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SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AUGUST 11, 2025

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YouTube / Progreso Independent School District
Date
2025-08-12
Location
Hidalgo County, TX
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Extent
501 words · about 3 min
Collected
2026-06-20

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001All right. At this time, it's inter session at 8:20. At this time, we're going to jump to item C5 with communication devices. At this time, I'll make a motion and approve um as discussed in executive session on the fines for cell phone usage and Mr. Cornell has those um those fines. Go for it. Sorry about that. Recently, the Texas legislature enacted House Bill 1481. House Bill 1481 required that school districts across the state of Texas enact local policies prohibiting communication devices to be used during instructional time. The board was uh deliberated the matter, talked about it, and we'll be adopting board policy FNC local. F board policy FNCE local will be reflected in your board policy manual and it will prohibit the use uh displaying or having personal communication devices visible during the instructional day

002beginning with the first bell signaling the start of the class period and ending with the final bell signaling the end of the class period. Devices must be stored in the students backpack or another nonvisible location and remained powered off or silenced during this time. student who violates this policy or related regulations shall be subject to discipline in accordance with the board adopted student code of conduct. Tonight you had the student code of conduct allowing the administration to uh decide what the consequences are for that and now Mr. Coronado will present what the consequences are for a violation of this policy. >> Mr. board president, members of the board, community members, this is a recommendation. Uh, as superintendent for this policy, for the first offense, we would take the cell phone, we would keep it for

003five instructional days with a fee of $15. Parents will have to pick it up. Second offense, we will keep the cell phone for 10 instructional days with a fee of $30 and parents will have to pick it up. For the third offense, and we hope we don't get to this point, we will take the cell phone for 30 days. We will charge a fee of $50. The student will be placed in ISS for two days, and the parents will have to pick up the cell phone. For the fourth offense, we will keep the cell phone until the end of the school year with a $75 fee and three days of ISS. And again, the parents will have to pick it up at the end of the year. >> Thank you, Mr. Cord. At that time,

004at this time, I make a motion. >> Second. >> Motion by myself, Mr. Ramos, second by Miss Flores. All in favor say I. I. All against say nay. Motion passes. At this time I make a motion for all the new higher recommendations in executive session. >> Second >> motion by myself, second by Miss Flores. All in favor say I. >> I. All I can say nay. At this time I make the motion to accept the resation as presented executive session. >> Second. >> Motion by myself. Juan Ramos. Second by Most. All in favor say Miss Yadira Flores. All in favor say I. >> I. All can say nay. At this time I make a motion to amend the cons con uh compensation plan as as an executive session. I present executive session. >> Second >>

005motion myself Ramos. Second by Miss Flores. All in favor say I. I. All say nay. Motion passes. At this time it's 8:23. I make a motion to adjurnn. >> Sorry. Um really quick on the fees. Can we just let the public know what they're going to be used for? >> Yes. We will use we will use the fees from the phone for the our scholarship uh fund that we have at the high >> for scholarship >> so that we have the transparency where that money is going. >> There you go. Thank you ma'am. >> Yes ma'am. It's 8:23. I make a motion to adjourn. Second motion by myself Ramos. Second by Miss Flores. Meeting has been adjourned.

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