001Thanksgiving just because it's too big of a project to get all in one time. uh and especially the the cafeteria. We're going to strip all that old uh VCT up, do a sealant and waterproofing and then readhere all that. That takes six to eight days and we wouldn't have enough time over the break over Thanksgiving break. So that may get punted to around Christmas time. But knowing of all that, all everything is in the motions. We're just basically day by day trying to get these things knocked out. And I think that's all that I have. At least all that I can remember. >> I got a lot of them on plate. I'm sorry. >> E3 lighting project. Where we at? >> Yeah, they're they're finished with all the lighting. We're doing the punch list now.
002The mechanical they they've set everything at barrel and they're reconnecting. They did everything at the high school today. We're reconnecting. Following that, uh we're going to work on support building in Long Beach Peach. The two chillers probably will be Thanksging. >> The lining is finished. We're just doing punch list now. Exterior and interior. >> Correct. >> Want to make sure we hadn't missed anything. >> That's all part of that grant. >> That's eco grant. Right. >> The meter you was talking about on the water well. What kind of is that for like chemical user? >> No, the electric meter. >> Oh, electric meter. Yes, sir. Okay. So, you're you're going to have to put So Mr. Felmer was telling me that in his experience you have to have a separate meter. It's as clear as
003mud to me, but a separate meter in case there is an issue with say the a barn there's a fire. The meter shorts out. They want the well on a typically the light company and the fire department wants the well on a separate meter so they still have access to water being it's unincorporated. Really, what's to burn there, you know? hay, maybe some feed. Uh we're trying to work around and find out if there's any possible way to consolidate the a barn and water well in one meter. >> You wouldn't get enough water flow out to put a fire out. Anyways, >> it's the blind leading the blind. You know, preaching to the fire. >> I can make a couple calls tomorrow and probably figure that out for you. >> I'd be grateful and helpful.
004Anything else? >> No, ma'am. That's all that I can think of. I'm sure I walk out of here, I'll think of something else, but at the moment, that's everything >> unless y'all have any specific questions or concerns. >> Any questions? Good. >> Thank you. >> All right, we'll do the instructional report. >> All right, first thing I have for you is several different things tonight. Uh the first thing is lunch prices. On the next board agenda um you'll actually have every year we set lunch prices. There's a calculation based on funding usage. >> What's the term am I looking for? Enrollment participation. Uh and so what's going to happen is as right now uh keep in mind we'll still be the C program where all males are free uh in all three elementary. we had
005make that application uh at the secondary level. Um right now our breakfast prices at the junior high Columbia High School or is $1.25 for breakfast that will be increasing next year to $135. And the lunch prices at both schools will be increasing from 350 to 375. So that's required. So just give you a heads up our next board meeting that'll be a that'll be an action item for you. But in the possibility that school starts before our next meeting, that's why we wanted to to make that announcement. Okay. Uh next thing I have for you, if you've paid attention to um the news, uh the state of Texas um has now said that they're going to be releasing the 2024 accountability. If you can remember, there was a lawsuit that tied up to 2023 and
0062024 accountability. We've shared the scores with you. You know that uh we shared the 2023 accountability. You do have a document in your in Maroon folder that has the 2024 accountability. So, we just wanted to uh put that in front of you so that you can see that when it comes out. Again, those overall scores, those are not student achievement scores. Those are scores based on the accountability system and and the way the points Again, that's the 2024, so we're a full a little over a year behind there, but we wanted to make sure you got those. Uh, next, uh, recent legislation. Um, I did put a document in your folder there. There are some some legislation that's it's stapled for you. Um I did put it in the board letter this week in the
007email. Um there are some things that you're going to have to take board action on. So thought maybe we could have just a little informal discussion so that we can there are a couple of things we do need to put on the board agenda here pretty soon. So looking at this document, you have House Bill uh 1481 says uh boards must adopt a written policy prohibiting students from using personal communication devices, including cell phones and smartwatches on school property during the school day. Uh when this bill started, it was originally during the instru uh during classroom instruction and then it got tamed to an instructional day which would be the time that the bell rings to start instruction to the time the bell releases them to leave the school today. So while they're patent when
008they come to class and the bell rings [Applause] bell rings to go to second period, third period passing periods go to lunch. No bell rings to end school. Yes. So anyway, uh we we've got a we've got to set a policy that cell phones are not allowed during that time. Then we also have to announce what going to happen. So, um, with that, uh, some schools are buying like lockable devices just like anything else. The latest and greatest is out and, you know, Jeff and I were some schools have already spent money and now there's a trick that kids can open it during the I mean, you know, it's one of those things I I I'm not really interested unless you are in buying a bunch of devices for kids. I think the way to
009go would be that that the student needs to store it appropriately to where it's not seen or used during during that time, whether it be in their book bag, purse, uh pocket, whatever it may be. So in the past, if we want to go way back when, if a student got caught with a cell phone, uh they were subject to the normal student disciplinary code of conduct, which generally meant the generally the first time something happened was going to be a warning. Generally the second time something happens it might be maybe a after school detention and then it evolved into inschool suspension and then possibly even DAP depending upon the number of times. Uh with that we also had a a rule the law allows us to charge up to $15 meaning we could take
010the phone and when we charge $15 to get the phone back during the middle of all that. One of the reasons we went away from that in the past is that legislation came out. So if you have a teacher who takes the phone is bringing the phone to the office and drops the phone and breaks the phone, we are now responsible for the replacement cost of that phone. So you know just the whole ball of wax. Let's let's keep that in mind. And if the phone if you know we've had this situation happen before where there was a breakin and we had a small safe and they took that they took that and folks disappeared with that safe. We are still responsible for that. So, keeping all of all of that in mind, we do
011need to have a discussion about where we think we we might want to go with this. You know, we've talked in the past kids today, you know, when kid has a cell phone giving that up. We in the deescalation practices, we've we don't ask our teachers in the classroom to fight that battle. We ask them to call for administrator. administrator comes, removes the kids, remove the kid and take the kid to the office to where now we're not in front of an audience. We're not having that battle in front of an audience. That's what we do not want. So, that would be a process that would continue. We want we don't want that that in number one kids would would blow up easier in that situation and uh and teachers will. So we would like
012to continue some of those practices to do that. But anyway, we do have to give guidance on what the storage what we expect the student storage of that device to be. So again, kids shows up on the bus, it they could we could allow kids to use it on the bus. We could not allow kids to use it on the bus. Number two, kid gets to the parking lot or or on the bus. It's okay. Kid comes into the school before school, sits down to eat breakfast in the cafeteria, it's okay. Bell rings to go to class, it's okay. Bell rings to start class, stop. And it stays stop until the bell rings to end class at the end of the day. So on his way to his on his or her way to the
013bus or his or her way to the parking lot. Okay. Now, keep in mind it's instructional day. So if you're a kid and you don't have a seventh period, you can't pull it out after seven. you can't start using your phone after 7. It's the school's instructional day, >> right? It's school time, not what your individual schedule time is. >> Okay? So that's going to be a problem for us because you know we have study not study halls let's call them dual credit time because we're on you know so again we do I mean we do have some kids that could possibly use your phone right in a dual credit time >> on their phone >> right so >> that may be watching their college lecture videos >> so we do have some inherent we
014do have some inherent problems It's not cut and dry. I I don't think our intent was mean to hurt kids, right? Our intent was to keep control in the classroom, but because of the way the rule is, we could have a group of 60 kids that are in dual credit because it's online. We have a collaboration area for them. And if they sit there, they could be doing dual credit work, watching a video with headphones on, not interrupting anybody, and yet they're breaking the law. So it it's just this not just going to be easy. >> But each kid has a Chromebook, >> huh? >> Each kid has >> We do. We are oneonone Chromebook, right? >> That makes it right. They should have our Chromebook. Yes. >> And they can move their college stuff
015on that as well. >> Yes. >> Yeah. But the answer, you know, the deal is they could be they could do it differently as well. Right. Right. So you can see the deadline to take action is September 18th. Again, I would think uh we would probably want to start the first day how we're going to be. So, um, uh, you know, we're going to go when we get to the budget areas of this. I'm going to tell you that we're going to take our first action, but before our our regular August meeting is on August, I think it's 19th, which is at we start school on August 13th. So, I'm going to I'm going to ask you to to have a meeting maybe August 5th, I think is the t that Tuesday, u to do
016the next part of the budget, but as well as to take action that that would allow us to to to make an an announcement of what those what those guidelines are going to be. >> I know y'all will, but just we need to make sure that they know this is coming from the state, not >> understand, you know. And so several several different school districts are putting out some stuff, but again, there no decisions, >> right? >> And so it it's created some Facebook controversy depending upon where it's been, right? And it's going to because we don't want to create that controversy until we know. >> All right. >> So we hadn't come out with any suggestions yet. TASBY um has you know they have because it's they have sent us information asking us what
017what what we're going to do so that they can send us language that helps you adopt that but it's again I appreciate them asking for it but we need to know what what we're going to do. I don't they don't need to prepare eight different things for us. Right. So So my question would be are you okay with a a statement that says they have to store it themselves? >> They are responsible for that. >> Okay. So that's easy. Number two, when they get caught, are you okay with a like a system that has like a it's a progression, right? A warning. >> Yes. >> All right. And it and it progresses >> how you keep up with the progressive >> assistant principles do every time discipline notice >> you get written up >> on
018like a daily basis. >> Yes. >> No. Well, it's it runs it runs a semester. >> I mean like so if you get one warning on Tuesday and you have it out on Wednesday, do you get a new warning or that's now fraction number two? >> Fraction number two. Now again these are in office, right? They have to be reported to office. They have to be a discipline notice, right? That's the idea. That's the official documentation, >> right? Our problem would be is that if in a classroom the teacher says, "Put it up. Put it up. Put it up. >> But but again, that's no different than it is today." >> Okay. So that's not a new issue. That's an issue that we are already right. We already have. So again, it would be the
019official discipline that happens. So, how's that working out right now as far as how many times you guys say put it up, put it up? >> It's gotten better, honestly. Um, getting the whole campus on the same same wavelength. It's not You can't have it in class, can't have it in class. It's gotten better. Um, but you're always going to have the kids that have it out and you're always going to have the teachers that let it slide a little bit more than others. >> You know, I just don't want to see y'all have to fight a battle all the time. >> And me, it's like us though, is it? No, it's just it's a waste of your time. >> It's a waste of your time and you take the temptation away. It's cut and
020dry. Keep it simple. >> Yeah, >> that that's my thought. >> So, the temptation's there. It's going to happen. You're going to be policing all day long. >> To keep it simple, you don't use it at all during the day at all. Not during this, but not during that. And it's okay. That to me is harder to police. >> Certain teachers allow it and certain teachers don't allow it, you know. And so again that that that's there we'll we'll do I'm sure they'll do the best we can. All right. So so now we'll we'll establish that that it'll follow the regular discipline code like just a kid that's it's like a disruption at your class, right? It'll kind of follow that same process progression through the discipline cycle. Okay. So now let me ask you
021how do you feel about the fees? Right. So, as an example, um, one school that that that we've talked with, you know, the the the first time it happened as a is a is a warning. >> The second time it happens, the phone gets taken. The parent has to come get it. There's no charge. The third time it happens, there's discipline signed and they charge $5. Parent has to come get it back. The next time it happens, discipline $10. The next time it happens, discipline $15 >> and the parents have to continue >> and to do that and then any any other time after that's $15 as well. >> Okay. >> So, I'm good with that. >> I think I think if you tell them they got 10 times, they're going to take 10 times.
022>> Or you can jump straight to 15. >> You don't get your phone, they jump right away. >> I mean, it's spelled out. We got, you know, saying right here on paper that, you know, no phones there instructional time on campus. >> I agree with it. >> You know, >> don't sit there and >> pander to it. Just cut. >> Imagine me as a parent, I'm going to go once and get it. >> Oh, that's it. You know, >> that's it. I have to go get it again. >> You know, just speaking as a campus principal in the past when it went from the old plastic flip phones to the iPhone. It got real real quick. I mean that conversation, hey, give me your phone changed real quick. Okay. So, we'll do that and bring
023something to you. So, the next time we meet, look for something that you'll be able to take action on. Okay. Uh, next one. Senate Bill 401. The board must adopt a policy if they do not want homeschool students to participate in UIL activities for the 2526 school year. last year, right? In previous years, you had to take action if you wanted to then allow them, which meant they couldn't. So now this rule has changed. If you do not want to allow homeschool students in your district to participate, you have to take action to say no. If you take action and say say no, what that does is now allow homeschool student who last year would have been denied, right? Because you voted no. This year, if you vote no, it gives them a right if
024any the closest district to their house that does allow participation, they now become eligible. So, it could be 75 mile drive, but if there's a district within, you know, the closest one, they become eligible. They could go participate at that school if they could make arrangements and work. So, there is no benefit to it, right? Well, the to me I mean we provide stuff for the kids that are enrolled in it, >> right? >> That's the way we've always looked at it. If you allow a kid to participate in band now, you got to buy the band uniform. You allow a kid to participate in football, you got to allow the football. >> No state funding come in for >> no state funding whatsoever. >> My stance on that is we continue doing what we're
025doing. >> Have we ever had anybody ask? >> We have uh I'll give you an example. Last year, you know, one of our last years we had a shooting team issue uh where we had a kid with cystic fibrosis that was concerned. I mean, this would have solved that problem because that kid could have participated. Now, granted, shooting team's not UL activities, but a lot of things use the UIL, no pass, no play type deal. >> A parent reach out to me about this just a couple weeks ago. >> Yeah. So, >> wanted to know what our stance would be. Now again uh charter schools vouchers I mean just so you could I mean quite honestly to understand the system you could have a kid leave our district parent get voucher to go to a
026different school and then still come back and participate here. I I just don't know if that flow works for me >> and it has to be black and white. Well, to answer your question, yes. You're either going to allow it or you're not going to allow it. >> Well, that's not just homeschool kids. It's charter school kids also. >> To me, this is home school. >> Okay. >> But you I meaning like if you had like a small private school somewhere or maybe a home school group of kids gets together. >> Oh, okay. >> You know what I mean? >> It's meant for truly homeschooled, right? And there's a there's a whole formal if it's going to be like an athletic participation thing, there's a whole process to do that as well, right? There's a
027whole eligibility. Hey, the the homeschool kid has to approve. There's an eligibility criteria that they have to I mean, whoever the homeschool teacher is going to say he's not. I mean, you know, a lot of work on us for no >> it is >> when they're not even our we're not getting paid not money but we're not getting paid money to participate. >> It does. Yeah. >> So when would we vote on that? >> The next time we meet I would I mean >> this August 3rd whatever meeting you're talking about. >> Yeah. So, so what I'll do is if if you're okay with it, I'm going to put it on the agenda that vote to not allow and then y'all can just let it go. How somebody can make a motion either way and
028we'll see how how that goes. That's all right. Okay. Uh, next one. Uh, Senate Bill uh 13. Boards must adopt a policy with revised provisions regarding the acquisition of library materials. If you remember, uh, you're going to get, this one's not, um, you're going to get some guidance from TASBY on this one. Um, and you know, the idea is you're are you going to go out and start the library advisory committee or are you not going to do that? And if somebody if if the right number of parents ask for it, then you there's a process for it. So the question is do you want to start it up front or do you just want to continue as normal and then if if if parents do and trigger the clause then we would do what's
029required. >> Continue as normal. >> Okay. Senate. Next page. Senate Bill 12. Boards must adopt a policy for appropriate discipline of employees for intentionally or knowingly engaging in or assigning to another person diversity, equity or inclusion duties. Uh remember this one goes back to that there are new guidelines and then everybody that works on the campus or in the district is responsible for the guidelines. Meaning if it's a math teacher and there's instructional aid and something happens to instructional aid can't say, "Oh, the teacher told me to." You're still responsible. Or, "Oh, I didn't know." Everybody that works with kids is responsible for knowing the rules and the rules do not give you any cover. Okay? So, again, this one will be coming, you don't have to do anything specific. This one's going to be
030coming from TAS. Uh, next one, Senate Bill 12. uh boards must adopt a policy for the appropriate discipline of employees including termination who intentionally or knowingly engages in or assigns to another person act prohibited by the controversial topics law. So um you'll get guidance from from TASBY on this one as well. Again this is the the same thing. Everybody under the roof of the school has to know the rules and up to so there could be discipline up to termination depending upon the consequence or the issue. uh Senate Bill 12 and House Bill 12, boards must adopt a policy establishing a new grievance procedure that complies with chapter 26A under which the board shall address each grievance that the board receives concerning a violation of a right guaranteed. As part of this policy, the board
031must include notice and an opportunity to respond to teachers or other employees against whom the complaint is made. So, that'll be coming through TASBY as well. Just a clarification. Uh, you know, you you've had your level one, level two, you've had your board grievances, level three. We've been through that that process. Again, House Bill 12, the board of trustees of a school district shall adopt a policy prohibit prohibiting an employee of the district from assisting a student enrolled in the district with social transitioning, including by providing any information about social transitioning or providing guidelines intended to assist a person with social transitioning. In other words, the response is I can't help you. So again, that that'll be one of the things we covered our administrative trainings for the beginning of year, right? We all we
032always u tell kids right now we want to be we want to help. We want to provide guidance. But one of the things you say upfront is the I am required if if what you tell me meets a certain requirement, I I can't keep that to myself. I have to inform someone, right? Okay. >> So, is that going to be guidance coming from Tazby or >> Correct. Correct. And so, when you when you look at that section and it has employee conduct, they're just going to add those things into employee conduct. And so, you're going to get an update like say one we just passed update 125. So, update 126 is going to have all this information. And so, when we get it, we'll have options that we choose locally. And so when you adopt
033like update 126, what you're adopting is those local policies, the general ones when it says, you know, uh, DECO, uh, DEC legal, that's the general guidelines. Those are automatic. When you you're adopting DEC local, which is the the local options we choose if we have a choice. Okay, next page. Senate Bill 12. Boards must adopt a policy establishing a parental engagement policy that one provides for an internet portal through which parents or of students enrolled in the district may submit. Looking at it, as you can see, it talks about instructional militias and library materials. Our problem is going to be that if it's something that's in a Texas essential knowledge and skills, nothing in here that doesn't say there's no optin. It says if it's in the Texas essentials and knowledge and skills in which
034the kid will be tested over, this is not allowed. That's the concern. >> Number four test, >> right? That that's the concerning this, right? It doesn't happen very often, but again, hopefully this is a conversation that that's a productive conversation and we can solve any of those problems that we need. U turn to the last page. Additional notes. Uh board meetings must be held outside of typical work hours. We know that uh here's a change. Notice must be posted three business days instead of 72 hours in advance of the meeting. Right? So, you know, you're looking at us having to post. So, what's that? Tuesday. So, so Monday, Friday, Thursday. So, we're going to have to post our board meetings on Thursdays from now on. So, um, then board, and this is I'm looking forward
035to this one here. Board must prioritize public com comments. Well, we got that one. Board meeting must be recorded and new requirements as to the minutes of board meetings must reflect individual votes and be posted on the website within seven days of approval. So, that's the first time I've seen approval there. Our concern is that we do a board brief, but we were concerned the minutes were going to have to be posted within seven days of the meeting. This means the minutes have to be posted within seven days of approval. So, we will follow the normal process of where we'll do the board briefs, but the minutes that have all the voting issues, voting records and stuff will come to the next meeting and when they're approved, we have to have them up by the
036seven days from the board meeting when you approve them. So, anyway, good information. So, we'll begin bring the next time we meet, uh, hopefully we'll have have some of that, too. And that's all I have for the instruction. >> All right. Financial report. Miss Julie, you have some good information. >> You have the financial statements from June, but we pretty much went over this when we went over the final budget amendment and nothing has changed since then for the June. Anybody any questions? >> I think we beat that dead horse enough. >> We It's coming up on the tax item. So, >> right. All right. So, the bond report, >> u everything's going good. Um, moving along. Uh we're still on on schedule for the opening of school August when we're ready to go. Uh
037things look good. Van Hall uh the expansion there is looking great as well. So we'll those the the new area the renovated area if you want to call it that is will will finish first. Then a few a week after that the current the current Ben Hall is getting a remake as well and it'll be ready about a week after. uh by the start of school by the start of band uh the the renovated band hall will be ready and by the start of school uh the current band hall will be completed and ready to go. So, we'll they'll they'll be able to have that that may have an issue in July when they bring the freshman in for early learning or whatever they I hate to use the word boot camp, but whatever learning
038they have um to get them ready. They may they may have to go down to the junior high to have access, you know, for that. But but it's going to work out. Yeah. Yeah. >> But we're good to go. Um, we did on looking at the other projects. We did this past week have a a 50% design meeting with Dry Mala and with PBK on on the Abor answered a few questions. Uh, gave some more direction. I I think we're looking good. By uh the plan is that by uh the middle of August, we should be to a point where they're at like a 75% and that it will allow them allow Dramala to actually price that project so we can see what it'll cost. Now, what we're doing is we're paying to have the
039plans, right? Regardless, we're going to have the plans of what we want that thing to look like one day when it's done, what we want that final product. What it'll do is allow them to price that out and we can look and see, hey, can we do some of this now? Can we do this? Can we do that? And how much can we do and go forward and what? So, um, anyway, so long story short, we were talking about, you know, that arbitrage and looking at where we're at and our projects. Uh, Justin, I think left, but hopefully by then we're going to have roofing information. Uh, we'll have a barn information. We'll have an update on where we're at uh with the bond projects that we have in the projects that we've been doing.
040So, I would say, you know, end of August, we we uh be able to set directions. >> Well, the concrete drive back here that got pulled up the uh did it that's going to be paid by the pond? >> That's correct. >> Was that >> that is right at uh $300,000? >> When do we think the driveway and all that would be >> this drive? So hopefully the hopefully the main drive-thru the front of the school is going to be ready at the start of school, but even if it is, we're going to have it blocked off because we're not going to be using it. But that whole area by the 1 of October should be completed and gone. So you know what where you have where you see all that dirt, that's going to
041be another big parking lot for about a hundred 100 more parking spots out there. And so you'll have you'll have the that the current what we call the a drive is going to come in. It's going to it's going to bend around and come right in front of the band hall and tie into the current band uh parent drop off loop. So, uh from now on when band's leaving, uh it'll be they're going to have avid deck 10-ft avid deck in front of the whole band hall be concrete up to the foundation of the building. And so from now on they'll be able to pull their trailers up >> load. They'll have actually have one, two, three, actually have three doors to load versus the one they've had. U they'll if it's raining they'll have
042cover all concrete. I mean it'll be much improved process for them. Any other questions >> on the u these projects that are uh being funded by the bond? Would it be I know you got a list of them and you got them colorcoded and everything, but wouldn't it be an idea for us to go ahead and rank them one through a ranking number of an order of importance or not? How do you >> that's up to you. So I mean this process has been this is that we talked about at the beginning of of the bond that that is the was the last piece of asphalt and we said from the beginning we wanted that last piece of asphalt to disappear and so on on that document which I don't have tonight I'll have for
043you the next meeting if you can remember I said the blue side is that the yellow side's this has always been included in that cost >> that drive. >> Uhhuh. >> And so I had I had the drive the the furniture I mean the um the carpet for the hallway and the top of C building the bottom of C building uh the stu all of the student center new flooring and the auditorium in front of the auditorium all of that's in that yellow cost as well. All right. Anything else? Our action items. If not. All right. So, we need to set a date for adapting our tax rate. If someone would like to make a motion uh to approve the meeting date of August 19th, 2025 to discuss and adopt the 2025 tax rate. >>
044All right, Ray made the motion. Would someone second? >> Second. Go ahead, Jackie. >> All right, Jackie seconds. Is there any discussion about that? Does that date work for everybody? So in that that will be basically we'll be coming at in the October 19th meeting talking about the current tax rate or how what are we doing there >> on in the August meeting? >> Yeah. >> You're going to Julie's going to provide the information to you to adopt the tax rate. >> Okay. >> That's a regular board meeting. >> That's correct. >> All right. So we have a motion by Ray and a second by Jackie. Would all in favor say I? >> I. >> All opposed. Carries unanimously. >> So, do you want to explain to Greg the process, Julie, about getting information from?
045>> We'll get the information about Casey. They'll they'll actually calculate what our tax rate needs to be for ours to cover our bond payments and what they project or project that we're going to collect on taxes. And then the same thing will be on our M. That's usually set by TA. They cap us off at >> because of the compression, right? >> So, appraisal district, you'll get information. Same thing, certified taxing values, right? >> Yes. Because they have to certify by the end of this month and then we'll get that and they'll use that to make to come up with our tax rate for M and INS. Any questions? >> Okay. All right. Um, we'll entertain a motion to approve the district improvement plan. Someone like to make a motion. I'll make a motion. Okay.
046Becky made the motion and a second. >> Ray made the second. We were given that information um ahead of time. Does anybody have any questions or want to go over anything? Again, this is it's a living document, right? You're approving it. Basically, you're saying we have it. Okay, that's what your approval really is. We have it's a living document, it gets changed, it gets updated. Uh if our funding changes, if our federal funding changes, all of those basically says, here are our goals, here are our activities, here's what we want to do, here's the here's the strategies we're using, and here's the money we're putting behind it from the budget, right? as things change. Uh again, you saw I gave you I gave you some information that said that, you know, uh on June 30th,
047we had our our budget meeting. Well, while we were in that budget meeting, uh the federal government released an announcement that they were freezing certain federal funds. While we were talking about that, right? Three days later, we get the information in a letter from TEA that says, "Hey, we're free. Here's the heads up on this." And that amounts to about $158,000 that we just talked about. Right? So, long story short, if that $158,000 doesn't come and it gets frozen, our district of innovation, I mean, excuse me, the district of innovation, our district improvement plan has to change because we'll have to take those things out of it because we don't have funding to do those things, right, and those activities. >> so I read this document pretty thoroughly and you know, there's a lot of
048stuff tied to goals and stuff way I read it. >> Correct. So when it happens, what's the repercussion if the goals aren't met? >> Any >> All of our goals are based on the requirements that we have, right? >> So is this like a boilerplate document? >> That is correct. >> That's high. I mean, that's that's not the nitty-gritty. That's just that's the rainbow up there. Yeah, you're exactly right. So um long time ago um there would be certain questions like um uh if we were applying there used to be technology infrastructure grants and things like that and to be able to the number one thing to be able to apply was you had to have a district improvement plan and had all these requirements. It was a way of making sure that you had
049that organization and structure set up, you know, your lanes and columns and stuff that that people were working to do. So, yeah, it's a >> You want to add something? Oh, it's tied to our federal grants that we have to have goals and objectives too. And if we don't meet those goals, then we have to figure out what the needs assessment is and pivot and change our goal for the next year to see if we can't help better the program in order to meet the goals that we set. And it ties to the money that we are receiving from federal government. Anybody else have a question? >> Good. Okay. We have a motion by Becky and a second by Ray to approve the district improvement plan. All in favor say I. >> I. >> All
050opposed. Same sign. >> Okay. Unanimously approved. All right. Item number three, our interlocal contract between Damon ISD and Columbia Presoria ISD. >> Okay. Um in this document everything uh is basically the same. Um two changes uh on the second page under instructional services uh we added that all Damon High School students that enroll in CBISD at first opportunity will be considered in district students. Then we will be eligible for all services and opportunities including uh the paid dual credit opportunities. U Damon high school students not enrolling at first opportunity must apply under the CBISD enrollment open enrollment guidelines. meaning long story short in district means uh that if you right now if you're a transfer student and something happens or let's say you stop coming to school or you get in this problem we actually
051have the opportunity to eliminate that transfer agreement and not kick them out but make them go back to their home school what we've said that if the Damon high school students come here on first opportunity we will consider them meaning we'll we'll take care of Wow. Now that mean they getting special. I mean they they would have to follow the disciplinary guidelines, right? So anyway, it's just a clarification for their purpose. And then uh under the the maintenance and transportation certified craftsman disciplinary student placement, we did increase those costs as well. All the services are listed there under payment offer. >> I want to say we've had this agreement if I remember right since like 2013 or 2014. >> Been doing it a while. >> Okay. We need a motion to approve the interlocal contract
052between Damon and Columbia Brazoria. >> We'll make a motion to approve the interlocal contract between Damon and CBSD. I made a motion. Would someone like to second? >> Second. >> All right, Greg. So, are there any other questions, comments? All right. All in favor say I. >> All oppose. Same sign. >> Okay. It's passed unanimously. Now, we've got the rental fee schedule. Would someone like to make a motion that we approve the revised facility rental fee schedule? I'll make a motion, Becky. >> A second. >> I'll second. >> Ray. All right. You want to go over that, >> Mr. Miller? So, what you have in front of you is the facility rental fee schedule. We have not brought this to you since I've been assistant superintendent. So, that's going on nine years. We haven't had
053an increase in prices. So, what I have in front of you is it's broken down by group one, group two, group three, group four. Group one is a is someone uh that wants to rent our facilities. It's a for-profit organization. The second group two is nonprofit just general nonprofit organizations. Group three is nonprofit youth organizations meaning they they pretty much service 50% of half their group it has to be CBISD students or the majority of the group CBISD students. And then we have educational groups which are your school groups that they have no charge because they're ours they fall under our umbrella. So, first change that we did on the original, it was always a 2-hour rental charge, but we have some people that don't want to rent facilities, mainly basketball teams, etc. that an
054hour is enough for them. So, we've changed that hourly rate or that rate to simply per hour. So, what you have in front of you is is the the suggested price by groups with the percent increase that we are suggesting. uh that percent increase was was we developed that by taking a look at uh other school districts in the area. The ones that we could find information on specifically Angleton, Parland, HISD and uh and then a couple schools I found in Central Texas that are our size, meaning they're 4A similar size schools. And so we tried to come up with nice round numbers, nothing, you know, have $2, you know, five, five, five and tens uh that that fit what we were looking for. And this is where we we we came up with. And
055you'll see that for the most part, the prices are still pretty reasonable. What does that cover? that covers the cost of power for the actual facility and and the electricity and air conditioning and those things of that nature. So, if you have any questions about this that the administrator or the fees the worker fees on the bottom didn't change because those were priced competitively uh with everybody competitively with everybody else. If you have any questions over over anything, I'd be happy to answer any. So when they have church at the different campuses, who has the key to let them in? >> We give the main person >> main person, >> they're allowed to distribute that to their leadership. >> No, sometimes the security hired are our officers as well. >> Okay. >> So if we
056don't if they don't have to hire security, they just have a basketball team using the gym. It depends on the like when Calvin has his tournaments, he always hires security. But if he's having practice like he he practices at pretty much every campus in in the district and it's it's he doesn't because it's it states down there if there's going to be a hundred attendants that are required to have a security. >> Well, so if they don't, does Calvin have a key to get in? Does someone let him in? >> Yes. So what's the procedure if say I just call up and say I need to use the gym for >> So what happens is you have to go through the campus principal. The campus principal has to approve find out get your proof of
057insurance. Make sure you're not if you're saying you're a nonprofit organization showing proof of nonprofit. They'll they'll look to see if their facilities are available. have you fill out a facility request and they ultimately will have to sign on sign off on it saying that they're going to let you use the facility and then they'll have a discussion with you about key. Here's the here's the key. I'm giving it to you. You're signing it out at the end of your stay. You'll be returning this key. If you're doing it for three months, if you're having basketball practice for three months, sometimes a lot, particularly a lot of the basketball teams that practice after school, the facilities are already open because we have custodians here, >> right? >> The ones that the ones that usually get
058the keys are the weekend >> because there's nobody here for them. So, and that includes usually the churches, the two churches and Calvin for his basketball. And then uh Mr. Casper used to when he had his >> volleyball. So they just they have the key for the term that they're renting or >> correct. >> Okay. So I see the administrative thing, but an administrator doesn't have to be there during that time. >> That is correct. >> They do have to use our custodians. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Yes. Now, um if our custodians are already working, if our like if they're having basketball practice in the gym from 6:00 to 7, >> right? >> We have custodians already on staff that are there till 10 o'clock. we don't charge them. But on the weekends, if
059if like say Calvin's going to have a tournament from 8 in the morning till 8 at night, he's required to have a custodian there. >> Okay. Okay. That's all I needed to ask. >> And the only time we actually have had administrators on on duties most of the time is when we host playoff football games or playoff anytime there has to be an administrator there, right? Anytime we have we've had a couple dance recital in the auditorium some we've had to we we'll hire out technicians to use scoreboards to run scoreboards uh sound systems etc. Okay. >> So the time aotment they go ahead and identify like six to 10. >> Correct. >> And you'll >> So what happens is Yeah. So like for example Calvin he'll put he'll put for or the churches they'll
060put every sun every day they want it from this time to this time and then we'll calculate the rate the hourly rate based on the the number of hours times the number of days. Once the principal approves it it comes to me. I make sure that the insurance is there and then I assign the fee and then it goes to the business office which sends them an invoice and then and then they pay it. So the field lighting is $40 an hour on top of the >> correct >> 75 >> which it's not usually a problem for the little neck and specifically the only people that really affects is the little necks until we get to daylight savings times. I think they have maybe one Saturday where they might need lights uh to get through
061their games on a Saturday there at the end of the season. But that fee only that light fee was only that that was the only one on the bottom that went up. That fee went up $5 per hour to make it competitive with everybody else. >> All right. Any more questions? Good questions. Okay, we have a motion by Becky and a second by Ray to approve the revised facility rental fee schedule. All in favor say I. >> All opposed. Okay. Next, we're going to um someone would make a motion to approve the proposed 2526 budget amendments. >> I'll make that motion. >> All right. Ray made a motion and we'll get a second so we can discuss it. >> I'll second it. >> Okay. Thank you, Becky. Right. >> All right. So, you have two
062in your maroon folder, you have two documents. The first one's two pages and uh it's the uh says Columbia Bazora Independent School District 2526 budget expenditures all funds. There's again two pages. Then there's another staple document that says Columbia business office memorandum. I think there's one, two, three, four pages there. So, if you get those two documents out and then we'll let Julie take you through this process. >> Okay. So, after our our meeting last month when we discussed the the um deficit agenda, we talked about the $200,000 and the different some of the accounts that we had said we wouldn't spend. So, I'm I just did an amended budget to take those out. I also was able to update the salary spreadsheet where I had been using um projected pay on people's you know
063then when we actually hired someone it might have come in less or more and so we adjusted all those budget codes and so when it was all said and done if you look at the one page that has the 66,000 >> the very bottom >> on the bottom that that was the difference. So, it was in our favor. So, it's not it wouldn't be a deficit as as long as we're getting from Mo Casey what they said we'd get, which we haven't adopted that yet. That'll be the next month. Um, then we should we we're kind of at a balanced budget. So, >> before we move forward, so you get that the first document shows that 66,668 at the bottom meeting. That's the That's the money to the good. But again, we can't adopt a
064budget that shows money to the good. It has to be in a need area, right? >> So the second page, >> the second page where I show it being >> balanced. I've put that 66,000 in function 41 until we decide where it needs to go. That's good. >> Okay. And then you can see on the um pages that are stable together the actual budget amendment. You can see um the very last item on that first page where it says adopted budget amendment to amend adopted budget. You can see attached the actual all all the different things that I changed. Um, I left the titles in there, which you usually don't, just so if you had a question, you know, what's that 195,000? You could see I took the SEC code loan principle down to where
065it's just for one quarter, not for a whole year. And so that's where the savings all came from each one of those. And so you can actually see what I hit, what I changed. Um, you'll see a lot of times the salaries, instructional, professional salaries went down. because when we actually hired somebody, it wasn't as much as the person who left. And so that saved us money all the way through to their benefits, social security. And so I just kind of looked at there. You could see all the big items that we hit. You can see on the last page, you can see the 200,000 improvement, the land improvements, the kind of the big ticket items that are there um that we had discussed. And so we took all of those out of the budget
066so they wouldn't even be there to spend. >> So you just you did we were talking about keeping it there. Now you remove it. >> I I removed it because I didn't feel like y'all were comfortable with us >> having it in the budget >> available for spending. >> And so I went ahead and took it out so it's not there for us to spend. >> But we know where it's at. >> We know where it's at. Well, it is out of the budget. >> No, I meant we know what the amounts are. >> We know what they are. Yes. I've already >> So, we felt like in the last meeting we were talking about >> we were talking about it's going to take us five steps to get there, right? But we felt like
067when we were talking and looking around the table, y'all were focused on that number and we would talk and it was like it was not really really understood. We didn't think we didn't think the process was really understood. So, Julie has taken those things out to get you where you want to be. Now, it's a different conversation. You're there. This budget shows you a deficit of 1.246304. The Moki Casey budget projected budget that we're going to bring to you shows you that we'll be adding 13 1 million 31272 to it, which would take us over and not have a deficit budget. So, we wanted to get you there so that it would you're good. Now, the only way you lose it is if you make an action, right? So, it's done. There's once we get
068to the next meeting and we bring the new current law legislation in, that's the number that you'll be over a deficit budget, right? And then again, but we never in the budget preparations want to want to do that. And that's why that first document has two pages. It shows you the 66 and then it shows you put somewhere else, right, in a need area. But when we come to the next meeting, uh it it'll be a different conversation. But again, as long as that that budget shows, again, we've done the budget on the 2600 ADA, so we've reduced it ADA. So keep in mind, right, we've we've made all those reductions. And so as we and we're going to keep those numbers, right, and we're going to roll forward and then as school starts, >>
069we see what it is. >> Then we see what it is. We'll know whether we're going to perform better than our budget or we're going to perform. We'll know and then we'll take that the actions will be after the kids show up. Right. >> Right. But we do have some other things that we need to talk about that are going to be like uh required money uh in the in the for teachers required money for staff support all. We do have some of those because you can remember those are going to equal we have you're going to get this money for teachers, right? It it's not a budget. You're going to get this money. you have to spend it on raises. So, we we're going to need to talk about that's not going to change
070it. But what this does, approving this guarantees you that you have a budget that's not a deficit. And if we get to if we get to the next steps and you want to unfreeze some of that and redo it, that would be your option. Meaning, we kind of changed the conversation, right? >> I'm motion discussion. >> Right. Right. We kind of changed it. it's out unless you want to bring it back rather than you having to worry about. >> If you want to change it back, that's fine. We can do that. But I think it was going to be an easier conversation moving forward if we took it out. So great job to I think Julie's perspective on that. >> I was surprised with the salary spreadsheet once we hired people the differences and you
071can see on the very first page um you know there were there's almost 100,000 there in CTE and instruction that 59 almost 60,000 you know a person that was taken out. We hired someone in that was cheaper in several different areas. And so it did make a big difference once I had a final a pretty much final we've hired everybody we're going to hire kind of thing. And that that made it better. Anybody have any questions about that? Good job. See how tall we are? >> It is. >> All right. So, we have a motion by Ray and a second by Becky to approve the proposed 20 2526 budget amendments. All any more questions or anything comments? If not, then all in favor say I. I. >> And all oppose. Same sign. Okay. Passes unanimously.
072Okay. Our next um item is um to approve the 2526 teacher retention aotment compensation schedule. >> Okay. You'll take this document out. It's it's uh it's got the yellow highlighted on the front. So, this is the those you've been on the board, you you've seen this document over and over and over. And this is what we this was our hiring schedule, right? Uh it's the teacher hiring schedule. Back in 2019 when that legislation came out uh because of the way we had to give raises in and who was included, we called it teacher, nurse, library, and counselor hiring schedule. So you can see at the top I have in red with a red line. That mean that's that's coming out, right? So it's going to say 2526 teacher hiring schedule and then 2526 teacher aotment
073because the money we're talking about for teachers at this point is only for teachers right so if you can imagine this is the way in the past the board has liked to see this I have the years of experience which is a teacher scale right um I have what was paid in 2023 23 24 25 and then you see the column of 2526 and it says DOI under that counselors, nurses, librarian. We again we're taking that out. So if you can kind of read this. So keep in mind that the T 2526 teacher a lotment that gave us is giving us the money for the raises for teachers does not include a teacher that's on step zero, one or two. Right? There is no money for a raise there. So you can see under the
0742526 DOI column um or over even over to 2425 that's what we 57,000 is what we paid a beginning teacher. I've carried that over in 2526 DOI and then to the right 2526 teacher and I've kept it at 57. The same thing all the way across. And the the reason I did that is that one of the rules is that if a teacher is not fully certified, meaning it's a DOI teacher, but in in the first step in year one, step zero, we can't pay them the same. Okay? So, I left it at 57. And there's a reason, and I'll get back to you why. On the right, it still has for the first three steps, it has the same number. So, if you'll follow me down to where the highlight begins. So, if we
075have a teacher that's on step three, meaning they have four um three years of experience, right? They're in their fourth year teaching. You can see that it says they get step two. So, if you look above, that's the 50 when you look in the 25 uh 2425 or even the 2526 DOI column. You can see that that's that 58 350. So, they get their step two, which is 58 350 plus 4,000 and that gets them now to 62 350. So that's the way you follow that all the way down. When you get to step five, meaning they're in their fifth year, u or five years experience in year six, right? Um you can see it changes to 8,000. So you can see they get to step four, which is the 59415 plus the 8,000 that
076brings them to 67415. Okay? So keep in mind everything in the yellow is what we have to give, right? We don't have a choice. You have to approve that. Okay? And it's when Julie's when talking when we bring the new legislation into the budget that you just approved, that will be part of it. It's required, right? And it's there at the very bottom. You can see teacher 187day contracts. uh the nurse librarian all the way through behavior coordinator. We're taking those off, right? Because this is only going to be the teacher hiring scale. Okay, you turn the page. You can see u we have our teachers that are outside of the scale. You can see we have some with 29 years experience, 31 years experience, and 36 years experience. Those teachers because they uh they
077qualify for 8,000 each as well. Okay. So underneath that, let me explain this to you. What that is is this is really just for our information, but I wanted you to see that. So Julie's talking to you about a Moch and Casey U projection that's done based on our what we turned in in teams last December. So last December 2425 you can see where it has 8K under that 151 4K1321 based on that PE's projection we turned in because you had to have remember it was a teacher code is an '087 >> right then they had to have an FTE meaning how much they're teaching right and then uh they had to have years of experience and so when you look at that we turned in 151 21 teachers that would get an $8,000 raise.
078Uh 13 teachers would get a $4,000 raise and 21 teachers that would not receive money from the state. Okay. Now, I will tell you, remember I talked to you about how we have to start paying attention to things in PES we've never had to pay attention before because if we made a mistake, it didn't really matter. Well, we had several teachers that were coded wrong on FTEEs, meaning they were they taught all they taught at two campuses, but they only got credit for one, meaning they didn't get to the level that that would earn them funding. Right? So, to the right where it says 2526, that's where we are as of right now. We have 138 teachers that have qualified for the $8,000 raise. meaning this is information we're going to turn in this December.
079All right. Uh 138 teachers with the $8,000 raise, eight with a $4,000 raise, 25 that are that money is not coming. And then as of right now, we have three open positions and we have to wait. Let's we have to wait and see what happens with employment to fill those in. Okay. Under that um I've kind of just given you the we talk about these projections, right? We have over the past several years we've had two people that we uh really rely on for projections. The first one's the ex equity center. And so in the planning equity center looking at our information you can see the TAS the teacher a lotment which we're talking about right now you can see they estimate we're getting 1.3 million for that. Below that the next thing we'll talk
080about will be the support the support staff aotment that we have to give. They show it at 108133. The extra under there, that 1471 150 is the computation for when you give raises, the TRS, the IRS, and the and the fees that come the things that you have to supplement that we're responsible from that. And so that kind of shows you what money's tied up in there. Underneath that is the Mot Casey F. This is the one we go with. You can see that under the teacher alignment they the expectation is that based on last December would be the 123205 and then the the support staff that we'll talk about will be the 107309 and then extra tied up in that would be 139928. Okay. If you come all the way to the right the
0812526 again based on the numbers right there at right now of you know 138 at 8,000 8 at 4,025 at zero you can see the the teacher what what the state's going to right now that summary of finance they're going to preload that first number the vocing case or the equity center number then we're going to submit in December and there's going to be a settlement right at some given point in March next year, it'll be a settle up between the what they projected we will have and what we really have. Right? So, I'm showing you as of right now, if if you hand calculate those numbers right there, the teacher aotment would be 1.136. The support staff, you could either choose the 108, 133, or the 107 309, and the extra would be about
082137. So, that kind of just gives you a play of the land just to watch, right? Not a huge difference between those two numbers. But what you don't want to do is because they give you the money up front with that, you need to know what that number is because just because we give it lightly over here doesn't mean we have extra money to give a raise, right? Because there's going to be a subway, right? That's why that's important. >> We need to hold back and we need to have the calculation. So this provides the calculation of what you need to put a bracket around. >> Okay. Can you remind me? Um I think you said the money that we're getting from the state >> that total will be not only this for the salaries
083but that includes all your payroll taxes your like all that extra or is that >> we got no money for that. >> Oh okay. >> Right. So what they did they okay here's our new legislation. So when we run it all through this is when it comes up you let's say say you're getting this $2.8 million. Now they're coming in and saying your teachers are getting this much of it. you have to give that much of it to right. So like in this case if they give us if they give us the money based on that that let's say that third that 1.3 million for teacher a lotment that gets loaded into our summary of finance right but then we load in next December or this coming December something a little different that money goes
084away we don't get to keep that extra that money is going to go away on based on what we've turned in payments if that makes sense. Now, when they did all that, right, it it leaves a number and that's that that number that Julie has on that budget document, the multi Casey that we expect to be left over, right? That extra money for TRS IRS has to come out of that money. The state didn't calculate that and say here, right? It we wish that would have it's up to us to make to make it right. Right. So meaning we have less money to spend but we're calculating that money up front so that you know. Okay. So given the fact that nurses, librarians, and counselors are not going to be on this scale anymore, we
085have to take them back and put them into our pay grade system. Right? So what I've showed you is from last year, we have pay grade three or four. So when we come when we bring that compensation schedule and that and that pay scales to you, we're going to slide this group of teachers, nurses, librarians, behavior counselors, all those people we've exed out are going to slide into either one of these categories. So I just wanted to just giving you information up front so that you you know what's going to happen. Okay. So, what you're actually what we're asking you to do tonight is actually approve the page one, which is the the h the the new teacher hiring schedule based on the 2526 teacher alignment. That's what we're asking you to approve. Okay. Now,
086if you flip to the third page at the very top, you can see we do have what's called the staff support allotment. That's based on the refined ADA times $45. That's going to equal one of those two numbers. We're going to go with the $107,000 number. Okay. So now for the $107,000 here are the groups that you have. This is everybody else in the district other than the teachers that are getting a 4,000 or 8,000. Right? So that the teachers on step zero through two, right? What I've what I've done is is I've just g I told you I was going to give you a 1% number to give those teachers a 1% raise is a total of $11,000. Okay. And that includes all of the extra that would come with it. The next group
087is that group we're talking about that got taken off of the teacher scale and it's going to be put in one of those pay grades which is the athletic trainer behavior coordinators coordinators elementary secondary counselors instructional coaches librarians and nurses to give that group a 1% raise is 16,100. If you drop down professional security diags, speak social workers, coordinators, all pair professionals, all maintenance grounds, all custodians, all child nutrition, all transportation, all technology to give that group of 1% raise is 64,400. So at the very bottom, you look the one, you can see I've just given you numbers. The 1% total all the way down for we just talked about is $91,500. Keep Bill mind, you are required to spend at least the 107309. >> So that you that 107309 used to be that 118
088we used to talk about. >> Yes. >> Right. So >> but that was on a that was on a we're not using that. That was on off an earlier calculation >> based on new calculations and refined ADA. Right. >> It's not like right. This is the most recent and current update. So this is what we're using. Right. So based on that, you've got to find a way to get the 915 to 107309. Okay? Don't have I'm not asking you to do that tonight. I'm just this would be in the next board meeting. I'm just showing you that somewhere somehow you got to get it to that. Then on the next page, you have campus and central administration. None of that money can can be used or counted towards central administration or campus administration. So I'm
089giving you the same numbers of 1% half a percent 25% or quarter% for the for that group. If I'm hearing you right, we got to go. We got to find that 91. No, no, >> no. The 10 the 107's already accounted for. >> Okay. you the 107's coming. >> Okay, >> it's it this is a wash. You have to spend at least 107309. >> But right now 1,000 >> a 1% raise for that whole group of money is $91,500. >> Players M. So meaning you have to give you have I mean you don't have a choice. You're going to have to approve you have to approve this. The only thing you can do would be add more money to it. I'm not asking you now. But I'm just telling you you have to approve this
090because at a minimum this is the minimum. You want to do more later you can. Okay. Page three which is the staff support alignment. You have to approve something for this group that at least equals 107309 or more. >> So, we pretty much need to just figure out how many people are in there >> and divide the leftovers. >> About I mean, >> yeah, give them a 16,000, right? >> What? >> Like 6,000 16,000 >> because we have to spend it in that category. Correct. in this category here. But keep in mind, you know, these people make different, right? You know, a teacher makes more than a custodian, right? So, >> could you just do a here's your $500 bonus? >> Are you allowed to do those kind of things or does it have to
091go into their >> has to be in salary? >> So, bonus >> basic salary. >> No, you get find out 1.17% rate. >> Yeah. One of the things you could do, you could do 1% and you could come back up and add to the teachers, right? If you, you know, remember I told you those steps 012. You could come in and say, uh, 1% plus a,000. 1% plus 1,000 to to get your teacher steps up if you wanted to, right? So, meaning again, it doesn't say you even have to give a certain group of rates. Just these are the people that are eligible for the money. You figure out how you're going to spend 107309 at a minimum. Spend more if you want, but at a minimum you got to spend 107 >> and and
092we can know how many teachers are at zero to two years. >> Well, well, one of the thing we'd have if you're interested in doing something like that, we would have to give you that number and we haven't >> that and yeah, see and then well really even like the second group of people down Yeah. Just so we can kind of see how many there are. You mean? Yeah. >> How many people in the first two categories? How many people are in the first two categories? >> Because if there's only I know there's not there only five people in the >> Yeah. >> 0 to2. We don't want to spend all of our money up there >> because then >> would that be something easy to pull? >> Let me ask, >> you know, that
093we can get any information we want. The problem's going to be >> how is this going to affect morale on >> huge? >> Yeah. >> It's like it's like the the one I gave to you. Let's just say teacher and instructional aids on campus been working together forever, right? You have a situation maybe Certain people think a certain teacher is not, you know, overly uh active, right? And they're and the age, you know, instructional age in the classroom have been doing this and this and this. And now we're running into a situation where the age get 1% raise and the teacher just got 8,000. >> Does that change? I I would argue that it's going to >> go the other direction like what is a an assistant principal start out pay >> depends on I
094mean could be could be depending on where you're at could be 65 could be 80 you have teacher making more than assistant principal >> so keep in mind again that's the whole other bottle of wax you have a teacher high up on the scale now getting $8,000 raise getting very close Now if you break it down and do daily rates you know now again it's the question what do you want to do one of the things have been talked at the legislative level is pay teachers enough to where they won't leave the classroom they'll stay in the classroom you can't argue with that right we all agree with that it's been done but that's step one right again if you remember uh in 2019 when the the last historic came through. You know, we stepped
095up on stage of congregation. Dennis Bonn was there. If you remember, we announced we just gave $1.2 million in personnel raises and that covered the whole staff. And I think the minimum raise was 5% that year. Now, we're six years later, five years later, and we're giving that same amount, but it's only going to the teaching staff of the district. >> So, yeah. Is it going to? Yes, it is going to. Again, it we talked about this in the legislation and how Bill Two started and where it wound up. Can't argue. Everybody wants to pay teachers. We all agree with that. Not a problem. It's the other things. Can't be mad. It's a teacher. I mean, that's 100%. >> But the fact they didn't give anything to give >> other people. >> I remember these
096in category three down there. They're their hourly rate is going to be lower and 1%'s going to be much less than >> but in a dollar amount it will be >> dollar amount. Yeah. I mean so it's still 1% but >> at the end of the day it's not really much going home in their pocket. >> And then we think insurance is going up too, right? >> It is going up. >> Yes, >> it is going up. >> Yeah. >> 1% they're still going to lose money. difference in their interest. So the suggestion was going to be right we said we wanted to have this done by the August 19th meeting right now what we need to do is between now and then I would assume we need to have at least one special right
097to bring back you've asked for some information you cannot you can email us with thoughts you have and we can bring all that back to the next meeting to try to hone in on it and then at the August 19th meeting make it official Right. That would that would be my my suggestion to have one special meeting. Again, we've got some action items we need to take on some legislation, but then we need to have a little budget, you know, special just to talk about, you know, where do you think you want to go? Maybe how many people are in each group would be we have that information. >> You know, take us one minute to get those numbers and put them down. >> Could we do all that on August 5th? Yeah, >> because
098we're already having a meeting then. Correct. >> Yeah, >> I thought we >> I used I used the date of August 5th. I thought that would be a good date, >> right? It give us a couple of weeks. Give Julie a couple of weeks to to change the format a little bit. Right. By by you approving the teacher schedule allows the business office and HR to go ahead and move forward on teacher salage. Right. they go ahead and get the information and get to get that stuff off their plate. >> All right. >> Can you bring us a list of the current what we're paying currently for those positions? The other positions >> I can >> that way I can I mean visual person that way I can just look at it and see. >>
099We have that. It's all there. We have that. >> Yeah. We don't want to do it, >> right? >> Yeah. Yeah. There's a certain way to do that. >> Yeah. I don't need names. I just I just need >> I just need to see >> where we're at or even average. I don't care if it's an average, but >> just to know where we're at on those other positions. >> Yeah, we can do that. >> That'll be easy. So unless you have any other questions, uh we just need to talk about a date to have a special. We don't have to. We can do I mean we can do that at the end of the meeting if we want to, but I would ask that you approve the uh teacher aotment 202526 teacher aotment hiring
100schedule. >> All right, we'll need a motion for that. I'll make a motion. Okay, Jackie makes a motion and Greg seconds. All right. So, all in favor of approving the 2025 teacher retention aotment compensation schedule, say I. >> I. All opposed. Okay. Unanimously. And now we're going to get a motion to talk about our power provider agreement. >> If I could make a recommendation, you just table that. >> Okay. >> So, I gave you the information. And you could see it board book about the expected price and I told you they were going to repric it today and it went up >> and so my suggestion now I mean if it's going to go up we just ride it and wait. >> So my suggestion we would just table it. >> Just real quick on
101that we we're locked in. Correct. >> We're locked in to 2034. >> Okay. >> At 3 point I think 89. Yeah. >> If you saw that the previous one was a little over 5 cents. >> Yeah. And the information I gave you was that we had options like a 30-month option to lock in at six cents from from 2034 to 2036, but today it went up to like seven and a half. So given all that, I was >> Yeah, >> I think you ride it out. >> I agree with that. >> Yeah. >> So I was I was reading some stuff that come across the email. TASBY's got some kind of power NRG. What is that all about compared to >> So it's it's a cooperative just like what we're it's a cooperative >> way
102they pull it. Um, we've been energy for schools cooperative. If you saw the one that was at 5% just it's just they run their own cooperative. You pull it get better pricing. And so I can tell you there's been some local districts that like they're running out locking in right now. They're locking in anywhere from 9 to 11 cents. >> It's crazy. >> And so that's why I thought the six was good. But I thought that was I was going to Hey, let's go ahead and think about that. But it came back like a whole cent and a half higher. I'm like, >> "Yeah, tell us when it goes back. So, if you remember those of you on the board, the last time we got in to the current contract we're in, we were going
103to opt in and then the day we were voting, it actually went down again and so we got even a better deal. So, it was good, but I I would suggest we just wait. So given it changed >> then I'm subject to bringing >> would it benefit us to make some motion to allow you to lock us in when a rate goes down? >> That's right. >> The answer would be yes, but I mean I don't think you need to do that tonight. Let me bring it Let me bring it back to you. >> Okay. All right. So I'll need a motion to table that item. >> I'll make a motion. >> Okay. Ray makes a motion that we table consideration of future power provider agreement. So one second. >> Second. >> Greg second. All
104in favor of tableing that motion say I. >> I. >> And so what I would I I like that idea, but let's let me talk and let's set a let's set a a price point. >> Yeah. >> And if it gets there, we do it. If it doesn't, we don't. >> Yeah. >> Sound good. >> Good idea. >> Yeah. At that point, you can just tell the the provider, hey, when it gets here, like I said, call. That's right. Perfect. So, perfect. >> All right. That's all of our action items. And now we have the consent agenda. We have the approval of minutes from June 17th, June uh public hearing, June 17th regular meeting, June 30th public hearing, June 30th special meeting, and approve a budget amendments and donations. approve our 202526 teacher appraisal calendar
105and appraisers and to approve the uhou between NCCER accredited training program and then approved child nutrition co-op vendors. Does anybody like to pull any of that to discuss? If not, I'll take a motion from someone to approve the consent agenda. I'll make a motion to present to approve the consent agenda as presented. We have motion by Becky and a second. >> Second. >> All right. Becky second. All in favor? I. >> All opposed. Same sign. All right. Very good. So we'll adjourn to our close session pursuant to Texas government code the openings act section 55