All right. Any others? Otherwise, I'm going to You want to make a comment about this? This is new, right? Like this update here. Yeah. Um with this information. Yep. So, this is the second month I believe we're trying this the second board meeting. Um board, if you recall, when we would do committee report outs, we would come back to like policy committee report out and they kind of there was a sense of redundancy after some conversation we had about that. And so we thought what it would be nice maybe to put it all together in one spot uh because under port board comments I think sometimes we were also having some committee discussion updates. So we we have it all here but also this gives an opportunity for the administration uh chairs to assist with some of the committee information being um kind of publicly displayed uh you know as part of the conversation as well.
Um but it is not to it's not going to increase at least for the next year more than 4% and in the future years we don't know if it will increase at all or if it may decrease. Who knows? Because they're talking about going to instead of a levy rate tax base to a tax rate tax base. Uh which would cap which means they could cap what our tax rate could be. And then the amount of money we get just depends on what our assessed valuation is at that point in time. And so with a a lower assessed valuation, lower dollars you're going to collect. Um, and so that's still on the table for the future. Not been decided yet right now. Uh, but there is that possibility. And so we do know we're going to lose the lit dollars, which we'll get into in a second.
It has been here for at least five years. Five different performances. And I I do understand what you're I'm sorry. Can I get you to explain what the yellow dress is to everybody please? Uh the yellow dress is a dang abuse performance put on by one actress. She comes out on stage for the students. One actor. She comes on stage and she's about usually 24 to 27. She looks like about 17, 16. She's all excited. The prom's coming and she's talking to the audience like we're talking now. And she's excited. The prom's coming, but she's got a boyfriend, but he broke up with her and he's taking something else. She's got this prom dress. And she goes, he changed and you know, I want to tell the other girl what she was really like. And um she gets into stories about telling him how wonderful he was.
It seems to be a more uh I will know it when I see it type of approach. With the absence of clear definition in these demands, they can now start to say anything that they do not agree with looks like DEI. Currently, this administration as well as our state superintendent have set out threatening letters expressing that they will withhold for funds uh for doing DEI practices, again without a definition of what that means. They demand we follow a law, Civil Rights Act of 1964, while simultaneously pushing to end the very practices that have granted public education systems the ability to actually honor that law in the first place. I request every person here logically ask yourselves what is the intended outcome of removing diversity, equity, and inclusion knowing what the Civil Rights Act of 1964 states and how that piece of legislation that all public institutions are obligated to follow and have been obligated to follow.
Why the seal and the rigger become so important to play off of. So I have to give them the utmost of credit. And just to share with you how um intent they've been on focusing on technique and body and movement. I don't know if you're still doing it, but pre-COVID didn't used to do units with the anatomy and physiology classes where they would like literally go joint teach a class. And I don't know if you're cutting up cadaavvers or anything, but literally studying how the muscles move and I mean like so this is a group that really understands dance, but then also, you know, wants kids to get it as well. So you guys are amazing. Thank you so much. This was really, really good. So thank you. Thank you for being here. Terry, I've come every board meeting with you the past 29 years.
Yeah Rob thank you for pointing it out. Uh, I have CAC and Equity up there. I'm dealing with like a nasty migraine, so I don't Sorry, I might be kind of, but um, CAC had their last meeting. I know you missed out, Brad, but they had their last meeting um, as soon as I was getting down all of the different acronyms. We're like wrapping up the year, but um, they have um, developed a new document that will actually be tested out by one of the new programs for ELA. Um this is where when we are having those field tests for any new resources um you know the salt teams and anyone who is um going through those pre-implementation stages can go ahead and give their feedback and really have a collective way to kind of see how it it's working for everybody and what tweaks might need to be made.
But the whole thing was that our property tax levy would not really increase for the most part. Shouldn't decrease, but with everything that's in there, who knows? That's a thing. We were talking about the referendums. I think um during general [Music] elections, additional financial impacts there. You could see that some different credits. Uh but just like Chris said, local income tax the revenue ends in 2028. Goods. There is some language in there so that if our if a a district's assessed valuation does increase, the tax rate has to decrease. And so if you want the tax to increase when the assessed valuation increases, then you have to do something. You have to do a a hearing and you have c procedure say in place to have that happen. So the summary kind of finalizes most of it lower revenues increased referendum reliance and tighter financial limits.
The parents loved him. They all hung out together as you know all their friends. And then slowly it was just him and her start to isolate. Started to isolate her. Tells her that oh he bought me nice things. He bought me a cell phone. And sounds nice. But then the logic is well who gets a cell phone bill? Who are you talking to? How come you didn't pick up when I called? So, it's controlling. Um, o overall the performance goes on and then she wants to show the prom dress. She comes out. Um, and she Well, I got the cell my favorite, but I don't know. She goes back. She comes back. It's a yellow dress that splattered in blood. And she proceeds to tell how he asked to get together one more time and it didn't work out. They go their separate ways and he kills her.
Legislation that legally mandates we are inclusive in the education we provide, which again from actual inclusion, we as a society be have become more diverse and as a result more equitable. The Civil Rights Act of 1964, the very thing they are using to target DEI programs, the foundational piece of legislation, is and of itself diversity, equity, and inclusion. DEI programs are the direct result of a society that honors the Civil Rights Act of 1964. And public education today is centered around serving diverse society with equitable practices, and it includes all learners. At the end of the day for the board, I'm going to sign or I'm going to recommend that we sign both of these because education as a whole and more specifically here at Higgley Unified School District, we are held to a standard of not discriminating against any group or individual as dictated by the Civil Rights Act of 64.
So, thank you too because I heard this is your last one. We're gonna miss you. Thank you guys. Have a good night. Thank you so much. Daughter was a dancer. See your daughter was I understood. I wish a good lesson for her, right? Totally. That was impressive. That's a good way to put it. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Um that takes us to um an action item for tonight. Uh last month we did a first reading. Tonight we are bringing forward um the 2526 guide book. Uh and tonight we are asking you to approve the uh changes uh from the previous year. Uh all of those were tracked. You had a chance to review those. I don't think there was anything particularly significant um from this year to next year, but tonight it's being presented here. Could I get a motion? So move. Second.
Um so that was approved and um will be utilized like I said by uh the K through5 ELA. Um, with that they voted to go ahead with the field test. Um, they do want to have an option to possibly field test a second publisher. Um, there were some concerns around that, but um, I think that the idea is, you know, you don't want to, okay, then what happens after that one or after that one, but they seem to have a good relationship together on the CAC team just to really kind of keep it um, streamlined and just allow to hear voices. And hopefully this will be the one that that goes through. So, um, that looked good for math at RMS. Um, that's looking good and they're they're going to move forward to, um, pay and get materials for the new Eureka program. Um, and then I don't know if Brad you have any update, but uh, the social studies, I think that's K through five, right?
So again, that vote was 27 to 22. Um, pretty much along party lines, but our own senator, our representative, Senator Andy Z did vote no um for that. I think I did not talk to him, but I did know I talked to him, but not specifically why he said no, but um probably because there's some things in there. Maybe it's because of union, maybe because of some other things, how affects schools, but um we appreciate him looking at that to see if there could have been some changes to that. And we'll learn more about it. See, I don't want to be uh doom and gloom, but you know, they have said that this budget mirrors the complications that happened in 0809 with the recession. And so um that was a huge impact on schools and school districts at that time. We obviously felt part of that impact a few years down the road from that.
Leaves her on the side of the road. It it does have shock treatment because when all the students come into the auditorium, they're all chatty away and you get about halfway through the quiet as can be. They are attentive. There's a lot of interactive between the group. We have even seen some students approach the actors specifically at the end of the performance to ask more questions. So, it just it's something we've we've been doing between high school the opposite year. We bring it here. Um, and frankly about 12 years ago, I had a female student that worked for me and she was in her academic week. I said, "There's a show coming. I want to make sure you get there." I saw her come in. I lost track of her after about 10 minutes, 15 minutes at the end of the show. Uh, next day I says, "Where'd you go?" This particular girl had a restraining order against her boyfriend.
And we as an organization as well as myself as a board member are committed to doing this. However, I feel compelled as the career history and government teacher in me wishes to warn every single person that the opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity and the opposite of inclusion is exclusion. The demand to remove DEI practices under the guise that we are protecting from discrimination is only going to have the direct result of bringing about uniformity, inequity, and exclusion. Thank you, President Wade. May I also I I agree with uh well said what you said and I I also just want to go on the record. I'm sorry to take take a little time to do this, but I I want it's important for me as a history teacher, as a dad, as a citizen, as somebody who's visited Avitz and visited uh Japanese American internment camps here within our state to be on the record of where I stand.
Any questions on that? Okay, then all in favor? I have to. It says voice. It's voice. Okay. Yep. Okay. Oppose. No. Okay. And then the next item is just a first reading. Uh the administrative team is nearly done uh with uh reviewing the letters of intent for the 2627 um school year. Uh we may have one more uh coming uh from the English department over the course of the next uh couple weeks. We'll keep you posted on that. Um but remember um this is just the first step of multiple that you will have to uh give us some feedback. Um and then Mark I think next month we'll ask you maybe to do just a quick little dog and pony showing the board kind of what we're bringing forward. Okay.
The Y, that one was like we weren't sure where that was going at the time and they were going to have a subcommittee meeting. Was that done? And we've met today. Okay. Okay, so we had a half day meeting today. We talked through like how do we get to next steps? How do we seek feedback from the staff that piloted? So we have a plan for seeking some feedback and then a recommendation for KAC to consider probably at their June meeting. Okay. To keep the work moving forward. All right. Okay. I think I might have hit Super STEM is doing great for science. I think that's my notes that I took. Then equity was like one of the shortest meetings ever. We um there was a request from student services committee to uh um have equity take a look at and help spread the word on feedback.
Uh and so we'll continue to learn more and we'll continue to find ways to make things work. But things probably will be tight for a while. And on a positive note, um, lot better shape than what we were 9 years ago. And so, um, if it was 9 years ago and this didn't happen, that would have been better situations. Regardless of what side of the fence you are on this issue, it's just the whole curveball. We've sat here for the last two, three years making long-term plans. This is a complete throw everybody in the same basket. This is basically they this is basically a complete restructuring of the tax the property taxes. And so it with it's not over with this bill. I mean there's going to be other budget sessions down the road that's going to continue to make those property tax changes. And so how it all shapes out, we have no idea.
So she was right in the the mindset of dating abuse, you know, avoid. So yes, there will be some students that are going to be impacted directly, but other students are going to learn what to look for when they see a friend that starts to get isolated out and so on. So any thoughts to the district? Yeah, just I feel it's a good overall educational program. That's what it means. It's not just about it's a life skill. Exchange payments. There's no cost to the district. Yeah, we put on two performances. It's $1,000 performance. You know, other schools doing it. I mean, outside. Um, it's uh it's Deanna's theater group and I don't know how widespread they are to to us. They're just in New England, but I don't know how widespread the uh the group actually started by the parents of the girl that was killed.
Um, so last Friday night, we did receive a a letter from the Arizona Department of Ed that I I felt, and some would disagree, I think, but I felt it was not at all a collaborative tone. I found it upsetting. I found it unsettling. Um, but I think, you know, we're really arguing about somewhat saying the same thing. So, I want to try to maybe find some common ground here. We get hung up on letters and and political theater, which sort of really does does disrupt our mission here, which is which is teaching kids. That's what I get up every day to do. Um, you know, we have preschool to 12th graders. Um, and I just wanted to touch on some of the foundations of modern American school. Um, we take everybody and it's been a fight to get there. um all races, colors, creeds, abilities, we take them all.
Uh so in the meantime if you have any questions feel free to let us know. I have a question. Yes please. So I noticed when I was looking through it there's the advanced music production which is now going to be um the dual credit. How did how does that how do you identify and how do courses become dual credit? So dual credit is a designation with a university. Um, so we we so a couple parameters. We don't allow dual credit in any courses if we have that as an AP exam because we would rather have if we're going to get college credit, we'd rather have our kids get the college credit through the AP experience. If it doesn't have an AP experience, we'll offer college or offer a dual credit class with different universities that we have partnerships with. So I did not see which is this Lyola.