OUR TEACHER POPULATION, WE'RE GOING TO STRUGGLE TO GET FINISHED.
ARE THERE FOLKS THAT NEEDED A CLASSROOM OBSERVATION? BUT THAT CLASSROOM OBSERVATION DID NOT TAKE PLACE BEFORE SPRING BREAK.
THIS IS REALLY JUST A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES BECAUSE OUR PRINCIPALS REALLY STRIVE TO HAVE THOSE DONE, OF COURSE, BEFORE WE REACH MARCH.
OUR INTENTION FOR THIS GROUP OF EMPLOYEES IS THAT THEY WILL BE REVERTED TO A GOALS ONLY OR DOMAIN FOR ONLY EVALUATION IF THEIR GOALS WERE SUCH THAT THEY COULD BE DONE IN THAT MANNER AND THEN THEY WILL MOVE BACK ONTO THE ROTATION FOR A CLASSROOM EVALUATION NEXT YEAR. WE ARE REQUESTING THE EVALUATION, THE WAIVER FOR THE TEACHER'S EVALUATION FOR THE VARIOUS SMALL HANDFUL OF EMPLOYEES THAT NONE OF THESE OPTIONS ARE GOING TO WORK AND IT ALLOW US TO NOT HAVE A FULL EVALUATION FOR THEM THIS YEAR.
DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW JUST EITHER A RAW NUMBER OR PERCENTAGE? HOW MANY TEACHERS THIS WOULD IMPACT? I DO NOT KNOW.
I CAN TELL YOU IT IS A VERY SMALL NUMBER, BUT I DON'T HAVE AN ACTUAL RAW NUMBER.
PRINCIPALS ARE STILL WORKING WITH OUR H.R.
SERVICES STAFF AS THEY ARE ENCOUNTERING DIFFICULTIES.
OUR GOAL IS THAT EVERY STAFF MEMBER HAS AN EVALUATION COMPLETED OF SOME SORT.
BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
SO WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME ISSUES TO TRY AND GET THIS NUMBER AS LOW AS POSSIBLE.
AND FOR THIS SMALL PERCENTAGE, IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY EVALUATION AT
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ALL. IT'S JUST THAT THE CLASSROOM COMPONENT, BECAUSE IT CANNOT BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR, WILL GO ROLLOVER NEXT YEAR AND THERE STILL WILL BE A MEETING AND EVALUATION AND A GOAL SETTING FOR THEM THAT THERE WOULD BE AN EXPECTATION FOR THEM TO MEET.YES. IT JUST MAY BE THAT THE GOALS THEY SET AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR FOR THEIR EVALUATION FOR THIS YEAR WERE SO DRIVEN BY CONTINGENT UPON THAT CLASSROOM OBSERVATION THAT IT MAY BE VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT THEY TRULY MASTERED THOSE GOALS WITHOUT THAT CLASSROOM OBSERVATION BASE.
I JUST WONDER THIS WAIVER MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF TEA.
IS THAT PART OF THE REQUIREMENT FROM TEA? YES, THE WAIVER WILL ALLOW US TO MISS A YEAR, IF YOU WILL, AN EVALUATION FOR THE FEW NUMBER OF EACH OTHERS THAT IT CAN'T BE COMPLETED.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT TEA OFFERED BECAUSE OF THIS COVERED CLOSURE.
WRONG. JUST IN FOLLOW UP TO THAT.
THIS WAS THE WAIVER THAT THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION ADVISED SUPERINTENDENTS TO MOVE QUICKLY ON BECAUSE THEY KNEW THAT THAT TEACHER EVALUATIONS AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR ARE HUGE CHUNK OF THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SCHOOLS AND AND THAT EVERYONE WOULD NEED GUIDANCE QUICKLY ON WHAT TO DO ABOUT THAT.
AND SO THE WAIVER WAS OPENED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BY TEA TO ALLOW FOR THIS FLEXIBILITY.
TRUSTEE HUMPHREY. IS THERE ANY REPORTING REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR THE TEA? I MEAN, ARE THEY ASKING FOR A LIST OF INCOMPLETE.
NO. TRUSTEE WEAVER I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THIS PARTICULAR WAIVER.
IS THIS A TYPICAL WAIVER OR A UNIQUE WAIVER BROUGHT ON BY THE COVID 19 SITUATION? THIS IS A COVID 19 WAIVER OPPORTUNITY.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS OPEN TO US IN ANY OTHER YEAR.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? IF NOT, MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I'M JERI CHAMBERS. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE TEACHER EVALUATION WAIVER ASKED PRESENTED.
CODY WEAVER. I SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY JERI CHAMBERS IS SECOND BY CODY WEAVER THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE TEACHER WAIVER EVALUATION AS PRESENTED.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE BY ROLL CALL.
VICE PRESIDENT POWELL, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED? I'M IN FAVOR. THANK YOU.
SECRETARY CHAMBERS, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED? IN FAVOR. TRUSTEE HUMPHREY, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED? I'M IN FAVOR. THANK YOU.
TRUSTEE STOLLE, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED? IN FAVOR. THANK YOU.
TRUSTEE WONG, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED? IN FAVOR. TRUSTEE WEAVER.
ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED? IN FAVOR. THANK YOU.
I'M IN FAVOR. THE MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0.
THANK YOU. THE BOARD WILL NOW CONSIDER ACTIONS ON POLICIES.
[6. POLICIES]
THE FIRST POLICY THIS EVENING IS EHDE LOCAL ALTERNATE METHODS FOR EARNING CREDIT DISTANCE LEARNING ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.DR. THERESA WILLIAMS, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, WILL PRESENT DR.
WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS.
SO WE HAVE TWO POLICIES THAT WE'RE BRINGING YOU BACK THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE A FEW TWEAKS TO. THE FIRST ONE IS EHDE LOCAL ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR EARNING CREDIT, DISTANCE LEARNING OR PRESENTED AT M FOR ADOPTION.
THIS POLICY REVISION IS BASED ON RECOMMENDED WORDING FROM TASB TO PROVIDE EQUITY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION FOR EACH GRADUATING COHORT, STARTING THE PROVISIONS WITH NEW STUDENTS WHO DO NOT YET HAVE GRADUATION PLANS IN PLACE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NEEDS REVISION FIRST SUBMITTED BY DR.
I WAS JUST INTERESTED IN TERMS OF THE LIMIT OF ONLINE CREDITS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE STUDENTS. I SEE THAT IN 2020 FIVE THAT INCREASES.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SEE, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND IS IS THIS BEING CHANGED BECAUSE OF THE COVID 19 SITUATION OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO LIMIT? I CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION.
ACTUALLY, THE POLICY HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR MANY YEARS, LIMITING IT TO A MAXIMUM OF THREE COURSES THROUGH ONLINE INSTRUCTION.
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AND THIS PARTICULAR PIECE WAS NOT CHANGED BECAUSE OF COVID 19.ORIGINALLY WE BROUGHT IT TO THE BOARD TO INCREASE, TO RELAX THAT CAP ON THE NUMBER OF ONLINE COURSES AS WE CONTINUE TO VENTURE INTO THE KIND OF LEARNING WE'RE DOING NOW.
WE REALIZED THAT WE REALLY NEED TO ALLOW MORE COURSES TO BE TAKEN IN THAT MANNER.
THE REASON FOR THE DELAYED IMPLEMENTATION IS EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS BROUGHT WITH THE THOUGHT OF STUDENTS WHO NEEDED TO RECOVER CREDIT.
THERE'S AN EXCEPTION, A HARDSHIP CASE CLAUSE THERE WHICH APPLIED THE APPLIES TO THOSE WHO NEED TO RECOVER CREDIT.
THEY CAN'T DO MORE THAN THE THREE COURSES IF NEEDED TO GRADUATE.
HOWEVER, WE WANTED TO MAKE IT MORE CLEAR IN POLICY THAT WE WERE RELAXING THE CAP.
BUT THE REASON FOR ROLLING IT GRADUALLY IS BECAUSE, AS WITH ANYTHING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT GPA, WE WANT TO KEEP THE COHORTS TOGETHER AND HAVE EQUITY AMONG THE COHORTS. AND SO THIS WOULD APPLY BEGINNING WITH STUDENTS WHO DON'T HAVE A GRADUATION PLAN YET. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO STUDENTS WHO WOULD BE TAKING COURSES FOR ACCELERATION THAT IMPACT POTENTIALLY IMPACT GPA.
ALSO. OTHER QUESTIONS, MAY I HAVE? TRUSTEE WONG. IT SAYS A SENIOR WHO IS ENROLLED.
IT CHANGED FROM IN-SCHOOL TO DISTRICT APPROVED ONLINE COURSES SO THERE ARE MORE COURSES IN DISTRICT APPROVED ONLINE COURSES THAN IN-SCHOOL OR THAT IN-SCHOOL DOES NOT EXIST ANYMORE.
THAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT WE WANTED TO EXPAND INSTEAD OF ONLY HAVING SCHOOL COURSES.
NOW WE'RE USING ADDITIONAL ONLINE COURSES AND THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE CORRESPONDENCE COURSES WE APPROVED FROM UNIVERSITIES AND THE LIKE.
SO WE WANTED THE WORDING TO INCLUDE ALL ONLINE COURSES THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD ACCEPT FOR CREDIT.
IF NOT, MAY I HAVE A MOTION? ANGELA POWELL.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TURSTEES ADOPTS POLICY BHDE LOCAL ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.
THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? HEATHER WONG, SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY ANGELA POWELL, SECOND BY HEATHER WONG WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY EHDE LOCAL ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE BY ROLL CALL.
VICE PRESIDENT POWELL. ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED? IN FAVOR. THANK YOU.
SECRETARY CHAMBERS, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED? IN FAVOR. THANK YOU.
TRUSTEE HUMPHREY, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED? I'M IN FAVOR.
ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED? IN FAVOR. THANK YOU.
TRUSTEE WONG, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED? FAVOR.
THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WEAVER, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED? IN FAVOR.
I'M IN FAVOR. THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN TO ZERO.
THANK YOU. BOARD WILL NOW CONSIDER ACTION ON EIC, LOCAL ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, CLASS RANKING ON 1ST AND FINAL READING.
THIS POLICY REVISION IS BASED ON RECOMMENDED WORDING FROM TASB TO MORE CLEARLY DELINEATE THE APPLICATION OF THE EXCEPTION DUE TO COVID 19 OR DUAL CREDIT COURSES AND PLAN OUR ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS RECOMMENDATION OR REVISION WAS SUBMITTED BY DR KATRINA HASLEY.
THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DOES POLICY EIC LOCAL FIRST AND FINAL READING.
CODY WEAVER. SECOND. THANK YOU.
I HAVE A MOTION BY ANGELO POWELL, A SECOND BY CODY WEAVER THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY EIC LOCAL ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THEN WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE FOR VICE PRESIDENT POWELL, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED? IN FAVOR. THANK YOU.
SECRETARY CHAMBERS, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED? IN FAVOR.
THANK YOU. TRUSTEE HUMPHREY, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED? I'M IN FAVOR. THANK YOU.
TRUSTEE STOLLE, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED? IN FAVOR. THANK YOU.
TRUSTEE WONG, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED? IN FAVOR. THANK YOU.
TRUSTEE WEAVER ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED? IN FAVOR. THANK YOU.
I'M IN FAVOR. THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN TO ZERO.
THANK YOU. I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT FOR ABOUT TEN SECONDS IN THERE.
IT CAME JUST IN TIME FOR THE MOTION.
IF WE MISS IT SO WE'RE NOT MISSING IN THE FLOW OF THE MEETING.
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PROBABLY BEST TO SEND A TEXT WITH THAT TEXT, MAYBE GO TO SARA.IT WAS IT'S WEIRD IS ABOUT 10, 20 SECONDS.
[7. REPORTS]
THE BOARD WILL NOW HEAR REPORTS, BEGINNING WITH A TWO THOUSAND TWENTY TWO THOUSAND TWENTY ONE BUDGET PRESENTATION FROM RANDY MCDOWELL.PRESIDENT RICHARDS. BEFORE WE HEAD OFF TO RANDY, I JUST WANTED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A COUPLE WORDS ABOUT THIS.
THIS YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS AND AS WE ROLL INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF TRYING TO DETERMINE THE BUDGET FOR 2021.
YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WE WERE BUILDING A BUDGET AND DURING A LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHERE WAS PRE-HOUSE BILL THREE AND THEN POST HOUSE BILL THREE.
AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF AN UNCERTAIN TIME.
AND AND SO THIS YEAR, I WOULD SAY HERE WE GO AGAIN.
WE'RE BUILDING A BUDGET IN POST HOUSE BILL THREE.
BUT IN COVID AND IN THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THAT, I THINK PUTS US IN AGAIN A QUITE AN UNCERTAIN TIME.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, KNOWING WHERE WE'RE FOLLOWING OUR BUDGET PROCESS WITH AN UNDERSTANDING THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AS THE FINANCIAL PICTURE UNFOLDS, WE YOU KNOW, WE RE LIKELY WE'LL COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BUDGET AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF OF FINANCE AND SCHOOL FINANCE IN LIGHT OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
THAT'S MY PREFERENCE AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO RANDY MCDOWELL.
SO THIS IS A BUDGET THAT'S PROBABLY HAD MORE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO IT THAN ANY BUDGET THAT I'VE DONE OVER MY CAREER.
BUT THAT'S THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT'S ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
WE SPEND HOURS AND HOURS WORKING ON THIS BUDGET.
IN GROUPS. BUT ALSO, EACH DEPARTMENT SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH ALL THEIR LEADERSHIP, ALL THEIR STAFF WORKING THROUGH THE DETAILS.
THERE WAS A LOT OF AUTO ACCOUNT NUMBERS IN PLANO.
AND WE'VE BASICALLY GONE THROUGH ABOUT ALL OF THAT.
SO I APPRECIATE ALL ALL THE CABINET LEVEL PEOPLE AND IN THE, YOU KNOW, THE LEADERSHIP UNDERNEATH THEM AND ALL THE TIME WITH THIS.
SO TO TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF THINGS.
THE LET ME SHARE MY SCREEN HERE.
ALL RIGHT. YA'LL SEE ME? AND SO AS FAR AS CAMPUS BUDGETS, AS YOU'LL RECALL, LAST YEAR WE OVERHAULED THE CAMPUS ALLOCATIONS IN THE WAY THAT WE DID THAT.
WE'VE CONTINUED THAT FOR THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET ON 2020 2021.
AS YOU'LL ALSO RECALL, WE GAVE ALLOCATIONS OF BASIC ALLOCATIONS ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS, PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS, AND THAT VARIES FROM ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL AND SENIOR HIGH THAT ALLOTMENT.
AND THEN WE ALSO GIVE ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS FOR SPECIAL ED STUDENTS, BILINGUAL ESL GIFTED AND TALENTED AT RISK THINGS THROUGH THE COMP, COMPULSORY EDUCATION FUNDING AND ALSO THROUGH TECHNOLOGY.
AND SO EACH ONE OF THOSE ARE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PROJECTED STUDENTS AND OR HISTORICAL STUDENTS. AND EACH ONE OF THOSE EACH ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS, AND THAT IS THE WAY THAT TEA LIKES THE BUDGET THAT AND SO.
THERE WEREN'T ANY CHANGES TO CAMPUS BUDGETS AS FAR AS A PUPIL ALLOCATION, ALL THAT STAYED THE SAME. THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD HAVE CHANGED THEIR BUDGET WAS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WERE PROJECTED IN EACH ONE OF THOSE.
SO WE WE DETERMINED THAT EACH YEAR CAMPUSES ARE PROBABLY GOTTEN THE HANG OF HOW THAT WORKS. AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE THAT.
BUT NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ON CAMPUS BUDGETS AND NO REDUCTIONS IN CAMPUS ALLOCATIONS.
AS FAR AS DEPARTMENT BUDGETS, LAST YEAR WE IMPLEMENTED ZERO BASED BUDGETING.
THIS YEAR, WE IMPLEMENTED FULL BLOWN ZERO BASED BUDGET.
AND SO SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT ARE LAST YEAR.
WE ASK, OK, HOW MUCH YOU NEED IN THE CONTRACTED SERVICE OR HOW MUCH YOU NEED IN A TRAVEL ACCOUNT. AND GIVE US SOME DETAIL.
THIS YEAR WE SENT OUT TEMPLATES AND THEY HAD THE BUDGET BY ACCOUNT NUMBER WITH DETAIL.
AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE TRAVEL ACCOUNT IN THE NEW BUDGET IN 2020, 2021 WOULD SAY WE'VE GOT A STAFF MEMBER THAT'S GOING TO THIS CONFERENCE.
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THIS IS LOCATION, THAT CONFERENCE.THIS IS HOW MUCH WE'RE BUDGETING FOR HOTELS.
THIS IS HOW MUCH FOR AIRFARE, THIS IS HOW MUCH THE REGISTRATION FEE IS AND SO ON.
SO SPEND A LOT OF TIME GETTING INTO ALL THOSE DIFFERENT DETAILS ON CONTRACTED SERVICES, FOR EXAMPLE, ON SOFTWARE THAT BUILDS EVERY SOFTWARE PROGRAM AND WHAT THE COST OF THAT.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
THEN AS AS I MENTIONED, THEN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING MYSELF, MET WITH THERESA AND EACH RESPECTIVE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OVER THAT BUDGET.
AND WE WENT THROUGH EVERY ACCOUNT NUMBER.
WE LOOKED AT A THREE YEAR TREND ON WHAT HAD BEEN A SPIN OUT OF THAT ACCOUNT AND WHAT HAD BEEN BUDGETED PER YEAR AND THEN WHAT THE BUDGET REQUEST WAS FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND WE SPENT HOURS AGAIN AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT.
SO WE REALLY GOT INTO ALL THE DETAILS OF THE BIG BUDGET DRIVERS.
OF COURSE, WE'RE PROJECTING ENROLLMENT TO DECLINE ANOTHER THREE HUNDRED AND SOMETHING STUDENTS DOWN.
IT'S WHAT OUR PROJECTION IS WITH COVID.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT NUMBER.
AS WE KNOW, IT'S UNCERTAIN TIMES IN SO MANY AREAS THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS, PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH IS DOWN.
WE DON'T EXPECT PROPERTY VALUES TO BE DOWN, BUT WE EXPECT THE GROWTH RATE TO BE DOWN.
WE DID GET PRELIMINARY VALUES TODAY.
THE THE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE IS THEY GREW ABOUT HALF OF WHAT THEY GREW LAST YEAR WHEN WE GOT PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE LAST YEAR.
THEY WERE CLOSE TO AROUND 5 PERCENT.
THIS YEAR, THEY WERE ABOUT 2 AND A HALF PERCENT TO 1.6 5.
OF COURSE, WE'LL GET CERTIFIED VALUES IN JULY AND SEE WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE.
AS YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY VALUE DOESN'T HAVE AS MUCH OF AN IMPACT NOW THAT WE WENT TO CURRENT YEAR VALUES UNDER HOUSE BILL 3.
BUT IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE DEBT SERVICE SIDE.
AND SO WE'LL KEEP WORKING THROUGH SOME SCENARIOS, BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE A PRELIMINARY VALUE THAT WE CAN START RUNNING SOME MODELS OFF OF THAT.
AND OF COURSE, ANYTIME VALUES GO UP AND STUDENTS GO DOWN, RECAPTURED GOES UP.
AND SO WE ARE PROJECTING THAT NUMBER TO GO UP AS WELL.
AND OVERALL, WE EXPECT OUR NET REVENUE TO BE DOWN.
SOME OF THE LARGE THE MORE SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURE CHANGES THAT WE'LL SEE IN THIS BUDGET, THESE ARE GOING TO BE SPREAD THROUGH TO THE DETAILED BUDGETS THAT WE LOOK AT THAT THE WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THE SPECIAL ED INSPIRE PROGRAM HAT MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THAT'S THAT VERY INTENSIVE SPECIAL ED PROGRAM.
THE COST OF THAT FOR NON-SALARY IS ABOUT ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN THOUSAND.
THERE'S SOME NEW CYBER SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FROM THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE AND POSSIBLY HARDWARE.
THAT'S ABOUT A HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND IMPLEMENTING TIME CLOCKS BEGINNING THAT PROCESS NEXT YEAR FOR ALL OF OUR AT WILL EMPLOYEES THAT ARE NOT CLOCKING IN.
SO THE COSTS OF THOSE COMPLEX THAT WE BUDGETED IS THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND.
WE INCREASED PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE.
WE DON'T HAVE A RENEWAL RATE YET, BUT WE'RE PROJECTING AN INCREASE OF ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND.
SO WE'VE BUILT THAT IN AN EXPANSION OF OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER MILITARY ALREADY AS A RESULT OF HOUSE BILL 3, ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND IN DEBT.
AND THEN ALSO AN INCREASE IN TESTING REQUIREMENTS FROM HOSPITAL FOR ABOUT ANOTHER HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND.
NOW THOSE WILL THERE WILL BE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OR THOSE TWO THAT WILL BE OFFSET IN REIMBURSEMENTS FROM TEA THROUGH SOME DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES THERE.
IT ALSO CAME OUT OF HOUSE BILL THREE.
BUT THESE SO THESE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
WE'VE GOT A REDUCTION IN SAFETY AND SECURITY, AS YOU'LL RECALL, IN '19-'20.
THAT WAS THE EXPANSION OF THE ADDITIONAL SRO OFFICERS AND THAT ADDED ABOUT SIX HUNDRED TWENTY EIGHT THOUSAND ONE TIME COSTS.
AND SO THOSE WILL BE COMING BACK OUT THE BUDGET.
AND THAT WAS PRIMARILY FOR ADDITIONAL PATROL CARS, RADIOS, OTHER EQUIPMENT, SOME TRAINING. AND SO WE'LL SEE THOSE SAVINGS COME BACK OUT FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN IN OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS AT ISAACS AND BEATY.
WE WERE WE WERE CONTRACTING THE MEALS OUT.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BRING THOSE IN-HOUSE.
AND THOSE WILL NOW BE PART OF THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A SAVINGS ESTIMATED ABOUT 180,000.
SO, AGAIN, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE BLENDED THROUGH THE NUMBERS THAT WE LOOK AT HERE.
BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO HAVE AN IDEA ON SOME OF THE LARGER ITEMS THAT ARE HAVING AN
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IMPACT. AS YOU'LL RECALL, OR YOU MAY NOT RECALL THE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT THIS TIME LAST YEAR WHEN WE DID DEPARTMENT BUDGETS, WE HAD WE DECREASED FROM 18 19 TO 19 20, JUST OVER TWO MILLION DOLLARS.AND SO WE WORKED REALLY HARD OVER LAST TWO YEARS TO TRY TO TRUE UP BUDGETS, TO TRY TO FIND ANY DUPLICATIONS, TO CUT COSTS AND BECOME MORE EFFICIENT.
AND SO THIS IS FOLLOWING OVER A TWO MILLION DOLLAR REDUCTION.
LAST YEAR, THE CURRENT ADOPTED BUDGET IS JUST UNDER SEVENTY FIVE MILLION.
OUR LATEST DEPARTMENT OF PROPOSED BUDGETS IS JUST UNDER 73.4 MILLION.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER REDUCTION OF ABOUT 1.6 MILLION OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD.
THAT'S MORE THAN A $3.6 MILLION REDUCTION IN DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
AGAIN, PART OF THAT, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THAT IS, IS SCREWING UP THE BUDGET.
DOING A MULTI-YEAR TREND ANALYSIS AND AND JUST TRYING TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE BUDGETING VERY TIGHT ON WHAT WE NEED AND THEN ALSO JUST BEING VERY EFFICIENT.
SO THE PROPOSED BUDGETS ARE JUST OVER A 2 PERCENT INCREASE FROM OUR BUDGET.
NOW, AS WE GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS, I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EVERY LINE ITEM. BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW.
HASLEY'S OFFICE, ACADEMIC SERVICES, OVERALL, THE REDUCTION WAS ALMOST HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. SO FROM NINE MILLION AND THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND DOWN EIGHT MILLION FIVE SIXTY SIX . SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WERE REVIEWING, YOU'LL NOTICE THE LARGE ONE THERE ON ACADEMIC SERVICE/CURRICULUM, ABOUT THREE FOURTHS OF THE WAY DOWN THAT BUDGET THIS CURRENT YEAR WAS SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE THOUSAND THAT WAS REDISTRIBUTED INTO THESE OTHER BUDGET CODES AND REDUCED SOME OF THAT WAS ALSO SHARED WITH OVER ITS OTHER GRANT AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS. BUT THIS ONE, THERE WERE SO MANY CHANGES THAT WENT ON.
A LOT OF THAT WAS JUST TO ALIGN WITH THE NEW STRUCTURE AND ACADEMIC SERVICES TO BETTER PUT BUDGETS UNDER EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND RESPECTED DIRECTORS.
SO IT WAS A A SHIFT THERE, BUT THERE WERE THERE WERE MANY CHANGES HERE AND IT WAS TREATED BASED ON TREND ANALYSIS.
WE HAD THE INCREASES IN COLLEGE AND CAREER MILITARY READY AND TESTING FROM HOUSE BILL THREE.
CAREER TECHNICAL ED WAS INCREASE AND THAT WAS SOME OF THAT ADDITIONAL COLLEGE CAREER MILITARY READY.
THERE WAS ALSO SOME PRETTY LARGE REDUCTIONS IN HERE FOR SUBSTITUTES AND SUMMER CURRICULUM WRITING AND ALSO TRAVEL, WHICH REVIEW IN A LOT OF DETAIL AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL.
SO A LOT OF WORK WENT IN HERE AND IN A MUCH TIGHTER BUDGET IN MY AREA.
PLEASE STOP IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ASSESSMENT RESEARCH AND PROGRAM EVALUATION.
THIS IS GETTING TO NEW TESTING REQUIREMENTS UNDER HOUSE BILL 3.
THE MAJORITY OF THIS ADDITIONAL COSTS WILL BE OFFSET WITH ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT WILL BE REIMBURSED THROUGH SOME DIFFERENT STATE PROGRAMS. A STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND DISTRICT SERVICES.
A FEW CHANGES HERE, MOST OF THESE BUDGETS WERE PRETTY TIGHT AND SO FINE ARTS HAD A SLIGHT INCREASE, CUSTODIAL HAD A SLIGHT INCREASE.
THE STUDENTS DUE TO THE INFLATIONARY COST IN THE AGREEMENT.
DISTRICT SERVICES WAS DECREASED.
THAT WAS MORE OF A TRUE UP OF LEGAL FEES FOR THE DISTRICT RECORDS MANAGEMENT, WHICH REVIEWS TRANSPORTATION WAS KEPT ABOUT THE SAME.
WHEN WE GO DOWN, WE TALK ABOUT SAFETY AND SECURITY AND HOW THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT SROS WAS REMOVED FOR THE 2020 2021 BUDGET AND ATHLETICS LOOKS LIKE A REDUCTION, BUT IT'S NOT. THAT WAS A CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING ON THE WAY THAT WE DO PLAYOFF GAMES.
AND SO FOR REALLY AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT ATHLETICS HAS TO SPEND, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT IT IS THE CURRENT YEAR.
OVERALL, THOUGH, ALMOST OVER A SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR REDUCTION IN THAT AREA DUE TO THE SROS AND BUSINESS SERVICES, THESE STAY THE SAME OR A SLIGHT DECREASE IN FINANCIAL SERVICES THAT WOULD INCREASE.
WE'VE LOST OUR COURRIER, OUR ARMORED CAR COURRIER.
THEY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS AND SO WE HAD TO ENGAGE A NEW ONE THROUGH A CO-OPERATIVE THAT ADDED ABOUT EIGHTY THOUSAND.
BUT OVERALL, WE HAVE THE BUDGET INCREASE ABOUT FIFTY THOUSAND, SO WE ABSORBED ABOUT 30 WITHIN THESE. IF YOU DON'T FACTOR IN THE ARMORED CAR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, WHICH IS ABOUT
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300,000 TOTAL.THIS IS ALSO WHAT THE ADDITION OF THE CYBER SECURITY EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER AND THE THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR TIME CLOCKS.
SO THERE WERE SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS HERE.
MUCH OF THAT WAS IN SCHOOL AND SUMMER SCHOOL.
AGAIN, A LOT OF THAT WAS TRUE BASED ON TREND ANALYSIS AND SOME CHANGES IN THE PROGRAM DELIVERY THERE.
AS WE LOOK AT EMPLOYEE SERVICES, THIS ONE WAS ABOUT A HUNDRED HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS INCREASE, BUT AS YOU'LL RECALL, RISK MANAGEMENT, THE BIG INCREASE THERE WAS FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND FOR ADDITIONAL PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE.
HOPEFULLY RENEWAL WILL COME IN BETTER THAN THAT, BUT WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND BUILD THAT IN. AND THEN EXTENDED PLANNING FOR SUBSTITUTES, WHICH REDUCED YOU'D SEE THAT IN EMPLOYEE SERVICES IT WAS REDUCED ABOUT THREE, ALMOST THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND.
SO THE NET EFFECT AGAIN WAS JUST AN INCREASE OF ONE FORTY FIVE, EVEN WITH THE LARGE PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE INCREASE.
STRATEGY, ADVOCACY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THIS ONE STARTED OUT THE YEAR AS PART OF THE COMMUNICATIONS BUDGET.
AND THEN AS WE REORGANIZE FOR THIS STRATEGIC PLAN, WE PULLED ONE HUNDRED FORTY TWO THOUSAND OUT OF THE OTHER BUDGET.
AND THEN WE EVALUATED THAT AND THAT ONE WHICH REDUCED FOR THIS COMING YEAR, STUDENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES.
OVERALL, THIS ONE WAS REDUCED ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND.
MOST OF THAT WAS ON THE SPECIAL PROGRAMS CENTER AND SOME BUDGETS THAT RELATE TO THAT.
AGAIN, THE MAJORITY OF THIS WAS A PROGRAM CHANGE OR VERY LITTLE WAS A PROGRAM CHANGE.
BUT THE MONEY THAT WE PAY THE JUVENILE JUSTICE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM, WE HADN'T BEEN SPENDING AS MUCH AS WE WERE BUDGETING.
ALSO, WE REDUCED THE CONTRACT WITH SERENITY HOSPITAL FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT ATTEND THAT SCHOOL ON ADDICTION TYPE OF SITUATIONS.
WE HAD A BUS OFFICER THAT WAS BUDGETED THAT WE HAVEN'T HIRED IN SEVERAL YEARS.
AND SO THAT WAS REMOVED AND WE REDUCED [INAUDIBLE] ABOUT 30,000.
SO NO SIGNIFICANT PROGRAM CHANGES HERE.
BUT THE BUDGET WAS REDUCED BY TWO HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND.
SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION.
AGAIN, THERE WERE SOME THERE WAS SOME SHIFTING THAT WENT ON AND SOME OF THESE BUDGETS AND THEY WERE PULLED OVER INTO INTO OTHER AREAS.
BUT OVERALL, THE BUDGET WAS REDUCED FROM NINETY ONE THOUSAND DOWN TO ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY. AND DISTRICT LEADERS SHARE A LARGE INCREASE HERE, AS IN THE SUPERINTENDENT DEPARTMENT. THAT'S FOR THE TEXAS SCHOOL ALLIANCE.
SO WE HAD TO AMEND THE AMEND THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET TO COVER THAT.
BUT SO THAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, THE LARGE SCHOOLS IN TEXAS.
THAT ORGANIZATION THAT WE'RE NOW ONE MEMBER OF.
COMMUNICATIONS WAS REDUCED ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND, AGAIN, LOOKING AT A FIVE YEAR TREND WE WE TARGET, THAT WENT UP AND JUST MADE IT MORE REALISTIC WITH WHAT WE'D BEEN SPENDING PRIOR YEARS.
CAMPUS AND OTHER ALLOCATIONS WITH SO ON CAMPUS ALLOCATIONS THERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE METHODOLOGY HADN'T CHANGED.
SO CAMPUS ALLOCATIONS ARE ABOUT 4.1 MILLION IN THE CURRENT YEAR FOR ONE TO ONE AND THEY'RE GOING TO 4.10 3.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS AND SPECIAL POPULATIONS.
EVEN THOUGH ENROLLMENTS PROJECTED THAT THE INCREASE.
COPIER AND COPY CENTER, THIS IS MORE MONEY THAT'S ALLOCATED OUT TO CAMPUSES OR THEIR COPIER COSTS IN THE COPIER LEASES.
TAX OFFICE AND APPRAISAL COSTS.
THIS ONE IS PROJECTED UP ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND.
AND JUST AS OUR VALUES GO UP AND THE BUDGETS GO UP AT THE TAX OFFICE AND APPRAISAL DISTRICT, MORE THAT IS PASSED ON.
SO THIS IS MONEY THAT GOES OUT TO OTHER BUDGETS THAT ONE WAS REDUCED ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND FIVE THOUSAND.
AGAIN, THAT WAS TRUING IT UP ON OUR TRANSFER OUT OF FOOD SERVICE OR TRANSFER OUT TO HEAD START TO COVER SOME OF OUR MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.
AND FOR SPECIAL EVENTS WAS REDUCED ABOUT.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION?
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ON THE TAX OFFICE APPRAISAL DISTRICT THAT INCREASED? SO BASICALLY THEY'RE GOING GONNA BE APPRAISING THE SAME PROPERTIES THEY DID BEFORE, BUT THE COST OF APPRAISING THOSE HAS INCREASED.SO THOSE BUDGETS ARE DETERMINED, YOU KNOW, BY THE BY THE TAX OFFICE BOARD AND THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD, AND THEN THOSE ARE ALLOCATED BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF TAXES THAT EACH ENTITY COLLECTS.
AND SO THESE ARE ESTIMATES IT IT MAY NOT BE THAT LARGE OF AN INCREASE.
THESE WERE OUR BEST ESTIMATE ON WHAT WE THINK THOSE WILL GO TO.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN WE BRING YOU A FINAL BUDGET RECOMMENDATION. BUT, YES, WE DO EXPECT THOSE TO GO UP AS HISTORICALLY AS THEY GIVE PAY RAISES OR WHATEVER MAY HAPPEN, ADDITIONAL COST IF THOSE ENTITIES THAN THOSE ARE PASSED ON AND ALLOCATED OUT.
CODY. I'M SORRY. WERE YOU DONE.
I MEAN, I MEAN, THAT ANSWERED MY QUESTION DOESN'T MEAN I'M HAPPY WITH IT.
YEAH. THIS IS THE ISSUE THAT WE KIND OF UNCOVERED A YEAR OR SO AGO AT THIS TIME.
AND I'D LIKE FOR US TO FOCUS ON THIS OR HAVE THIS AS PART OF EITHER A LEGISLATIVE AGENDA PACKET OR WORK WITH OUR LEGISLATURES OR OR FIGURE OUT A WAY IT CAN'T COST MORE MONEY TO DO THE EXACT SAME WORK OTHER THAN JUST INCREASING SO, YOU KNOW, SALARIES.
SO JUST TO SUGGEST THAT THAT OUR COMPENSATION TO THE TAX OFFICE OR THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT SHOULD BE BASED ON PROPERTY VALUES, I THINK IS GIVING INFALL TO COUNTY.
SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING, HOW THIS IS HAPPENING, AND GET WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY TO CHANGE THE LAW, BECAUSE THIS IS THAT'S RIDICULOUS. DAVID, I AGREE WITH YOU, THAT'S BEEN ONE OF MY PET PEEVES FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS SINCE WE UNCOVERED IT.
AND I THINK IT'S ALMOST AN EQUITY ISSUE IN REVERSE BECAUSE WE'RE BEING PUNISHED FOR HAVING THE HIGH COMMERCIAL VALUE AND OUR PROPERTY VALUES.
BUT WE'RE NOT SEEING WE'RE PAYING FOR A SERVICE THAT IS NOT COMMENSURATE WITH THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.
SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE BEING BILLED FOR THE SERVICE WE'RE RECEIVING, BUT ULTIMATELY WE'RE BEING BUILT BECAUSE OF OUR VALUES.
AND I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS ON OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND DETERMINE WHO SETS THAT CONTRACT.
I DON'T KNOW. I'D LOVE TO SEE RESEARCH ON THAT.
ONE THING WE CAN DO ON THAT IS WE CAN GO IN AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS BEEN PROVIDED PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL BECAUSE I HAVEN'T DONE IT SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE.
BUT WE CAN GO IN AND DO YOU KNOW, A 5 OR 10 YEAR HISTORY ON THESE.
HERE'S WHAT OUR TAX COLLECTION FEES WERE AND HERE'S WHAT OUR APPRAISAL FEES WERE.
JUST REMEMBER ON THE APPRAISAL FEES THAT WE DID GET A CREDIT FOR THAT ON RECAPTURE.
AND SO IF APPRAISAL COST ARE, LET'S JUST SAY THERE ARE THREE MILLION FOR SIMPLICITY, THREE MILLION AND OUR RECAPTURE PERCENTAGES, 30 PERCENT AND WE GET 30 PERCENT OF THAT 3 MILLION OR A LITTLE UNDER A MILLION CREDITED BACK UP OUR RECAPTURE.
BUT AS FAR AS THE TAX OFFICE GOES, WE PAY THE FULL AMOUNT OF THAT.
HOPEFULLY WE DON'T GET TO RECAPTURE CREDIT ON.
SO JUST A REMINDER OF HOW THAT WORKS, BUT WE'LL PROVIDE A HISTORY OF THAT TO GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT KIND OF INCREASES WOULD SEEM.
THAT WILL BE GOOD FOR US TO LOOK AT ANY WAY IN HOUSE.
RANDY, YOU CAN KEEP AN EYE ON THAT.
WHEN THEY YOU KNOW, WE PAY FOR SOMEONE TO APPRAISE THE PROPERTY EACH YEAR, SO WHEN THEY DO THOSE APPRAISALS AND DETERMINE THAT VALUE.
HOW DOES THAT TRANSLATE IN TERMS OF LIKE HOW IT AFFECTS OUR BUDGET OR IS IT TAXES THAT THEY COLLECT ON US OR ARE THEY JUST TRYING TO DETERMINE VALUE? YES, SO THEY DID THE APPRAISAL OF COURSE YOU NOTICE, WHATEVER THE VALUE IS ON ON EACH PROPERTY, BUT THE AS FAR AS THE WAY THAT APPLIES TO US IS THEY THEY TAKE THEIR TOTAL COST AND THEY ALLOCATE THAT OUT BASED ON TAX PROJECTED TAX COLLECTIONS.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE PAY THE MOST BECAUSE WE HAVE THE HIGHEST TAX RATE WE'RE A SCHOOL DISTRICT . AND SO WE'RE BY FAR THE HIGHEST LAYER OF THOSE APPRAISAL DISTRICT COST.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, ARE WE? I KNOW WE'RE THE HIGHEST PAYER OF THAT PARTICULAR COST, BUT I'M THINKING MORE TERMS. THE IMPLICATION OF THOSE THOSE COSTS, ARE WE THEN PAYING MORE TAXES FOR THAT LAND? OR I THOUGHT WE WOULD NOT BE SO IN.
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I'M THINKING ABOUT THAT EXERCISE.AND IF IT DOESN'T IMPACT WHAT WE'RE PAYING OR WHAT WE'RE DOING IS JUST THAT THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE VALUE IS OR DOES THAT TRANSLATE INTO US PAYING A HIGHER PERCENTAGE ON SOMETHING DOWN THE ROAD? I'M NOT SURE IF I FULLY UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION, BUT.
THE QUESTION IS I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE APPRAISING IT.
OH, THEY'RE APPRAISING THE PROPERTY FOR TAXABLE VALUE.
AND SO THEY'RE THEY'RE APPRAISING EVERY EVERY PIECE OF PROPERTY TO LOOK AT THE CURRENT MARKET AND DO SOME ANALYSIS.
SO, YOU KNOW, HOME PRICES HAVE GONE UP.
THEN THEY'RE JUST AN ANNUAL APPRAISAL THAT'S REQUIRED.
SO THEN ALL THAT DATA GOES INTO THE STATE CONTROL EVERY YEAR AND THEN THEY DO THEIR OWN AUDIT TO BE SURE THAT LOCAL VALUES ARE STAYING CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE STATE THINKS ABOUT. OK, SO IT'S FOR PURELY INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND AUDITING PURPOSES.
WELL, IT SETS THE TAXABLE VALUE THAT WE TAX ON AND ALSO ALL THE DATA GOES TO THE STATE.
AND SO THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE YEARS AGO.
BECAUSE THE STATE WANTED TO BE SURE THAT APPRAISAL DISTRICTS WERE KEEPING UP WITH THE MARKET, BECAUSE IF THEY UNDERVALUE THOSE IN THE STATE HAS TO PAY MORE MONEY IN THE PUBLIC ED. REALLY, IT'S IT'S A WAY THAT THE STATE KEEPS ITS ITS HANDLE ON WHAT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH LOCAL VALUES, BECAUSE LOCAL VALUES DRIVE THE STATE BUDGET.
THE MORE LOCAL VALUES GO UP, THE LESS STATE MONEY IT TAKES TO FUND PUBLIC ED.
OKAY. THAT MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE.
AND THEN JUST TO RECAP, AGAIN, THAT'S A REDUCTION OF ABOUT 1.6 MILLION OF HARD-FOUGHT DOLLARS OUT OF THOSE AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE NEXT YEAR WILL BE ZERO BASED AGAIN.
AND WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR MORE SAVINGS.
SO IT'S JUST PART OF THE PROCESS.
AS FAR AS THE BUDGET CALENDAR, SO WE'RE HERE IN APRIL WITH DEPARTMENT BUDGETS AND THE BUDGET BEFORE IN MAY, WE WILL BE BRINGING YOU A FULL PRELIMINARY BUDGET THAT WILL SHOW A REVENUE OUTLOOK.
WE WILL COMPARE THAT AGAINST THE CURRENT AMENDED BUDGET.
AND THEN ALSO WE HOPE TO HAVE A COMPENSATION PLAN WHERE YOU GET A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THE COMPENSATION AND WE'LL GIVE YOU A LOOK AT A BOTTOM LINE OF WHERE WE THINK WE'RE AT FOR NEXT YEAR.
AS FAR AS AS FAR AS A DEFICIT.
LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND AND THEN ASK YOU'D TO AUTHORIZE ADVERTISMENT AT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND A PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE BUDGET WOULD OCCUR IN LATE JUNE.
AND THEN WE WOULD COME BACK AS WE'VE DONE HISTORICALLY, AND ADOPT A TAX RATE IN SEPTEMBER. REMEMBER, THIS IS THE YEAR THAT TEA IS HAS TO TELL US WHAT OUR M&O TAX RATES ARE GOING TO BE BASED ON OUR PROPERTY GROWTH.
AND SO WE'RE THAT WAS ALL BEFORE COVID AND BEFORE ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT HAPPENED AT APPRAISAL DISTRICTS AND AN APPRAISAL REVIEW HEARINGS AND THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAD WITH ALL OF THAT. AND SO THAT IS STILL DEVELOPING ON WHEN WE MAY GET THOSE OUR M&O PROPOSED RATES FOR NEXT YEAR.
BUT TEA IS GOING TO TELL US WHAT THOSE ARE.
AND SO WE'LL BE ADOPTING THAT IN SEPTEMBER, BUT WE'LL BE NEEDING THOSE NUMBERS IN ORDER TO FINALIZE THE BUDGET. SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT.
ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? NANCY HUMPHREY.
NANCY YOU'RE ON MUTE. SORRY, I HIT THE WRONG BUTTON TO UNMUTE.
AND DID I HANG UP? I GUESS, WITH THE BUDGET, I KNOW IT'S.
WITH YOUR CRYSTAL BALL BROKEN THE WAY IT IS, IT'S REALLY HARD TO MAKE A BUDGET.
AND IT WAS HARD TO MAKE A BUDGET, AS SARA SAID AT THE BEGINNING, BECAUSE WE WERE JUST IMPLEMENTING HOUSE BILL 3.
BUT HAVE YOU HAD TO ADJUST ANY OF YOUR ASSUMPTIONS GOING FORWARD BECAUSE OF THE COVID 19 CRISIS, OR IS ANY OF THAT BUILT IN HERE OR ARE WE JUST BUDGETING AS THE BEST INFORMATION WE HAD AT THE TIME? AND THE COVID PROBABLY ISN'T IN YOUR ASSUMPTIONS.
SORRY, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO STOP SHARING, BUT NO THIS IS REALLY BUILT ON THE PLAN THAT WE WOULDN'T BE COMING BACK NEXT YEAR AND DOING BUSINESS AS USUAL.
WE DO THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ENROLLMENT IMPACT.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MAY BE AND WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO BE.
SOME STUDENTS JUST DON'T COME BACK FOR A WHILE.
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OK.BUT THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
WE DON'T KNOW. WE'VE GOT TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT AS WE LOOKED AT STAFFING FOR NEXT YEAR AS WELL AND REALIZE THAT WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE SOME STUDENTS, EVEN IF SCHOOL COMES BACK ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, WE'RE PROABLY GOING TO HAVE SOME STUDENTS NOT COMING BACK. THEY MAY CONTINUE TO DO THE REMOTE LEARNING.
AND SO DEFINITELY SOME WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE ANSWER TO THE PROJECTIONS, BUT THIS IS ASSUMING COVID ENDS AND WE'RE BACK TO NORMAL FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. RANDY, I'D LIKE TO CHIME IN.
YOU KNOW, IN OUR IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY ABOUT SCHOOL FUNDING, THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CAME AND SPOKE WITH US.
AND, YOU KNOW, HIS FEELING WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR WE ARE HOPING THAT WE WILL BE MADE AS WHOLE AS WE CAN BE IN THE NEXT CYCLE.
THAT'S WHERE HE EXPRESSED US AND TEA HAS SAID SIMILAR, BUT IN THE SAME VEIN, THE COMMISSIONER HAS TOLD US ALL THAT WE NEED TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS AND VERY CONSERVATIVE.
BECAUSE WHAT WE DO TODAY WILL AFFECT A YEAR FROM NOW AND TWO YEARS FROM NOW, THREE YEARS FROM NOW. RIGHT NOW IT'S A LITTLE UNCERTAIN WHAT THAT PATH OUT OF THIS SITUATION IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
CODY WEAVER. I JUST WORRY THAT REALITY'S GOING TO SMACK US IN THE FACE NEXT YEAR AND.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE ALL VERY REALISTIC ABOUT THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ONLY PLAN AND BUDGET FOR SO MUCH.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE GOING ON THERE.
I GUESS ONE QUESTION I WOULD HAVE IS I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY STARTED TO FUND SOME ONLINE LEARNING AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF WAIVERS OR WHAT TYPE OF GUIDANCE TEA WILL GIVE US FOR NEXT YEAR BASED ON DIFFERENT FAMILIES DECISIONS ON WHETHER OR NOT TO SEND THEIR KIDS OR AT WHAT POINT TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN BACK TO SCHOOLS.
AND SO JUST IN TERMS OF ALLOCATION FOR ADDITIONAL ONLINE LEARNING AND BACKUP PLANS, YOU KNOW, PREPARATIONS AND SUCH.
WHERE DO WE KIND OF STAND ON THAT? AND ARE WE.
IS IT MORE THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE FUNDS THAT WE CAN WE CHANGE THE FUNCTION ITEM OR LINE ITEM AND MOVE THEM AROUND? OR DO WE NEED TO ALLOCATE IT OR DEDICATE FUNDS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? SO, I MEAN, I'LL CHIME IN AND THEN, RANDY, YOU ALL FEEL FREE TO FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN, TOO. YOU KNOW, FOR THE MOMENT, I THINK WE'RE BUILDING THE BUDGET AS IF WE WOULD BE COMING BACK, YOU KNOW, AS WE ARE, YOU KNOW, HAVING AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT SUMMER IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE WITH THE COVID SCENARIO. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO APPROACH THIS IN A WAY THAT WE ARE FLEXIBLE. BUT REMEMBERING THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE IN SCHOOL, WE SPEND MONEY ON CERTAIN THINGS. AND WE AND WHEN WE'RE OUT OF SCHOOL IN THIS REMOTE SETTING, WE USE FUNDS IN A DIFFERENT WAY. BUT THERE ARE FUNDS THAT WE'RE NOT USING.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE, LIKE YOU SAID, IN IN OUR ALLOCATION PROCESSES ONCE THE BUDGET. ONCE WE HAVE A MORE CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT SCHOOL IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
AND YOU KNOW, TEA, WE'RE WORKING ON MODELING WITH THEM, ALL THE DISTRICTS ARE WORKING WITH THE COMMISSIONER ON MODELING.
AND UNTIL WE GET SOME MODELS, IT'S HARD TO PUT SOME DOLLARS TO IT.
SO WOULDN'T YOU WOULDN'T ANTICIPATE THAT WE WOULD RUN TWO PARALLEL SYSTEMS, THAT WE WOULDN'T RUN IN CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, AN ONLINE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION AT THE SAME TIME, WOULD WE? I THINK RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING IS BEING LOOKED AT.
NANCY HUMPHREY. RANDY, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE DECREASE IN PROPERTY VALUE AND ITS IMPACT ON WILL IT? AT WHAT POINT WILL IT IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO MEET OUR DEBT SERVICE AND INTEREST? AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S STILL PROJECTED TO BE AN INCREASE, AND SO I THINK WE'LL BE GOOD THERE. JUST WENT FROM ABOUT HALF THE INCREASE THAT IT WAS LAST YEAR, BUT EVEN AT A 2 TO 3 PERCENT INCREASE.
WE'RE STILL THEY ARE DEBT PAYMENTS CONTINUE TO DROP OFF EACH YEAR.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO SOME REFUND NEEDS TO PULL MORE PRINCIPLE UP AND SO ON THE NEXT REFUNDING. I MEAN, HYPOTHETICALLY COULD JUST LIMIT HOW MUCH WE CAN PULL UP.
BUT FORTUNATELY, WE'VE ALL DONE A JOB DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THE DEBT SERVICES.
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IT'S IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE.WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT ON A, YOU KNOW, A RISING PRINCIPLE INTEREST THERE.
BUT I MEAN, YOU JUST MAY LIMIT SOME OF OUR OPTIONS IN THE FUTURE ON RESTRUCTURING.
OK. AND THEN I WONDER, AND THIS IS JUST A THOUGHT, IS IT IMPACTING OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE STATE WITH THEIR ABILITY TO PAY? AND I WONDER IF THE TEA IS WORKING WITH THEM ON THEIR DEBT PAYMENTS.
SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, NANCY.
SO REMEMBER FOR THE 2020 2021 BUDGET, IT'S BASED ON THE TWENTY NINETEEN.
I'M SORRY. IT'S BASED ON THE THE VALUE AS OF JANUARY 1 OF 2020.
AND SO THOSE STUDYING THOSE WERE ALREADY ESTABLISHED PRIOR TO COVID.
THE MORE CONCERNING PART IS WHEN WE GET TO NEXT YEAR, THE JANUARY ONE OF 2021, WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE. THERE ARE SOME WITH OIL PRICES GOING WHERE THEY'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
WE HOPE THAT'S A TEMPORARY DIP.
YOU KNOW HONESTLY THE BOTTOM FELL OUT OF IT THIS WEEK, BUT WE HOPE THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT TURNS AROUND AND COMES BACK VERY QUICKLY.
BUT I'M ALREADY HEARING SOME NUMBERS IN SOME DISTRICTS THAT THINK THEIR VALUES MAY BE CUT ABOUT 50 PERCENT OR MORE.
AND SO IF YOU'RE IN A DISTRICT THAT'S GOT A 40 CENT IS RATE AND YOU LOSE HALF YOUR VALUES, WELL, THAT MEANS YOU'VE GOT TO GET 80 CENTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO REMAIN CONSTANT. SO THERE'S REALLY LOOKING AT SOME THINGS THAT CAN HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT FOR A YEAR FROM NOW.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST ALL HANGING ON, HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABLE TO GET BACK AND SALES TAX REBOUNDS AND OIL PRICES REBOUND AND ALL THOSE THINGS BECAUSE IT'S HAVING THEM. IT'S GOT TO HAVE A PRETTY MAJOR IMPACT IF THIS CONTINUES.
OK, GREAT, THANKS. I WOULD ALSO ADD FOR OUR VIDEO VIEWERS THAT EACH TRUSTEES HAD A ONE ON ONE MEETING WITH RANDY AND SARA THAT SPANNED FROM ONE TO THREE HOURS, AND WE DUG IN QUITE DEEPLY ON THE DETAILS AND ASKED A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALL STUDIED AT GREAT LENGTH.
IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE NEXT REPORT.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, THE BOARD WILL NOW HEAR A SUPERINTENDENT UPDATE ON DECISIONS MADE PURSUANT TO COVID 19 RESOLUTION ADDENDUM.
OK, I'LL ASK, CAN YOU ALL SEE MY SCREEN NOW? OK. SO AS WE DISCUSSED IN THE LAST BOARD MEETING REGARDING THE AMENDED RESOLUTION, WHERE THERE WERE FOUR AREAS OF OF EXPANDED AUTHORITY GIVEN TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, GIVEN TO ME TO EXERCISE WITH THE WITH THE CAVEAT THAT I WOULD BRING TO THE BOARD FOR YOUR INFORMATION, ANY DECISIONS THAT WERE RELATED TO THAT AMENDED RESOLUTION.
SO I'M GOING TO VERY QUICKLY GO THROUGH JUST THE TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS THAT OCCURRED SINCE OUR LAST BOARD MEETING.
SO THE FIRST IS THAT, AS BETH OUTLINED IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM FOR A DISCUSSION AND ACTION, WE DID SUBMIT A WAIVER TO THE STATE REGARDING TEACHER EVALUATION.
AND SO BETWEEN THE LAST BOARD MEETING AND THIS EVENING, WE COMPLIED WITH THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE WAIVER REGARDING EVALUATION HAD TO BE APPROVED BY OUR DISTRICT BASED IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE. AND SO THAT THAT APPROVAL HAPPENED VIRTUALLY IN A MEETING HELD WITH THEM ON APRIL THE 9TH.
AND THEN WE FILED THE ACTUAL WAIVER, WHICH IS AN ONLINE SUBMISSION FILL OF A FORM ON APRIL 16.
AND THEN THIS EVENING, YOU TOOK ACTION AND RATIFIED AND APPROVED THAT AS A BOARD.
AND SO THAT WAS THE FIRST COMPONENT OF THE AMENDED RESOLUTION.
THE SECOND WAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THE CITY OF PLANO.
THE CITY MANAGER MARK ISRAELSON HAD REACHED OUT TO ME THAT THEY HAD ORDERED SHIPMENTS OF PPE SUPPLIES FOR THEIR FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEY WERE ON BACK ORDER AND THEY HAD A NEED FOR SOME OF THE MATERIALS THAT WE HAD IN OUR WAREHOUSES AND IN STOCK IN THE DISTRICT.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE LIST OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE DONATED TO THE CITY.
THEY HAVE SINCE REIMBURSED US FOR THAT.
THEY HAD THE THING THEY SAID, WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR FREE.
AND SO RATHER THAN HAVE US HAVE TO GO BACK AND ASK FEMA FOR REIMBURSEMENT, WHICH WE COULD
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HAVE DONE. THE CITY SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A NOMINAL AMOUNT.AND AND THEY REIMBURSED US FOR THE COST OF THOSE SUPPLIES.
SO WE DONATED AND THEN WE WERE REIMBURSED FOR THAT.
SO RIGHT NOW, THE CITY DID RECEIVE THE SUPPLIES THAT THEY HAD ORDERED.
SO MR. ISRAELSON AND I HAVE TALKED RECENTLY AND FOR THE MOMENT THEY'RE IN GOOD SHAPE.
I TOLD HIM IF THEY HAD ANY ADDITIONAL NEEDS COME IN THE FUTURE WHERE THEY THOUGHT WE COULD HELP FOR THEM TO REACH BACK OUT AND LET US KNOW.
AND WE WOULD CERTAINLY BE WILLING TO DO WHATEVER WE COULD TO SUPPORT THE CITY AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
THERE WERE NO PURCHASING EXCEPTIONS MADE BETWEEN THE LAST BOARD MEETING IN THIS EVENING, AND THERE WERE NO ADDITIONAL ITEMS RELATED TO EMPLOYEE PAY BETWEEN THE LAST MEETING AND THIS MEETING. SO WE WERE TWO OUT OF THE FOUR.
AND THIS EXPLAINS I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE RELATED TO ANYTHING REGARDING THE AMENDED RESOLUTION.
SEEING NONE, SARA. I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR JUST THE HERCULEAN WORK THAT'S BEING DONE RIGHT NOW IN THESE DIFFERENT TIMES.
THE FACT THAT WE'RE STILL EDUCATING SCHOOL CHILDREN, THAT SCHOOLS ARE STILL OPEN, JUST NOT IN THE SAME WAY IS REALLY A GIFT YOU'RE GETTING TO US AND THE CHILDREN.
AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING.
ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR FAMILIES.
MANY OF THEM WERE BECOMING TEACHERS NOW.
AND SO I THANK THEM FOR THE CONTRIBUTION THAT THEY'RE MAKING, THAT THE EDUCATION, EVERYONE, IN TERMS OF OUR MEETING, WE'VE HAD TO CHANGE THE AGENDA A LITTLE BIT, KNOWING THAT WE HAD SOME DIFFERENT ISSUES TO DISCUSS AND TYPICAL.
THERE WERE TWO REPORTS THAT WE STILL PLAN TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD, POSSIBLY THROUGH A BOARD UPDATE FOR THIS YEAR.
AND ONE WAS A REPORT ON WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND ONE WAS THE WORK ON PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE. I KNOW A COMMITTEE DID SOME EXCELLENT WORK THERE.
AND SO WE WILL BE SHARING THAT WITH THE BOARD, IF NOT IN THE MEETING, BUT AN UPDATE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HONOR THAT IMPORTANT WORK THAT WAS DONE.
SARA, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS? NO, I JUST I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THE ENTIRE BOARD, BUT I CAN'T SAY THIS ENOUGH, AS THE COMMUNITY HAS JUST RALLIED AROUND.
I KNOW THAT THE PARENTS AT HOME HAVE.
THERE'S THINGS TO BE GRATEFUL FOR, EVEN IN TIMES OF HARDSHIP, AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE GRATEFUL FOR THE PARENTS AND THE FAMILIES THAT WE SERVE FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN THIS, BECAUSE WE HAVE NEEDED EVERY OUNCE OF PATIENCE AND GRACE THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN.
AND WE THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT ANY ROLL OUT OF THE CHANGE OF THIS MAGNITUDE IS NOT PERFECT.
AND WE KNOW THAT. AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE SUBSTITUTING ANY ONLINE VERSION OF TEACHING AND LEARNING COMPARED TO WHAT HAPPENS IN A CLASSROOM WITH TEACHERS AND KIDS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE WORKING HARD TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND REFINE AND AND JUST BE VERY THANKFUL FOR EVERYONE'S HARD WORK ON THIS FROM.
FROM THE BOARD TO THE ADMINISTRATION.
BUT BUT ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, THE LION'S SHARE OF THAT, THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT HOME ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND INSPIRING.
AND WE WE WE HAD OUR SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY TODAY AND WE MET WITH OUR KIDS, THE ZOOM. AND SO PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THE HIGH POINT OF OF OUR WEEK TO SPEND TIME WITH KIDS BECAUSE WE MISS THEM.
AND TO SPEND TIME WITH KIDS WAS SUCH A GIFT TO US TODAY.
AND TO HEAR THEM TALK ABOUT HOW STRONG THEY'RE BEING AND HOW HOW MUCH THEY'RE ADAPTING.
YOU KNOW, HALF OF THOSE KIDS ARE SENIORS TALKING ABOUT THEIR SENIOR YEAR.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION COMING ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO HONOR ALL THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR SENIORS.
AND IN THE COMING DAYS AND IN WHEN EVERYBODY TO KNOW WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO PLANNING THINGS THAT WILL MAKE EVERYONE FEEL IMPORTANT AND VALUED AND HONORED FOR THEIR CAREERS AND PLANO ISD.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
I'M SURE NONE OF THEM HAD TROUBLE WITH THE ZOOM.
NOW THEY'RE PRETTY PROFICIENT NOW.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS FOR THE BOARD, THE MEETING WILL BE ADJOURNED. TIME IS 703 P.M..
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.