August 25, 2021 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1) Call to order Open Session in the Board Room of the Lovenberg Administration Building, 3904 Avenue T, Galveston, Texas.

2) Pledge of Allegiance to the United States flag and the Texas flag.

3) The Board may recess into Closed Executive Session in the Library as permitted by the Texas Open Meeting Act Government Code Sections 551.071- 551.090 Subchapter D and E. 

Should any final action, final decision, or final vote be required in the opinion of the School Board with regard to any matter considered in such closed meeting then the final action, final decision, or final vote shall be either:
    A) in the open meeting covered by the Notice upon the reconvening of the public meeting; or
    B) at a subsequent public meeting of the School Board upon notice thereof; as the School Board shall determine.

3)A) Personnel

3)B) Consultation with Attorney

3)C) Real Property

4) Reestablish the open meeting of the Galveston ISD Board of Trustees.

5) The Public Hearing to present the Budget and Proposed Tax Rate will begin at 6:30 pm in the Board Room at the Lovenberg Administration Building, 3904 Avenue T, Galveston, TX. 
 
The 2021-2022 general fund proposed budget and tax rate were presented to the Board at the August 4, 2021 regular meeting. The budget presented at the public hearing includes the most recent budget revisions. 
  
Members of the public may comment or ask questions about the budget. This hearing is legally mandated by the Texas Education Code and serves as the final opportunity for public review of the proposed budget. The public notice was published in the local newspaper as required by law. 
 

6) District Reports

6)A) Superintendent's Report

6)B) MECC Quarterly Report

6)C) Board Committee Reports

6)C)1) Curriculum Committee Chair- Ms. Ann Masel

6)C)2) Facilities/Finance Committee Chair- Mr. Johnny Smecca

7) Financial Reports

8) CONSENT AGENDA - Action Items

8)A) Consider approval of the minutes from the August 4, 2021 Regular School Board Meeting.

8)B) Consider approval of the Board’s Time Use Tracker - August 4, 2021

8)C) Consider approval of personnel resignations and recommendations with contracts.

8)D) Discuss and consider approval of payment of attorney fees.

8)E) Discuss and consider approval of Final Budget Amendment for the 2020-2021 fiscal year

8)F) Consider Approval of Purchases >$50,000

8)G) Discuss and consider accepting donations in accordance with Board Policy CDC Local.

8)H) Discuss and consider approval to purchase additional professional development services along with online math, science, and coding instructional resources from Accelerated Learning INC for an amount not to exceed $275,000 during the 2021-2022 fiscal year.

8)I) Discuss and consider acceptance of GCAD Certified Taxable Values and Tax Rolls for 2021 and Approve 2021 Estimated Collection Rate and 2020 Excess Debt Collections as presented by Cheryl Johnson, Galveston County Tax-Assessor Collector

8)J) Discuss and consider approval for the purchase of calculators through in an amount not to exceed $117, 360 to be funded using ESSER III.

8)K) Discuss and consider the use of ESSER funds to purchase Edgenuity on-line instruction for credit recovery and academic acceleration for Ball High School and AIM College and Career Prep.

8)L) Update GKD-R – Use of School Facilities

8)M) Consider and approve Interlocal Agreement (ILA) with the City of Galveston for Police Recording System

8)N) Discuss and consider approval of Administrative Appraisers for 2021-2022 school year.

8)O) Discuss and consider approval of the GISD Human Capital Management System (HCMS) annual appraisal process and appraisal timeline for the 2021-2022 school year.

8)P) Designation of 2021-2022 T-PESS Appraisers

8)Q) Discuss and consider revising DEC(LOCAL)

8)R) Discuss and approve the Middle School Community Task Force Charge and Composition 

8)S) Discuss and consider approval of Administration applying for the Moody Foundation Grant in the amount of $5 million.

8)T) Discuss and Consider Approval of Resolution to Accept Offer to Purchase Tax Foreclosed Property Located on Bolivar Peninsula

8)U) Discuss and consider adoption of a Board Resolution identifying Hazardous Traffic Routes

8)V) Discuss and consider approval of the contract with Adaptive Behavior School (Harris County Department of Education) for a student in GISD.

8)W) Discuss and consider ratifying spending for professional services from ThinkAUM during the 2020-2021 school year in an amount not to exceed $51,356 to be funded using MSAP Funds. 

8)X) Discuss and consider approval of payments >$50,000 to TASB for Unemployment Claims for fiscal year 2021-2022 and ratify payments >$50,000 for fiscal year 2020-2021

8)Y) Discuss and consider approval for professional services from Region 4 ESC for Texas Instructional Leadership training during the 2021-2022 school year in an amount not to exceed $55,000 to be funded using Title 1 Funds. 

8)Z) Discuss and Consider the Certified Athletic Trainer Service Agreement Between University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB Health) and Galveston Independent School District (GISD) August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2022.

8)AA) Discuss and consider approval of Employee Travel Reimbursement Amounts for fiscal year 2021-2022 

9) REGULAR AGENDA- Action Items

9)A) Discuss and consider approval of the 2021-2022 General Operating, Debt Service and School Nutrition budgets by fund and function. 

9)B) Discuss and Consider Approval of Resolution to Adopt the 2021 Tax Rate

9)C) DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF ATTENDANCE CREDIT, DELEGATING CONTRACTUAL AUTHORITY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBLIGATING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT UNDER TEC, 11.1511(C)(4), SOLEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBLIGATING THE DISTRICT UNDER CHAPTER 49, SUBCHAPTERS A AND D AND THE RULES ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER TEC, 49.006 RELATED TO EXCESS LOCAL REVENUE

10) 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.

11) Suggested Future Agenda Items

12) Board Comments

13) Adjournment