Sep 18, 2023 Board of Trustees

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GOOD EVENING. IT IS 5:33 P.M.

AND I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF FRISCO ISD.

WE HAVE FOUR TRUSTEES PRESENT WHICH GIVES US QUORUM.

WE WILL PROCEED INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

[1. Closed Session under Texas Government Code Chapter 551, Subchapters D and E]

GOOD EVENING. WE ARE RETURNING FROM RECESS AND WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR AGENDA.

[2. Pledge of Allegiance]

THIS EVENING. WE HAVE TWO STUDENTS FROM PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY JOINING US TO DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GETTING US STARTED TODAY.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENCE.

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE.

[3. Recognitions]

DR. WALDRIP AND DR.

DAVIS DYNETTE. MISS DAVIS, WOULD YOU JOIN US RIGHT HERE? THANK YOU. YOU GUYS CAN MEET THEM IN THE MIDDLE, RIGHT OVER HERE.

OKAY. TONIGHT WE HAVE WITH US REPRESENTATIVES FROM PGA.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR JOINING US.

AND KARINA, IF YOU WOULD, COME ON DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE.

OH, I GUESS I SHOULD GIVE YOU YOUR CERTIFICATE.

THAT WOULD BE GOOD. OKAY, NOW THAT YOU HAVE YOUR CERTIFICATE.

SORRY. TONIGHT WE'RE RECOGNIZING THEM FOR AWESOME PARTNERSHIP WITH FRISCO ISD.

SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP THAT YOU DO WITH US IN THE SUMMER.

ONE OF MY FIRST THINGS I DID AS THE COMMUNITY WITH COMMUNITY RELATIONS IS I WENT OUT TO BE ON THE GREEN WITH A FEW OF OUR STUDENTS.

THEY INVITED US TO SHOW SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WHAT HAPPENS WITH GOLF BEYOND THE GOLFING GREEN.

SO WE HAD SOME REALLY COOL CULINARY DEMONSTRATIONS.

SPORTS MANAGEMENT STUDENTS WERE OUT THERE.

IT WAS A REALLY FUN DAY.

THAT'S NOT ALL THEY DO.

THEY ACTUALLY CAME A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER AND HELPED US WITH THE MINDBENDER STEAM CAMP.

YOU GUYS RAN A WHOLE SESSION AND YOU WERE VERY PATIENT.

SO WE HAD A COUPLE OF PICTURES RIGHT HERE OF THEM DOING SOME SCIENCE WITH GOLF.

IT WAS VERY FUN.

THANK YOU. AND YOU'RE ALWAYS WITH US ALL YEAR LONG TOO, DOING SOME OTHER THINGS WITH OUR ATHLETES AND OUR CAREER EXPLORATION.

SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP YEAR ROUND.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

THANKS.

WE'LL MOVE AHEAD TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

[4. Invocation]

HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS GIVEN TO EACH OF US.

AS WE MOVE FURTHER INTO A NEW SCHOOL YEAR, WE PRAY THAT OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF FIND MEANING IN THE CONNECTIONS THAT THEY MAKE AND SHARE EMPATHY WITH OTHERS AS THEY LEARN TOGETHER. WE PRAY THAT THEY ALL REMAIN SAFE FROM HARM.

AND WE PRAY THAT THOSE WHO VOLUNTEER TO PROTECT AND SERVE.

WE ARE GRATEFUL TO LIVE IN A PLACE WHERE THE EXPRESSION OF IDEAS IS ALLOWED AND WELCOMED BY REPRESENTATIVES WHO ARE PEACEFULLY ELECTED.

PLEASE GIVE US YOUR GUIDANCE AND PATIENCE AS WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THE LIVES OF CHILDREN, EDUCATORS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

WE ASK THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAME.

AMEN. THANK YOU, MR.

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ITEM FIVE. SORRY.

AGENDA ITEM FIVE BOARD REPORT.

[5. Board Report]

SO GOPAL DYNETTE AND I JUST RETURNED BACK FROM A LEADERSHIP EXCHANGE TRIP TO BOTH DENVER AND FORT COLLINS, COLORADO.

WE WENT WITH OTHER CITY LEADERS AND BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS FROM THROUGHOUT FRISCO.

I THINK WE HAD ABOUT 35 TO 40 FOLKS IN ATTENDANCE.

IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER ATTENDED THIS LEADERSHIP EXCHANGE AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PUTS ON.

IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE TIME TO SEE A CITY AND COMMUNITY SIMILAR TO OURS AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY WERE DOING TO ENGAGE THEIR COMMUNITY, THINGS THEY WERE DOING FOR CULTURE AND ARTS. WE DID SOME REALLY AMAZING TOURS OF PERFORMING ARTS CENTERS THAT WERE VERY, VERY CENTERED ON ON STUDENT SUCCESS AND STUDENT AND ACADEMIC EXPLORATION.

SO AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOR FRISCO ISD, IT WAS REALLY BENEFICIAL, I THOUGHT, TO SEE HOW OTHER COMMUNITIES WERE BOTH ENGAGING THEIR COMMUNITY AND THEIR STUDENTS IN CULTURE AND ARTS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS OVER AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR THE INVITATION.

I GREATLY ENJOYED MY TIME.

YEAH, I GOT THE SAME THANKS TO THE FRISCO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR PUTTING TOGETHER A VERY WONDERFUL TRIP.

THIS WAS MY FIRST TRIP TO THE LEADERSHIP EXCHANGE TRIP.

AND WHAT I'VE LEARNED IS THAT, YOU KNOW, APART FROM, YOU KNOW, ESTABLISHING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE ALONG WITH ME, IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND AND HEAR FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY, INCLUDING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND THE CSU AND OTHER GROUPS THAT ARE INVOLVED THERE AND GET A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE OF HOW THEY ARE DOING, WHAT ARE THE BEST PRACTICES THAT WE CAN LEARN, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, TAKE IT FORWARD FROM HERE, FROM THERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, I KNOW WE HAVE OUR MARCHING BAND NIGHT THAT IS COMING UP.

I HOPE EVERYONE HAS PURCHASED THEIR TICKET TO COME AND ATTEND.

AS A FORMER BAND MOM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY.

IT'S THE ONE TIME THAT WE GET TO SEE ALL 12 OF OUR BANDS UNDER ONE ROOF AND IT WILL BE HELD AT THE STAR.

CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME THE DATE FOR THAT? NEXT TUESDAY.

NEXT TUESDAY.

SO MAKE SURE YOU LOG IN.

THE TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.

COME AND CHECK OUT ALL OF OUR BANDS BEFORE THEY ENTER THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF BAND TOBER, WHICH TAKES PLACE THROUGH THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.

AND WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS DISCUSSION REGARDING UPDATE ON INTERNAL AUDIT DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY AND WHAT

[6. Discussion regarding update on Internal Audit Department activity]

ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON INTERNAL AUDIT ACTIVITY FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.

STARTING OFF, AS WE ALWAYS DO WITH THE AUDIT PLAN STATUS REPORT, THIS ONE'S FOR LAST YEAR, WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT WRAPPED UP.

WE COMPLETED AND FINALIZED AN AUDIT OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.

YOU RECEIVED THAT DURING THE QUARTER AND YOU ALSO HAVE THAT IN YOUR MATERIALS THIS EVENING.

BENEFITS AND COMPENSATION.

WE HAVE MANAGEMENT RESPONSES ON THAT AUDIT AND WE WILL BE ISSUING THAT ON FRIDAY.

AND THAT WILL WRAP UP FISCAL YEAR 23 AUDIT PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 24.

AUDIT PLAN, SOCIAL MEDIA AUDIT.

WE'VE COMPLETED THAT.

WE'RE WE'VE HAD AN EXIT MEETING, SO WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR MANAGEMENT RESPONSES ON THAT AUDIT.

BUILDING MAINTENANCE. WE ARE IN THE PLANNING STAGE.

WE JUST ACTUALLY STARTED THAT ONE LAST WEEK, GOT THAT ONE KICKED OFF AND CAMPUS ACTIVITY FUNDS, WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY WITH THAT AUDIT AS WELL. WE DO THOSE ABOUT 25 SCHOOLS EACH YEAR.

AND THIS YEAR, ACTUALLY MY SENIOR AUDITOR, DANA, IS GOING TO BE DOING THOSE AUDITS SO THE CAMPUSES GET A LITTLE BREAK FROM ME FOR A WHILE.

RECOMMENDATION TRACKING, REALLY MOVING THE NEEDLE ON THESE.

IF YOU LOOK AT 22 AND 23, WE'RE ALREADY AT 79%.

SO WE'RE YEAH, THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD INDICATOR THAT THEY'RE ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND GETTING THEM IMPLEMENTED AND AND JUST THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WORKING WITH THEM TO GET THOSE THINGS MOVED ON OFF THE OUTSTANDING LIST.

THIS SLIDE HERE JUST SHOWS SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE TAKEN A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.

BUT WE ONLY HAVE FIVE, ACTUALLY, WHICH IS REALLY PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD.

AND IN THE AUDIT WORLD, NOTHING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT WITH THAT.

BUT WE DO FOLLOW UP WITH THEM EACH QUARTER ON THE STATUS OF IT.

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WE HAD 13 INCIDENTS COME IN, FIVE SUBSTANTIATED, EIGHT UNSUBSTANTIATED.

THAT'S ABOUT 38% SUBSTANTIATED.

SO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THIS YEAR.

BUT IT KIND OF FLUCTUATES, JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON WHAT THE NATURE OF THE ITEMS THAT COME THROUGH.

AND SO FAR THIS YEAR, NOTHING HAS COME THROUGH.

LIGHTHOUSE SO THE YEAR IS STILL YOUNG AND I DO TEST IT SOMETIMES WHENEVER THERE'S NO NO ACTIVITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IT'S STILL FUNCTIONAL.

I HAVE ONE ANOTHER ITEM THAT KIND OF CONCLUDES THE NORMAL UPDATE, BUT I DO HAVE A REQUIRED ITEM TO TALK ABOUT QUALITY ASSURANCE AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. INTERNAL AUDITING STANDARD 1300 REQUIRES THAT I DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A QUALITY ASSURANCE AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT COVERS ALL ASPECTS OF THE INTERNAL AUDIT FUNCTION, AND WE DO THAT STANDARD 1320 REQUIRES THAT I COMMUNICATE THE RESULTS OF THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND THE BOARD.

SO TONIGHT I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT PRIMARILY THE ONGOING MONITORING ASPECT OF IT.

THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS THE YOU HAVE TO REALLY YOU HAVE TWO MAJOR COMPONENTS.

YOU HAVE THE EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT PORTION, WHICH IS WHERE WE BRING SOMEBODY IN FROM THE OUTSIDE THAT COMES AND LOOKS AT OUR OFFICE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS, ETHICS AND DEFINITION OF INTERNAL AUDIT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THEN YOU HAVE INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS WHICH HAVE TWO COMPONENTS, WHICH ARE THE ONGOING MONITORING PORTION AND ALSO THE PERIODIC SELF ASSESSMENTS.

SO MORE DETAIL ON THE INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS.

THE ONGOING MONITORING IS JUST BASICALLY THE DAY TO DAY AUDIT, WORLD SUPERVISION REVIEW, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE DO.

PRETTY MUCH IN OUR NORMAL AUDIT WORLD, IN OUR ROUTINE POLICIES, PRACTICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

PERIODIC SELF-ASSESSMENTS, THOSE ARE CONDUCTED EVERY TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

THAT'S KIND OF THE MIDPOINT OF THE EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEW CYCLE.

AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE LOOKING FOR COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS, CODE OF ETHICS, DEFINITION OF INTERNAL AUDITING.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE DO FOR ONGOING MONITORING.

WE HAVE ENGAGEMENT, PLANNING AND SUPERVISION, AUDIT WORK, PAPER AND REPORT REVIEW.

AND JUST BECAUSE I'M LEADING THE OFFICE DOESN'T MEAN THAT MY WORK DOESN'T GET REVIEWED.

DANA CROSS REVIEWS MY WORK, MAKE SURE I DON'T GO ROGUE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO WE ALSO MONITOR THE AUDIT PROGRESS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT DRAGGING OUT TOO LONG.

WE FOLLOW UP ON RECOMMENDATIONS.

OF COURSE, WE SEND IN A SURVEY TO THE ODDITY TO SOLICIT FEEDBACK FOR HOW WE DID DURING THE AUDIT.

ANYTHING THAT WE DID GOOD OR THINGS THAT WE COULD IMPROVE ON.

AND WE ALSO HAVE AN INTERNAL AUDIT MANUAL TO HELP US GUIDE INTERNAL AUDITING PRACTICE.

THIS LAST SLIDE IS THE TIMELINE FOR REPORTING PRETTY MUCH FROM THE FIVE YEAR CYCLE FROM WE JUST HAD OUR EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEW IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR.

SO NOW WE'RE AT THE GOLD DOT AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE ONGOING MONITORING NEXT YEAR.

MARCH 25TH IS SELF-ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS THE ACTUAL FORMAL DOCUMENT WHERE WE DO A DOCUMENTED FORMAL SELF-ASSESSMENT OF OUR OFFICE.

THEN WE HAVE ONGOING MONITORING UNTIL WE GET TO THE EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEW IN SEPTEMBER 27TH.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY UPDATE AND REPORT.

THANK YOU. BOARD DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? MR. CASEY.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU, MR. GROOVER. MS.. TAYLOR, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE IN A NICE FLOW NOW.

I DID NOTICE THAT IT SEEMED LIKE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DROP ON THE LINGERING ITEMS. AND AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE ONES THAT ARE OUT THERE HAVE GOOD INFORMATION FOR THE BOARD AS FAR AS EXPECTATIONS ON WHEN THEY MIGHT COME TO COMPLETION.

AND THAT'S GREAT. IT TOOK US A WHILE TO GET THERE, BUT IT'S GOOD INFORMATION AS THE REPORTS HAVE BEEN AS WELL.

THANK YOU. I SPENT A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME THIS QUARTER ON THE FOLLOW UPS, YOU KNOW, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S DICTATED AS TO WHEN THE IMPLEMENTATION DATE IS.

BUT YEAH, I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT.

WELL, THANK YOU BOTH. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. BOARD WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

[7. Discussion regarding Safety and Security Update]

WHERE YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT WE AGREED TO ASK FOR MONTHLY UPDATES CONCERNING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY, AND WE HAVE MR. SCOTT WERSTLER HERE THAT WILL PROVIDE US AN UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU JUST STOLE MY THUNDER.

DR. JAMES HILL PRESENTED TO YOU ALL LAST MONTH AND WE DID SAY WE WOULD GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.

REALLY, THE ONLY UPDATE THIS MONTH IS THAT IF YOU REMEMBER ON AUGUST 11TH, WE RELEASED AN RFP FOR THIRD PARTY SERVICES FOR ARMED SECURITY GUARD COMPANIES.

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WE HAVE THREE MORE THAT ARE IN THE QUEUE.

WHETHER OR NOT THEY'LL COMPLETE, WE DON'T KNOW.

SO RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST SIX, MAYBE NINE COMPANIES TO REVIEW.

SO ONCE IT CLOSES ON FRIDAY, US ALONG WITH FRISCO PD WILL GO THROUGH A REVIEW PROCESS AND THEN I'LL HAVE AN UPDATE THAT I CAN GIVE YOU NEXT MONTH AS TO WHERE WE LANDED THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. BOARD.

IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS DURING THIS TIME.

MR. PONANGI JUST FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW, IT'S RELATED TO HB THREE.

RIGHT. I JUST WANT BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT MENTIONED DURING THE CONVERSATION.

THAT IS CORRECT. MR. LOWE. THAT'S GREAT.

WE HAVE SIX, SIX COMPANIES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS.

DO WE KNOW HOW LONG THAT PROCESS SAY, WE FOUND SOMEBODY THAT WAS GREAT.

DO WE KNOW HOW LONG THE PROCESS WOULD TAKE BEFORE WE WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO CHOOSE ONE? OR DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE FOR THAT AT ALL? SO PART OF WHAT WE WILL GO THROUGH DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS AS WE GO THROUGH AND WE SCORE THEM BASED ON OUR RUBRIC, AND THEN WE START BRINGING IN COMPANIES TO INTERVIEW, PART OF THAT INTERVIEW PROCESS WILL BE DETERMINING HOW QUICKLY COULD THEY SUPPORT US WITH 43 TO 50 ARMED SECURITY FOLKS, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.

BUT RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T KNOW.

THAT WILL BE PART OF THE PROCESS.

THANK YOU. MR. HILL. MR. WHISTLER. I KNOW THE REASON WE'RE SEEKING, OR WE HAD TO SEEK THE EXCEPTION WAS BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, WHICH WE CAN'T CONTROL.

OBVIOUSLY, I'M JUST CURIOUS AS AN ONGOING BASIS, NOT JUST WITH FPD, BUT WITH PLANO PD, MCKINNEY PD.

I DON'T EVEN. MAYBE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, I DON'T KNOW.

IS THERE ONGOING DIALOG? TO SOME DEGREE? I DON'T NEED TO KNOW SPECIFICS, BUT YOU KNOW, CAN YOU KEEP US INFORMED AS TO AVAILABILITY SHOULD THOSE ARISE, EVEN IF IT CAN HELP AT ALL IN SOME OF THESE OTHER JURISDICTIONS? 100%. WE CAN.

WE HAVE MEETINGS WITH OUR DIFFERENT LAW ENFORCEMENT AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK.

FRISCO PROBABLY EVEN MORE THAN THAT.

SO IF THINGS WERE TO CHANGE IN THAT REALM OF THEM BEING ABLE TO FIND QUALIFIED APPLICANTS, WE'LL DEFINITELY GIVE AN UPDATE TO THE BOARD.

OKAY, PERFECT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. WERSTLER, FOR THE UPDATE.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE IN OCTOBER.

BOARD WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM EIGHT COMMUNICATION TO AND FROM THE BOARD, INCLUDING PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[8. Communication to and from the Board including public comments]

MRS ARCHAMBAULT. WE NOW MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF OUR AGENDA.

THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COMPLETED PUBLIC COMMENT FORMS THIS EVENING, WHICH ARE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE OPEN MEETING AND ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER SPEAKERS.

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE INFORMATION SHARED IN PUBLIC COMMENT IS ON AN ENDORSEMENT OF THE INFORMATION SHARED BY THE PRESENTER AND SOLELY PROVIDES THE OPINION OF THE INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER AND NOT THE DISTRICT DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ONLY, NOT TO OTHER ATTENDEES, AND ONLY MADE ONCE YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED UPON TO SPEAK.

TO ENSURE THAT ALL SPEAKERS ARE TREATED EQUALLY AND HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME, THE PODIUM MICROPHONE WILL BE TURNED OFF AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TIME FOR EVERY SPEAKER.

PLEASE KEEP ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATED TO THE DISTRICT, BUSINESS AND GOVERNANCE.

IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC CONCERN RELATED TO AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DISTRICT OR A SPECIFIC STUDENT ISSUE, YOU SHOULD UTILIZE THE DISTRICT'S GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES PROVIDED IN BOARD POLICIES. EGBA LOCAL FMG, LOCAL AND GF LOCAL.

EACH GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE ALLOWS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO REDRESS GRIEVANCES WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

ADDITIONALLY, IF THERE ARE FIVE OR MORE INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE SAME TOPIC, YOU MAY CHOOSE TO APPOINT AN INDIVIDUAL TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE GROUP.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE BOARD MAY NOT DISCUSS OR ACT UPON ANY ISSUES THAT ARE NOT PROPERLY POSTED ON THE AGENDA.

IF YOU WISH TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON AN ITEM NOT ON THIS MEETING'S AGENDA, PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE NEXT COMMUNITY INPUT MEETING, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 27TH AT 6:30 P.M..

THE FIRST PORTION OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION IS TO IS FOR STAKEHOLDER TESTIMONY WHEN THE BOARD WILL HEAR FROM PARENTS OF FRISCO ISD STUDENTS, FRISCO ISD EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS AND OTHER FRISCO ISD RESIDENTS.

ALL INDIVIDUALS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A FULL NAME AND HOME ADDRESS WHEN SIGNING UP TO SPEAK.

IF WE WERE UNABLE TO VERIFY AN INDIVIDUAL'S STATUS AS A STAKEHOLDER BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, THE INDIVIDUAL WILL BE CALLED UPON TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC TESTIMONY.

EACH STAKEHOLDER SHALL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING.

STAKEHOLDERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH EACH INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO WE'LL MOVE TO OUR FIRST SPEAKER OF THE DAY, MR.

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AND AFTER MR. TYSOE, WE'LL HAVE SHANNON AYRES.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE CHANCE TO SPEAK.

MY NAME IS KEN TYSON.

WE'VE GOT TWO GREAT KIDS ENROLLED AT WAKELAND.

I'D LIKE TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT AGENDA ITEM NINE C TO CONSIDER AN ACT ON A RESOLUTION REGARDING THE EMPLOYMENT OR ACCEPTANCE AS VOLUNTEERS OF CHAPLAINS. SINCE THIS BILL WAS PASSED INTO LAW BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE, IT'S BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A LOT OF DISCUSSION, OBVIOUSLY.

AND WHILE PERHAPS WELL-INTENDED, I'M NOT CONVINCED STATE LEADERS FULLY UNDERSTOOD THE COMPLEXITIES AND RAMIFICATIONS IF ADOPTED IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT AS CULTURALLY AND RELIGIOUSLY DIVERSE AS WFISD.

AS WE'RE ALL AWARE, WFISD HAS A SIZABLE POPULATION OF FAMILIES THAT PRACTICE MANY DIFFERENT FAITH RELIGIONS OR NONE AT ALL.

THIS INCLUDES CHRISTIANS OF ALL VARIETIES CATHOLIC, MAINSTREAM, PROTESTANT, EVANGELICAL, MORMON AND SO ON, AS WELL AS JEWISH PEOPLE, MUSLIMS, HINDUS, ATHEISTS, AGNOSTICS, YOU NAME IT.

AND WHILE PERHAPS WELL-INTENDED, IT'S NO SECRET THAT SOME RELIGIOUS ADVOCATES WOULD PROBABLY TRY TO LEVERAGE THIS NEW LAW TO INSTALL CHAPLAINS FROM THEIR OWN FAVORED RELIGION. BUT HERE'S A CATCH THESE RELIGIOUS ADVOCATES ARE NOT FULLY AWARE OF JUST HOW CONTENTIOUS THEIR PRESENCE COULD BECOME IN A DISTRICT LIKE WFISD.

OR MAYBE THEY ARE, AND MAYBE THAT'S THEIR GOAL.

AFTER ALL, IT'S REASONABLE TO PREDICT THAT WE MIGHT SEE AN EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN CHAPLAIN SEEKING TO PROVIDE RELIGIOUS BASED GUIDANCE TO F ISD STUDENTS WHO ARE HINDU, MUSLIM, MAINLINE CHRISTIAN, MORMON, ATHEIST OR AGNOSTIC, OR PERHAPS THE OTHER WAY AROUND, A HINDU OR MUSLIM CHAPLAIN SEEKING TO PROVIDE THEIR OWN FAITH BASED GUIDANCE TO AN EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN STUDENT.

ANY NUMBER OF OPTIONS COULD HAPPEN HERE.

AND THEN IMAGINE HOW THESE KIDS AND THEIR PARENTS WILL FEEL AND REACT WHEN THEY LEARN ABOUT SUCH A SITUATION.

I DON'T BELIEVE WORDS ALONE WILL DESCRIBE THE FRICTION, CONFUSION AND ANGER THAT COULD RESULT, NOT TO MENTION THE LEGAL RISK FROM POTENTIAL LAWSUITS AGAINST THE DISTRICT IF IT WERE TO APPROVE SUCH A POLICY.

I URGE THE BOARD TO THOUGHTFULLY CONSIDER IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH A POLICY AND BASED ON THOSE IMPLICATIONS, NOT ADOPT ANY POLICY TO ONBOARD SUCH CHAPLAINS AS EITHER VOLUNTEERS OR EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SHANNON AYRES.

AND AFTER SHANNON AYRES, WE HAVE PAUL JENSEN.

SHANNON AYRES WITH CITIZENS DEFENDING FREEDOM.

WHEN THE COVID PANDEMIC BEGAN TO DISRUPT IN-PERSON LEARNING, THE T-E-A BEGAN AN ACCELERATED PROCESS OF ACQUIRING EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL RESOURCES THAT COULD SUPPORT REMOTE, IN-PERSON AND HYBRID INSTRUCTION FOR SCHOOLS DURING THE PANDEMIC.

TO THAT END, THE T-E-A EXPEDITED THE PURCHASE OF OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS THAT COULD BE USED EITHER IN PRINTED FORM OR IN PERSON FOR IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION OR DIGITALLY FOR REMOTE INSTRUCTION.

DURING THIS PROCESS, THE STATE ACQUIRED AMPLIFY WITH THE ABILITY TO MODIFY EXISTING AND TO CREATE NEW CONTENT SOLELY FOR A TECH EXCUSE ME, TEXAS OWNED PRODUCT.

WHILE AMPLIFY IS A PRIVATE COMPANY WITH SEVERAL NATIONAL PRODUCTS, NONE OF WHICH ARE APPROVED BY THE BOE AND SOME OF WHICH THIS DISTRICT HAS ALREADY PURCHASED AT GREAT EXPENSE, TEXAS DOES OWN A SEPARATE AND DISTINCT OCR PRODUCT NAMED THE AMPLIFY TEXAS ELEMENTARY LITERACY PROGRAM.

THIS PRODUCT IS APPROVED BY THE BOE AND PROVIDES CONTENT BASED ON TEXAS STANDARDS FOR GRADES K THROUGH FIVE.

THIS DISTRICT CAN FOR FREE ACCESS, REPRODUCE, REVISE, COPY AND SHARE IT AS AN OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCE IN PERPETUITY.

ACCORDING TO THE TIA WEBSITE, THIS FREE PRODUCT INCLUDES A FULL SET OF STUDENT ACTIVITY, BOOKS, TEACHER TEXTBOOKS, READERS, CLASSROOM POSTERS AND MORE.

ACROSS ALL SIX ELEMENTARY GRADES COVERING 180 DAYS OF LESSONS IN EACH GRADE, TOTALING ROUGHLY 60,000 PLUS PAGES OF CONTENT.

AGAIN, ALL AVAILABLE FOR FREE.

YET TONIGHT I SEE INCLUDED IN THE CONSENT AGENDA A PROPOSAL TO PAY AMPLIFY $360,000 FOR THEIR K THROUGH FIVE READING PROGRAM.

THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE $571,000 THIS DISTRICT APPROVED LAST JULY FOR AMPLIFY PRODUCTS.

WHY? AS A SIDE NOTE, IT'S BEEN STATED BY DR.

CUNNINGHAM THAT AMPLIFY IS A SUPPLEMENTAL READING PROGRAM.

HOWEVER, I THINK AMPLIFY'S OWN PUBLISHED WHITE PAPER BETTER DESCRIBES ITS TRUE MISSION ON THE FIRST PAGE.

IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THEIR WHITE PAPER, THEY STATE CONSISTENT WITH MOST QUOTE, CONSISTENT WITH MOST WIDELY RECOGNIZED FRAMEWORK AND STANDARDS FOR SEL FROM THE CASTLE CONSORTIUM. AMPLIFY READING FOCUSES ON FOUR AREAS OF SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING, SELF-AWARENESS, SELF MANAGEMENT, SOCIAL AWARENESS AND RELATIONSHIP SKILLS, INCLUDING

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SO IT SEEMS WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING IS SPENDING CLOSE TO $1 MILLION OF TAXPAYER MONEY ON YET ANOTHER SEL PROGRAM THAT'S DISGUISED AS A SUPPLEMENTAL READING PROGRAM WHEN WE COULD BE PROVIDING AN ACTUAL BOE APPROVED SUPPLEMENTAL READING PROGRAM FOR FREE.

SO THERE MAY BE A PERFECTLY LOGICAL REASON FOR THIS.

THAT IS JUST NOT APPARENT.

BUT I'M RESPECTFULLY ASKING THAT SOMEONE HERE REQUEST THIS ITEM BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO ALLOW FOR DISCUSSION AND FULL TRANSPARENCY SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHERE EACH OF YOU STAND ON WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN EXCESSIVE MISUSE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PAUL JENSEN.

GOOD EVENING. I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I'M A LITTLE SLOW ON SOME THINGS, SO I FINALLY NOTICED THIS LAST TIME.

AND GREEN MEANS I CAN TALK.

AND THE YELLOW MEANS HOW MUCH TIME WOULD I HAVE LEFT? 30S. ONE MINUTE.

OKAY. AND I LIKE THAT BAND ANNOUNCEMENT.

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT.

SO I'M GOING TO SEE IF I CAN'T GO.

AND THE OTHER MUSIC TO MY EARS WAS WE COULD MAYBE SAVE A MILLION BUCKS.

I JUST HEARD FROM THIS LADY, BUT I LIKE THAT.

IN FACT, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET.

I'VE LEARNED A LOT BEING HERE.

AND I WAS ONE OF THE MEETING'S BEEN BACK A FEW MONTHS.

THERE WAS A REALLY NICE GROUP OF STUDENTS HERE.

I THINK IT WAS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY WERE IN THE SPEECH AND DEBATE TEAM EXCUSE ME, SPEECH AND DEBATE TEAM.

AND THEY COULDN'T GO TO THE TO THE TOURNAMENT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR TO PAY FOR THE FEES FOR THE REGION.

AND I'M RETIRED.

BUT AT THE TIME, I WAS ALSO A JUDGE AT A LOT OF THESE TOURNAMENTS HERE IN THE AREA.

AND I WAS WONDERING, WHY DON'T WE SEE MORE FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HERE? AND I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE ONE OF THE REASONS WAS THE BUDGET NOT KNOWING.

I JUST DIDN'T I JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT MEANT.

AND THEN THE.

NOTICE ABOUT THE.

I STARTED LOOKING AT THE BUDGET AND I REALIZED.

THE BUDGET HAD ABOUT 8800 EMPLOYEES FOR FRISCO SCHOOLS.

IT'S ON YOUR WEBSITE AND 4100 EMPLOYEES THAT ARE NOT TEACHERS.

AND I'M GOING LIKE IT'S ALMOST A 1 TO 1 EDUCATION VERSUS ADMINISTRATION.

AND I HAD SEEN THIS OVER THE YEARS DEVELOPING ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY.

AND I'M THINKING, I WONDER WHY? AND I THINK I EVEN PULLED SOME INFORMATION FROM A FROM THE GOVERNMENT RESEARCH ABOUT HOW THIS FROM 2000 TO 2019, THE STUDENT POPULATION IN AMERICA WENT UP ABOUT 7% AND THE TEACHER POPULATION WENT UP ABOUT 9% AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE HELPS WENT UP 87%.

AND I JUST WAS WONDERING IF THERE WOULD BE SOME WAY TO LOOK AND EVALUATE THAT HUGE AMOUNT THAT FROM THE DAYS I WENT TO SCHOOL WAS LESS THAN 1 TO 1. IN FACT, WE HAD MORE TEACHERS THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

AND THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN DEVELOPING OVER THE YEARS NATIONALLY.

AND I THOUGHT, WOW, MAYBE FRISCO COULD LEAD THE NATION IN REEVALUATING THESE THINGS AND SEEING IF WE CAN'T GET RID OF A LOT OF THIS.

AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PAY FOR THE FEES FOR THE STUDENTS TO GO TO THE SPEECH AND DEBATE TOURNAMENTS AS WELL AS OTHER PLACES THEY NEED TO HAVE THE MONEY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION, SEE IF THAT I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BUDGET.

AND IS THERE A WAY TO GET A COPY OF THIS THING SO I COULD LOOK AT IT MORE ITEM BY ITEM? IS IT AVAILABLE ANYWHERE? OUR BUDGETS AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE, THERE'S A BUTTON THAT SAYS FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AND YOU CAN GET ALL THE BUDGET INFORMATION YOU WANT FROM THERE LINE BY LINE.

PERFECT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. JENSEN.

THIS IS ARCHAMBAULT. THE NEXT PORTION OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION IS PUBLIC TESTIMONY WHEN THE BOARD WILL HEAR FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT DO NOT RESIDE IN FRISCO ISD, DO NOT HAVE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN FRISCO ISD AND ARE NOT EMPLOYEES OR STUDENTS OF FRISCO ISD.

WE HAVE ONE PERSON WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND THAT INDIVIDUAL WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO CALL MR. JOSEPH CRUZ.

DO. OH, IT WORKS.

PERFECT. OKAY.

[00:30:03]

TRUSTEES. DR.

WALDRIP. MY NAME IS JOSEPH CRUZ, AND I SERVE AS A MEMBERSHIP SPECIALIST FOR THE ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS.

THE LARGEST ASSOCIATIONS FOR EDUCATORS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

PART OF THAT. I SERVE FRISCO ISD AS THEIR MEMBERSHIP SPECIALIST.

ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS OF FRISCO ISD, I WANT TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR AGENDA ITEM NINE C THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION STATING THAT FRISCO

[9.C. Consider and act on resolution regarding the employment, or acceptance as volunteers, of chaplains]

WE FULLY SUPPORT THIS COURSE OF ACTION AND WE ALSO APPRECIATE THE RESPECT IT SHOWS FOR THOSE EDUCATORS WHO HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED, WHO WHO HAVE BECOME CERTIFIED SCHOOL COUNSELORS.

WE KNOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS FACE SIGNIFICANT STAFFING CHALLENGES AND NEED ADEQUATE RESOURCES FROM THE STATE.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT THAT AT THE SAME TIME, DISTRICTS MUST ENSURE STAFF ARE WELL PREPARED, TRAINED AND CERTIFIED TO DEAL WITH COMPLEX EMOTIONAL ISSUES STUDENTS BRING TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY.

WE APPRECIATE THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO UPHOLDING THESE STANDARDS.

ATP IS AVAILABLE TO SERVE AS A RESOURCE TO YOU AT ANY TIME IN YOUR ENDEAVORS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

BOARD WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NINE.

OUR ACTION ITEMS. I WANT TO SHARE BEFORE WE GO TO OUR ACTION ITEMS THAT ONCE WE HAVE TAKEN A MOTION AND MOVED.

AND RECEIVED A SECOND.

I WILL OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS ONCE YOU SEE MY LIGHT ON.

IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE CONSIDER TURNING YOUR LIGHT ON AND I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AT THIS TIME.

AT THAT TIME.

OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SPEAKING IN AN ORDERLY FASHION.

AND SO WE'LL MOVE TO A AGENDA ITEM.

[9.A. Consider and act on approval of minutes from August 1 special meeting, August 7 special meeting, August 14 regular meeting, August 25 special meeting, September 6 special meeting and September 11 special meeting]

SPECIAL MEETING.

AUGUST 7TH.

SPECIAL MEETING.

AUGUST 14TH.

REGULAR MEETING.

AUGUST 25TH.

SPECIAL MEETING.

SEPTEMBER 6TH.

SPECIAL MEETING AND SEPTEMBER 11TH SPECIAL MEETING.

WITH THAT, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE MINUTES FROM AUGUST 1ST SPECIAL MEETING.

AUGUST 7TH. SPECIAL MEETING.

AUGUST 14TH.

REGULAR MEETING. AUGUST 25TH.

SPECIAL MEETING, SEPTEMBER 6TH.

SPECIAL MEETING AND SEPTEMBER 11TH SPECIAL MEETING AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. MOTION BY MS..

ARCHAMBAULT SECOND BY MR. CLANCY. ALL IN FAVOR? ME TOO. VOTE PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NINE B, CONSIDER AN ACT ON THE APPOINTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DISTRICT COMMITTEES.

[9.B. Consider and act on the appointment of community members to District Committees]

THANK YOU. I JUST BRIEFLY WANT TO GO OVER OUR PROCESS FOR OUR DISTRICT COMMITTEES AND EXPLAIN KIND OF THE NUMBERS FOR FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE BEING APPOINTED OR BEING PRESENTED TO YOU ALL FOR APPOINTMENT TONIGHT.

SO WE HAVE A SERIES OF DISTRICT COMMITTEES THAT WE USE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO THE DISTRICT TO YOU ALL AS WE OPERATE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND WE HAVE A JOINT COMMITTEE APPLICATION THAT WE OPEN EACH EACH FALL THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAFF CAN APPLY TO JOIN THESE COMMITTEES.

AND SO WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS.

THOSE APPLICATIONS WERE REVIEWED BY BY STAFF WHO SUPPORT THOSE COMMITTEES, WHO MANAGE THOSE COMMITTEES.

AND WE PROVIDED A LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU ALL FOR APPOINTMENTS TO A SERIES OF COMMITTEES.

SO YOU HAVE 77 RECOMMENDATIONS, 77 COMMUNITY MEMBERS RECOMMENDED FOR OUR DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL.

YOU HAVE 12 FOR OUR LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE, YOU HAVE ABOUT 14 FOR THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, 16 FOR THE SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE, TWO FOR THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE.

AND THEN YOU HAVE 36 OR 37 FOR THE LIBRARY RECONSIDERATION COMMITTEE POOL.

THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR THAT WE'VE HAD THAT POOL.

AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE DID RECOMMEND ONCE AGAIN THIS YEAR, JUST AS WE DID LAST YEAR, TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO WHO WANTED TO BE IN THAT POOL TO INCLUDE THAT THEY BE IN THE POOL AGAIN OR TO TO ALLOW ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO APPLIED TO THAT POOL TO BE IN THAT POOL.

SO WE PULL OUT OF THAT FOR RECONSIDERATION COMMITTEES.

AND SO WE DID INCLUDE WE DID RECOMMEND ALL OF THOSE.

SO THAT'S YOUR LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS.

I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

BORED. I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I'LL MOVE TO APPOINT THE RECOMMENDED COMMITTEE MEMBERS AS PRESENTED.

[00:35:04]

I JUST HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION.

OKAY. SORRY. I JUST HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION.

SO THE LIST THAT THE BOARD WAS PRESENTED WITH LAST WEEK, WERE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THAT FROM WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT? BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE AN UPDATE. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

NO, IT'S THE SAME LIST. YES, I'M SORRY.

YES, THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

BOARD WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NINE C CONSIDER AN ACT ON RESOLUTION REGARDING THE EMPLOYMENT OR ACCEPTANCE AS VOLUNTEERS OF CHAPLAINS. I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION REGARDING THE EMPLOYMENT OR ACCEPTANCE AS VOLUNTEERS OF CHAPLAINS AS PRESENTED.

MOTION BY MR. CASEY, SECOND BY MISS ARCHAMBAULT.

I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

OH, SORRY. YEAH, I FORGOT THAT PART OF IT.

I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

I'VE MADE THE MOTION TO GET THE CONVERSATION STARTED.

THANK YOU. SO PER THE LAW, WE WILL NEED TO TAKE ROLL ASKING EACH TRUSTEE TO RESPOND YAY OR NAY INCLUDING THEIR DISCUSSION WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED.

WAIT. NO.

YAY OR NAY WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED AFTER THE AFTER WE GIVE OUR DISCUSSION DISCUSSION.

OKAY, Y'ALL BEAR WITH ME.

DO YOU? MS.. DAVIS, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GIVE A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO THIS ITEM? AND THEN THAT WAY, IF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS, THEY CAN COME BACK FOR THAT.

THANK YOU. SO THIS THIS VOTE THAT YOU ALL HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, THIS RESOLUTION COMES FROM SENATE BILL 763.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BRIEFLY AT YOUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH.

BUT I JUST WANT TO GO OVER THAT BILL REAL QUICK FOR YOU ONE MORE TIME, BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF THIS WAS IN THE NEWS A LOT.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT ABOUT THIS BILL.

SO WHEN THIS BILL WAS INITIALLY INTRODUCED, IT WAS THE INITIAL IDEA BEHIND THE BILL WAS TO ALLOW CHAPLAINS TO BE HIRED IN PLACE OF COUNSELORS IN DISTRICTS THAT EITHER COULDN'T HAVE COUNSELORS OR FELT LIKE THEY NEEDED CHAPLAINS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND SO IT WAS OFTEN CALLED THE CHAPLAIN, COUNSELOR BILL OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND IT HAS CONTINUED TO BE REPORTED THAT WAY IN A LOT OF NEWS OUTLETS.

IN THE FINAL VERSION OF THE BILL, THE WORD COUNSELOR ACTUALLY DOESN'T APPEAR IN THE BILL.

SO THE BILL HAS ACTUALLY NO IMPACT ON ON OUR REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM.

WHETHER YOU APPROVED CHAPLAINS OR DIDN'T APPROVE CHAPLAINS WOULDN'T IMPACT THE FACT THAT WE WOULD STILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THAT THAT COUNSELING PROGRAM AND THAT CHAPLAINS, UNLESS THEY SEPARATELY INDEPENDENTLY MET THE REQUIREMENTS TO BE A COUNSELOR, WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE REALLY CLEAR WITH THAT.

THE BILL IN ITS FINAL FORM WAS WAS REALLY VAGUE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, ABOUT WHAT IT REQUIRES IF A DISTRICT DOES DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD, IT JUST SAYS THAT CHAPLAINS CAN PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS.

BUT IT'S THAT VAGUE.

IT DOESN'T REALLY SPECIFY ANYTHING, BUT IT DOES REQUIRE YOU ALL TO TAKE A RECORD VOTE, WHICH IS A THING IN THE LEGISLATURE BUT ISN'T REALLY A THING IN SCHOOL BOARDS.

AND SO EVERY VOTE THAT YOU ALL TAKE IS KIND OF A RECORD VOTE BECAUSE IT SAYS IN THE MINUTES, YES AND NO VOTES ARE.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE 150 MEMBERS IN THE LEGISLATURE, SOMETIMES THEY JUST SAY THE AYES HAVE IT.

AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY SAY WHO VOTED WHICH WAY UNLESS SOMEONE ASKS FOR RECORD VOTE.

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S JUST A CONCEPT THAT MAKES SENSE TO THEM BUT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE IN OUR CONTEXT.

SO THE RESOLUTION THAT'S PRESENTED TO YOU ALL IS THE REASON WE'VE PRESENTED THAT RESOLUTION IS BECAUSE IT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OUR CURRENT PRACTICE IS.

SO CURRENTLY WE DO NOT EMPLOY PEOPLE TO BE CHAPLAINS ON OUR CAMPUSES AND WE DON'T HAVE VOLUNTEERS COME IN TO BE CHAPLAINS.

NOW, THAT BEING SAID, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT A CHAPLAIN CANNOT VOLUNTEER IN OUR DISTRICT FOR ONE OF OUR OTHER AVAILABLE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THAT'S TRUE RIGHT NOW.

SO WE HAVE A WHOLE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THAT PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND BE A PART OF MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, ALL OF WHICH ARE HAPPENING WITH WITH PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND CONSENT.

AND SO THIS DOESN'T CHANGE ANY OF THAT.

THIS DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING.

AND SO THAT'S THAT'S WHY IT'S THE RECOMMENDATION THAT IT IS FROM US BECAUSE IT WOULD JUST CONTINUE OUR EXISTING PRACTICE MOVING FORWARD.

SO ONE OTHER THING I'LL NOTE IS THAT IF WE EVER DO HAVE A CHAPLAIN THAT VOLUNTEERS IN ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS, ANY TIME WE HAVE PEOPLE ACTING UNDER THE COLOR OF THE DISTRICT, MEANING THEY ARE HERE AS PART OF OUR OFFICIAL PROGRAMS, THEY ARE STILL SUBJECT TO ALL OF THE SAME FIRST AMENDMENT CONTROLS THAT WE HAVE ON US IN TERMS OF PROSELYTIZING AT CAMPUSES AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO THOSE THINGS ALL APPLY WHEN ANY OF WHEN ANY INDIVIDUAL IS ACTING IN A CAPACITY THAT WE'VE ASKED THEM TO ACT IN, EVEN IF THAT'S IN A VOLUNTEER POSITION.

SO I THINK THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. BOARD.

WE WILL MOVE TO DISCUSSION.

THIS IS A LOT. SO I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

FIRST, WHAT IS THE CONCERN ABOUT ALLOWING THIS?

[00:40:04]

NOT. THE RECOMMENDATION FROM US IS JUST TO CONTINUE OUR CURRENT PRACTICE.

I'M NOT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE REALLY DISCUSSED SPECIFIC CONCERNS WE HAVE.

WE JUST DON'T SEE A NEED TO CHANGE WHAT OUR CURRENT PRACTICE IS IN TERMS OF HOW WE HAVE PEOPLE SUPPORTING OUR CAMPUSES, EITHER EMPLOYEES OR VOLUNTEERS.

SO THINGS I'VE HEARD FROM OTHER PEOPLE IS THAT IS THAT PEOPLE WOULD COME ON CAMPUS AND KIND OF WHAT YOU HEARD FROM ONE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS EARLIER ABOUT THE DIVERSITY OF FAITHS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

BUT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM FROM ADMINISTRATION IS JUST TO CONTINUE OUR CURRENT PRACTICE.

OKAY. SO YEAH, TO TO TO FOLLOW UP ON YOUR POINT, THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE THAT THAT WOULD ADOPTING THIS WOULD NOT ADOPTING THIS RESOLUTION BUT ADOPTING THIS SECTION OF THE CODE OR THE SENATE BILL, I GUESS IT WAS.

THAT THAT WOULD LEAD TO POTENTIALLY.

PEOPLE, CHAPLAINS WILL CALL THEM CHAPLAINS TO COME ON AND TO BE PREACHING, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, TO OUR STUDENTS.

BUT IT DOESN'T SAY THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO ALLOW THAT, RIGHT.

I DON'T I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN HERE THAT SAYS THAT WE WOULD ALLOW THAT.

WE DON'T WE DON'T ALLOW THAT NOW.

CORRECT? RIGHT. SO THAT WOULDN'T CHANGE.

WE STILL WOULD NOT ALLOW THAT.

YEAH, IT'S REALLY NOT CLEAR.

YES, WE STILL WOULD NOT ALLOW THAT.

IT'S REALLY NOT CLEAR WHAT THE CHAPLAINS WOULD DO FROM THE BILL.

RIGHT. THE BILL, AGAIN, IT JUST SAYS PROVIDE SERVICES, SUPPORT AND PROGRAMS. SO IT'S NOT AT ALL CLEAR WHAT THAT MEANS FROM FROM IN TERMS OF THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT.

SO WHAT WE LOOKED AT IS WE LOOKED AT DO WE HAVE A NEED THAT IS NOT BEING FULFILLED BY OUR CURRENT PRACTICES? WE DETERMINE DO WE DON'T? AND SO WE RECOMMENDED THAT WE CONTINUE OUR CURRENT PRACTICES.

SO SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES HAVE RELIGIOUS CLUBS, RIGHT? CHRISTIAN CLUBS OR WHATEVER, RELIGION.

SO. WOULD WE CURRENTLY ALLOW IF THEY WANTED A LOCAL PASTOR TO COME SPEAK TO THEIR CLUB? WOULD THAT BE ALLOWED ON OUR CAMPUS? SO THOSE ARE NON CURRICULAR CLUBS AND I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO LOOK OVER TO MISS MILLER ABOUT I'M NOT SURE HOW WE I CAN'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD HOW WE HANDLE OUTSIDE SPEAKERS FOR NON CURRICULAR CLUBS.

SO I'M GOING TO LET MISS MILLER ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

YEAH. ANY, ANY NON CURRICULAR CLUB IS A STUDENT LED CLUB.

THEY HAVE AN EMPLOYEE MONITOR WHO ESSENTIALLY IS THE SUPERVISOR TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE USING OUR FACILITIES, BUT THEY'RE NOT SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT, THEY'RE NOT RUN BY THE DISTRICT. THEY DON'T USE DISTRICT RESOURCES OTHER THAN THE BUILDING, AND THEY'RE COMPLETELY STUDENT LED AND STUDENT INITIATED.

AND WE DO HAVE GUIDELINES FOR OUTSIDE SPEAKERS.

I JUST DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY ARE. SO SURE.

SO FOR OUR GUIDELINES FOR OUTSIDE SPEAKERS, WE WOULD VET THEM SO THEY WOULD NEED TO GO THROUGH AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO PUT IN THAT VOLUNTEER PAPERWORK ALSO JUST TO SO THEY CAN GO THROUGH THE WHOLE BACKGROUND CHECK PROCESS BEFORE THEY CAN COME IN AND BE IN FRONT OF OUR STUDENTS.

WE ALSO HAVE A LIST OF SPEAKERS THAT WE OFTEN USE FOR THE DISTRICT.

BUT IF IT WAS SOMEONE IN YOUR CASE SAYING A NON-CURRICULAR CLUB THAT STUDENT LED, IF STUDENTS INITIATED IT AND SAID TO TO THEIR FACULTY MEMBER WHO SUPERVISES THEM, IF THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE FOR THIS PERSON TO COME IN, THEN WE WOULD JUST HAVE THEM GO THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR A VOLUNTEER, AND THAT'S HOW WE WOULD VET THEM TO COME IN AND SPEAK TO THE CLUB.

WHICH WOULD CONTINUE TO BE THE SAME EVEN IF YOU ALL PASS THIS RESOLUTION.

THIS RESOLUTION WOULD NOT CHANGE THAT.

OKAY, SO. SO, SO SOMEONE COULD COME IN AND SPEAK TO A RELIGIOUS CLUB LIKE THAT AS LONG AS THEY PASS THE BACKGROUND CHECK AND WE'RE ALLOWED TO BE ON OUR CAMPUS AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. OKAY.

SO YOU MENTIONED DISTRICT RESOURCES.

SO WHAT? IF WE DID NOT ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION AND WE ALLOWED THIS TO OCCUR ON OUR CAMPUSES, WHAT DISTRICT RESOURCES WOULD THOSE USE? IF I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? A CHAPLAIN I WASN'T REFERENCING WHEN I SAID DISTRICT RESOURCES, THAT WASN'T IN REFERENCE TO THIS.

THAT WAS IN REFERENCE TO STUDENT CLUBS.

I WAS JUST SAYING THEY DON'T USE DISTRICT RESOURCES FOR THEIR ACTIVITIES OTHER THAN THE.

THAT WAS JUST A DESCRIPTION OF THE CLUB.

I WASN'T REFERENCING THIS.

NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE PROGRAM YOU SET UP.

AGAIN, WE'D HAVE TO DETERMINE WHAT NEED WE WERE FILLING AND THEN WE'D HAVE TO SET UP A PROGRAM THAT YOU ALL WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE.

SO, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK I COULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION BECAUSE WE'D HAVE TO WE'D HAVE TO DEVELOP SOME SORT OF PROGRAM THAT THEY WOULD FOR WHAT THEY WOULD BE DOING.

RIGHT. AND THEN WELL, RIGHT.

AND THEN DETERMINE IF THERE WAS A COST OR.

YEAH. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE THAT THAT WOULD REQUIRE DISTRICT RESOURCES.

I DON'T IT DEPENDS ON THE PROGRAM YOU SET UP.

BUT WOULD WE? WELL, WE WOULDN'T BE REQUIRED TO EMPLOY BECAUSE IT SAYS OR IT SAYS EMPLOY.

OR YOU COULD, YOU COULD YOU COULD SAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO EMPLOY.

WE'RE ONLY GOING TO ACCEPT AS VOLUNTEER.

YEAH, YOU COULD DO THAT. AND COULD WE STILL SAY, OKAY, WE ACCEPT THIS VOLUNTEER TO COME ON OUR CAMPUS.

BUT IF THE DISTRICT RESOURCES ARE SUCH THAT IT'S NOT FISCALLY FEASIBLE FOR US TO DO THIS, THEN COULD WE SAY NO? I MEAN, I CAN'T IMAGINE IT'S ANY YOU COULD SET UP WHATEVER YOU WANTED TO.

PASTOR COULD COME ON OUR CAMPUS AT ANY TIME FOR ANY REASON AND DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.

[00:45:02]

AND HONESTLY, THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE THE DISTRICT RESOURCES WOULD BE SPENT WOULD BE SETTING UP WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND TAKING THE TIME TO CREATE THAT PROGRAM, WHICH AT THIS POINT WE DON'T SEE A NEED FOR.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAD NOT SUGGESTED THAT.

OKAY, DO WE STILL HAVE PRAYER ROOMS ON OUR CAMPUSES? I THINK WE USED TO HAVE THEM ON OUR HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES.

DO WE STILL HAVE WE DON'T HAVE PRAYER ROOMS. WE REALLY THAT WAS KIND OF A THAT WAS KIND OF A.

THAT WAS KIND OF A PRESS THING THAT CALLED THEM THAT WE ACCOMMODATE INDIVIDUAL RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION AS WE'RE REQUIRED TO UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT, WHICH SOMETIMES INCLUDES MAKING SURE THAT A STUDENT KNOWS WHERE THEY CAN GO IF THEY IF THEY NEED TO PRAY OR OR DO OTHER THINGS THAT ARE RELATED TO THEIR RELIGION.

OKAY. I GUESS I'M JUST HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF A HARD TIME FINDING A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THAT AND THIS.

AGAIN, I'LL JUST GO BACK TO WE WE HAD TWO OPTIONS.

ONE WAS TO CREATE A PROGRAM THAT DOES NOT CURRENTLY EXIST, AND ONE WAS TO STICK WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING.

WE DIDN'T SEE A NEED TO BE FILLED BY CREATING A PROGRAM, SO WE DIDN'T CREATE A PROGRAM TO SUGGEST TO YOU ALL.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. LOWE? YEAH. HOW WOULD.

NOT VOTING FOR THIS IMPACT WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.

SAY WE DECIDED WE WANTED TO BE OPEN TO ACCEPTING CHAPLAINS AND.

SO VOLUNTEERS HOW WOULD HOW WOULD NOT VOTING FOR THIS RIGHT IMPACT.

SO SO YOU ALL HAVE TO VOTE BY MARCH 1ST.

JUST JUST TO THROW THAT OUT THERE, JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS BY MARCH 1ST.

AND YOU HAVE TO EITHER DECIDE TO ADOPT A POLICY OR DECIDE TO NOT ADOPT A POLICY.

SO YOU IF YOU ALL WERE TO SAY, IF YOU ALL WERE TO NOT VOTE FOR THIS RESOLUTION, WE'D HAVE TO BRING SOMETHING BACK TO YOU ALL AT A FUTURE MEETING.

SO I JUST WANT TO AND I KNOW THAT WASN'T DIRECTLY YOUR QUESTION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT TIMELINE SET UP TOO, FOR YOU.

IT WOULD NOT VOTING NOT TO ACCEPT THIS RESOLUTION, WE WOULD THEN HAVE TO GO CREATE A PROGRAM THAT WE WOULD BRING AND PROPOSE TO YOU ALL TO ALLOW CHAPLAINS TO EITHER BE EMPLOYED OR BE VOLUNTEERS ON OUR CAMPUS.

AND SO WE'D HAVE TO DETERMINE WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA FOR ALLOWING THEM ON CAMPUSES, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO BE DOING IF THEY'RE ON CAMPUSES? WHAT SAFEGUARDS DO WE NEED TO PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT VIOLATING ANY FIRST AMENDMENT CONCERNS, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO WE WOULD HAVE TO GO AND THEN WORK ON THAT AND COME UP WITH A PROGRAM AND BRING THAT BACK TO YOU ALL.

SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU VOTED AGAINST THIS.

SO. YEAH, WE'D HAVE TO AGAIN, WE'D HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD THEY BE DOING? WHAT WOULD THEY IF WE ACCEPTED THEM AS VOLUNTEERS SEPARATE FROM WHAT OUR CURRENT VOLUNTEER ROLES ARE, WHAT WOULD THAT WHAT WOULD THEY BE DOING? EVEN IF WE WERE MEETING THAT NEED RIGHT NOW WITH THAT MATTER, COULD WE STILL.

SAY, OKAY, WE'RE MEETING THAT NEED NOW, BUT WE CAN HAVE A CHAPLAINS THAT COULD MEET THAT FURTHER, MEET THOSE NEEDS.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M. YEAH.

AGAIN, WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THE NEED IS, THAT THAT THEY WOULD BE.

WE'D HAVE TO IDENTIFY THAT FIRST.

WHAT EXACTLY WOULD THEY EVEN BE DOING? AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, WE JUST DIDN'T.

WOULD IT BE WISE TO NOT VOTE FOR THIS AND THEN JUST DETERMINE WHEN WE HAD A NEED OR IF WE HAD A NEED AND THEN DEVELOP POLICY FROM THERE? WELL WELL, AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO VOTE BEFORE MARCH 1ST ON ON A POLICY ON EITHER THIS OR A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD ADOPT A POLICY TO ALLOW IT AND WOULD HAVE TO CREATE THAT PROGRAM. AND THE DISTRICT IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE CONTINUE WITH WHAT OUR CURRENT PRACTICE IS.

THANK YOU, MR. PONANGI. I HAVE A FEW OBSERVATIONS FROM SB 763 STANDPOINT.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, I THINK IT ADDRESSES THE NEEDS OF CERTAIN PARTS OF COMMUNITIES IN OUR STATE.

WE HAVE ABOUT 1200 SCHOOL DISTRICTS APPROXIMATELY.

HOWEVER, FROM MY OBSERVATION, THIS PARTICULAR ONE LACKS THE STANDARDS FOR THE SCHOOL CHAPLAINS, WHICH ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW, THE RIGOR THAT GOES INTO THE HEALTH CARE AND THE MILITARY CHAPLAINS ARE NOT FOUND IN THIS.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT IS THE VALUE THEY WILL BE ADDING.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, EVEN CHAPLAINS, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE FROM MULTIPLE DENOMINATIONS.

RIGHT? IT CAN BE A PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, AND SO MANY.

SO IT, AGAIN, DOES NOT ADDRESS WHICH EXACTLY WHICH DENOMINATION DENOMINATION WILL BE CHOSEN FOR THIS.

AND THEN AGAIN.

OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS VERY DIVERSE.

WE HAVE CHRISTIANS, HINDUS, MUSLIMS AND SO MANY OTHERS.

SO IF WE ARE CHOOSING FROM ONE PARTICULAR RELIGION, THEN THIS MAY NOT ADDRESS THE OTHER OTHERS.

WE HAVE EXCELLENT CERTIFIED STUDENT SCHOOL COUNSELORS, AMAZING PARENTS, A GREAT COMMUNITY.

AND FOR ANY STUDENT TO COME UP TO BE SUCCESSFUL, IT NEEDS A COMMUNITY, THE VILLAGE THAT NEEDS TO COME TOGETHER.

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THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HELP.

SO FROM THAT STANDPOINT, I THINK OUR RESOLUTION IS GOOD AND I WOULD LIKE TO VOTE YES FOR THAT.

MR. LOWE? YES.

WOULD NOT VOTING FOR THIS PRECLUDE? ARE WE ONLY GOING TO HAVE ONE CHAPLAIN PER CAMPUS, OR COULD YOU HAVE MULTIPLE CHAPLAINS OF DIFFERENT FAITHS? AND TO ME, THE WAY IT READS, IT WOULD JUST BE WHATEVER POLICY WE CAME UP WITH.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

YOU CAN CREATE WHATEVER PROGRAM YOU WANT.

SO WE COULD HAVE A POLICY THAT HAD AN ATHEIST CHAPLAIN OR AGNOSTIC CHAPLAIN.

THERE IS NO DEFINITION OF CHAPLAIN OR LIKE LIKE MR. PONANGI SAID, THERE'S NO SET OF QUALIFICATIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR WHAT EVEN WHAT A CHAPLAIN IS.

SO THAT WOULD ALL BE SOMETHING YOU ALL WOULD HAVE TO DEFINE.

WE'D HAVE TO WE'D HAVE TO DEFINE THAT IN ANY KIND OF PROGRAM THAT WE WOULD ADOPT, WE'D HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE AND WHAT WE WOULD BE ADOPTING TO DETERMINE WHO MEETS THAT CRITERIA, WHO, WHO, WHO IS A CHAPLAIN FOR THE PURPOSES OF OUR POLICY AND OUR PROGRAM.

YEAH, I JUST FIND IT HARD TO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO WOULD BE HARMED BY NOT HAVING THIS, BY NOT VOTING FOR THIS RESOLUTION DID. AGAIN, I THINK THAT THE WE IT WOULD REQUIRE US TO SPEND TIME AND RESOURCES COMING UP WITH A PROGRAM TO TO FILL WHAT WE DON'T WE DON'T SEE AS A NEED RIGHT NOW.

AND I WANT TO I WANT TO ADD TO I WANT TO JUST REMIND PEOPLE IT'S WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FAITH BASED PROGRAMS AND VOLUNTEERS ALREADY THAT COME INTO OUR CAMPUSES THROUGH OUR EXISTING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.

WE HAVE AGAIN, WE HAVE OUR MENTORSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH WE HAVE FAITH BASED VOLUNTEERS THAT COME IN AND SERVE AS MENTORS FOR FOR STUDENTS AS WELL AS NON FAITH BASED MENTORS.

AND AGAIN, THAT ALL GOES THROUGH PARENT APPROVAL OF PARENTS HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEIR KIDS CAN ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM.

WE HAVE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT COME IN.

WE DO HAVE RELIGIOUS RELIGIOUS CLUBS THAT ARE STUDENT INITIATED ON OUR CAMPUSES.

SO THIS IS NOT A SITUATION WHERE, LIKE, IF YOU DON'T ALLOW CHAPLAINS TO COME IN, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE OF OF THE SAME FAITHS ABLE TO TO POUR INTO KIDS WHOSE FAMILIES ARE FROM THAT BACKGROUND AND WANT THAT FOR THEIR KIDS.

THIS IS JUST THE DISTRICT CURRENTLY ALREADY HAS ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

WE DON'T DON'T SEE A NEED TO CREATE A WHOLE NEW PROGRAM OUTSIDE OF OUR EXISTING PROGRAM TO SPECIFICALLY ALLOW A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE DON'T REALLY EVEN KNOW HOW TO DEFINE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY GUIDANCE FROM THE STATE ON THAT TO COME IN AND PROVIDE UNDETERMINED SUPPORT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. AND SO THE THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE ONLY WAY WE WOULD BE HARMED IS BY THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO DEVELOP A POLICY.

THAT'S THE ONLY HARM THAT I'M JUST TELLING YOU WHY THE DISTRICT MADE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE MADE.

IT'S REALLY NOT UP TO US TO DETERMINE MEANING THE ADMINISTRATION, TO DETERMINE WHAT'S HARM OR NOT HARM.

I'M TELLING YOU WHY WE MADE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE MADE IN TERMS OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND WHAT YOU I SHOULD CHANGE HARM AND THE COST.

IT'S JUST GOING TO COST US TO DEVELOP A POLICY.

THERE'S NO HARM THAT WOULD COME TO US.

THE ONLY COST THAT I CAN THINK OF RIGHT NOW IS THE TIME THAT IT WOULD TAKE TO SET UP THE PROGRAM.

OKAY. AND THEN VET WHOEVER WAS COMING IN, YOU KNOW, AFTER THAT.

THANK YOU. MR. HILL. OH, MR. STOCKTON. SO I'M GOING TO START.

I THINK WHERE YOU KIND OF LEFT OFF WITH THE BUDGET PIECE, EVEN IF WE WERE TO APPROVE A POLICY THAT HAD VOLUNTEERS, THERE'S STILL A COST COMPONENT. I THINK I UNDERSTOOD THAT FROM SUPERINTENDENT AND YOURSELF THAT THERE WOULD STILL BE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

TO SOME DEGREE. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT, BUT THERE WOULD BE COST, RIGHT? WE HAVE AN EXISTING VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, SO WE ALREADY HAVE THAT STRUCTURE IN PLACE, BUT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION IN THE BILL FOR US TO JUST LIKE DECIDE TO DO THIS TOMORROW. WE WOULD HAVE TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND RESOURCES, THE STUDENT SERVICES TEAM, MY TEAM, I'M GOING TO GET TO THE DEFICIENCIES IN THE BILL IN A SECOND.

BUT I'M ASKING I JUST I JUST WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT'S THAT'S WHERE THAT COST COMES FROM.

IT'S THE TIME SPENT BY STAFF TO COME UP WITH WHATEVER THIS PROGRAM IS BECAUSE THERE'S NO I MEAN, WE'RE MAKING THE BUILDING THAT FROM SCRATCH THERE WOULD BE A COST ASSOCIATED. YES, ABSOLUTELY.

YES. MY QUESTION IS. YES. YES, ABSOLUTELY.

AND AS MR. JESSEN POINTED OUT AND MAY'S GOING TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, I AM ACUTELY AWARE OF BUDGET ISSUES.

AND SO. EVEN.

I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR. EVEN IF WE GO THE VOLUNTEER ROUTE, WHERE TO? THERE WOULD BE A COST ASSOCIATED? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY.

THE SECOND PIECE IS THE LACK OF OR THE SILENCE THROUGHOUT THE BILL.

I MEAN, I HAVE SOME OF THE CONCERNS I'VE HEARD, WHICH MR.

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LACK OF CLARITY AS TO OTHER FAITHS WHICH ARE DIVERSE COMMUNITY HAS.

REPLACEMENT. POTENTIAL REPLACEMENT OR CONFUSION THERETO WITH COUNCILORS PROBABLY BORN FROM EARLIER VERSIONS OF THE BILL.

FAIR. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME PARENTAL CONSENT ISSUES.

MY QUESTION.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE HEARD JUST IN THE LIMITED TIME THAT I REALIZED THIS WAS COMING UP FOR VOTE.

SOME OF THESE THINGS SINCE THE.

MY QUESTION IS, SOME OF THESE THINGS SINCE THE BILL IS SILENT OR I SHOULD SAY THAT THE STATUTE IS NOW SILENT, THAT CAN BE DERIVED THROUGH OUR POLICY.

THEY COULD BE IF WE WANTED TO.

CORRECT. OKAY.

AND SO WHETHER IT'S THE QUALIFICATION ISSUE, WHETHER IT'S THE OTHER FAITHS ISSUE, WHETHER IT'S THE CLARITY THAT WE'RE NOT JEOPARDIZING COUNCILOR ISSUE OR THE PARENTAL CONSENT ISSUE, THAT'S MAYBE A LITTLE TRICKIER.

WE COULD AT LEAST WORK ON POLICY THAT WOULD ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES, SINCE THE STATUTE ITSELF IS SILENT.

CORRECT. AND WE WOULD HAVE TO.

AND IN VOTING TO ACCEPT THIS RESOLUTION, WE ARE IN NO WAY PROHIBITING OURSELVES FROM VISITING THAT LATER SHOULD ADMINISTRATION OR OTHERS DEEM THAT APPROPRIATE.

WE COULD ALWAYS COME UP WITH POLICY THAT ADDRESS SOME OF THESE POINTS WITH MORE DETAIL THAT OUR COMMUNITY MIGHT GET BEHIND.

YES. CORRECT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MRS A LOT.

YEAH, I JUST THOUGHT OF A FEW MORE QUESTIONS, SO JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.

ANY FAITH CAN.

DO THIS. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A CERTAIN FAITH.

YEAH, THE BILL DOESN'T MEAN IT'S OPEN.

RIGHT? WHATEVER. CHAPLAIN IS TO FIND OUT.

RABBI, PRIEST.

MINISTER. PASTOR.

WHATEVER. DEFINE CHAPLAIN.

SO WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THAT DEFINITION IN THE PROGRAM WE ADOPTED.

AND THIS WOULDN'T REQUIRE US TO ENSURE THAT THERE WAS A VOLUNTEER CHAPLAIN.

BECAUSE I'M GOING UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THIS WOULD BE A VOLUNTEER, NOT SOMEONE WE WOULD EMPLOY.

BUT THIS WOULD NOT REQUIRE ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES TO GO OUT AND SEEK TO FIND THIS VOLUNTEER CHAPLAIN.

IT WOULD JUST BE IF SOMEONE RAISED THEIR HAND AND SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO BE THE VOLUNTEER CHAPLAIN FOR THIS CAMPUS, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT WE OUTLINED.

IT WOULD DEPEND ON HOW YOU SET THE PROGRAM UP.

YOU COULD SET IT UP EITHER WAY.

OKAY. AND TO BE CLEAR, THIS WOULD NOT.

LEAD TO ANY COUNCILORS LOSING THEIR JOB BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE THESE VOLUNTEER CHAPLAINS.

AND THAT'S NOT THE INTENT OF THIS.

AND THAT WOULD NOT BE HOW YOU WOULD INTERPRET THAT.

WE WOULD NOT.

THE BILL WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR THAT AS IT WAS FINALLY WRITTEN.

I WON'T SPEAK TO INTENT BECAUSE THE INTENT OF THE ORIGINAL BILL WAS VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT ENDED UP PASSING.

OKAY, SO NO COUNCILORS WOULD LOSE THEIR JOB IF WE ADOPTED THIS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. BOARD.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MR. CASEY THANK YOU.

I THINK MOST OF MY POINTS WERE MADE BY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD UP HERE.

BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR, DANNY.

MR.. STOCKTON. SO THE BILL, OTHER THAN REQUIRING A BACKGROUND CHECK, DOESN'T FURTHER DEFINE WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A CHAPLAIN OR WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED PERMISSIBLE VOLUNTEER OR EMPLOYEE IN THIS ROLE.

DOES THE BILL SAY ANYTHING ABOUT? USING SECURITY FUNDS FOR.

THE EMPLOYMENT OF ANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS IF YOU CHOSE TO.

SOME SOME OF THE CORRESPONDENCE WE RECEIVED MENTION THAT IT MIGHT I CAN'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

I DO KNOW THE ORIGINAL BILL ALLOWED THAT, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER IF THE FINAL IF THAT WAS IF THAT REMAINED IN THE FINAL VERSION OF THE BILL.

WE DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT SECURITY FUNDS TO USE SECURITY FUNDS FOR THIS PURPOSE WERE WE TO PROCEED WITH CREATING A PROGRAM.

JUST A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE CONCERNS TO ME OR WOULD INDICATE THAT THIS ISN'T FULLY BAKED IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANYTHING.

I DO SHARE CONCERN, AS OTHERS MENTIONED, ABOUT THE DIVERSITY IN OUR FAITH COMMUNITIES IN FRISCO.

WE ARE A VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND BETTER FOR IT.

CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE DISTRICT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING.

AND RIGHT NOW WE TO MR. HILL'S POINT, IT'S IT'S ALL VERY AMBIGUOUS, BUT WE'RE A VERY LARGE DISTRICT AND THERE'S DISCREPANCY OR DIVERSITY ACROSS VARIOUS CAMPUSES.

BUT TO HAVE SOMETHING AT ONE PARTICULAR CAMPUS AND NOT OFFER TO OUR STUDENTS AT ANOTHER CAMPUS WOULD BE A CONCERN FOR ME IF WE WERE TO DECIDE TO NOT GO THIS DIRECTION AND IMPLEMENT SOMETHING.

I AM ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE LACK OF A DEFINITION OF WHAT WOULD QUALIFY TO MR.

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TO WHERE WE ALLOWED ANYBODY TO VOLUNTEER AND SHOW UP AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE A LIKE A WATCHDOG.

SAY, WHERE DO I GO IN THAT GIVEN DAY? OR I GUESS IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD SET UP VERY STRINGENTLY AND SAY THAT THEY COULD.

YOU KNOW, WE WANT THEM TO COME ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT AND WE MAKE IT HAVE THAT BY MARCH, BUT WE DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT NOW.

SO I'M I MEAN, I'M ALWAYS I'M AN OPEN MINDED PERSON.

AND IF THE BOARD WERE EVER TO DECIDE THAT THEY WANTED TO LOOK AT THIS AGAIN, TO MR. HILL'S POINT, I WOULD DO IT.

BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE THERE.

AND THE LEGISLATURE DID PUT A REQUIREMENT ON US TO SAY YAY OR NAY.

SO I'M PREPARED TO DO THAT TONIGHT.

AND IF AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE WE DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN IF I'M STILL HERE, I'LL LISTEN.

THANK YOU. MS. ARCHAMBAULT SO MOST OF MY CONCERNS AND POINTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

BUT I DID JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK MEMBERS OF THE INTERFAITH ALLIANCE THAT REACHED OUT TO THE BOARD.

WE'VE RECEIVED QUITE A BIT OF FEEDBACK ON THIS BILL, BOTH IN ITS INFANCY AS WE WERE STARTING TO HEAR KIND OF RUMBLINGS OF WHAT THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE WHEN IT CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AS WELL AS AS THIS THIS LATEST ITERATION THAT WE ARE HERE TO TO VOTE ON THIS EVENING.

SO HEARING FROM RELIGIOUS LEADERS NOT ONLY IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY, BUT THROUGHOUT TEXAS OF ALL FAITHS HAS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL AS WE'VE STARTED TO KIND OF DIG DOWN INTO THE AMBIGUITY OF TRUTHFULLY WHAT THIS BILL STATES.

I KNOW IT'S GONE THROUGH A LOT OF ITERATIONS, BUT WHERE IT LANDED, IT'S IT'S PRETTY AMBIGUOUS, AS HAS BEEN STATED BY MY COLLEAGUES.

BUT HEARING FROM RELIGIOUS LEADERS, AGAIN, OF ALL FAITHS WAS INCREDIBLY BENEFICIAL.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THOSE WHO REACHED OUT TO THE BOARD, ESPECIALLY THE BIG GROUP OF OVER 100 FAITH LEADERS THAT THAT CAME TOGETHER TO SEND.

I'M SURE NOT ONLY OUR BOARD, BUT BOARDS ACROSS TEXAS THEIR THOUGHTS ON ON THIS MATTER.

SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK AND THAT ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

BOARD ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? OKAY, PER THE LAW, WE WILL NEED TO TAKE A ROLE ASKING EACH TRUSTEE TO RESPOND YAY OR NAY.

WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED.

AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH MR. CASEY AS HE MADE THE MOTION.

I VOTE I.

MR. GOPAL PONANGI.

I WOULD I. MR. MRS. RENE.

ARCHAMBAULT. I VOTE I.

MR. MARK HILL HIGH.

MRS. STEPHANIE ALLARD.

I VOTE NAY. MR. MARVIN LOWE. I VOTE NAY.

AND MISS DYNETTE DAVIS.

I VOTE I. MOTION PASSES FIVE TO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, MR. STOCKTON.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEES, FOR YOUR VALUABLE INPUT IN SUCH AN IMPORTANT DECISION THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE FOR THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF THIS DISTRICT.

AND WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NINE D CONSIDER AN ACT ON THE AMENDMENT OF THE FRISCO ISD

[9.D. Consider and act on the amendment of the Frisco ISD Vision Statement and Board Policy AE(LOCAL)]

A LOCAL MRS SMITH.

THANK YOU. SO WE ALL STARTED TALKING BACK IN MAY ABOUT ADOPTING A NEW VISION STATEMENT FOR FRISCO ISD TO BETTER ALIGN WITH OUR FUTURE READY FRAMEWORK AND THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING TO ALIGN OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLANNING AND OUR LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.

AND SO YOU GUYS GAVE SOME INPUT INTO THAT PROCESS BACK IN MAY AT YOUR WORKSHOP, WE WORKED WITH CAMPUS PRINCIPALS AND OTHER DISTRICT LEADERS OVER THE SUMMER TO COME UP WITH TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR A NEW VISION STATEMENT.

AND THEN LAST WEEK WE PUT IT OUT TO A VOTE TO ALL FRISCO ISD STAFF.

WE HAD A LITTLE OVER 1500 PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT VOTE.

AND THE WINNER IS EMPOWERING STUDENTS TO PURSUE THEIR PASSION AND PURPOSE.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU TONIGHT IS AN AMENDMENT OF BOARD POLICY, A LOCAL, WHICH IS WHERE OUR VISION STATEMENT LIVES.

I SENT YOU GUYS THE RED LINE VERSION OF THAT OVER THE WEEKEND, SO.

YEAH, THAT'S IT.

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WITH THAT, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE AMENDED FIRST DIVISION STATEMENT AND BOARD POLICY AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. MOTION BY MR. CASEY, SECOND BY MR. LOWE. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES.

SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MRS. SMITH, FOR YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND OUR NEW MISSION NIGHT.

MISSION VISION STATEMENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

BOARD WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NINE E CONSIDER AN ACT ON THE 2023 2024 DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

[9.E. Consider and act on 2023-2024 District Improvement Plan]

THANK YOU. I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER THIS IN DETAIL BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAD A BOARD WORKSHOP ON AUGUST 25TH WHERE WE WENT OVER ALL THE COMPONENTS OF THIS PLAN.

I DO WANT TO BRIEFLY WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IN PRINTED FORM.

THE FIRST PAGE OF THIS JUST DESCRIBES OUR PROCESS AND TALKS ABOUT THE INITIAL SIGNALS.

SO WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AT THE WORKSHOP, HOW THE INITIAL DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN WILL CONTAIN A SIGNAL ON KIND OF HOW WE'RE VIEWING AS A DISTRICT. EACH KEY QUESTION WITHIN OUR FUTURE READY FRAMEWORK.

AND SO THERE'S A KEY THERE FOR YOU ON THE FIRST PAGE.

AND THEN AS YOU SCROLL THROUGH EACH OF THE SIX FUTURE READY FOCUS AREAS, YOU'LL SEE HOW WE'RE SIGNALING.

YOU WILL SEE YOUR BOARD PRIORITY THAT YOU GUYS ADOPTED BACK IN JUNE.

IF THERE IS ONE THAT ALIGNS WITH THAT FUTURE READY FOCUS AREA AND THEN YOU WILL SEE THE DISTRICT WIDE GOAL OR GOALS THAT ALIGN WITH THOSE PRIORITIES.

AGAIN, WE COVERED ALL OF THIS IN DEPTH AT THE AUGUST 25TH BOARD WORKSHOP.

SO I WILL I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

BOARD WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE DISTRICT MOVEMENT PLAN AS PRESENTED.

MOTION BY MR. LOWE, SECOND BY MISS ARCHAMBAULT.

ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES.

SEVEN ZERO.

BART WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NINE F, CONSIDER AN ACT ON BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS FOR THE 2324 GENERAL FUND

[9.F. Consider and act on budget transfers and amendments for the 2023-2024 General Fund budget]

I'M BRINGING YOU A LITTLE OVER $4.3 MILLION IN AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

1.2 MILLION OF THAT IS FOR THE CLASSROOM TEACHING AND SUPPLY STIPEND THAT IS COMING FROM ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.

WE'RE JUST TRANSFERRING THAT OVER INTO OUR REGULAR BUDGET TO PAY THOSE OUT.

AND THEN 3 MILLION OF THAT IS FOR AN INCREASE IN OUR PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE PREMIUMS. AND THAT IS FROM ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT I SENT YOU GUYS LAST MONTH WHEN WE EXECUTED THOSE CONTRACTS.

SO WE JUST NEED TO INCREASE THE BUDGET TO MATCH THE PREMIUMS THAT WE AGREED TO WITH OUR INSURANCE COMPANIES.

BORED. I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS FOR THE 2023 2024 GENERAL FUND BUDGET AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. MOTION BY MISS ARCHAMBAULT.

SECOND BY MR. CASEY.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? SEVEN ZERO. MOTION PASSES.

IT WILL MOVE TO.

AGENDA ITEM NINE G.

[9.G. Consent Agenda]

BEFORE WE BEGIN.

PER THE REQUEST OF MRS. ALLARD, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE REMOVE ONE OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS. AND THAT IS FOR.

NUMBER TO ACT ON AGREEMENT WITH AMPLIFY EDUCATION.

SO WE'LL REMOVE THAT FROM THE AGENDA.

WILL NOT REMOVED, BUT.

WE'LL SET IT ASIDE FOR A SECOND.

SO WE'LL LOOK AGAIN AT THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE AND THREE THROUGH 15.

WITH THAT, I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE AND THREE THROUGH 15.

MOTION BY MR. CLANCY, SECOND BY MISS ARCHAMBAULT.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? IF NOT, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

[9.G.2. Act on agreement with Amplify Education]

I NEED TO MAKE A MOTION.

I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR CONSENT.

NINE G TO.

I LOOK FOR A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH AMPLIFY EDUCATION NUMBER TO CONSENT AGENDA.

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BOARD. I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS AND COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.

IT'S A MOTION TO OPEN CONVERSATION.

THANKS, MISS, A LOT.

THE ONLY ONE. OKAY, WELL, I'LL GO FIRST.

SO I DID HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS CONTRACT.

AND I HAD SUBMITTED A REQUEST FOR SOME INFORMATION WHICH HAS NOT YET BEEN PROVIDED TO THE BOARD.

I BELIEVE IT MAY BE IN PROCESS OF BEING PROVIDED TO THE BOARD, BUT WE DO HAVE TO VOTE TONIGHT.

SO WITHOUT THAT INFORMATION, I WILL JUST KIND OF GO ON RECORD SAYING THAT THAT I AM STRUGGLING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT, WITH THAT INFORMATION BEING OUTSTANDING.

BUT TO BE CLEAR, THE INFORMATION THAT I SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED WAS WHAT? VENDORS DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE CONTRACTS WITH TO PROVIDE READING, INSTRUCTION AND CURRICULUM TO OUR DISTRICT? AND HOW MUCH ARE WE SPENDING FOR EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT VENDORS AND CONTRACTS? AND THE REASON THAT I REQUESTED THAT WAS BECAUSE I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR NOT ONLY THE BOARD TO KNOW, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY WHAT WE ARE SPENDING AND WHAT WE ARE DOING IN TERMS OF LITERACY AND READING CURRICULUM AND.

IN LIGHT OF ALSO BEING IN A DEFICIT BUDGET SITUATION, I THINK IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO BE EVALUATING THESE KINDS OF CONTRACTS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CONTRACTS WE HAVE.

I KNOW IT'S MORE THAN ONE. I KNOW THIS ONE IS SPECIFICALLY FOR K THROUGH FIVE.

AND THAT WE HAVE OTHERS THAT ALSO PROVIDE FOR K THROUGH FIVE AS WELL AS SECONDARY EDUCATION.

SO I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

SPECIFICALLY, JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT MORE AS A GENERAL STATEMENT.

BUT MY QUESTION IS KIND OF ON THE BACK OF SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD TONIGHT IN PUBLIC COMMENT.

WHICH VERSION ARE WE USING FROM AMPLIFY? AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT THE FREE VERSION BECAUSE THERE IS A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT.

SO BEFORE WE MOVE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, I WANT TO POINT A CLARIFICATION.

ARE YOU REFERRING TO US NOT HAVING THE INFORMATION ON AMPLIFY EDUCATION? HAVE WE NOT RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION? NO, NO. THE INFORMATION THAT I REQUESTED WAS AROUND THE OTHER VENDORS.

AND THE REASON WHY I ASKED FOR THAT IS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK HOLISTICALLY AT HOW WE PROVIDE READING INSTRUCTION TO STUDENTS.

THIS IS ONE PIECE OF THAT.

IT'S NOT THE ONLY PIECE.

SO NO, MY, MY, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT I'M WAITING FOR IN TERMS OF AMPLIFY THAT I'VE REQUESTED OTHER THAN THE COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK TONIGHT.

BUT THAT WASN'T PART OF THE REQUEST THAT I SUBMITTED.

OKAY. SO YOU DO YOU DID SEE THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US ON AMPLIFY EDUCATION.

OH, DEFINITELY. YES.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE CONTRACT AS WELL AS THE INFORMATION IN HOME BASE? YES. YES, I DID SEE ALL OF THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. OKAY.

YES. AS SOON AS HE RESPONDS TO.

OKAY. YES. THANK YOU.

WELL, THANK YOU. I DO APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS BECAUSE I THINK AT LEAST I GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A LITTLE CONTEXT FOR FOR SOME OF THESE THINGS.

AND THERE'S A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.

I'LL PROVIDE A LITTLE CONTEXT AND I'LL ASK DR.

FORD TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THE PRODUCT ON CONSENT.

AS YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE AMAZING TEACHERS IN FRISCO ISD, AND OUR JOB IS CENTRAL OFFICE TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS SO THEY CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS EVERY DAY.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE DO ALL THE TIME AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE WORK WE DO TO HELP OUR AMAZING TEACHERS.

WE'VE ALSO HAD SOME VERY DEDICATED PERSONNEL IN FRISCO ISD WHOSE JOB IT IS TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS BY VETTING RESOURCES, PROVIDING TRAINING AND RESOURCES, SUPPORTING OUR TEACHERS DIRECTLY ON A REGULAR BASIS.

WE DO ALL OF THIS SO OUR TEACHERS HAVE A SET OF VETTED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS TO CHOOSE FROM.

I DON'T HAVE TO CREATE THESE FROM SCRATCH.

SPEND THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY ON THOSE MATERIALS.

AND IT IS TRUE. WE OFFER QUITE A BIT FOR OUR TEACHERS.

OUR TEACHERS DO GET QUITE A BIT OF AUTONOMY TO SELECT THE APPROPRIATE MATERIALS OR MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR STUDENTS.

AMPLIFY IS A COMPANY THAT CONTAINS ONE SUCH VETTED RESOURCE FOR CLARITY'S SAKE.

WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF ALL THE RESOURCES.

WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO PURCHASE ONE PRODUCT FOR OUR K THROUGH FIVE CLASSES.

IT'S CALLED BOOST, WHICH IS A SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCE WE'VE USED IN THE PAST.

I'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND IT'S NOT THE PRODUCT CALLED AMPLIFY TEXAS THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER TONIGHT.

AS FAR AS THE COMMENT ABOUT SEO RESOURCES, I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE DO WRITE OUR OWN SEO LESSONS.

WE DON'T PURCHASE ANY ESL PROGRAMS AND WE DON'T HAVE A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, CERTAINLY NOT UNDER THE GUISE OF USING LR RESOURCES.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK DR. FIORE TO TALK ABOUT OUR MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS ABOUT AMPLIFY.

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DR. FIORE ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING. THE RESOURCE THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO PURCHASE, AS YOU SEE IN THE CONTRACT, IS THE BOOST RESOURCE, AS DR.

CUNNINGHAM WAS JUST SPEAKING ABOUT, THE FUNDING SOURCE THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING TO PURCHASE THOSE RESOURCES OUT OF UPON YOUR APPROVAL IS THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ALLOTMENT WHICH THE STATE SETS ASIDE FOR US TO USE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS PURCHASING.

JUST JUST FOR A POINT OF CLARITY, THE RESOURCE THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER IS THE AMPLIFY CORE CURRICULUM, WHICH WOULD REPLACE OUR TIER ONE INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES THAT ARE TWO TEACHERS ARE FAMILIAR WITH AND HAVE BEEN TRAINED ON FOR MANY YEARS.

SO OUR NEED RIGHT NOW IS NOT THE TIER ONE INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES.

OUR NEED IS MORE ON THE INTERVENTION SUPPORT AND THAT PERSONALIZED PIECE BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW, IF YOU'VE BEEN IN OUR ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS, IT'S REAL BUSY IN THERE.

WE HAVE OUR WORKSHOP MODEL, WE HAVE SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION GOING ON.

WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE INDEPENDENT, WORKING ON SKILLS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THEIR NEEDS.

AND THIS RESOURCE IS ONE OPTION THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO TEACHERS FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS TO HELP THEM WITH THOSE PATHWAYS.

SO I KNOW WE HAVE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES THAT ARE WATCHING THIS MEETING EVEN THIS EVENING, HOPING TO GET, YOU KNOW, THE APPROVAL ON THIS RESOURCE BECAUSE THEY'RE EAGER TO TO START WORKING WITH THEIR TEACHERS ON THIS.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, THIS IS A COMPANION TO THE CLASSE RESOURCE WITHIN AMPLIFY AS WELL.

CLASSE IS A RESOURCE THAT COMES TO US FREE AT THIS TIME, AND IT REALLY PROVIDES THE HOUSE BILL THREE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED ON THE DYSLEXIA SCREENER THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATE AND BY TIA.

SO IT'S NICE THAT THOSE TWO WORK HAND IN HAND.

IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT FOR OUR TEACHERS.

SO REALLY ALSO WITH I WANT TO MENTION, I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE USED TO HEARING HOUSE BILL 4545 THAT'S RECENTLY BEEN CHANGED TO HOUSE BILL 1416.

THIS RESOURCE IS AN EFFICIENT WAY TO ALSO SUPPORT THE MONITORING AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THAT HOUSE BILL.

THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT RECAP.

MY MY QUESTION WAS, WHY ARE WE NOT USING THE FREE VERSION? WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? LIKE, WHAT ARE WE MISSING IN THE FREE VERSION THAT CAUSED YOU TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE SHOULD USE THE PAID VERSION? OKAY. I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING CLEAR.

THE FREE VERSION THAT WAS SPOKE ABOUT THIS IN PUBLIC COMMENT IS THE CORE CURRICULUM PIECE FOR AMPLIFY, WHICH WOULD REPLACE OUR TIER ONE INSTRUCTION.

WHICH TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW WOULD REALLY BE DIFFICULT FOR TEACHERS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TRAINING AND WRITING CURRICULUM AROUND OUR TIER ONE INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCE FOR SOME TIME NOW, AND WE'VE INVESTED A LOT OF TIME AND RESOURCES INTO THAT.

SO THAT'S TO PURCHASE A TO, TO USE A FREE RESOURCE THAT DOESN'T MEET THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS COUNTERINTUITIVE AT THIS TIME.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ONE OTHER QUESTION.

I DID I DID NOTICE THAT THE COST FOR THIS CONTRACT WAS LESS THAN THE ONE THAT WE DID AROUND THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN JULY.

IS ARE WE USING LESS SERVICES OR WERE WE TALKING ABOUT.

I JUST DON'T REMEMBER BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

WERE WE TALKING ABOUT SECONDARY ALLEN ELEMENTARY LAST YEAR? IS THAT WHAT THAT CONTRACT WAS FOR? I WOULD NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK TO SEE AND I CAN PUT THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU IN HOME BASE.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE CONTRACT FOR THIS IS SIMILAR SERVICES TO WHAT WE DID LAST TIME.

I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE DOLLAR AMOUNTS TO SEE MAYBE WHAT'S DIFFERENT THERE.

TO BE CLEAR, I'M NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE LESSER COST.

I JUST I'M CURIOUS IF NOTHING ELSE.

OKAY. AND THEN SO IS THIS VERSION THAT WE'RE PURCHASING.

APPROVED BY THE BOE.

OR WOULD THEY NOT APPROVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS? THE RESOURCE THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR YOU ALL TO APPROVE TONIGHT IS ON OUR COMMISSIONERS LIST AS A RESOURCE.

THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE THAT THREE YEARS AGO AS INTERIM RESPONSE FROM THE FOR THE COVID RESPONSE IN TERMS OF REALLY BUILDING THOSE BRIDGES FOR STUDENTS WITH THE READING INSTRUCTION TO REALLY BRING THEM UP TO GRADE LEVEL.

SO WE LOOKED AT THAT AS A TEACHING AND LEARNING DEPARTMENT THREE YEARS AGO WHEN IT WAS OFFERED TO US BY OUR COMMISSIONER ON THE LIST THERE.

SO YES, IT IS APPROVED BY OUR COMMISSIONER.

THANK YOU. MR. HILL, I'D LIKE TO PICK UP ON THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE FREE VERSION THAT MISS AYRES MENTIONED AND THIS BOOST PROGRAM. AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE SWAP OUT WITH WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE.

SO I'M REALLY JUST TRYING TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE COLOR AS TO.

THE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN THEM.

SO THROW ASIDE ME WANTING TO SWAP OUT.

YOU DON'T WANT THAT. I GET IT.

JUST TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT BOOST IS AND HOW IT'S DIFFERENTIATED FROM THE FREE VERSION.

SO WITH THIS VERSION OF AMPLIFY PROVIDES FOR US IS THAT STUDENTS CAN IF WHEN THEY'RE WORKING IN THEIR LITERACY STATIONS, THEY

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YOU ALL KNOW THOSE LITTLE BODIES WHEN WE'RE IN THE WORKSHOP MODEL SOMETIMES AND WE'RE IN THOSE LITERACY STATIONS, THEY MIGHT BE WORKING ON SOME OTHER THINGS BESIDES THAT.

THIS HELPS US WITH THAT DATA COLLECTION.

IT HELPS US KNOW THAT THEY'RE ENGAGED AND WORKING AT THE APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTIONAL LEVEL AS WELL.

OKAY, I LIKE THAT.

THE SECOND PIECE IS AMOUNT, AND THE REDUCTION OF AMOUNT OBVIOUSLY IS A GOOD THING.

I'M CURIOUS AS TO IS THAT A BASIS BECAUSE OF THE QUANTITY OF THE LICENSES? I'M CURIOUS HOW THAT WAS DERIVED.

I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CONTRACT, THE DOLLAR FIGURES ARE BASED UPON A QUANTITY NUMBER, WHICH I ASSUME IS LICENSES, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLIED BY A PRICE POINT FOR EACH.

I'M GOING TO ASSUME THAT EITHER THE PRICE PER LICENSE HAS GONE DOWN OR THE NEED FOR THE NUMBER OF LICENSES HAS GONE DOWN OR BOTH.

DO WE KNOW? I GUESS I'M CURIOUS ABOUT AGAIN, BEING KIND OF TRYING TO BE RESPECTFUL WITH THE BUDGET.

WHAT DILIGENCE DID WE PUT INTO AS FAR AS THE QUANTITY OF LICENSES? OKAY. SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT LAST YEAR WE CHOOSE A LITTLE DIFFERENT VERSION THAT HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCE.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT RESOURCE.

WE GOT A FEW LESS LICENSES THIS YEAR THAN WE DID THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

THE THE OTHER THING TO TALK ABOUT IS, WELL, I'D LOVE IF THEY WOULD GIVE US A PER CAMPUS LICENSE FOR THESE THINGS.

THEY'RE DOING THESE INDIVIDUAL LICENSE BECAUSE ONE OF THEIR THEY'VE GOT TO MAKE SOME MONEY.

AND SO WE WOULD WE TRIED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO SET THESE CONTRACTS UP A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.

BUT THEY'RE ON A PER STUDENT LICENSE, AND I CAN RESPECT THAT.

I GUESS I'M LOOKING AT 12,445 LICENSES.

YES. WHERE DOES THAT NUMBER COME FROM? LIKE, WHERE DID YOU ALL COME UP WITH ENROLLMENT FIGURES? THAT'S OUR NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE THIS THROUGH FOR OUR THAT'S A K THROUGH TWO, KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWO.

DO WE SET UP AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER SET OF LICENSES FOR THREE THROUGH FIVE.

THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH REMEDIATION.

AND SO THERE IS SOME ANALYSIS DONE THERE.

OKAY. YEAH. I WAS CURIOUS. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

HISTORICALLY, WHAT'S THE ACTUAL USAGE NUMBER? IS IT IS IT 12,500 OR SOMETHING CLOSE TO IT? OR WHERE DOES THAT NUMBER COME FROM RATHER THAN JUST A BROAD ENROLLMENT NUMBER? IF YOU IF YOU KNOW, I DO NOT KNOW RIGHT NOW, I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU PRETTY QUICKLY.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT WHEN WE PURCHASE LICENSES LIKE THESE, WE'VE GOT TO BE PREPARED TO MAKE SURE TEACHERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE THESE ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND SO THAT GIVES US THE BANDWIDTH TO BE ABLE TO USE THESE IN CLASSES ACROSS FRISCO.

I KNOW THAT AT LAST AND I'LL PULL THIS UP IN A MOMENT, WE'LL TAKE A I'LL TAKE A SECOND, BUT WE'VE HAD PRETTY GOOD SUBSTANTIAL USAGE ACROSS THE BOARD.

SO WE'VE NOT WE'VE NOT HAD TOO MANY THESE LICENSES GO TO WASTE.

BUT I'LL PULL NUMBERS FOR YOU IN A MINUTE AND I THINK YOU'RE GETTING MY POINT.

MY POINT IS, IS BLANKET LICENSES ARE ONE THING.

IF IF IT'S ONE OF THESE THINGS I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE TOOL.

I'M RELYING ON YOU AND YOUR.

YOUR DATA ON THAT IF IT'S GENERALLY USED EVERY DAY BY THE ENTIRE POPULATION.

THAT'S GREAT. IF IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT'S THE DISTRICT HAS IDENTIFIED THAT ONLY CERTAIN PARTS OF THE ENROLLMENT BASED UPON HISTORY USE IT.

I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE PLEASE BE COGNIZANT OF THAT AND ADJUST THE ORDER ALLOTMENT ACCORDINGLY SO THAT WE CAN.

REDUCE THE NET NUMBER.

IT LOOKS LIKE THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN DONE YEAR OVER YEAR.

SO THAT'S WHAT GIVES ME SOME POSITIVE TAKE ON THIS.

SO ANYWAYS, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

MISS DAVIS, CAN I ADDRESS THE BUDGET QUESTION THAT MR. HILL ASKED A SECOND AGO? YES. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THESE RESOURCES ARE BEING PURCHASED WITH STATE IMA FUNDS AND SO THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ALLOTMENT COMES TO US SEPARATELY. IT'S NOT PART OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

SO I DO WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS PURCHASE DOESN'T IMPACT OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

IT DOESN'T PLAY INTO THE DEFICIT BUDGET THAT WE HAVE.

THE STATE ALLOTS US AN AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES EVERY BIENNIUM, AND WE USE THAT TO PURCHASE THINGS THAT ARE APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE THIS MONEY IS COMING FROM.

AND MAY I FOLLOW UP? SURE. MR. HILL.

I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. I ACTUALLY HAD THAT IN MY NOTES, AND I FORGOT TO ASK THAT.

SO WHAT WAS OUR USE OF THE EMAS LAST CYCLE? I DIDN'T. I'M EVEN ASKING THAT CORRECTLY.

YOU MEAN. DO YOU MEAN HOW MUCH OF IT DID WE USE? WE. WE USE OUR ENTIRE ALLOTMENT OVER THE COURSE OF THE BIENNIUM.

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OKAY, SO I GUESS THE POINT BEING, THOUGH, IS THAT THESE FUNDS COULD SINCE WE ARE USING ALL OF IT, WE STILL NEED TO BE SOMEWHAT DILIGENT ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IF NOT THIS, IT WILL BE USED ELSEWHERE.

ABSOLUTELY. AND I KNOW TEACHING AND LEARNING HAS A RIGOROUS PROCESS THAT THEY GO THROUGH WHEN THEY DETERMINE WHAT WE USE THE FUNDS FOR.

UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU.

MR. LOWE? YES.

I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

WHAT GAP DOES THIS PARTICULAR PRODUCT FILL THAT WE ARE NOT? COVERING RIGHT NOW? WELL, THIS RESOURCE HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO OUR TEACHERS, TOO.

SO WHEN YOU SAY WHAT? WHAT GAP IS IT FILLING? IF WE WEREN'T TO PROVIDE THIS RESOURCE, THEN THERE WOULD DEFINITELY BE AN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS GAP BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED TO THEM.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION.

IN OTHER WORDS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE PROVIDE ONGOINGLY YEAR AFTER YEAR, SO IT'S NOT A NEW PRODUCT.

IT IS NOT A NEW PRODUCT.

THE ONLY TRAINING THAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN IS ANYONE WHO'S NEW TO UTILIZING THIS, AND THAT WOULD BE THROUGH THE USE OF OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES ON CAMPUS.

THAT'S WHY I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TELL THEM THAT, HEY, THIS WAS APPROVED BECAUSE IT'S IT'S AN INTERVENTION TOOL THAT WE REALLY NEED TO START GETTING IN THE HANDS OF TEACHERS IN ORDER TO REALLY FILL THOSE GAPS IN A TIMELY MANNER.

OKAY. HOW DO WE DETERMINE THE NEED FOR THIS PARTICULAR RESOURCE? I MEAN, HOW DID HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT CHOOSING AMPLIFY BOOST AS OPPOSED TO SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S OUT THERE? WELL, WHAT WE HAVE IS OUR LITERACY COORDINATORS AND OUR MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TEACHING AND LEARNING.

THEY GO THROUGH A VETTING PROCESS.

THIS WAS VETTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT ANY NEW MATERIALS.

WE SIT THROUGH LISTENING TO VENDORS AND WE ALWAYS LOOK TO SEE ARE WE PROVIDING THE BEST FOR OUR TEACHER THAT IN TERMS OF EFFICIENCY? AND THAT WOULD JUST GIVE THEM WHAT THEY NEED FOR THEIR STUDENTS.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO ALWAYS THINK ABOUT RISK AND REWARD THERE.

SO IF WE MAKE A CHANGE, WE HAVE A LOT OF TEACHERS AND THAT INVOLVES A HUGE TRAINING COMPONENT TO MAKE ANY SORT OF CHANGE.

SO IN OUR DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT ANY CHANGE THAT WE MAKE VERY CAREFULLY, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE MAKE THE CHANGE.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE I JUST DESIGNED A PROCESS TODAY THAT'S BEING VETTED BY OUR CABINET TOMORROW THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT MATERIALS FROM EVEN A YEAR AND TWO YEARS FROM NOW THAT IF WE WERE TO SUNSET, THAT WE HAVE AN EXIT PLAN SO THAT TEACHERS DON'T FEEL THAT.

SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY IN OUR DEPARTMENT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES IN TEACHERS HANDS THAT ARE THE BEST, BUT ALSO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND THAT WE CAN SUPPORT WITH THE TRAINING PIECES TOO.

NOTHING MORE FRUSTRATING AS A TEACHER TO HAVE THIS SHINY RESOURCE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE.

HOW HOW DO WE DETERMINE HOW MANY TEACHERS ARE ACTUALLY USING THIS RESOURCE? IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE BUYING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LICENSES, AS I UNDERSTAND IT.

HOW DO WE DETERMINE OR DO WE KNOW HOW MANY TEACHERS ARE USING THIS PROGRAM CURRENTLY? OUR FEEDBACK STRUCTURE ON THAT IS RATHER INFORMAL.

WE ARE WORKING WITH THE VENDOR TO SEE BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF OUR ROBUST PROCESS, IS EVERY RESOURCE THAT THE COORDINATORS AND DIRECTORS ARE PUTTING FORWARD TO OUR COMMITTEE.

WE ARE GOING TO BE ASKING FOR USAGE REPORTS AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY VETTING THE USE OF FUNDS AND THAT THESE THINGS ARE BEING USED.

SO IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE BOUGHT TOO MANY LICENSES OR DIDN'T BUY ENOUGH LICENSES ON THIS SPECIFIC RESOURCE? I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT AND GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION LATER.

OKAY. I APOLOGIZE. I DON'T HAVE THAT ON HAND.

NO PROBLEM. THE LAST QUESTION IS, DO WE KNOW HOW MANY OF THE LICENSES THAT WE PURCHASED LAST YEAR? DO WE KNOW HOW MANY OF THEM WE ACTUALLY USED? THAT WOULD BE AT SOME INFORMATION I WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE TO YOU THROUGH HOME BASE AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.

AND I SEE THAT IT'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTION.

I CAN TELL YOU THIS EVERY STUDENT THAT NEEDED THE HOUSE BILL, 4545 INFORMATION, WE USED THIS RESOURCE.

SO I CAN TELL YOU IT IS IT IS DEFINITELY A WIDELY USED RESOURCE.

CAN I TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT EVERY LICENSE WE PURCHASED WAS USED TO ITS MAXIMUM EXTENT? I CANNOT TELL YOU THAT RIGHT THIS SECOND.

I'VE GOT A LITTLE INFORMATION TO HELP YOU WITH THAT QUESTION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. WHAT I'LL TELL YOU, AND THIS IS BASED OFF OF STUDENT USAGE REPORTS, I DON'T HAVE THE TEACHER USAGE REPORTS, BUT LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, WE PURCHASED SOMEWHERE AROUND IT LOOKS LIKE 15,000 LICENSES FOR THREE THROUGH FIVE.

WE DIDN'T HAVE AS GOOD USAGE WITH THAT WITH OUR UPPER ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.

AND SO PART OF THE DIFFERENCE PRICE DIFFERENCE YOU'LL SEE IS A SCALE BACK OF THE 3 TO 5 LICENSES, WE'RE ABOUT ROUGHLY THE SAME ON THE EARLIEST K THROUGH TWO, AND WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD RESPONSE RATE FROM STUDENT USAGES IN THOSE RESOURCES LAST YEAR.

SO DR. KELLY, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS WE PURCHASED 15,000 LAST YEAR.

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5000? YES.

AND WE'RE USING AND THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE THE NUMBER GOING FROM 4500 THIS YEAR.

SO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS.

WE. BUT THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF LICENSES THAT WE THAT WE ASK FOR THAT PARTICULAR GRADE LEVEL.

TAKING A STAB IN THE DARK AS TO WHAT STUDENTS MAY NEED.

4545. AND REMEDIATION SOURCES.

YES, WE DID GO A LITTLE OVERBOARD LAST YEAR.

WE'VE ADAPTED IT FOR THIS YEAR BASED ON USER REPORTS.

THANK YOU. MR. HILL, I'LL MAKE A QUICK COMMENT, THOUGH.

BUT TO BE CLEAR, THE PROPOSAL TONIGHT IS FOR THAT THREE THROUGH FIVE.

IT'S FOR 40. I'M SEEING 4571 LICENSES.

AND SO THAT IS A RESULT OF THE REVIEW, I GUESS, OF WHAT THE ACTUAL USAGE WAS.

YES, SIR. CORRECTING THAT? YES, SIR. AND AND ASKING FOR A MORE APPROPRIATE OR AMOUNT MORE TETHERED TO THE ACTUAL USAGE, CORRECT? YES, SIR. AND I WOULD ASSUME THAT THAT ANALYSIS WAS DONE FOR 3 TO 5.

WE DID THE SAME FOR THE SAME WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE THROUGH K THROUGH TWO.

YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU.

BOARD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? NOT. I WILL LOOK FOR A VOTE.

FOR YOUR REFERENCE, WE ARE VOTING ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TO ACT ON AGREEMENT WITH AMPLIFY EDUCATION.

ALL IN FAVOR. ANY OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES FIVE TO.

AND WITH THAT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

I WANT TO FIRST THANK OUR RESOURCE OFFICERS.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

I HOPE WE DIDN'T KEEP YOU TOO LATE.

I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT YOU ALL WERE THE GREATEST CLASS.

WE HAVE OUR LEADERSHIP, OUR NEWLY SELECTED LEADERSHIP.

FRISCO CLASSE.

I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WHICH ONE OF YOU TOLD ME, AND WE HAVE SOME LEADERSHIP FRISCO GRADUATES HERE, BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT ALL YOU PUT INTO THIS YEAR AND I'LL HAVE YOUR BACK.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

JUST DON'T LET THAT COME UP FOR A VOTE BECAUSE I WAS LEADERSHIP CLASSE 22.

OKAY, SO I'M JUST SAYING RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. AND BEFORE I ADJOURN.

TRUSTEES, IF YOU CAN SEE ME BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I DO NEED YOUR SIGNATURE ON AN ITEM AND IT IS CURRENTLY 8.04 AND I WILL ADJOURN.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.