August 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM - Board of Trustees Meeting

1. Public Hearing on Budget and Tax Rate

2. Call To Order

3. Pledge of Allegiance

4. Prayer

5. Roll Call

6. Consider and Act to Adopt 2025-2026 Budget

7. Consider and Act to Adopt 2025 Tax Rate

8. Closed Session - As Authorized by the Texas Open Meetings Act,Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, Subchapters D and E.

8.A. Property - Texas Government Code, Section 551.074

8.B. Pursuant to Texas Government Code, Sections 551.071 and 551.129, consultation with attorney regarding items posted for closed session, as needed.

8.C. Personnel - Texas Government Code, Section 551.074

9. Take Action on Items Considered in Closed Session

9.A. Property - Texas Government Code, Section 551.074

9.B. Pursuant to Texas Government Code, Sections 551.071 and 551.129, consultation with attorney regarding items posted for closed session, as needed.

9.C. Personnel - Texas Government Code, Section 551.074

10. Audience with Individuals

11. Public Comment on Agenda Items

12. Consider and Act on the Minutes of the previous regular meeting of July 21, 2025 and the Budget Workshop meeting of July 30, 2025.

13. Presentation and Discussion on Preliminary design of the Middle School Vestibule by Pfluger Architect 

14. Consider and Act on Budget amendments for 2024-2025 School year

15. Financial Report

16. Consider and act on unemployment compensation

17.  Consideration and/or action to approve an Agreement for the Purchase of Attendance Credit (Option 3 Agreement) and to delegate contractual authority to the Superintendent. For the 2025-2026 school year, we delegated contractual authority to obligate the school district under Texas Education Code (TEC) §11.1511(c)(4) to the superintendent, solely for the purpose of obligating the district under TEC, §48.257 and TEC, Chapter 49, Subchapters A and D, and the rules adopted by the commissioner of education as authorized under TEC, 49.006. This included approval of the Agreement for the Purchase of Attendance Credit, the Agreement for the Purchase of Attendance Credit (Netting Chapter 48 Funding) or the Agreement for Purchase of Attendance Credit and Netting Chapter 48 Funding.

18. Consider and Act on Renew good cause exception for armed security officers for the 25-26 school year

19. Consider and Act on provisions for school guardians in place  of peace officers

20. Consider and act on Resolution SB 12 related to TASB model policy from the 89th Legislative Session

21. Consider and act on homeschool participation in extracurricular activities.

22. Consider and Act on Amendments to District of Innovation Plan

23. Consider and Act on Cell Phone policy

24. Consider and act on Mills County Texas 4-H Organization as approved for recognition and eligible for extracurricular status consideration under 19 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 76.1, pertaining to Extracurricular activities.

25. Consider and Act on Tom Guthrie being named Adjunct Faculty Member for GCISD for the 2025-2026 school year.

26. Consider and act on the program, Big Decisions, approved by the SHAC committee as the curriculum for Abstinence and Human sexuality for 7th grade.

27. Discussion on drug testing procedures

28. Consider and Act and the students' code of Conduct handbook

29. Consider and act on attendance times for ADA and an alternative attendance time 

30. Discussion about the process of naming school facilities.

31. Discussion on Board Vacancy

32. Superintendents Report

32.A. Future Meeting Date Sept 15, 2025

32.B. Start of School

32.C. Names for Strategic Planning focus groups 

33. Adjournment