May 27, 2016 at 9:30 AM - Board of Trustees Meeting

1. Call to Order

1.A. Roll Call

1.B. Establishment of a Quorum

1.C. Vision, Mission, Beliefs and Goals

2. Consider the minutes of the regular meeting of the Region 8 ESC Board of Directors of Thursday, March 24, 2016

3. Administrative Reports

3.A. Chief Financial Officer Report

3.A.1.  Report from Accounting Department

3.B. Academic Services Report

3.B.1. Special Services Report

3.B.2. State and Federal Programs Report

3.B.3. Curriculum Report

3.C. Operations and Leadership Report

3.C.1. Report from Leadership Support and Development

3.C.2. Information Services Report

3.C.3. Technology Report

3.D. TIPS Cooperative Report

3.E. Executive Director Report

4. Public Forum

5. Matters Requiring Board Approval

5.A. Approve the appointment of Willie Williams, Place 3, and Mike Jansen, Place 6, to the Region 8 ESC Board of Directors, effective June 1, 2016 to May 31, 2019.

5.B. Consider the Financial Reports for April 2016

5.C. Consider the Budget Amendments for April 2016.

5.D. Consider to approve the following memberships for 2016-2017 school year:
__TASA - Texas Association of School Administrators
__TASB - Texas Association of School Boards
__TACS - Texas Association of Community Schools
__TREA - Texas Rural Education Association

5.E. Consider the approval to re-employ the firm of Caver and Moore as Auditors for Region 8 ESC for 2016-2017.

5.F. Consider appointing the Region 8 TASB Delegate and Alternate to the 2016 Fall TASA/TASB Convention in Houston, September 23-25, 2016.

5.G. Consider approval of TIPS Vendor Contracts.

6. Executive Session

6.A. Personnel

7. Reconvene

8. Personnel

8.A. Confirm the employment / resignation / retirement of the following staff:

8.B. Consider and/or approve the 2016-2017 Region 8 ESC Salary Structure.

9. Adjourn