April 21, 2008 at 6:00 PM - Special

1) Call to order open session in the Board Room, 3904 Avenue T - Galveston, TX

2) Citizen's Request to Address the Board on Agenda and Non-Agenda Items. Please complete sign-up sheets available in the lobby prior to the start of the meeting, 3904 Avenue T, Galveston, Texas.

3) REGULAR AGENDA - Action Items

3)A) Discuss and consider approval of Policy Review Seminar, July 10-11, 2007.

3)A)1) AE (Local) Educational Philosophy

3)A)2) BBD (Local) Board Members Training/Orientation

3)A)3) BBG (Local) Board Members Compensation/Expenses

3)A)4) BE (Local) Board Meetings

3)A)5) BED (Local) Board Meetings Public Participation

3)A)6) BQ (Local) Planning and Decision-Making Process

3)A)7) BQA (Local) Planning and Decision-Making District Level

3)A)8) BQB (Local) Planning and Decision-Making Process Campus Level

3)A)9) CCG (Local) Local Revenue Sources Ad Valorem Texas

3)A)10) CDA (Local) Other Revenue Investments

3)A)11) CE (Local) Annual Operating Budget

3)A)12) CFB (Local) Accounting: Inventories

3)A)13) CFEA (Local) Payroll Procedures: Salary Deductions and Reductions

3)A)14) CNB (Local) Transportation Management: District Vehicles

3)A)15) CQ (Local) Electronic Communication and Data Management

3)A)16) DAA (Local) Employment Objectives: Equal Employment Opportunities

3)A)17) DAB (Local) Employment Objectives: Objectives Criteria for Personnel Decisions

3)A)18) DBB (Local) Employment Requirements and Restrictions Medical Examinations and Communicable Diseases

3)A)19) DCB (Local) Employment Practices: Educator Term Contracts

3)A)20) DCC (Local) Employment Practices: Continuing Contracts

3)A)21) DCD (Local) Employment Practices: At-Will Employment

3)A)22) DCE (Local) Employment Practices: Other types of Contracts

3)A)23) DEC (Local) Compensation and Benefits: Leaves and Absences

3)A)24) DEE (Local) Compensation and Benefits: Expense Reimbursement

3)A)25) DGB (Local) Employee Rights and Privileges: Personnel-Management Relations

3)A)26) DK (Local) Assignment and Schedules

3)A)27) DMA (Local) Professional Development: Required Staff Development

3)A)28) DNA (Local) Performance Appraisal - Evaluation of Teachers

3)A)29) EEH (Local) Instructional Arrangements: Homebound Instruction

3)A)30) EEJA (Local) Individualized Learning: Credit by Exam with Prior Instruction

3)A)31) EEJC (Local) Individualized Learning: Correspondence Courses

3)A)32) EFAA (Local) Instructional Materials Selection and Adoption: Textbooks Selection and Adoption

3)A)33) EHBB (Local) Special Programs: Gifted and Talented

3)A)34) EIAB (Local) Grading/Reporting Progress to Parents: Make-Up Work

3)A)35) EIA (Local) Academic Achievement: Grading/Progress Reports to Parents

3)A)36) EIC (Local) Academic Achievement: Class Ranking

3)A)37) EI (Local) Academic Achievement

3)A)38) FB (Local) Equal Educational Opportunity

3)A)39) FD (Local) Admissions

3)A)40) FEF (Local) Attendance Release Time

3)A)41) FFAA (Local) Wellness and Health Services: Physical Examinations

3)A)42) FFC (Local) Student Welfare: Student Support Services

3)A)43) FL (Local) Student Records

3)A)44) FMF (Local) Student Activities: Contests and Competition

3)A)45) FM (Local) Student Activities

3)A)46) FNCA (Local) Student Conduct: Dress Code

3)A)47) FNC (Local) Student Rights and Responsibilities: Student Conduct

3)A)48) FNCE (Local) Student Conduct: Telecommunications Devices

3)A)49) FNF (Local) Student Rights and Responsibilities: Interrogations and Searches

3)A)50) FO (Local) Student Discipline

3)A)51) GRA (Local) Relations with Governmental Entities: Local Governmental Authorities

3)B) Discuss and consider approval of Policy GBA (Legal) -Open Records

3)C) Discuss and consider approval of Policy GBAA (Legal) and (Local) - Open Records

4) Board Comments

5) Suggested Future Agenda Items

6) Adjournment