April 17, 2023 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. ROLL CALL

3. INVOCATION

4. PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE 

5. RECOGNITION OF VISITORS(If Any) - (Invitation to address the Board  - Time allocation to be specified by the Board President)

6. REPORTS-Information Only

6.A. Board President's Report

6.A.1) Information for all Board Members to read prior to each board meeting

6.B. Superintendent’s Report

6.C. Assistant Superintendent Report

6.D. Chief Financial Officer’s Report

6.E. Athletic Director's Report

7. REGULAR AGENDA

7.A. Consent Agenda Item - Action Item

7.A.1) March 20, 2023 Regular Board Minutes

7.A.2) March 24, 2023 Special Called Board Minutes

7.A.3) Accounts Payable

7.B. Consider Approving the Quarterly Investment Report. - Action Item

7.C. Consider Approving the Budget Amendments - Action Item

7.D. Consider Approving the resolution by Brown County Appraisal District Board of Directors for the purchase, renovation, and financing of certain property for an office for the Brown County Appraisal District. - Action Item

7.E. Motion to rescind the previous agenda item; Consider Approving the resolution by Brown County Appraisal District Board of Directors for the purchase, renovation, and financing of certain property for an office for the Brown County Appraisal District. - Action Item

7.F. Consider Approving the Additions/revisions/deletions of (LOCAL) policies resulting from the Policy Review Session conducted on November 29, 2022, with drafts prepared by the district’s policy consultant
(see attached list).” - Action Item

7.G. Consider and Discuss Purchasing a Bus with the Texas Clean School Bus Program Grant. - Action Item

7.H. Consider approving the purchase of a new visitor check in software. (TEC 38.022) - Action Item

7.I. Consider Approving the Resolution against Vouchers, Education Savings Accounts, Taxpayer Savings Grants, and Other Mechanisms that reduce Public Education Funding. - Action Item

7.J. Consider Approving the MOU with Tarleton State University, "Tarleton Today" Dual Enrollment Program. - Action Item

7.K. Consider and Discuss Out of State Travel for extra and co-curricular events. - Action Item

7.L. Consider Approving giving the Superintendent the Authority to hire until the next board meeting scheduled for May 15th. - Action Item

7.M. Consider Approving the Resolution of the Texas Association of School Boards Superintendent of the Year. - Action Item

7.N. Consider Action to Declare Program Change for Heartland Co-Op and identify employment areas for reduction in force. - Action Item

7.O. Consider Action to propose nonrenewal of teacher term contracts resulting in program change - Action Item

7.P. Early ISD will be participating in the TEA Pilot of Effective District Framework - Information Only

7.Q. Intruder Audit Report for the Month of April. - Information Only

8. CLOSED SESSION - If, during the course of the meeting, 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, Government Code, Chapter §551, Subchapters D and E or 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.

8.A. Personnel Matters-551.074

8.A.1) Review Resignations-(If Any)

8.A.2) New Hires to fill vacancies (if any).

8.A.3) New Hires (Middle School Principal)

8.A.4) Safety and Security (551.076)

8.A.5) Other Personnel Matters as May be Presented-(If Any)

8.A.5)a. Discuss Campus Level Staff Recommendations by Principals

8.B. Action Items Pursuant to Discussions in Closed Session-(If Any) 

8.B.1) Consider Approving all Hires as presented. - Action Item

9. ADJOURNMENT - Action Item