Apr 25, 2023 Special Board Meetings

THE TIME IS NOW 5:00 AND A QUORUM IS PRESENT.

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[B. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS]

WE WILL NOW CONVENE IN THE CLOSED SESSION AS AUTHORIZED BY TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551 SPECIFICALLY .074 PERSONNEL 0.072, REAL

[C. CLOSED SESSION ]

THE TIME IS 5:00.

[D. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]

BRENDA. NOBODY SIGNED UP.

[F. BUDGET WORKSHOP]

STINSON. OKAY.

WELL, WE WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO'S IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT FOR OUR 23-24 BUDGET WORKSHOP.

AND AS YOU KNOW, KATIE BOWMAN AND OUR TEAM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY FOR MONTHS TO TO GET TO THIS POINT.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE IN THE PROCESS AS WELL AS HAVE ANOTHER FEW BUDGET WORKSHOPS BEFORE OUR ADOPTION THIS SUMMER.

SO, KATIE, TAKE IT AWAY.

RIGHT. I DO HAVE WHEN WE GET TO THE LEGISLATIVE PAGES, I SAT THROUGH A WEBINAR LAST NIGHT, SO I'VE GOT SOME UPDATED INFORMATION.

SO I'LL GO OVER THOSE NOTES AS WE GET THROUGH.

UM, I HOPE Y'ALL ALL DID EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH THE VOICE OVER POWERPOINT? WAS THAT HELPFUL? YOU DIDN'T.

OKAY. WAS IT HELPFUL? OKAY, GOOD. WELL, I MAY TRY TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR YOU GUYS.

AND SO HOPEFULLY MAYBE WE CAN KIND OF GIVE YOU A HEAD START SO YOU CAN BE THINKING THROUGH SOME THINGS.

SO JUST TO BUDGET SCHEDULE AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES A LITTLE QUICKER EXCEPT FOR THE LEGISLATIVE PIECES, BECAUSE SOME OF YOU HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THEM.

BUT JUST PLEASE STOP ME IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

SO WE DO HAVE SCHEDULED ANOTHER BUDGET WORKSHOP ON MAY 16TH.

WE WILL HAVE SOME TYPE OF HOPEFULLY ANOTHER MEETING IN JUNE AFTER THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO SEE THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL ACTION THE BOARD NEEDS TO TAKE.

UM, REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THE LEGISLATION, WE WILL HAVE TO POST OUR TAX NOTICE IN JUNE AND WE'LL BE USING OLD DATA BECAUSE THAT'S ALL WE WILL HAVE AT THAT TIME.

BUT THEN WE'LL UPDATE IT AGAIN IN AUGUST WHEN THE BOARD LOOKS AT THE TAX RATE.

AND THEN OF COURSE, IN AUGUST WE'LL HAVE THE TAX RATE ADOPTION.

SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU JUST A QUICK REVIEW OF HOUSE BILL THREE, BECAUSE IT'S PERTINENT AS WE TALK ABOUT HOW THEY'RE WANTING TO CHANGE SOME OF THESE PIECES OF HOUSE BILL THREE.

SO IF YOU REMEMBER AND I ALWAYS THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS IS VIDEOED, PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WE GOT OUT OF HOUSE BILL THREE.

SOME OF YOU MAY BE NEWER, BUT AS I'VE TOLD YOU BEFORE, HOUSE BILL THREE ACTUALLY INCREASED ABOUT $1,000 PER STUDENT FOR OUR BASIC ALLOTMENT.

THE AVERAGE INCREASE STATEWIDE WAS $635, BUT BIRDVILLE ONLY RECEIVED AROUND $470 PER STUDENT.

AND THAT MONEY WENT INTO SPECIAL PROGRAMS. SO WE DIDN'T GET A WHOLE LOT OF OUT OF HOUSE BILL THREE.

AS YOU RECALL, WE INITIALLY WERE IN THE TRANSITION FUNDING.

SO IF YOU REMEMBER BACK IN 19 BECAUSE SO MANY DISTRICTS WERE NOT GETTING MUCH MONEY OUT OF IT, THEY BUILT IN A TRANSITION FUNDING SO THAT EVERY DISTRICT GOT AT LEAST 103% OF OLD LAW.

SO WE HAD A TRANSITION FUNDING FOR TWO YEARS.

NOW THAT OUR SPECIAL POPULATION GROUPS HAVE GROWN, WE ARE OUT OF TRANSITION FUNDING.

THERE ARE SOME BILLS OUT THERE TO EXTEND THAT TO 2029 FOR THOSE DISTRICTS THAT STILL HAVE THEIR DISTRICTS THAT HAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS STILL IN TRANSITION FUNDING THAT THEY'RE LIVING OFF OF THE TAX INCREASE.

AND I'LL GO OVER THAT JUST A LITTLE MORE IN DETAIL SINCE WE HAVE SOME CHANGES, IS LIMITED TO 2.5%.

THE NEW HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION THAT CAME INTO PLAY LAST YEAR WENT FROM 25 TO 40 AND THERE WAS HOLD HARMLESS FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED ON THAT.

THE TAX RATE CALCULATIONS, AS YOU KNOW, NOW HAPPEN BY TO WE SEND THEM ALL OF OUR TAX ASSESSMENT INFORMATION AT THE END OF JULY AND THEN THEY GIVE US A NUMBER BACK BY AUGUST THE 5TH.

AND THAT'S THE NUMBER WE USE FOR OUR TAX CALCULATIONS.

AND THEN TEACHER AND STAFF RAISES, THIS IS KIND OF IMPORTANT TO NOTE.

SO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT HAS BEEN FLAT FOR FOUR YEARS.

THE CURRENT LAW SAYS THAT IF THE BASIC ALLOTMENT GOES UP, 30% OF ANY ADDITIONAL REVENUE GAINS THAT YOU HAVE TO BE PROVIDED TO NON-ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF RAISES.

AND THE WAY THE LAW SAYS RIGHT NOW, 75% OF THAT GAIN WILL HAVE TO GO DIRECTLY TO TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS, COUNSELORS AND NURSES WITH THE

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SO AND THEN THE OTHER THING WE HAD TO DO IN HOUSE BILL THREE IS WE HAD TO GIVE DIFFERENTIATED COMPENSATION INCREASES FOR ANYONE OVER FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

SO ON THE TEACHER SCALE, WE DID NOT ONLY THE RAISE, BUT THEN WE INCREASED THOSE AREAS A LITTLE BIT MORE SO THAT WE HAD DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION, NOT INSTRUCTION COMPENSATION. SO TAX RATES UNDER THE OLD LAW WITH SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW, WE'RE I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT $0.86 FOR OUR NO.

SO THE PROPOSED UNDER THE INFORMATION THAT I'M WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS AROUND $0.83.

SO IT WILL BE A REDUCTION.

WE KNOW THERE WILL BE FURTHER REDUCTIONS WITH THE STATE LAW THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN OUR PROPOSED RATE IS 41.3 $0.09.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, AS YOU RECALL, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, PRIOR TO HOUSE BILL THREE, BIRDVILLE HAD SIX GOLDEN PENNIES.

AND REMEMBER, THE GOLDEN PENNIES PROVIDE US WITH PRETTY SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL REVENUE.

SO THERE ARE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE THAT HAVE VERY HIGH PROPERTY VALUE PER STUDENT.

AND SO WITH THE GOLDEN PENNY DOES IS IT ALLOWS THEM TO GET BASICALLY UNLIMITED REVENUE, WHATEVER THEY CAN GENERATE OFF OF THOSE PENNIES.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS DISTRICTS LIKE US WHO ONLY RECEIVE AROUND 45, $50 PER PENNY PER STUDENT, WE DON'T HAVE AN ABILITY TO GET THAT EXTRA REVENUE. SO THE GOLDEN PENNIES GUARANTEES US UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT.

REVENUE PER PENNY. AND WHAT IT'S BEEN FOR FOUR YEARS HAS BEEN $98 PER PENNY PER WADA, AND NOW THEY'VE MOVED IT UP TO 100.

WELL, THE PROPOSED HOUSE BILL ONE IS $126 PER PENNY PER WADA, BUT THAT 98 IS SUPPOSED TO BE AT THE 96 PERCENTILE OF DISTRICTS RANKED AT THEIR PROPERTY VALUES PER STUDENT.

AND IN THE PAST, THAT WAS ALWAYS MATCHED TO AUSTIN ISD, BECAUSE THEY STAYED RIGHT AT ABOUT THE 96 PERCENTILE.

WILL THEY REMOVE THAT IN HOUSE BILL THREE? SO WE USED TO KNOW THAT EVERY YEAR WE WERE GOING TO GET A LITTLE MORE REVENUE.

BUT THE THING WE NEED TO REMEMBER IS WHILE THEY'VE KEPT US FLAT, ALL THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE ABOVE THAT $98 YIELD ON THEIR PENNIES HAVE BEEN GETTING ADDITIONAL REVENUE EVERY YEAR.

SO WE HAVE HAD NO WAY OF GENERATING ANY ADDITIONAL REVENUE EXCEPT THROUGH STUDENTS.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

AND WE'RE REALLY HAPPY THAT THE STATE IS LOOKING AT THAT GOLDEN PENNY YIELD.

YES, SIR.

YES, SIR. AND JUST TO NOTE THAT RIGHT NOW, WHEN HOUSE BILL THREE CAME IN, WE WERE ONLY ALLOWED TO HAVE FOUR.

SO WE LOST TWO OF OUR GOLDEN PENNIES WITH HOUSE BILL THREE.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER THE SECOND YEAR OF THAT BIENNIUM, THE BOARD WAS ALLOWED TO ADD A FIFTH GOLDEN PENNY.

AND AS YOU'VE SEEN, IF THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE SEEN THIS, SOME OF THE HOUSE BILL 100 IS GOING TO HOPEFULLY ALLOW US ONE MORE GOLDEN PENNY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE ABOUT $3.5 MILLION.

YES, SIR.

98. THE GOLDEN PENNIES ARE WORTH $98 RIGHT NOW.

AND SO THAT MEANS WHICH IS ABOUT 2.5 MILLION.

SO WE GET ABOUT ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS ON THOSE PENNIES.

AND WITH THE YIELD GOING UP TO $126, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU IN A MINUTE, IT MOVES IT UP TO ABOUT THREE AND ONE HALF MILLION DOLLARS PER PENNY.

SO WE GET THE STATE BASICALLY, IF WE IF WE HAVE THAT PENNY, WE GET THE TAX COLLECTIONS THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS ABOUT ONE AND ONE HALF MILLION.

THEN THE STATE KICKS IN ENOUGH TO GET US UP TO THE GENERATION OF THAT EITHER 98, WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE NOW, OR THE 126.

SO WHEN YOU RANK DISTRICTS ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GENERATING ON THEIR PENNIES, THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP EVERYONE AT THE BECAUSE WE'RE ONE OF THE LOW DISTRICTS, SOME ARE EVEN LOWER, BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO GIVE EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST GET SOME KIND OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE BECAUSE THESE CHAPTER 41 DISTRICTS, THE HIGH PROPERTY DISTRICTS, ARE ABLE TO GENERATE A LOT OF MONEY OFF OF THEIR PENNIES.

SO WE HAVE FIVE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET THOSE ADDITIONAL REVENUES IN.

YES, MR. KUNKEL. IT'S A IT'S A PRETTY GOOD LITTLE CHUNK OF MONEY.

I THINK IT'S AROUND 10 MILLION THAT WE GET IN TIER TWO, WHICH IS WHERE THEY PAY US FROM.

OKAY. JUST NOTING THAT WE HAVE FIVE RIGHT NOW, THERE'S THREE ADDITIONAL GOLDEN PENNIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO NINE COPPER PENNIES AVAILABLE WITHOUT.

BUT YOU HAVE TO GO TO VOTERS FOR APPROVAL.

SO SOME DISTRICTS HAVE ALREADY GONE TO THEIR VOTERS AND GOTTEN THAT ADDITIONAL APPROVAL.

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SO BY THE WAY, IF I DIDN'T MENTION YOU SHOULD HAVE A PRESENTATION COPY IN YOUR NOTEBOOK IF YOU'D LIKE TO FOLLOW ALONG AND TAKE NOTES, JUST LETTING YOU KNOW.

SO THE STATE BUDGET SURPLUS IS AROUND 33 BILLION.

17 BILLION IS PROPOSED FOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.

THE HOUSE IS 17, AROUND 17 BILLION AND THE SENATE IS JUST UNDER THAT.

BUT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT VERY DIFFERENTLY.

THE HOUSE WANTS TO LOWER THE TAX BY $0.15 AND THEN LOWER APPRAISAL CAPS FROM 10 TO 5% AND INCLUDE ALL PROPERTIES, NOT JUST HOMESTEADS.

SENATE WANTS TO RAISE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM 40 TO 70,000 AND ALSO ADD IN ANOTHER 30,000 FOR OVER 65 AND DISABLED. NOW THAT WOULD TAKE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

NOW, FROM WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD, THE HOUSE AND SENATE ARE NOT REAL AMENABLE TO CHANGING THEIR MINDS ON HOW THEY WANT TO DO THIS RIGHT NOW.

SO WHEN THEY GET IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE, IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE WE GO.

AND THEN THE SENATE.

THE OTHER PIECE AND THINK ABOUT THIS AS WE TALK ABOUT THE TAX RATE.

SO TEA COMPRESSES THE TAX RATE, WE HAVE A MAXIMUM COMPRESSED TAX RATE.

SO THAT'S AS HIGH AS YOUR TIER ONE TAX RATE CAN GO.

AND THEN THEY TAKE THAT NUMBER AND MULTIPLY IT BY 90% AND THAT'S YOUR FLOOR.

SO YOUR FLOOR IS 90% OF THE CEILING.

WELL, WE HAD I THINK I TOLD Y'ALL BACK A FEW MONTHS AGO, I THINK THERE'S ABOUT 70% OF DISTRICTS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE AT THE FLOOR.

AND SO THE SENATE WANTS TO TAKE CARE OF THAT BY LOWERING THE FLOOR TO 80% SO THAT MORE DISTRICTS ARE GETTING THAT TAX COMPRESSION, BECAUSE THAT SHOWED YOU THAT YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER FROM FEBRUARY.

BUT I SHOWED YOU THAT SLIDE THAT REALLY SHOWED WHAT HAPPENS TO DISTRICTS THAT ARE AT THE FLOOR.

IF THERE'S NOT A LOT OF COMPRESSION, THEN THOSE PEOPLE'S HOMES MAY BE GOING UP OR THEIR BUSINESSES SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE COMPRESSION THAT EVERY DISTRICT IS.

SO THIS IS WHAT THE SENATE WANTS TO DO.

BUT I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT.

THAT MEANS THAT IF YOU LIVE IN A DISTRICT AND MAYBE A NEIGHBORHOOD OR TWO OVER, THEY HAVE HIGHER PROPERTY VALUES.

THERE COULD BE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN THOSE PROPERTY TAX RATES, WHICH COULD IMPACT PEOPLE MOVING TO YOUR AREA.

SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

IT MAKES IT MORE AND MORE CHALLENGING, I THINK AS WE THINK ABOUT EQUITY AMONG DISTRICTS, THEY'RE BOTH SENATE AND HOUSE HAVE $5 FOR NEW MONEY FOR SCHOOLS, BUT THEY HAVE VERY DIFFERENT WAYS OF WANTING TO SPEND THAT $5 BILLION.

AND THEN THIS WAS AN INTERESTING QUOTE FROM A CLASS WE JUST TOOK TO MATCH INFLATION GROWTH FROM 2019.

SO THAT WAS HOUSE BILL THREE.

THE LEGISLATURE WOULD NEED TO ADD ABOUT $14.5 BILLION IN FLEXIBLE NEW MONEY SEPARATE FROM ENROLLMENT GROWTH AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.

SO RIGHT NOW, WITH THE GOLDEN PENNY YIELD GOING UP TO $126 AND THE 5 BILLION HERE, WE'RE ABOUT HALF OF THAT AMOUNT FOR MONEY AND MOST OF THE MONEY IS DESIGNATED FOR VERY SPECIFIC THINGS.

HOUSE BILL ONE THAT WAS FILED EARLY ON AND I THINK BOTH SENATE AND HOUSE ARE PRETTY MUCH IN AGREEMENT ON THIS FULLY FUNDS THE CURRENT LAW FORMULAS. THEY'VE GOT TWO AND ONE HALF BILLION FOR ENROLLMENT GROWTH.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHEN THEY SAY WE'RE SPENDING ANOTHER 2.4 BILLION OR 2.5 BILLION ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ALL THEY'RE DOING IS MAKING SURE THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY FOR THE KIDS THAT ARE HERE.

IT'S NOT ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT ARE REALLY COMING INTO THE SYSTEM.

AND THEN 2.4 BILLION FOR THE ADDITIONAL GOLD AND PENNY YIELD THAT'S GOING FROM $98 TO $126.

THE $5 BILLION FOR NEW PUBLIC EDUCATION IS IN HOUSE BILL ONE, 17.3 BILLION FOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.

AND THEN THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS INCREASE IS REALLY GOOD NEWS BECAUSE LAST SESSION WE DIDN'T HAVE A LARGE TEXTBOOK ADOPTION, BUT WE DO COMING UP.

AND SO WE WERE VERY STRESSED ABOUT WHETHER THEY WERE.

GOING TO FUND THAT TEXTBOOK ADOPTION.

SO WE WERE HAPPY THAT GOT IN.

THEY DID THEIR PEIM SUBMISSIONS.

IT'S BASED ON STATEWIDE ENROLLMENT GROWTH AT A GIVEN POINT IN TIME.

YES. BECAUSE THEY WON'T KNOW WHAT THE FINAL AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE AND ALL OF THAT IS UNTIL WE FILE ALL OF OUR PEIMS DATA IN THE SUMMER.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

BUT THAT'S THAT'S BASED ON ALL THE NUMBERS THAT THEY GET FROM DISTRICTS WITH THE FALL PEIM SUBMISSION.

SO THE COMPTROLLER ESTIMATES WHAT THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO BE IN THE BUDGET.

YES, SIR. WITH THE POPULATION PIECE.

THAT'S FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.

THAT'S FOR THE YEAR WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S NOT FOR NEXT TIME.

THAT'S FOR THE YEAR WE'RE IN.

WE'VE HAD ENROLLMENT GROWTH AROUND THE STATE, SO THAT'S TO FINISH PAYING FOR ALL OF THOSE THAT THE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE HAD THE THE HIGH ENROLLMENT GROWTH.

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SO WHEN IT SAYS CURRENT LAW, IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE CURRENT BIENNIUM THAT WE'RE IN.

BUT YES, I MEAN I'M SURE THERE'S SOME NUMBERS THEY BUILD IN FOR ENROLLMENT GROWTH, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S JUST MORE THAN WHAT THEY ANTICIPATE.

SO. DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT, DR.

STINSON? SO HOUSE BILL 100 IS HOW THE HOUSE IS WANTING TO FUND A LOT OF THE THINGS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

SO IT INCREASES THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

AND RIGHT NOW WE'VE BEEN TOLD THIS IS THE ONLY BILL THAT INCREASES THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

OF COURSE, WE'RE NOT FINISHED YET.

SO IT GOES FROM 6160 TO 6250, WHICH WOULD BE $90 AND THEN 6300.

SO ANOTHER $50 IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE BIENNIUM.

BUT REMEMBER BEFORE WHEN I SAID HOUSE BILL THREE REQUIRES 30% OF ANY GAINS GO TOWARD TEACHER PAY.

THIS TIME THIS WOULD BE 50% OF ANY TEACHER GAINS OR GAINS WOULD GO FOR TEACHERS, NURSES, LIBRARIANS AND COUNSELORS.

THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND I'VE GOT AN INTERESTING LITTLE TIDBIT THAT I LOOKED UP BEFORE I CAME OVER HERE.

SO THE MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE, SO THERE'S AN AMOUNT THAT WE PAY TO THE STATE.

THE STATE SAYS, OKAY, HERE'S THE MINIMUM TEACHER SALARY.

SO EVERY DISTRICT HAS TO BE AT LEAST AT THAT SALARY BASED ON A 20 YEAR SCHEDULE.

MOST DISTRICTS ARE WELL ABOVE THAT NUMBER.

AND SO BIRDVILLE HAS BEEN WELL ABOVE IT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

AND ANYTHING WE CHOOSE TO PAY OVER THAT TEACHER MINIMUM, THEN THE TRS THAT THE STATE TYPICALLY PICKS UP, WE HAVE TO PICK UP.

SO IT'S AN ADDITIONAL COST TO DISTRICTS.

THAT'S WHY WHEN THEY RAISE THE TRS AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE PUTTING BACK INTO THE TRS SYSTEM, WE GET CONCERNED BECAUSE THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL COST TO THE DISTRICT AND THEY HAVE BEEN RAISING THAT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

SO THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING SIGNIFICANT INCREASES TO THE MINIMUM SCALE.

SO THINK ABOUT THAT.

IF THEY RAISE THE MINIMUM SALARY, THEN WE HAVE LESS MONEY THAT WE HAVE TO PAY IN THAT TRS BENEFIT THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE BACK TO THE STATE.

BUT IT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING.

WE GOT A SAMPLE AND NONE OF THIS HAS BEEN PASSED.

RIGHT. BUT THERE ARE SOME HUGE INCREASES TO THE MINIMUM SCALE.

SO YEAR TEN IS GOING UP OVER $14,000.

AND WHAT THAT DOES WITH OUR CURRENT TEACHER SCALE, WHICH I JUST THOUGHT WAS VERY INTERESTING, OUR CURRENT YEAR TEN IS 61,606.

THEIR YEAR TEN IS 60,000.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE'VE EVER BEEN THAT CLOSE TO A TO THIS SCALE.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE WILL DISTRICTS AND THEY SAID A LOT OF DISTRICTS BECAUSE YOU KNOW IN THE METROPLEX OUR SCALES TEND TO BE HIGHER THAN THE RULE.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY LARGE COST TO SOME OF THESE SMALL DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE WHOSE SALARIES ARE MUCH, MUCH SMALLER.

SO BUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO REQUIRE US TO DO IS ANY SAVINGS FROM THAT TEACHERS, BECAUSE OF THIS RAISE IN MINIMUM SALARY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO USE THAT PART OF THAT MONEY TO GO TOWARD TEACHER RAISES AS WELL, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE CHALLENGING TO CALCULATE BECAUSE THEY'VE NOW GIVEN US FOUR CATEGORIES TO GO THROUGH.

THIS ONE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THEY'RE ALLOWING DISTRICTS THAT HAVE NOT HAD A TAX RATE ELECTION TO ADD A SIX GOLDEN PENNY, AND THAT ACTUALLY WOULD GET BIRDVILLE BACK TO THE SIX WE HAD BEFORE.

IT INCREASES TRANSPORTATION FUNDING, WHICH WE'RE WOEFULLY UNDERFUNDED FOR THAT.

CREATES A FINE ARTS WAIT, WHICH IS SOMETHING NEW.

CHANGES SPECIAL PROGRAMS. SO SPECIAL PROGRAMS ARE OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION, OUR AT RISK STUDENTS, GIFTED AND TALENTED, ALL OF THOSE PIECES.

SO IT CHANGES THOSE TO USE ENROLLMENT RATHER THAN ATTENDANCE IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE BIENNIUM.

SO THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE CAN GET IN THOSE SPECIAL PROGRAM AREAS.

AND THEN THE COMMISSIONER WILL BE ALLOWED TO UPDATE SPECIAL EDUCATION FORMULA, FORMULA FUNDING AND REALLY CHANGE THE WHOLE WAY THAT WE'RE PAYING GETTING PAID FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG AREAS WHERE EVERY DISTRICT IS HURTING RIGHT NOW.

IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE BIENNIUM.

BUT THE COMMISSIONER WILL BE SETTING THOSE FORMULAS AND THEN IT INCREASES OUR COMPENSATORY EDUCATION WEIGHT BY JUST JUST A LITTLE BIT.

THAT'S SUCH A BIG DISPARITY IN THE REGULAR MILE AND SPECIAL EDUCATION MILE.

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THAT'S WHAT MOST DISTRICTS HAVE THE MOST OF AND GAS PRICES GOING UP AND ALL THAT.

WE JUST HAVE SO MUCH MORE.

I DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY. DO YOU KNOW, DR.

STINSON, WHY THEY DID THAT ONE SO MUCH? THE HISTORY OF IT, OTHER THAN PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS AND MAYBE SIZE OF BUSSES? YEAH. YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT, THE AMOUNT OF FUEL AND THAT KIND OF THING.

YEAH. YEAH.

RIGHT? YEAH.

BUT THE SPECIAL ED MILE OUGHT TO COST MORE BECAUSE OF THAT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REASONING.

I'M GLAD I'M HAPPY FOR IT.

BUT WE DRIVE A LOT MORE MILES ON REGULAR.

ED YEAH, FROM A DOLLAR TO $1.54.

YEAH, THAT'S A 54% INCREASE.

THE OTHER ONE IS ONLY A 20% INCREASE.

RIGHT? RIGHT. HOW IS THAT EQUITABLE? YEAH. THERE WERE ONLY.

$0.08 APART BEFORE THEY STARTED THE INCREASE.

SENATE BILL NINE AND YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT THIS ONE, IT'S STILL THERE.

PROPOSED A ONE TIME TEACHER RETENTION STIPEND FOR ONE YEAR.

IT'S FUNDED ONE YEAR ONLY.

SO 2000 FOR DISTRICTS WITH OVER 20,000 ENROLLMENT AND 6000 FOR DISTRICTS UNDER.

SO THAT'S A LITTLE CONCERNING.

I THINK A LOT OF DISTRICTS ARE ESPECIALLY I'VE HEARD FROM SOME SMALLER RURAL DISTRICTS, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'LL MAINTAIN THAT FOR THOSE YEARS AFTERWARDS.

AND THEN THERE'S A LOT OF BILLS OUT THERE.

THERE'S TEACHER RIGHTS BILLS, PARENT BILLS YOU'VE PROBABLY BEEN SEEING ABOUT HOUSE BILL THREE.

SOME OF THE THINGS OUT THERE IN THAT LIBRARY AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF BILLS.

THERE'S SOME VIRTUAL LEARNING BILLS THAT ACTUALLY ALLOW DISTRICTS TO HAVE VIRTUAL LEARNING SCHOOLS AND JUST A FEW UPDATES, JUST A FEW REMINDERS, MAY 29TH IS THE END OF THE SESSION.

LET'S SEE HERE.

UM, I THINK WE MENTIONED ABOUT THE HOUSE TAXES.

I THINK I'VE ALREADY COVERED THAT.

SENATE BILL, NINE HOUSE BILL.

WELL, I GUESS THE THE SECURITY BILL THAT YOU'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT REQUIRES ONE ARMED SECURITY OFFICER AT EACH CAMPUS AND THEY'VE GOT $100 PER ADA. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, FINDING STAFF.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, BEING ABLE TO PAY TO HAVE AN ARMED SECURITY OFFICER AT EVERY CAMPUS WILL BE A LITTLE CHALLENGING.

ONE THAT WAS PARTICULARLY ALARMING TO ME AS SENATE BILL 1814.

IT WILL NOT ALLOW US TO DO BOND PREPAYMENTS ANYMORE.

WE HAVE TO USE OUR MINIMUM BOND SCHEDULE.

SO THAT WAS A LITTLE CONCERNING.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO MAKE ANY TRACTION, BUT IT'S OUT THERE.

AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OF INTERESTING ONES HERE.

SENATE BILL 2368, WHICH WILL REQUIRE 175 DAYS IN THE INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDAR.

AND THEY SAID THAT THEY'VE GOT THAT IN IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT THESE DISTRICTS GOING TO FOUR DAY WORK WEEKS.

AND SO AND THEN ALSO THERE'S A HOUSE BILL THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW US TO HAVE THE EARLY FROM OUR DISTRICT OF INNOVATION HAVE THE EARLIER START DATE. SO LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF TRACTION THOSE WILL GET, BUT THAT'S AS OF YESTERDAY.

THAT'S A BIG SYNOPSIS OF WHERE WE ARE.

UM, AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO TRY TO GO THROUGH THE REST OF THIS A LITTLE QUICKER.

I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING SO SLOW.

SO REVENUE ESTIMATES THE BASIC ALLOTMENT INCREASE, THAT $90 IS AROUND TWO AND ONE HALF MILLION.

THE INCREASE YIELD ON THE PENNIES IS 3.9 MILLION.

NOW THAT'S FIVE PENNIES.

IF WE GET THE ADDITIONAL GOLDEN PENNY, THAT'S $3.6 MILLION.

THE BOARD DECIDES TO DO THAT.

SO RIGHT NOW, WITH THE THREE MOST BASIC THINGS, THERE'S MORE FUNDING IN THERE, BUT SO MUCH OF IT, WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO BE CALCULATED.

THESE ARE THE THREE BIG ONES THAT I COULD ACTUALLY GET MY HANDS AROUND.

SO THAT'S ABOUT 10 MILLION FROM HOUSE BILL 100.

AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL PIECES I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT GOING TO ENROLLMENT BASED FUNDING ON SEVERAL THINGS RIGHT NOW, AND WE REALLY DON'T KNOW ANY DETAILS ABOUT IT, BUT WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AROUND 4 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE BIENNIUM.

BUT EVERYTHING IS VERY PRELIMINARY.

I'LL GO THROUGH THESE PRETTY QUICKLY.

I JUST LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT WHERE ENROLLMENT BEEN IN 17 WAS WHEN WE HAD THAT 2% DECLINE WITH THE OPENING OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL.

AND THEN WE LOST AROUND 1000 STUDENTS AS A RESULT OF COVID.

BUT WE ARE SEEING THAT ENROLLMENT CHANGE AND GO THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

SO WE HAVE BEEN UP A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR, WHICH HAS BEEN GREAT.

AND JUST A REMINDER THAT FUNDING DOES FOLLOW THE KIDS.

JUST UPDATE WHERE WE ARE ON TAX VALUES RIGHT NOW.

OUR TAX VALUES FOR THE DISTRICT ARE ABOUT 14.2.

AND SO WE HAD ABOUT A 10% INCREASE THIS YEAR.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN, REMEMBER, 14%, EXCEPT WE HAD THE INCREASE IN THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

THIS I WANT TO REMIND YOU OF, BECAUSE AS SOME OF THIS GOES, CURRENTLY WHEN THE COMPTROLLER DOES HIS STATEWIDE TAX ESTIMATES, IF THEY ARE HIGHER THAN

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AND THEN WHEN EACH DISTRICT LOOKS AT THEIR OWN VALUES, IF THEIR VALUES ARE HIGHER THAN WHAT THE COMPTROLLER HAS ESTIMATED, THEN WE WILL HAVE FURTHER COMPRESSION.

SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SO MANY DISTRICTS AT THE FLOOR, BECAUSE THEIR VALUES HAVE INCREASED SO, SO MUCH, SO MUCH MORE THAN OURS HAVE.

HERE'S OUR TAX RATES.

WE'VE HAD A 17 CENT DECREASE SINCE 1819.

HERE'S ALL OUR TAX RATES.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THAT 41.39 CENTS FOR QUITE A WHILE.

THE BOARD'S BEEN REALLY GOOD NOT TO HAVE TO INCREASE.

YES, SIR. YOU SEE ANYBODY DONE A CALCULATION OF YOU KNOW, WHEN IT DROPPED IN 19, WHATEVER YOU SAID THERE.

THE TAX RATE DROPPED $0.17, BUT CALCULATED THE DIFFERENCE BECAUSE OF THE VALUATIONS HAVE GONE.

TEN, EIGHT.

UP, UP, UP. YOU KNOW, TWO PROPERTIES.

I'M SAYING HAS THE TAX BILL ACTUALLY GONE DOWN FOR PEOPLE? I THINK FOR I THINK FOR THE HOMESTEAD, I MEAN, I LOOK AT MY OWN AND I THINK IT DEPENDS ON THE VALUE OF YOUR HOME.

SO IF YOUR VALUE OF YOUR HOME IS MORE MODERATE, THEN YES, BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS I THINK MARK AND I LOOKED AT HIS THIS PAST YEAR AND HE ACTUALLY SAW A DECREASE BECAUSE IT WAS DURING THE BOND ELECTION, MINE HAD GONE UP SO MUCH THAT I DIDN'T IT WAS PRETTY MUCH EVEN OR MAYBE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE.

BUT IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT 10% IS.

YOU GOT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IF YOUR VALUE GROWS, GROWS 10% DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PENNIES DROP OFF.

IT JUST DEPENDS. IT DEPENDS ON THE ON THE VALUE OF YOUR HOME.

OH, THEY FIXED IT.

SORRY. OKAY, SO PROJECTIONS.

HERE ARE THE ASSUMPTIONS IN THESE FIRST PROJECTIONS.

NO BUDGET REQUESTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE INITIAL PROJECTIONS.

THERE'S NO CHANGE IN ENROLLMENT.

AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE IS AT 93-95.

SO REMEMBER, OUR HISTORIC RATE HAS BEEN ABOUT 95.5.

THIS YEAR WE BUDGETED 95, 94.5.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST PART OF THE YEAR BEFORE THE ATTENDANCE INCENTIVES, WE HAD DROPPED SOME.

AND SO HERE'S WHERE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO END.

SO I STARTED WITH WHERE WE ARE THIS YEAR, AND IF THOSE ATTENDANCE INCENTIVES CONTINUE TO HELP US, THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE THAT ATTENDANCE RATE INCREASE.

NO CHANGE IN STATE FUNDING CALCULATIONS, PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH OF AROUND 7%.

AND THEN WE HAVE HAD, AS WE DO EVERY YEAR AS WE GO THROUGH STAFFING.

AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN LOOKING AT VACANCIES AND CUTTING VACANCIES OUT OF THE BUDGET AT DEPARTMENTS.

SO WE HAVE REDUCED THE OVERALL BUDGET PAYROLL BUDGET BY ABOUT 2.8 MILLION.

AND THEN FOR SCHOOLS FIRST, I HAVE TO REMIND YOU THAT WE HAVE ONE MORE YEAR OF ESSER.

AND I THINK IF YOU LOOKED AT THE PRESENTATION EARLIER, THIS WAS IN IT.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT AN IMPACT IN THE 24-25 YEAR BETWEEN ESSER AND OUR CHARGE REVENUE.

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.

WHEN WE LOOK AT ONE OF THE INITIATIVES OF AROUND $14 MILLION THAT WILL HAVE LESS AVAILABLE IN THAT YEAR.

THAT'S THIS YEAR. SO I'M JUST USING 7% AS AN AVERAGE.

IF WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, THEN THAT COULD DROP EVEN MORE.

IT'S A PRETTY BIG INCREASE.

THE VALUE THAT WE GO UP IS REALLY IRRELEVANT.

IT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR REVENUE.

SO I USUALLY USE A PRETTY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE.

WHEN WE GET BETTER NUMBERS IN JULY, THEN I'LL USE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS.

BUT YOU KNOW, GOING FROM 40,000 TO 70,000 IS A LOT MORE THAN THE 15 THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR.

SO IT'S JUST MAYBE TRYING TO COME UP WITH AN AMOUNT THAT I THINK IS PLAUSIBLE FOR THAT.

SO IT SAYS 23.

NOT. IT SAYS 2023 ESTIMATED.

RIGHT. THAT'S THE YEAR WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.

ESTIMATED BECAUSE THOSE CHANGE EVERY MONTH.

WE'RE IN 22-23 RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. THE NEXT YEAR WILL BE 23-24.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO HERE IS OUR ADOPTED BUDGET.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER, THE BOARD ADOPTED A $5.9 MILLION DEFICIT.

THANKFULLY, WE HAVEN'T HAD TO UTILIZE THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF ALL THE VACANCIES THAT WE'VE HAD.

AND WE EVEN ROLLED OVER ABOUT $4 MILLION OF INCOMPLETE PROJECTS LAST YEAR.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE PROJECTING ABOUT A $1.3 MILLION DEFICIT, BUT WE TEND TO UNDERSPEND 1 TO 2%.

SO WITH NOTHING ELSE CHANGING, WE PROBABLY WILL PUT A LITTLE MONEY IN FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK TO NEXT YEAR AT 7%, THESE ARE UPDATED NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE.

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YES, SIR. WHY? UNDER THE ADOPTED 22-23 BUDGET, WE DID NOT HAVE THE ESSER REVENUE IN THERE.

BECAUSE I DIDN'T, THE ONLY REASON THE ESSER REVENUE IS IN THERE IS JUST SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WE DIDN'T HAVE IT IN JUNE WHEN THE BUDGET WAS ADOPTED.

ESSER WELL, NO, I GUESS THIS WAS OUR SECOND YEAR, RIGHT? I WAS JUST SHOWING YOU WHERE WE STARTED THE YEAR I PUT THE ESSER IN BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO FALL OFF AND I WANTED YOU I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I KEPT TRACK OF THOSE PERSONNEL EXPENDITURES. SO THERE'S NO I MEAN, THERE'S THE ADOPTED BUDGET DID NOT HAVE ESSER INCLUDED BECAUSE IT'S IN A FEDERAL FUND.

BUT I DID THIS FOR YOUR INFORMATION, SO THAT YOU COULD KEEP TRACK OF WHAT THOSE ESSER THE COSTS ARE GOING TO BE AND THE REVENUE IS.

THAT'S THE ONLY REASON IT'S IN THERE.

APPLES TO APPLES, YOU'RE 9 MILLION OFF.

NO, THAT'S OUT. IT'S AT THE TOP END.

NO, SEE, IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT THIS LITTLE THING HERE.

WE'VE GOT 9 MILLION AT THE TOP AND 9 MILLION AT THE BOTTOM, SO IT WASHES OUT.

BUT IF YOU REMEMBER THAT PROJECTION I DID BACK A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN WE WENT OUT TO 24-25, THE EXPENDITURES WERE THERE, BUT THERE WAS NO REVENUE.

SO I WANTED YOU TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.

OKAY. BUT DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT WE HAVEN'T SPENT ALL THOSE ESSER FUNDS BECAUSE ALL THE POSITIONS WEREN'T FILLED? I HAVEN'T SAID THAT YET, BUT I WILL.

I DID IN THE VIDEO. YES, SIR.

AS WE TALK ABOUT A ONE TIME STIPEND, ALL I'M SHOWING YOU HERE IS WHAT WE HAVE BUDGETED RIGHT. BUT REMEMBER, WE ALSO HAD NEW POSITIONS.

YES, SIR. WE HAD NEW POSITIONS.

THESE ARE JUST THE SUPPLANTED JOBS.

SO WE TOOK POSITIONS OUT OF GENERAL FUND AND MOVED THEM OVER.

AND THOSE PEOPLE, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY'RE ESSER FUNDED.

IT'S THE NEW JOBS THAT WILL GO AWAY WITH THE MONEY.

BUT THEN THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND.

SO THIS IS A TRACKING MECHANISM FOR ALL OF US TO SEE WHAT IS THE IMPACT AND HOW MUCH ARE WE SUPPLANTING OUT OF ESSER? DO WE KNOW HOW MANY OF THOSE NEW JOBS WILL GO AWAY? ALL OF THE NEW JOBS WILL GO AWAY BECAUSE THE FUNDING..

TEN JOBS, 30 JOBS.

DO YOU REMEMBER? 38.

38. IT'S LIKE PRETTY EXACT NUMBER TO ME.

SHE DOES CONSTANT REPORTS THAT COULD GO AWAY UNLESS WE FIND OTHER FUNDING TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE OR I THINK WHAT H.R.

IS DOING IS JOBS ARE OPENING.

THEY'RE SAYING, DO YOU WANT TO MOVE INTO THIS JOB, JOBS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE VACANT.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET ANOTHER JOB.

OKAY, SO AS WE START WITH THE INITIATIVE CRITERIA REQUIRED CAN BE RECURRING OR ONE TIME, BUT IT'S SOME KIND OF LEGAL OR CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENT AND WE MUST HAVE IT TO CONDUCT DISTRICT OPERATIONS.

CRITICAL CAN BE RECURRING OR ONE TIME, BUT IT'S CRITICAL TO OUR DISTRICT OPERATIONS.

SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO CATEGORIES WE REALLY USE THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF LIMITED FUNDING.

SO RECURRING WILL MOST LIKELY BE AN ONGOING EXPENDITURE, BUT IT MIGHT NOT.

THERE'S A CHANCE DOWN THE LINE WE HAVE TO REEVALUATE WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THEN ONE TIME WE HAVE THE NORMAL ONE TIME THINGS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE ONGOING AND THEN WE HAVE THE CRITICAL NOW, WHICH ARE THE THINGS WE'D LIKE TO EXPEDITE AND POSSIBLY DO THIS SUMMER.

SO HERE ARE THE TOTALS.

THESE ARE THE RECURRING ITEMS, AND PERSONNEL OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE RECURRING.

SO WE HAVE REQUIRED ABOUT 3.2 MILLION THAT WILL GO OVER TONIGHT AND CRITICAL OF ABOUT A MILLION.

SO TOTAL RECURRING.

THAT WILL BE IF THE BOARD APPROVES THEM, WILL BE PROPOSED IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET IS ABOUT 4.1 MILLION.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE ONE TIMES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO FUND OUT OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WITH THE LEFTOVER FUNDS THAT WE HAVE, WE THINK WE CAN DO THAT WITH WITH BARELY ANY IMPACT. WE MIGHT BE UP TO MAYBE $1 MILLION DEFICIT WHEN WE FINISH THE YEAR, BUT WE'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND FUND THOSE OUT OF THIS YEAR SO WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THEM OUT OF NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. BUT THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS WITH YOU GUYS LATER ON.

SO WITH UPDATED PROJECTIONS WITH CURRENT LAW, WE START OUT WITH THAT $2.6 MILLION SURPLUS.

AND THEN WHEN YOU TAKE ALL OF THE RECURRING ITEMS, THE CRITICAL AND REQUIRED AND THE PERSONNEL, IT HAS A TOTAL NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE PRIOR TO ANY LEGISLATION ABOUT ONE AND ONE HALF MILLION.

THEN IF WE ADD IN JUST THOSE THREE BIG ROCKS OF LEGISLATION THAT ARE IN HOUSE BILL ONE AND HOUSE BILL 100 BEFORE ANY OTHER INCREASES IN REVENUE, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $10 MILLION. AND THEN THAT LEAVES POTENTIAL REVENUE FOR ANY COMPENSATION CHANGES THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER OF ABOUT EIGHT AND ONE HALF MILLION.

AND JUST REMINDING YOU THAT 1% RAISE COSTS APPROXIMATELY 1.95 MILLION.

SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT?

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SO THIS IS JUST AN OPTION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD.

ESSER FUNDING WILL EXPIRE IN SEPTEMBER OF 24, SO WE HAVE ANOTHER YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF.

ADDITIONAL FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, SO ESSER FUNDS OUR SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM.

WHILE WE HAVE TRIED TO MAKE A HUGE, ROBUST SUMMER SCHOOL, WE HAVEN'T HAD AS MANY STUDENTS AT TIMES, ALTHOUGH WE'VE BEEN, I THINK, ADVERTISING LIKE CRAZY.

AND SO THERE ARE FUNDS LEFT OVER IN THAT.

AND THEN WE'VE ALSO HAD POSITIONS, AS MR DAVIS MENTIONED, THAT WE'VE BEEN UNABLE TO FILL AND ESSER AND SOMETIMES WHEN ONE IS VACATED AND IT'S GOING TO GO AWAY, WE DON'T FILL IT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO HIRE SOMEONE AND SAY, WELL, YOU'VE ONLY GOT A JOB FOR A YEAR.

SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE, IF YOU WOULD ALLOW US, IS TO HAVE A ONE TIME EMPLOYEE RETENTION PAYMENT.

PAYMENT IS THE WORD WE NEED TO USE.

IT CAN'T SAY BONUS IN ESSER, BUT WE CAN DO A RETENTION PAYMENT TO KEEP EMPLOYEES.

WE'D LIKE TO DO THAT IN OCTOBER FOR EMPLOYEES THAT ARE EMPLOYED AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR AND ARE STILL EMPLOYED IN OCTOBER AND WE'RE STILL KIND OF WORKING WITH THE NUMBER WE THINK WE CAN. WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE THAT'S FULL TIME TO GET $750.

AND IF YOU WOULD ALLOW US, WE'D LIKE TO BRING THAT BACK AT THE MAY 16TH WORKSHOP BECAUSE WE'D LOVE TO GET IT APPROVED SINCE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROBABLY DO COMPENSATION UNTIL AFTER THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

WE'D LIKE TO GIVE THE EMPLOYEES SOMETHING TO KNOW BEFORE THEY GO HOME FOR THE SUMMER.

HERE'S WHAT THE BOARD HAS PROVIDED FOR YOU BECAUSE WE APPRECIATE YOU AND THAT KIND OF THING.

SO ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? IF..

THIS WOULD BE FUNDED THROUGH ESSER, NOT THE GENERAL FUND.

WHAT'S THE TOTAL NUMBER? 750 TIMES WHAT? IT WAS 2.6 MILLION.

THANK YOU. OUR GOAL IS WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO BACK INTO THE BENEFITS SO THAT THEY ACTUALLY GET A CHECK THAT SAYS $750.

SO AND THAT'S VIA THE UNFILLED POSITIONS FROM THIS PAST YEAR? THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT.

WITHIN ESSER. YES, MA'AM.

IF YOU GROSSED IT UP, WON'T THAT AFFECT HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE TO TRS? NO, IT'S A NON TRS IN A RETENTION PAYMENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE TRS PAID.

SO IT WOULD ONLY HAVE MEDICARE BASICALLY COMING OUT OF THE CHECK.

ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? MAYBE WE BRING THIS BACK ON THE 16TH.

OKAY. THAT'S GREAT.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'LL NOW GO THROUGH THE INITIATIVES, SO IF YOU'LL OPEN YOUR NOTEBOOKS, YOU HAVE THE FIRST TAB IS YOUR PRESENTATION TAB.

I'D LIKE TO START WITH THE LAST TAB, WHICH IS ONE TIME AND GO THROUGH THAT FIRST.

THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO FUND OUT.

IF THE BOARD LETS US GO FORWARD WITH THESE, WE'D LIKE TO FUND THESE OUT OF THE LEFTOVER FUNDS THIS YEAR.

NOW, I KNOW SOME OF THESE I HAD IN THE PRESENTATION FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT GOT A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT, BUT I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THESE WITH THE ONE TIME.

SO THE FIRST PAGE IS JUST A SUMMARY AND THEN I'VE GOT A SECOND PAGE THAT HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.

AND JUST IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, JUST HOLLER AT ME AS WE GO THROUGH.

SO THE FIRST ONE ON THE LIST UNDER REQUIRED INITIATIVES IS THE FACT WATERPROOFING.

YOU REMEMBER, WE'VE DONE THE WE'RE WORKING ON THE HOME SIDE RIGHT NOW AND WE'D LIKE TO COME BACK AND DO THE VISITOR SIDE.

THAT HAS ACTUALLY GONE REALLY WELL THIS SUMMER.

UM, FACILITIES WE HAVE PRETTY MUCH RUN OUT OF KEY CODES IN OUR DISTRICT WITH ALL OF THE NEW SCHOOLS AND ALL.

AND SO WE NEED TO UPDATE OUR SOFTWARE.

AND WE HAVE HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL HAS NO MASTER KEY.

THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY PRINCIPALS.

WE'VE JUST GOT I THINK THE PRINCIPAL WALKS AROUND WITH A CHAIN OF KEYS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH DOOR TO UNLOCK.

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE THEIR CAMPUS.

THE NEXT ONE IS CONVOCATION, WHICH WE HAVE EVERY OTHER YEAR.

AND SO THESE ARE THE EXPENSES THAT WE WOULD HAVE FOR THE CONVOCATION IN AUGUST OF 23.

AND THEN UNDER WE HAVE SOME NEW TEAKS IN SCIENCE.

SO THESE ARE SUPPLIES AND TRAINING THAT CURRICULUM WOULD NEED TO TAKE THOSE TEACHERS THROUGH.

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SO THIS YEAR MR. DIETRICH IS NEEDING TO DO THE CHOIR CONCERT UNIFORMS AND THE HALTOM HIGH DRILL TEAM REPLACEMENTS.

WE HAVE A REALLY EXCITING ONE.

POTHOLES IN THE COLISEUM.

YOU KNOW, WE CONTRACT WITH TARRANT COUNTY AND ALL WE'RE OUT IS $100 A DAY AND SUPPLIES.

THEY DO A REALLY GOOD JOB.

SO WE'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE WORKING ON THOSE.

WE ALSO HAVE CYCLED PARKING STRIPING SO THERE ARE 13 CAMPUSES.

FACILITIES WOULD LIKE TO GET COMPLETED THIS SUMMER.

ON UPDATING ALL OF THE PARKING STRIPING.

WE HAVE TWO RIDING LAWNMOWERS WE NEED TO REPLACE THEIR LIFE CYCLE REPLACEMENTS AND SO THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THOSE UPDATED AND REPLACED. AND THEN THE GREENHOUSE THAT THE CTE HAS GOT SOME EQUIPMENT UPDATES THEY NEED FOR AND THE INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED, THEY HAVE SOME LAB SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND SO THEY'VE GOT SOME UPDATES TO SOME OF THE GREENHOUSE EQUIPMENT THEN GOING ON DOWN IN THE CRITICAL, WE HAVE SOME QUITE A FEW FINE ART PIECES THAT MR. DIETRICH IS BRINGING FORWARD.

WE HAVE ART TABLES AND STOOLS THAT OF ARE UNSTABLE AND WELL PAST THEIR LIFE CYCLE AT SEVERAL SCHOOLS.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS VERY INTERESTING.

HE TOLD US ABOUT THE STAGES WHEN THE GIRLS DO DANCING, COMPETITION OR NOT COMPETITIONS, BUT PERFORMANCES.

A LOT OF OUR OUR STAGES AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS, THE FLOORS ARE NOT REALLY LEVEL.

AND SO HE WANTS TO PURCHASE A FLOOR.

IT'S CALLED A MARLEY FLOOR THAT WE CAN USE AND SHARE AMONG THE THREE HIGH SCHOOLS THEY CAN USE WHEN THEY HAVE SOME TYPE OF A DANCE PROGRAM SO THAT THE GIRLS DON'T ACCIDENTALLY TRIP ON THE STAGE, WHICH I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT BEING A PROBLEM.

RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL, WHEN IT WAS BUILT, DID NOT DO ADEQUATE STORAGE IN THEIR CHOIR OR BAND AREA FOR THEIR MUSIC.

AND SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR UPDATED STORAGE CONTAINERS AND I GUESS FURNITURE, UH, NORTH OAKS, MIDDLE SMITHFIELD, MIDDLE AND HALTOM MIDDLE ARE THE ART STOOL SCHOOLS.

THEY NEED STOOLS AND DESK.

HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL THEATER NEEDS A WASHER AND DRYER SO THAT THEY CAN WASH THEIR COSTUMES.

THE OTHER TWO HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE THOSE, AND THEN WE HAVE A A LIFESTYLE LIFE CYCLE REPLACING WENT ON CHOIR RISERS.

SO THREE ELEMENTARIES ARE SLATED TO GET NEW RISERS THIS YEAR.

THOMAS, WALKER CREEK AND FOSTER VILLAGE.

UM GOING ON DOWN.

THE NEXT ONE IS THE WAREHOUSE.

WE HAVE A 2006 AND 2008 BOX TRUCK THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO REPLACE AND WE'D LIKE TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL ONE BECAUSE WE HAVE A DRIVER THAT CAN DO ADDITIONAL WORK AROUND THE DISTRICT. WE ALSO CAN USE THESE.

WE'VE BEEN HAVING DIFFICULTY RENTING BOX TRUCKS AROUND THE DISTRICT SO WE CAN USE THESE THREE BOX TRUCKS AS WELL TO HAUL EQUIPMENT FOR THE FOOTBALL TEAM AND THE BAND.

WHEN WE GET THESE IN.

THERE ARE FACILITY.

WE'LL DO THAT ONE IN A MINUTE BECAUSE I'VE GOT A WHOLE LIST OF THESE THINGS ON THE NEXT PAGE.

CTE. SO THEY HAVE GOT AUTOMOTIVE, THEY'VE GOT SOME EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE.

THEY NEED A DIAGNOSTIC SCAN TOOL AND A HYDRAULIC TRANSMISSION JACK WHICH SOUNDS PRETTY COMPLICATED.

AG BARN. IF YOU REMEMBER, WE TRIED TO GET AN AG TRAILER OFF OF AN AUCTION AND WE DID NOT WIN THAT AUCTION.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WE DON'T HAVE A TRAILER TO CARRY THE PIGS.

AND SO THEY'RE ASKING TO BUY THAT GOAT AND PIG TRAILER THERE.

YES, THERE IS A FENCE THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

THE GATE IS BROKEN AROUND THE GREENHOUSE.

AND THEN HERE'S HERE'S A BIG ONE.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN THE BECHTEL WAS BUILT, THE COSMETOLOGY BOWLS ARE STARTING TO COME APART.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO REPLACE THE SHAMPOO BOWLS IN THE COSMETOLOGY AREA.

AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE SOME ONE TIME ATHLETIC NEEDS FOR THIS SUMMER.

WE HAVE A WRESTLING MAT AT BHS THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL NEEDS A NEW COMMERCIAL WASHER FOR THE ATHLETIC AREA.

WE HAVE WALL PADDING IN THE GYMS. I THINK IT IS BIERI, ISN'T IT, AT THE ENDS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE REPLACED? AND THEN GOALPOST, PADS AND SIGNAGE ARE THE OTHER PIECE IN THAT IN THAT NUMBER.

AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, IT'S THE SUMMARY OF THAT FACILITY PIECE AND I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THOSE.

WE HAVE CTE AT HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL.

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THEY WERE IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE.

AND SO WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND COMPLETE THOSE RENOVATIONS AND BUY THEM PROPER FURNITURE FOR THOSE ROOMS. WE HAVE WITH THE COMBINATION OF ASSESSMENT AND SOME OF THE CURRICULUM DEPARTMENT INTO THIS BUILDING, WE DON'T HAVE OFFICES FOR ALL THE STAFF.

AND SO WE HAVE WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN SOME OF THE PORTABLE WALLS IN ALL IN SOME OF THE OPEN SPACES AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS AN OFFICE.

WE HAVE BEEN REPLACING LIBRARY FURNITURE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THE OLD HEAVY WOODEN LIBRARY DESK AND CHAIRS THAT THE LITTLE KINDERGARTNERS CAN'T EVEN SIT IN BECAUSE THEIR FEET DANGLE.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN SLOWLY REPLACING LIBRARY FURNITURE AND WE PROMISE PORTER AND SNOW HEIGHTS THIS YEAR THAT THEY WOULD BE NEXT ON THE LIST.

SO WE'VE GOT FURNITURE FOR THEIR LIBRARIES.

WE HAD SOME WATER DAMAGE FROM AN HVAC LEAK AT NORTHRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND SO THIS SUMMER WE NEED TO GET THE FLOOR RECODED AND SANDED WITH SOME OF THE DAMAGE WOOD.

AT BINION, WE HAVE A STRANGE THING GOING ON.

WE HAVE A LEAK IN A BATHROOM UPSTAIRS THAT IS LEAKING THROUGH THE TILE DOWN INTO THE CLASSROOM BELOW.

IT'S NOT GROSS WATER, BUT ANYWAY, IT'S JUST IT'S A WATER LEAK.

SORRY. AND SO IT'S CAUSING WATER IN THE CEILING TILES.

SO WE NEED TO REPLACE THAT BATHROOM FLOOR.

WE HAVE OUR LIGHT POLE INSPECTIONS FOR FEEDER SYSTEMS WHERE WE LOOK AT THE STRUCTURAL LEVEL OF THOSE LIGHT POLES.

AT WEST BIRDVILLE, WE HAD A COMPUTER LAB THAT WAS BUILT WITH THE BUILDING, BUT IT'S NOW BEING USED AS A CLASSROOM BECAUSE WE NEEDED THE SPACE AND WE'RE NOT USING COMPUTER LABS.

SO THEY'VE ASKED IF WE WOULD REMOVE ALL THE BUILT INS SO THEY COULD HAVE THE DESK IN THE ROOM.

HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL WE HAVE ON THE WEST SIDE, WE HAVE WINDOWS LEAKING AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GO IN AND RESEAL THOSE WINDOWS.

UM, THE HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL ALSO HAS THE LOCKER ROOM DOORS ARE IN HORRIBLE SHAPE AND SO WE WANT TO REPLACE THOSE.

THEY ARE VERY UNSIGHTLY.

UM HARDMAN STRANGELY ENOUGH, WE HAVE AND JOHN'S HERE, IF I SAY THIS INCORRECTLY, BUT WE HAVE A METAL ROOF THAT WAS PUT OVER A NORMAL ROOF, I GUESS WOULD BE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NORMAL IS CALLED.

MR DAVIS YOU CAN TELL ME.

AND SO IN COLD WEATHER IT CONDENSATES AND IT DRIPS AND IT LEAKS INTO THE BUILDING SO WE CAN SPEND $100,000 AND PUT INSULATION IN THERE, OR WE CAN DO SOME WORK TO VENTILATE THAT AREA AND WE THINK IT'LL TAKE CARE OF IT RATHER THAN HAVING TO GO IN AND PUT INSULATION IN.

THIS PLUMBING SUPPORT FOR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, WE HAVE THE SUMMER GAS TESTING THAT OUR STAFF HAVE TO DO THAT'S REQUIRED BY LAW.

AND SO WE BRING IN CONTRACTORS TO HELP US WITH JUST WE HAVE A LOT OF FACILITIES THAT THE BATHROOM FAUCETS AND THE FIXTURES JUST NEED TO BE REVIEWED AND REPAIRED.

AND SO THIS AND I THINK YOU GUYS APPROVED THIS LAST YEAR, TOO, BUT WE DO IT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO SEE IF WE CAN AFFORD TO DO IT.

BUT THEY'LL GO THROUGH AND HELP US GET SOME OF THOSE THINGS REPAIRED AND CLEANED UP.

THERE'S A SOFTBALL FENCE OUT AT RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL THAT USED TO BE OUT TO AN OPEN FIELD, BUT THERE'S HOMES THERE NOW.

AND JOHN SAID THE SPACE IS PRETTY LARGE, THAT A CAR COULD DRIVE THROUGH IT.

AND SO JUST FOR SAFETY, WE'D LIKE TO PUT A FENCE UP AND JUST JUST A LITTLE BIT EXTRA SAFETY OUT THERE.

AND THEN IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE DEMOING ALL THOSE PORTABLES, WE HAD WEIGHT ROOM PORTABLES THAT ALL THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, WHICH THEY'RE ALMOST ALL GONE.

NORTH OAKS HAS NOW VOLUNTEERED TO GET RID OF THEIR 30.

PLUS YEAR OLD PORTABLE. SO WE'D LIKE TO GET THAT ONE DEMOED AND OUT OF THE WAY.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE HOUR SHOP, IF YOU DRIVE UP BY THE FACILITY AREA, WE HAVE A LOT OF BROKEN WINDOWS THAT OVER THE YEARS HAVE BEEN BOARDED UP.

THEY HAVE ASBESTOS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT CLEANED UP BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY UNSIGHTLY.

SO THOSE ARE THE ONE TIME REQUESTS.

ARE THERE ANY. YES, SIR.

THE LOCKER ROOMS? YES, SIR. IT'S ATHLETIC LOCKER ROOMS. YES, SIR. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THESE ONE TIMES? KATIE, I'M GOING TO SPRING THIS ON COACH NORTON BECAUSE I HAVEN'T RAN THIS BY HIM.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE NOTICED THE LAST TWO YEARS OUT AT BIRDVILLE GOING TO THE BASEBALL GAMES IS THAT WAREHOUSE BEHIND HAS LIGHTS THAT COME ON AND IT'S NOT BLOCKED BY THE BATTER'S EYE OUT THERE IN CENTER FIELD.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD COST US TO EXPAND AND RAISE THE BATTER'S EYE OUT THERE WHILE WE'RE DOING THE CONSTRUCTION ON THE BASEBALL FIELDS AND WHATNOT.

BUT IF WE COULD POSSIBLY LOOK INTO THAT, I DON'T THINK RICHLAND AND HALTOM ARE SITUATED IN A WAY THAT THE LIGHT IS SHINING IN THE BATTER'S EYE.

BUT I KNOW AT BIRDVILLE THAT THOSE LIGHTS COME ON AT 7:00 PM OR WHATEVER IT IS, AND LEFT HANDED BATTERS ESPECIALLY, I MEAN, THEY'VE TALKED TO ME, IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE A BALL COMING IN.

[00:50:02]

OKAY. AND AS BARRY'S WORKING WITH THE ARCHITECTS ON THOSE PROJECTS, THAT'S A GREAT A GREAT PROJECT.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW.

SHOOT IT OUT. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, SIR.

WELL, WE JUST REDID ALL OF THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE FLASHING LIGHT.

NOW, THE HALTOM CITY.

YES. HALTOM CITY PUT IN A FLASHING LIGHT.

WE MOVED IT DOWN.

YES, SIR.

YES. THAT. WELL, WHAT'S INTERESTING, SO IF YOU REMEMBER, Y'ALL VOTED TO PAY FOR THE ONES ON CARSON, BUT THERE WAS ONE OVER THAT HAD BEEN FOR CHANEY ELEMENTARY ON CARSON.

AND SO HALTOM CITY WAS WILLING TO MOVE IT.

AND THEY EVEN REDID THE SIDEWALKS AND STUFF OR, YOU KNOW, AND MADE SURE THERE WAS A HANDICAPPED RAMP SO.

YEAH, THEY'RE BRAND NEW.

THEY HAVE TO PUSH THE BUTTON.

YES.

SO HOPEFULLY SHE CROSSED AT THAT SPOT.

ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE.

IT WAS OKAY.

THERE ARE. BUT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE CROSSING DOWN BY THE BUS LOT ENTRANCE, AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

SO THAT'S BEEN THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE, IS GETTING PEOPLE TO CROSS WHERE WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO CROSS.

BUT YES, SIR, WE DID GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF, WHICH WAS GOOD.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE ONE TIME REQUEST? OKAY. IF YOU'LL GO BACK A TAB TO THE RECURRING, I'LL GO THROUGH THESE.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL START OFF WITH STUDENT SERVICES.

EACH YEAR, THE CITIES GIVE US ESTIMATES FOR THE INCREASES THE POLICE OFFICERS, SROS WILL HAVE.

AND SO WE BUILD THOSE INTO THE BUDGET.

WE ALSO ARE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL SRO FOR RICHLAND HILLS.

RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE ONE SRO FOR FOUR SCHOOLS.

SO IF THEY NEED TO GO AND PATROL THE ELEMENTARIES, OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL IS NOT COVERED.

AND SO THEY HAVE ASKED IF THEY COULD ADD ONE.

SO WE HAVE THAT IN THE TOTAL THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE, THERE'S A COUPLE OF PIECES OF SOFTWARE THAT ARE USED BY NOW THAT WE HAVE ALL THESE SECURITY OFFICERS IN THE DISTRICT THAT DO RADIO COMMUNICATION AND A DASHBOARD OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND SO THERE WERE SOME INCREASES WITH THOSE, THE SECURITY GLASS, GAS AND SUPPLIES.

APPARENTLY, THEY WERE USING THE FACILITIES BUDGET AND WE ASKED THEM TO USE.

NOW THAT WE HAVE SO MANY MORE SECURITY GUARDS, WE ASK THEM TO SET UP THEIR OWN BUDGET FOR FUEL.

SO THAT'S A BIG PIECE OF THAT.

AND THEN ALSO THE SUPPLIES ARE GOING TO BE RADIOS, BATTERIES, CONES, STOP SIGNS, VARIOUS THINGS THAT THEY HAVE FOR THE SECURITY GUARDS THAT WE HAVE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. AND UNDER THE COLUMN OF RECURRING, THAT'S ADDITIONAL DOLLARS ABOVE WHAT'S ALREADY BUDGETED.

THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT.

HEY, SKIP. YEAH.

YEAH. AND I'LL TAKE IT BACK, JUST SO YOU CAN REMEMBER.

WHAT BURDENS ARE THESE CITIES CARRYING FOR OUR SROS? IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN TELL ME? WHEN'S THE LAST TIME WE TALKED TO THEM? SO WE'RE AT..

THAT WAS, ARE WE AT 65 FOR ALL OF OUR CITIES INVOLVED? SO IT'S NOT DIFFERENT AGREEMENTS PER CITY? ALL RIGHT, GOING DOWN TO LINE 12.

THE HOPE SQUAD IS JUST THE COST FOR OUR SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM.

THE NEXT FEW ARE THE BUSINESS OFFICE.

THESE ARE JUST ESTIMATES.

IF THESE IF THESE DOLLARS AREN'T SPENT, THEY GO RIGHT BACK INTO THE DISTRICT FUND BALANCE.

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IT HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE FUNCTION.

AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BUDGET BY FUNCTION.

SO WE TRY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH IN THAT ONE.

WE'VE BEEN GIVEN AN ESTIMATE FROM OUR PROPERTY INSURANCE AND AUTO AND LIABILITY.

THEY WILL BE HERE IN MAY TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE MARKET'S LOOKING LIKE AND THEN WE'LL BE BRINGING APPROVALS TO YOU IN JUNE.

BUT IT'S AS YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE WITH YOUR OWN, THE RATES HAVE GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY.

WE DID GET AN INCREASE IN LEGAL FEES THIS YEAR.

THERE WERE PRICE INCREASES.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO MATCH WHAT WE THINK IS GOING TO BE THE COST.

IT JUST REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT NEEDS ARE IN PLACE EACH YEAR.

THE NEXT ONE IS SOFTWARE AND SERVICE FEES.

SO THESE ARE OUR BENEFITS SERVICERS.

AND THEN WE HAD TO ADD DEBT BOOK THIS YEAR FOR THAT GASB 87 AND 96, IF YOU REMEMBER.

NOW WE HAVE TO SHOW ALL OF OUR SOFTWARE LEASES AS IF WE PURCHASED THEM AND BORROWED MONEY.

AND WE HAVE TO REPORT ALL THAT IN THE GENERAL LEDGER.

SO WE HAVE TO REPORT A PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENT EVERY MONTH.

SO THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY THIS SOFTWARE ACTUALLY DOES ALL THE PRESENT VALUE CALCULATIONS FOR US.

AND THEN REV TRACK, THERE'S $10,000 IN REV TRACK AND IT'S THE COST THAT IS COMING FROM THE TUITION BASED PRE-K, BUT WE'LL HAVE A REVENUE TO OFFSET THAT.

BUT WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THE EXPENDITURE THERE.

SO THERE'LL BE ANOTHER THERE'LL BE A REVENUE ON TOP OF THAT.

THE NEXT ONE IS THE NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION REIMBURSEMENT.

SO WHEN OUR TEACHERS GO THROUGH THE NATIONAL BOARD PROGRAM, THE STATE DOES REIMBURSE US.

BUT IT'S A TIMING ISSUE.

AND SO WE STILL HAVE TO REPORT THE EXPENDITURE FROM AN ACCOUNTING RULE.

IN UTILITY INCREASE WE HAVE NOT INCREASED OUR UTILITIES IN A NUMBER OF YEARS.

IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT I SHOWED YOU, I THINK BACK AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING, WE HAD DONE PRETTY WELL, BUT A LOT OF IT'S BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN CLOSED.

BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE THESE DAYS AND WE HAVE A LOT MORE ELECTRONICS IN THE SCHOOL.

I'VE BEEN I'VE HAD LARON AND CHRIS, OUR ENERGY SPECIALIST, GOING THROUGH AND TRYING TO HELP ME IDENTIFY.

SO WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME STRATEGIES, TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THINGS TURNED OFF.

SO READING ACADEMY EXPENSES, THIS ONE WAS KIND OF A UNIQUE ONE.

WE HAD GOTTEN TO THE PLACE WHERE WE THOUGHT WE COULD DO A VERY LOW COST READING ACADEMY TRAINING.

AND AND I THINK YOU CAN SEE THERE THIS CHANGED IN FEBRUARY.

REGION 11 WAS GOING TO ONLY CHARGE US $400 PER TEACHER.

AND THEN THE COMMISSIONER SAID THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THAT MODEL ANYMORE.

SO OUR ALTERNATIVE, RATHER THAN PAYING IT WAS GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO THE REGION SERVICE CENTER.

SO IN THE 185, WE HAVE A COHORT, WE'RE GOING TO DO A COHORT, THERE'LL BE WE HAVE TO HAVE A BILINGUAL AND A NON BILINGUAL TRAINER.

THEY'LL BE TRAINING MATERIALS AND THEN THEY'LL BE GOING TO TRAINING.

SO THIS IS A REQUIREMENT IN LAW THAT WE HAVE THESE READING ACADEMIES AND THIS IS THE LEAST COST METHOD FOR US TO GET THOSE DONE.

YES, MA'AM. I WILL SAY IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMISSIONER AND MOST RECENT CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM THAT THERE THERE IS AN INITIATIVE VIA TEA FOR THE READING ACADEMY TO WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS BE MOVED TO HIGHER ED.

OKAY. BECAUSE THAT REALLY IS A FUNCTION OF PREPARING TEACHERS TO TEACH LITERACY AND READING AND AND IT REALLY SHOULD COME THROUGH HIGHER ED.

EVEN THOUGH TEACHERS ARE CERTIFIED TO TEACH READING AND THEY COME OUT WITH THAT CERTIFICATION, TEA IS STILL REQUIRING THEM TO GO BACK THROUGH READING ACADEMY, RIGHT? AND SO AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION THROUGH TEA AND CONVERSATIONS WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, COMMISSIONERS NOW UNDERSTANDING AND AGREES THAT EVENTUALLY SHOULD COME THROUGH HIGHER ED, THOUGH IT WILL BE A PHASED APPROACH.

AND SO WE ARE STILL RESPONSIBLE NOW.

BUT AS THE YEARS GO ON THROUGH THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THE HOPE IS FOR THAT TO BECOME THE FULL RESPONSIBILITY OF HIGHER ED THAT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU, DR. STINSON. SHE'S HELPED US WITH A LOT OF THINGS.

I LOVE THAT RELATIONSHIP SHE HAS WITH COMMISSIONERS.

SO LET ME SEE.

OKAY. WE HAD ADVANCED ACADEMIC NEEDS.

AND SO THESE ARE JUST ADDITIONAL THERE'S PIECES THAT WE NEED FOR ABBOT.

THE CAB, OUR APPS, PSAT, SAT PROCTORS.

THERE'S A REQUIRED LEVEL OF PAY WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM AND THAT HAS INCREASED.

AND SO IT'S THE PAY, TRAVEL SUPPLIES, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THESE ACTIVITIES NEED.

THE NEXT ONE I KNOW LOOKS A LITTLE STRANGE.

WHEN WE BUILT THIS BUILDING, WE DID NOT END UP WITH WATER FOUNTAINS.

AND SO WHEN PEOPLE NEED WATER, WE LOOKED AT PUTTING IN BOTTLE FILLERS, BUT IT WAS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AND.

SO YOU'LL NOTICE WE HAVE THE TWO LITTLE COOLERS IN THE BUILDING WHEN IF WE WERE TO DO ANY RENOVATIONS UP AND COMING AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, WE WILL ADD THE BOTTLE FILLERS AND THIS WILL GO AWAY. BUT RIGHT NOW, THIS IS HOW WE HAVE WATER AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE THAT COME IN THROUGH THE BOTTLE COOLERS.

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SO EUPHORIA IS THE TEACHER APPRAISALS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

AND THE LEAD FORWARD IS THE ASSESSMENT DATA FOR THE STUDENTS.

SO THEY'VE GIVEN US SOME PRETTY LARGE SOFTWARE INCREASES AND THEN ATHLETICS AND INTRAMURAL.

SO IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAVE REALLY BEEFED UP OUR GAME SECURITY THIS YEAR, BUT THAT WAS NOT IN THE BUDGET.

AND SO WE'VE WE'VE INCREASED THE BUDGET FOR THAT.

I HAD GIVEN WHEN CHRIS WAS HERE LAST YEAR, I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HIS TRANSPORTATION NEEDS WERE GOING TO BE.

SO I GAVE HIM A ONE TIME INFUSION OF $95,000.

AND I THINK BARRY HAS FOUND THAT WITH THE COST OF TRANSPORTATION, HE NEEDED EVERY PENNY OF IT.

SO WE'VE PUT THAT BACK IN AS A RECURRING COST.

THINGS HAVE DEFINITELY GONE UP.

AND THEN HE'S GOT JUST SOME MISCELLANEOUS THINGS WITH PRINTING AND SOME EXTRA DUTY PAY.

THIS NEXT SECTION YOU'LL NOTICE OUR REQUIRED PERSONNEL ARE ALL SPECIAL EDUCATION.

AND SO I WANT TO APPLAUD DOCTOR DR.

CLARK WITH THE INCREASES.

AND I MAY HAVE HER JUST SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.

WE'VE SEEN, WHAT, A THOUSAND MORE REQUESTS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION TESTING IN THIS YEAR.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT AND MISS DILLER IS THE ONE THAT WE OUGHT TO APPLAUD BECAUSE, UH, WE HAVE IS IT ON? UH, BECAUSE SHE HAS ACTUALLY GONE THROUGH THIS BUDGET PROCESS ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.

OUR INCREASES.

TAMMY I THINK AS OF TODAY, AS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, WE ARE UP OVER 700 STUDENTS AND WE'RE STILL TESTING AND WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE MAKING REFERRALS.

SO IT THE NUMBERS ARE ESPECIALLY LARGE IN AUTISM AND IN DYSLEXIA. AND WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRANSFERRING IN WITH HIGH NEEDS AS WELL.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SEEING NOT ONLY IN BIRDVILLE, BUT IT'S STATEWIDE.

THE THE INCREASE, I THINK EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL TELL YOU THAT THE SPECIAL ED INCREASES ARE ARE ARE ACTUALLY OUT OF SIGHT AND IT'S CAUSING ALL BUDGETS TO TO GO UP.

ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS WHILE THE RECURRING AT THE TOP OF THAT PAGE ARE ALL FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, THE ONE TIME ITEMS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, POSSIBLY FUNDING FROM THIS YEAR. BUT THESE ARE POSITIONS THAT, AS YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LOOK FOR JOBS IN THE SPRING.

SO IF WE COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION AT THE END, SOME OF THESE, WE WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND GET POSTED BECAUSE IF WE WAIT UNTIL JUNE, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HIRE STAFF. I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'VE ALREADY LOST A BCBA, A BEHAVIORAL FACILITATOR.

WE KNOW OF DIAGNOSTICIAN, THAT IS.

SO THESE ARE POSITIONS THAT WE ARE COMPETING WITH OTHER DISTRICTS, BUT THEY ARE LEAVING IN AND NOW. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE END.

OKAY. THE NEXT PAGE.

LAST PAGE.

SO WE HAVE THESE ARE THE CRITICAL NON PERSONNEL.

SO BEHIND THIS PAGE, YOU HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL SHEET ON ALL OF THESE WITH MORE INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT LATER.

BUT I WILL GO OVER THESE JUST LIKE I HAVE EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO THE FIRST ONE ON THE LIST AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S PAGE NUMBERS AS WELL.

THESE ARE ADDITIONAL FINE ARTS NEEDS.

THESE ARE JUST COSTS INCREASE COSTS THAT THEY'VE HAD BOX TRUCK RENTALS, PURCHASING ADDITIONAL BAND EQUIPMENT BECAUSE OF COST INCREASES, ADDITIONAL REPAIRS, SUPPLIES.

AND THEN ALSO THE TRANSPORTATION, IF YOU MAY REMEMBER IN THE BOX TRUCK RENTAL, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S ON THIS MONTH OR LAST MONTH.

WE'VE LOOKED AT SO MANY AGENDAS, BUT WE'RE HAVING A REALLY DIFFICULT TIME RENTING BOX TRUCKS TO HAUL THE ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT, THE BAND EQUIPMENT AND ANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED. AND SO THOSE COSTS HAVE RISEN SIGNIFICANTLY FOR US.

SO THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF THAT IS.

THE THE NEXT ONE ON HERE IS AND I THOUGHT JOHN HAD A CLEVER TITLE FACILITY DRIVER AWARENESS ENHANCEMENT.

SO WE HAVE ABOUT 70 VEHICLES, DISTRICT VEHICLES THAT PEOPLE DRIVE IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES.

AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD A GPS SYSTEM ON THOSE VEHICLES SO THAT WE CAN TRACK AND KNOW WHERE OUR PEOPLE ARE.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD IS A RANDOM DRUG TESTING.

WE DO THAT IN TRANSPORTATION, BUT WE DO NOT DO THAT WITH OTHER DRIVERS.

AND SO THIS WOULD INCLUDE OUR WAREHOUSE, OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT AND OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT.

I ASSUME THE RANDOM THE DRUG TESTING DOES OCCUR, THOUGH, IF THERE'S AN ACCIDENT OR AN INCIDENT, CORRECT?

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UH, LET'S SEE HERE.

UH, FACILITY, SPECIALIZED CLEANING.

YOU MIGHT. I WAS SURPRISED WHEN JOHN EXPLAINED THIS TO ME.

SO AT THE SECONDARY CAMPUSES, WE HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS AFTER THE YEAR WITH GUM STUCK ON THE PORCHES IN DIFFERENT PLACES.

AND SO THIS INCLUDES SOME POWER WASHING HELP TO GET SOME OF THAT OFF AND CLEAN UP THOSE PORCHES AT THE SECONDARY CAMPUSES.

THE OTHER PIECE IS WITH THE NEW BUILDINGS THAT WE'VE BUILT, AND I THINK THERE'S FIVE OF THEM, STARTING WITH NORTH RICHLAND MIDDLE, WE HAVE WINDOWS THAT OUR LIFTS CANNOT GET TO.

SO THIS WOULD BE ALLOWING US TO RENT AN ARTICULATING BOOM LIFT.

CAN I BELIEVE I CAN SAY THAT.

AND REMEMBER IT WILL COME OUT AND CLEAN THOSE WINDOWS.

AND I ASKED JOHN, WELL, WHY WOULD WE NOT JUST BUY ONE? THEY'RE PRETTY EXPENSIVE. THEY'RE WELL OVER $100,000.

BUT HE SAID IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T USE OFTEN.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE AN EXPENSIVE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT YOU DON'T USE OFTEN, SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT OPERATE WELL FOR YOU.

SO IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO RENT ONE THAN IT DOES TO PURCHASE ONE.

UH, LET'S SEE. THE NEXT ONE IS GOING TO CURRICULUM.

THESE ARE JUST INCREASES.

THEY'VE GOT SOFTWARE INCREASES FOR BILINGUAL ELL READING AND THEIR TEST ITEM BANK, JUST ALL SOFTWARE INCREASES THAT THEY HAVE.

THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH IN STUDENTS SUPPLIES.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE HOMEBOUND STUDENTS.

SO IT'S FOR EXTRA DUTY FOR TEACHERS TO GO OUT AND WORK WITH THE STUDENTS IN THEIR HOMES.

UH, THE HUDL SOFTWARE FOR ATHLETICS.

THIS IS THE LIVE STREAMING SOFTWARE FOR ATHLETIC EVENTS FOR ALL OF OUR INDOOR AND OUTDOOR EVENTS AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND ALSO AT THE FAC WILL BE PARENTS WHO OR ANYONE THAT CANNOT ATTEND A GAME CAN WATCH ONLINE.

MIC] THE NEXT ONE IS MIDDLE SCHOOL ATHLETICS. AND FROM BERRY'S REVIEW OF OUR BUDGETS, WE HAVE NOT BEEN KEEPING UP WITH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL NEEDS.

SO THIS IS JUST EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, UNIFORMS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AND KEEPING THEM IN A ROTATION SCHEDULE.

THE TWO COMMUNICATION PIECES ON HERE.

PRINTING COSTS HAVE GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY AS WE'RE TRYING TO DO MORE COMMUNICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY WITH EVENTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS WE'RE DOING.

AND SO MARK HAS ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL PRINTING MONEY AND THEN OUR PARTNER EDUCATION, HE'S GOT MORE EVENTS NOW AS WELL.

WE HAVE A SENIOR ADULT GATHERING AND WE ALSO HAVE THE REALTOR GATHERING AND THEN A LEADERSHIP BIRDVILLE THAT WE'RE DOING.

AND SO HE NEEDED A LITTLE EXTRA FUNDS TO HOST THOSE EVENTS.

AND THEN FINALLY, THE PERSONNEL.

UM, FINE ARTS.

WE HAVE 120 FINE ARTS EDUCATORS IN THE DISTRICT, AND WE HAVE ONE DIRECTOR AND NO OTHER ADMINISTRATORS.

AND SO IN TRYING TO GO TO ALL THE EVENTS AND ALSO GO AND MONITOR CLASSROOMS AND LOOK AT INSTRUCTION, IT'S BECOME VERY DIFFICULT FOR DANNY.

SO WE ACTUALLY, IF YOU REMEMBER THERE IN HOUSE BILL 100, THERE IS A FINE ARTS ALLOTMENT THAT WOULD COVER THE COST OF THIS POSITION.

AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING DANNY HAS REQUESTED.

AND JUST BECAUSE OF THE DEMANDS OF HIS JOB, THE NEXT ONE IS FROM TRANSPORTATION WITH THE INCREASED NUMBER OF SPED STUDENTS.

AND I DID GET A LITTLE BIT OF DATA.

WE ACTUALLY BUS 469 SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS EVERY DAY AND THEY CHANGE.

IT'S GONE UP 8% OVER LAST YEAR.

WE HAVE 35 ROUTES AND A ROUTE IS ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH.

SO IT'S ALL THREE OF THOSE.

BUT WITH THE DIFFICULTY IN DRIVERS BEING AT WORK EVERY DAY AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO COLLAPSE ROUTES.

SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS ARE PICKED UP AT THEIR DRIVEWAY AND SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THOSE.

SO WE'RE ASKING FOR A SPECIAL NEEDS ROUTING COORDINATOR.

THEY WOULD ALSO DO THE HOMELESS THAT WE HAVE TO PICK UP.

AND SHE TOLD ME TODAY WE HAVE 104 HOMELESS STUDENTS THAT WERE PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION TO AND MANY OF THOSE ARE OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT.

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THE NEXT ONE IS A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.

WE WANT TO ADD A NIGHT MECHANIC THAT WILL WORK ON OUR WHITE FLEET.

THE WHITE FLEET STRUGGLES BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO DROP THAT CAR OFF THAT TRUCK OFF DURING THE DAY AND THEY NEED TO BE WORKING.

AND SO THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT LITERALLY CAN WALK OVER OR DRIVE OVER TO THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT AND BRING THEM BACK OVER AND DO ALL OF THE WHITE FLEET OIL CHANGES AND FILTERS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

WHEN WE HAVE TO SEND IT OUT, IT'S A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE.

DOES THIS INITIATIVE HAVE ANY INCREASE IN THE PAY FOR BUS DRIVERS? NO, SIR, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A COMPENSATION INCREASE THAT YOU GUYS WOULD HAVE TO DISCUSS.

SO WE DON'T WE HAVEN'T BROUGHT ANY INCREASES LIKE THAT FOR IT AT THIS POINT YET.

YET. UH, THE NEXT ONE IS TO ADDITIONAL BUS DRIVERS.

AND THIS IS RELATED TO THE SHUTTLING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING WITH RICHLAND ELEMENTARY FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS FROM MULLENDORE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, AS WE'VE LOOKED AT STUDENTS WHO HAVE POOR ATTENDANCE AND SOME OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, WE'RE HOPING TO ADD SOME ROUTES THAT ARE WITHIN THE TWO MILES SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S MUCH MORE COST EFFICIENT TO GET THEM TO SCHOOL, TO SPEND THE MONEY ON TRANSPORTATION IF WE GET THE ADA FUNDING.

SO WE'RE JUST.

YES, MA'AM. OH, OKAY.

UH, WE'RE ALMOST FINISHED.

THE SHAH'S CLERK, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAVE ABOUT 4 TO 5 MILLION WE GET IN SHAH'S EVERY YEAR.

THE RULES ARE CHANGING NEXT YEAR ABOUT WHAT WILL QUALIFY.

THERE'S A LOT MORE PAPERWORK, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A PARENT PERMISSION SLIP FOR EVERY STUDENT EVERY YEAR.

IF WE DON'T, WE CANNOT CLAIM THEM IN SHAH'S.

AND WE COULD SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT DROPS IN REVENUE, MAYBE $2 MILLION.

SO WE'D LIKE TO ADD THIS CLERK THAT CAN HELP THE TEACHERS KEEP ON TOP OF ALL OF THE RECORD KEEPING BECAUSE IT'S A BURDEN TO SOME OF THE TEACHERS AND THE AND THE DIAGNOSTICIANS AND THOSE PEOPLE.

SO WE'D LIKE TO ADD A CLERK THAT ALL THEIR JOB IS, IS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL OF OUR FORMS FROM THE PARENTS AND ALSO THE PAPERWORK.

UM, STOWE ELEMENTARY RIGHT NOW HAS 670 STUDENTS.

WE HAVE THREE ELEMENTARIES THAT ARE RIGHT AT 700 AND WE'RE ADDING SOME PRE-K CLASSES TO STOWE, WHICH IS GOING TO PUSH THEM UP TO 700 NEXT YEAR.

SO WE'D LIKE TO GIVE THEM A SECOND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.

AND THEN THE FINAL ONE ON OUR LIST IS TO DOOR MONITORS AT HALTOM HIGH.

IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAVE ALL THE MODULAR BUILDINGS AT HALTOM.

SO KIDS ARE COMING IN AND OUT THAT BACK DOOR.

AND SO FOR SECURITY, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S AT THE DOOR MONITORING AND LOOKING AT BADGES BEFORE KIDS COME IN.

AND THEN THE FRONT OF TALTON, THEY'RE THE ONLY CAMPUS THAT DOESN'T HAVE A WALK THROUGH VESTIBULE.

AND SO WHEN KIDS ARE COMING IN AND OUT FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, SOMEONE HAS TO SIT AT THOSE GLASS DOORS TO THE CLASSROOM WING AND LOOK AT BADGES AND LET PEOPLE IN.

SO WE'RE ASKING FOR TWO POSITIONS TO REALLY FOR SECURITY BECAUSE THEIR CAMPUS IS VERY UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT FROM ALL THE REST OF THEM.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE? YEAH. WHAT IS THE? IT WAS UNDER THE ATHLETICS.

SOMETHING ABOUT.

EXTRA DUTY PAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WHAT IS THAT? I THINK THAT'S FOR THE INTRAMURALS.

IT'S FOR THE INTRAMURALS, THE EXTRA DUTY THEY'RE DOING AFTER SCHOOL TO DO THE INTRAMURALS AT NIGHT.

I THINK FOR THE COACHES THAT ARE UP WORKING WITH THOSE KIDS, UM..

WELL, THAT IS OUR INITIATIVES NOW.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE.

THIS WAS OUR FINAL PIECE ANY COMMENTS ON.

IT COULD.

ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL GOLDEN PENNY YIELD ON THE CURRENT GOLD AND PENNIES BECAUSE THAT'S IN BOTH THE HOUSE.

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THE BASIC ALLOTMENT I MEAN, THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE WILL HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND GO OVER HOW THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND THAT $5 MILLION.

SO. AS GOOD AS I CAN FEEL.

THEY WERE EASY TO CALCULATE, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.

BUT WE KNOW THERE'LL BE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE ADDED IN.

WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME SECURITY MONEY COMING IN.

WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

AND SO THAT COULD HELP US OFFSET SOME OF THESE OTHER COSTS THAT WE HAVE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND ON SECURITY.

RIGHT. BUT IT COULD OFFSET SOME OF OUR PERSONNEL THAT WE HAVE IF WE HAVE TO ADD ONE.

EVERY FINDING AN ARMED SECURITY OFFICER FOR EVERY CAMPUS, A STATE WIDE, IT'S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.

WELL, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE OPENINGS RIGHT NOW.

BUT WITH A GUN. DO YOU WANT JUST A A BODY WITH A GUN? SO. AND THEN ALSO, I THINK THAT THERE REALLY HAS BEEN TRUE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE IS A EVEN LARGER CONVERSATION REGARDING VOUCHERS AND IS THE BASIC ALLOTMENT GOING TO BE HELD HOSTAGE UNTIL THAT VOTE GOES THROUGH? WE DON'T KNOW. BUT THE LATEST NUMBERS THAT I'M SEEING EVEN THIS PAST WEEK OR EVEN UP TO $100 INCREASE IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

SO WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE AN ADJUSTMENT.

WE JUST DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AT THE COST OF A VOUCHER OR SOME TYPE OF A VOUCHER.

BUT THAT'S, AS WE ALL KNOW, BEING DISCUSSED.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE'LL KNOW THAT.

WE'LL REALLY KNOW THAT UNTIL THE END OF MAY.

BUT I DO FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THERE WILL BE AT LEAST THAT ADJUSTMENT TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

DO YOU HEAR THE RUMOR THAT PATRICK SAID? HE'LL HOLD UP SOME HALF TO LEGISLATION TO MAKE THEM CALL A SPECIAL SESSION IF THEY DON'T INCLUDE SOMETHING IN VOUCHERS.

YES, THAT HAS THAT HAS BEEN STATED PUBLICLY THAT EITHER THE GOVERNOR OR THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WILL FORCE A SPECIAL SESSION IN ORDER FOR THE VOUCHER CONVERSATION TO REMAIN INTACT.

ONE OTHER THING THAT THEY SOME HAVE SAID IS THAT THERE'S A BILL OUT THERE TO REQUIRE EVERY DISTRICT TO ALLOW OPEN ENROLLMENT.

AND REALLY IT'S VERY LOW CRITERIA.

AND THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD HANG THEIR HAT ON THAT AND SAID, WELL, WE'VE OPENED UP, YOU KNOW, OPEN ENROLLMENT.

AND IF THERE'S A SEAT, UNLESS YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN TROUBLE SOMEWHERE IN YOUR SCHOOL, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR HISTORY IS IN THIS BILL, THEY HAVE TO TAKE YOU.

SO THERE ARE SEVERAL BILLS, I THINK LIKE THAT THAT THEY SAID THEY COULD HANG THEIR HAT ON, SAID, WELL, WE'VE GIVEN PARENTS MORE OPTIONS WITH THAT.

SO. OKAY, JUST JUST CURIOUS.

I, I'M FINE WITH HAVING. WHY ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A 16TH MEETING IF WE'RE STILL NOT GOING TO? I'M SORRY. WHY ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A 16TH MEETING IF WE STILL DON'T KNOW THE FINANCES TILL THE END OF MAY? THE 16TH IS TO APPROVE THE STIPEND THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT.

THE THE ONE TIME STIPEND.

RIGHT. WE ALSO HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM JOSH MCLAUGHLIN THAT THE OFFICERS HAVE ASKED US TO BRING IN TO GO OVER SOME INFORMATION.

OUR FINANCIAL ADVISER.

SO IT'LL BE A MCGLOTHLIN REPORT.

IT WILL BE MCGLOTHLIN REPORT WITH ONE WELL, ONE ACTION ITEM, UNLESS THERE'S SOME AIR PIECES FOR IT.

SO HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE A SHORT MEETING.

YOU PROVIDED THIS IN OUR PACKET OF STUFF ABOUT THE PROPERTY HERE? YES. DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT A WHOLE LOT.

LOOKING AT WE'RE GETTING ALMOST $1 MILLION A YEAR IN RENT.

IT IS 80,946 ARE CURRENT TENANTS.

JUST WHERE WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS OR.

NO, THAT'S FINE.

I'M JUST QUESTION IS, WE'VE HAVE SOME EXPENSES HERE, TOO.

HOW ARE WE SPENDING THAT $900,000? WELL, WE ARE NOT. AND WE'VE BROUGHT WE ARE STILL WAITING TO DO THE PARKING LOT REDO.

WE JUST HAVEN'T FOUND THE RIGHT THING TO DO YET.

WE'RE STILL SEARCHING. SHE'S BEEN REPAIRING.

WELL, THEY'RE REPAIRING IT, BUT WE WERE TRYING TO REDO THE PARKING LOT AND MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, REDO THE STRIPING AND THEN ALSO PUT SOME TYPE OF AN OIL, YOU KNOW, ON IT TO MAKE IT LOOK BETTER. SEALCOATING.

THERE YOU GO. WE'VE LOOKED AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT ITEMS. SO THAT'S STILL TO COME WITH THIS PROPOSAL.

AND WE CAN GO THROUGH IT.

IF YOU GO BACK TO THE SUMMARY IN THE BACK, LET ME SEE WHAT PAGE THAT IS.

SO WE HAVE WE MET WITH WE MET WITH OUR PROPERTY MANAGER AND LOOKED AT THE PIECES OF PROPERTY THAT ARE NOT IN THE MASTER PLAN.

AND SO HE WE HAVE THE PONCHO'S BUILDING DOWN HERE, THAT OLD PONCHO'S THAT'S IN HORRIBLE CONDITION.

IT'S DANGEROUS.

AND SO THERE'S SOME ESTIMATES IN HERE IF YOU'RE AND HE DIDN'T PUT PAGE NUMBERS, IT LOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IT'S GOT LITTLE YELLOW ON THE SIDE.

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AND SO WHAT HE'S ASKING IS IF WE WILL GIVE HIM THE GO AHEAD TO CLEAN UP THESE SUITES SO THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY RENTABLE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE MASTER PLAN THAT THAT THE BOARD HAD US DO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND WE'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD.

AND HE HAS PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THEY GET CALLS.

SO IF YOU IF WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON SOME OF THESE AND WE CAN BRING THEM BACK FOR APPROVAL, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S AN OPTION A AND OPTION B, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE IN SOME OF THESE SUITES.

KATIE. I THINK WHAT I WOULD WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO AND OUR INITIAL THOUGHT PROCESS WAS GIVING YOU, BRINGING YOU THIS INFORMATION TONIGHT, GIVING YOU THE INFORMATION, LET YOU TAKE IT HOME, READ IT, DIGEST IT, AND THEN WE COME BACK FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT IS BEING LEASED AND THE LEASING PACKAGE FOR THE PLAZA AT THE MEETING ON THE 16TH.

YOU. WE JUST WANTED YOU TO HAVE THE INFORMATION TO TAKE WITH YOU.

AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS IN CLOSED SESSION SINCE IT'S PROPERTY.

IF THERE'S SOME OTHER CONVERSATION, WE NEED TO HAVE TO SPEND SOME MONEY IN ORDER TO MAKE SOME MONEY.

THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT.

AND LET'S FACE IT, IF THERE'S PEOPLE OCCUPYING THE SPACES, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP THEM UP.

SO IT'S TO OUR ADVANTAGE TO DO THAT.

THERE'S ALSO ONE THING ON THERE THAT'S KIND OF COOL OUT HERE IN THIS FAR FRONT AREA.

HE'S PROPOSING MAYBE ONE OF THOSE LITTLE COFFEE THINGS THAT SMALL ONES, YOU KNOW, BLACK RIFLE, WHATEVER, PUTTING RIGHT OUT HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WE HAVE THE CALL CENTER IN THE BACK.

WE'VE GOT ALL THE DIALYSIS PEOPLE AND THEN OF COURSE, ALL THE TRAFFIC THROUGH THIS BUILDING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE JUST RIGHT OUT THERE ON THAT LITTLE PIECE OF PROPERTY.

AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE HE HAS, THAT GRASS AREA IS OURS AS WELL.

AND SO HE'S ACTUALLY LOOKING AT SOME BUSINESS THAT MIGHT WANT TO COME IN AND LEASE THAT LAND AND BUILD ON IT LIKE A WHAT DID HE SAY, DOCTOR SIMPSON LIKE A WHATABURGER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WOULDN'T IT? OR SOME KIND OF A I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT ALL HE YEAH I THINK THE POINT IS THAT THERE'S AND IT'S IT'S IT'S IN YOUR LEASING OPTIONS BUT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE MONEY WITH THE PROPERTY PIECES OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE KNOW THAT WERE NOT PLANNED AND HAVE NOT BEEN PLANNED AND WILL NOT BE PLANNED FOR THE THE INSTRUCTIONAL PORTION OF THE PLAZA.

SO ANYWAY, YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION IN THAT PACKET AND THAT LEASING PACKET.

WE JUST WANT YOU TO TAKE THAT STUDY, THAT PACKET, AND THEN WE'LL BE PREPARED TO GIVE YOU TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT FURTHER ON MAY THE 16TH.

OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE AND YOU'LL SHOW PROJECTED EXPENSES.

NOT JUST HIS OPTION A AND B, BUT PARKING LOT EXPENSES AND WHATEVER YOU HAVE.

PARKING LOT IS THE PIECE THAT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT SOLUTION.

YES, SIR. BUT IT ALSO GOT, I ASSUME, SOME AC UNITS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ON THIS SCHEDULE THAT'S GOING TO BE REPLACED AT TIMES, TOO.

IN OUR BILL IN THE BUILDINGS WERE OCCUPYING.

YEAH, BECAUSE WE ONLY DO THE ENVELOPE OF THE BUILDING SO THE TENANTS HAVE TO DO THEIR OWN.

BUT YES, HE'S TALKING ABOUT.

YES, SIR. SURE.

AND CERTAINLY THIS THIS MONEY IS AVAILABLE TO DO THAT.

ROOFS, YOU KNOW, HVAC, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

BUT THERE'S A BALANCE SHEET FOR THE REVENUES OF THIS FACILITY.

YES, SIR. BUT SO FAR, WE HAVEN'T SPENT ANY BIG MONIES OUT OF IT YET.

NO, THE PARKING LOT WAS GOING TO BE THE FIRST, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING THAT BACK FOR APPROVAL.

SO THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU, KATIE.

THANK YOU.

THAT HELPED A BIG..

COULD I ASK ONE QUESTION? IS THERE SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THOSE POSITIONS OF SPECIAL ED POSITIONS ABOUT US GOING AHEAD AND POSTING THOSE POSSIBLY EXCEPT FOR A WINNING BASKETBALL TEAM IN ARKANSAS.

YES. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK PART PART OF THIS.

PART OF THIS.

AM I WRONG? BUT PART OF THIS INFLUX OF SPECIAL ED IS DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH THE EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND WHAT HAPPENED THOSE COUPLE OF YEARS THAT I THINK WE COULD SAY THAT THE PANDEMIC DIDN'T HELP US.

I DON'T I THINK THAT THE THE BEHAVIOR IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD IS REALLY AN ISSUE THAT THE PANDEMIC PROBABLY EXACERBATED.

I MEAN, OF COURSE, AUTISM AND DYSLEXIA WOULDN'T.

BUT THERE'S ELEMENTS OF THE SPECIAL ED THAT ARE DEALING WITH TESTING AND HOW YOU'RE DOING.

THE SPEECH THAT.

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ARE YOU OKAY WITH US BRINGING SOME OF THOSE LARGER ONES BACK AT THE MAY MEETING SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED ON SOME OF THOSE PIECES AS ACTION ITEMS? YES, SIR. YEAH, I HAVE NO PROBLEM AT THE WORKSHOP..

THE MAY MEETING AT THE MAY MEETING.

THE MAY MEETING. THAT'S FINE. OKAY.

AND THEN JUST TO RECAP WHAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TELL THE TEACHERS IF WE END UP APPROVING THE 750 STOP, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO TELL THEM THAT.

BUT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO TELL THEM WHAT THE RAISES WILL BE IF THEY SIGN NEW CONTRACTS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

BEFORE THE END OF MAY? YES, SIR, THAT'S CORRECT.

I'M ASSUMING WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME KIND OF COMMUNICATION TO THE STAFF BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, RIGHT? YEAH, WE'VE DONE IT IN MAY.

YES, SIR. RIGHT.

UNLESS LEGISLATION GETS PASSED EARLY EARLIER.

BUT THAT'S YEAH, I THINK, OF COURSE, MAY 29TH IS THE, YOU KNOW, THE MAGIC DATE UNLESS IT BECOMES A SPECIAL SESSION.

AND THEN OF COURSE THAT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT FOR ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION TO GIVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER.

AND WE WILL WE WILL WORK WITH MARK'S DEPARTMENT AND THE DISTRICT TO TO TRY TO COMMUNICATE THAT THE BEST THAT WE CAN.

THAT WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A OF A LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THAT IT'S LOOKING LIKE VERY LIKELY WE'LL GO TO A SPECIAL SESSION.

I JUST I THINK I DON'T.

YOU KNOW HOW MANY YEARS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TELL THEM BEFORE THEY LEFT? IT'S BEEN SEVERAL. I THINK IT'S, LET'S SEE, ONE OF THE YEARS OF THE PANDEMIC.

WE DID NOT GIVE A RAISE.

THAT WAS WE DID THE ONE TIME STIPEND THAT WAS PROBABLY 20.

THAT WAS 2021.

AND THEN WE I THINK WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING OUT BEFORE THE END OF THE.

RIGHT. YEAH.

JUST I KNOW YOU'LL DO IT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE COMMUNICATED WITH THEM SO THAT THEY KNOW.

YES, SIR. WE'RE ON IT. AND WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN RIGHT.

HAPPENS. I THINK THAT WE'RE ALL IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER DISTRICTS AND WE COMMUNICATE WEEKLY.

EVERYONE IS IN LIMBO, JUST LIKE WE'RE DISCUSSING TONIGHT.

YOU KNOW, AT THE MERCY OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND WHAT MAY OCCUR.

OKAY.

SET TO COME BACK.

PAYMENT, THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO THE ONE TIME DEALS ARE GOING TO BE AT THE REGULAR MAY BOARD MEETING, NOT MAY 16TH, MAY 16TH.

MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT, JOE.

I UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU ASKED, AND I THINK YOU DIDN'T GET THE ANSWER YOU WERE LOOKING FOR THERE.

I THINK THAT. SORRY, JOE.

I THINK THAT I THINK WE MISUNDERSTOOD THE RETENTION PAYMENT WE WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT AND SOLIDIFY AT THE MAY 16TH MEETING.

CORRECT. AND WE I THINK WE UNDERSTOOD THAT YOUR WE THOUGHT YOUR QUESTION WAS MORE ABOUT COMPENSATION FOR THE NEXT YEAR IN TERMS OF A RAISE.

OH, OKAY. OKAY.

BUT MAY 16TH.

OKAY. SO TO BETTER ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MAY 16TH, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEEK YOUR APPROVAL AT THAT TIME ABOUT REGARDING THE RETENTION PAYMENT FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

THAT WAY IT CAN BE ANNOUNCED BEFORE IT CAN BE ANNOUNCED.

BUT ALSO, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE AN ACTION ITEM TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE SPECIAL ED POSITIONS NOW SO YOU CAN START HIRING THEM? WE COULD. WE COULD.

I THINK YOU NEED TO.

THERE'S ONLY TWO WEEKS. RIGHT. OKAY.

WE'LL DO THAT.

RIGHT.

THAT'LL WORK. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, JOE, BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT PARTICULAR INFORMATION OUT PRIOR TO THE STAFF LEAVING US FOR THE SUMMER.

I MEAN.

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NO. OKAY, SO I'VE GOT TO READ ALL THIS.

SO WE MAY NOT HAVE WE MAY NOT HAVE EVERYONE HERE YET.

SO WE MAY GO INTO A..

SO THE TIME IS 7:01 AND WE'RE GOING TO CALL A RECESS UNTIL WE COME BACK INTO SESSION.

IS THAT RIGHT? DID I DO IT OKAY? YES, SIR. THE TIME IS 7:20, AND I OPEN US UP FROM RECESS.

THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE APPEAL OF AN EMPLOYEE.

[G. CLOSED SESSION]

THIS HEARING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO THE DISTRICT POLICY DGBA LEGAL.

THIS HEARING WILL INVOLVE A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE DISTRICT.

HAS THERE BEEN A WRITTEN REQUEST TO HAVE THIS AN OPEN SESSION FOR MRS. HUMPHREY? AN OPEN SESSION.

OKAY, SO NO OPEN SESSION.

SINCE EMPLOYEE HAS NOT REQUESTED AN OPEN HEARING, THE BOARD WILL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551.074, PERSONNEL MATTERS AND COMPLAINTS AGAINST ANY OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.

551.0821, PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION ABOUT A STUDENT AND 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH THE DISTRICT'S ATTORNEY.

WE WILL NOW ADJOURN INTO CLOSED SESSION.

[H. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]

UH, WE'RE MOVING ON TO CONSIDER ACTION ON LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE HEARING.

[I. CONSIDER ACTION ON LEVEL III GRIEVANCE HEARING]

I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. KUNKEL. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND IT. I HAVE A SECOND BY MR. WOMBLE. ANY DISCUSSION? I CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. IT IS UNANIMOUS.

MISS HUMPHREY WILL RECEIVE OFFICIAL WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE BOARD'S DECISION.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR HEARING ON THIS LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE APPEAL.

WE WILL NOW PROCEED WITH OUR AGENDA.

OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE OUR MONTHLY BOARD MEETING ON THURSDAY, APRIL 27TH IN THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING BOARDROOM OPEN SESSION WILL BEGIN AT 7 P.M.

AS WE HAVE NO FURTHER BUSINESS.

DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING? SO MOVED. MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. DAVIS, AND A SECOND BY..

I'LL SECOND. NO, MISS WISE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

IT'S UNANIMOUS.

MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:35.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.