September 18, 2023 at 7:00 PM - September 18, 2023

1.  Call to Order and Opening Prayer.  The subjects to be discussed or considered or upon which any formal action may be taken are listed below.  Items do not have to be taken in the same order as shown on this meeting notice.

2. Public Comment: All persons who address the Board at this time must sign up before the meeting begins.

3. Action Item:  Annual Financial Audit Report - Action/Discussion on accepting the Annual Financial Report by Terr & King, CPAs, P.C.

4. Consent Agenda: Unless removed from the consent agenda, items identified within the consent agenda will be acted on at one time.

4.a. Minutes of previous meetings: 8/21 & 9/1

4.b. Monthly financial reports/bill review

4.c. Confirm next Board meeting date: October 16, 2023

5. Action Items

5.a. Tax Rate Adoption of 73.8 cents.

5.a.1. Certified Roll & 2023 Roll at $40K Homestead & $100K Homestead.

5.a.2. Designation of Officer to calculate the no-new-revenue rate and the voter-approval tax rate. 

5.a.3. Tax Rate & NNR & VATR: $ 0.738/$100

5.b. Action/Discussion on TAX DEED 90534

5.c. Action/Discussion of SB 763: This bill was passed by the 88th Texas Legislature and requires school boards to take a record vote between 9/1/23 and 3/1/24 on whether to adopt a policy authorizing a campus of the district to employ or accept as a volunteer a chaplain under Education Code Chapter 23.  

6. Superintendent's Report

6.a. Reports from:  Nurse, Maintenance Director, EPEC Director, Principals, Athletics

6.b. Updates and/or discussion on Student Accountability or activities/topics related to student achievement.
 

6.c. 23-24 Transfer List as of 9/7/23

6.d. Review of Safety Audit - Closed Session Item

7. Personnel:  Consider Superintendent Recommendations regarding the employment and contract status of classroom teachers and other non-administrative professional personnel (Texas Gov't Code 551.074).
A.  Action to hire secondary staff
B.  Action to hire elementary staff
C.  Action to hire EPEC staff
D.  Action to re-employ or terminate probationary contract employees
E.  Propose nonrenewal term contract employees, if any
F.  Employee resignations: Sajaira Garcia (EPEC Aide)
G.  Discussion of contracts and employee agreements for employees for _____

8. EXECUTIVE SESSION:  If during the course of the meeting, a discussion of any item on the agenda should be held in a closed meeting, the board will conduct a closed meeting in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, and Chapter 551, Subchapters D and E or Texas Government Code section 418.183(f).  Before any closed meeting is convened, the presiding officer will publicly identify the section or sections of the Act authorizing the closed meeting.  All final votes, actions, or decisions will be taken in open meeting.

9. Adjourn


This notice was posted in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act on __________, at ____ a.m.
 

Kayla Morrison, Lorenzo Superintendent