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Texas Center for Arts + Academics

TCAA Board Meeting - Annual Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday August 25, 2020 at 6:00 PM CDT

Location

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Meeting ID: 815 3175 0287

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Video/Audio Conferencing Notice: Pursuant to Governor Abbott’s Temporary Suspension of Open Meetings Laws issued on March 16, 2020, the August 25, 2020 TCAA Board Meeting - Annual Meeting will be conducted via video conference on the Zoom Video Conference platform, which will be audible to the Board and public and allow for two-way communication. The Board Chair, presiding officer, or trustees will not be physically present at one location, but a quorum will be required for the meeting on the video conference or phone.

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 6:00 PM
 
Opening Items
 
  A. Record Attendance and Guests   Penny Clay 1 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Melissa Goodroe 1 m
II. Public Comments 6:02 PM
  A. Public Comments FYI Melissa Goodroe 15 m
   
Due to the use of telephonic or videoconference meetings in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and in accordance with those suspended rules, to submit Public Comments or Agenda Item questions go to:
  • Any Public Comments or Agenda Item questions should be submitted prior to 1:00 PM on the day of a Board Meeting.
  • Public Comments submitted via this form will be distributed to the Board of Trustees for consideration.
  • The Board Liaison will read the comments into record during the Public Comments item for the board’s consideration.
  • The Board Liaison will stop reading at three minutes. No presentation shall exceed three minutes.
  
III. Consent Agenda 6:17 PM
  A. Approve Minutes Approve Minutes Melissa Goodroe 3 m
   
  • Minutes from June 16, 2020 meeting
  
    Approve minutes for TCAA Emergency Session of the Board on June 16, 2020  
  B. Monthly Finance Statements FYI Melissa Goodroe 3 m
   
  • Statements from April, May, June and July 2020
  
IV. Closed Session 6:23 PM
 
Pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.074 for the purpose of considering the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee or to hear complaints or charges against a public officer or employee, and Section 551.071 to consult with school’s attorney, in person or by phone, on a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the school under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code; and Section 551.072 to deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property if deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the governmental body in negotiations with a third person.
 
  A. Convene to Closed Session FYI Melissa Goodroe 30 m
V. Open Session 6:53 PM
  A. Reconvene to Open Session FYI Melissa Goodroe 3 m
VI. Financials 6:56 PM
  A. TeSA End of the Year Budget Amendments Vote Janelle Grau 5 m
   
  • Approve
  
  B. FWAFA End of the Year Budget Amendments Vote Janelle Grau 5 m
   
  • Approve
  
  C. TCAA End of the Year Budget Amendments Vote Janelle Grau 5 m
   
  • Approve
  
  D. Renewal of PCB Line of Credit Vote Janelle Grau 3 m
   
  • Approve
  
  E. TCAA Lease Agreements Vote Janelle Grau 5 m
   
  • Approve
  
VII. Academic 7:19 PM
  A. TeSA Request to Extend the Start of the 2020-2021 School Year Waiver Vote Nancy Vaughan 3 m
   
  • TEA Waiver
  
  B. FWAFA Request to Extend the Start of the 2020-2021 School Year Waiver Vote Nancy Vaughan 3 m
   
  • TEA Waiver
  
  C. TeSA Student Handbook Vote Nancy Vaughan 5 m
   
  • Approve TeSA 2020-2021 Student Handbook
  
  D. FWAFA Student Handbook Vote Nancy Vaughan 5 m
   
  • Approve FWAFA 2020-2021 Student Handbook
  
  E. TeSA, FWAFA & TCAA 2020-2021 Personnel Handbooks Vote Nancy Vaughan 3 m
   
  • Approve Personnel Handbooks
  
  F. Enrollment Information FYI Nancy Vaughan 5 m
   
  • TeSA
  • FWAFA
  
  G. 2020 Accountability Rating System FYI Nancy Vaughan 3 m
   
  • All districts and campuses are labeled Not Rated: Declared State of Disaster for 2020
  
  H. FWAFA ESC Region 11 Contract Vote Nancy Vaughan 3 m
   
  • Amendments for TEKS RS to the April 2020 Contract
  
  I. TeSA ESC Region 11 Contract Vote Nancy Vaughan 3 m
   
  • Amendments for TEKS RS to the April 2020 Contract
  
VIII. Governance 7:52 PM
  A. Election of Board Members Vote Melissa Goodroe 10 m
IX. Closing Items 8:02 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting FYI Melissa Goodroe 1 m
   
If, during the course of the meeting covered by this Notice, the Board should determine that a closed meeting of the Board should be held or is required in relation to any item included in this notice, then such closed meeting as authorized by Government Code:

Section 551.071 - For the purpose of a private consultation with the Board's attorney on any or all subjects or matters authorized by law.

Section 551.072 - For the purpose of discussing the purchase, sale, exchange, lease or value of real property.

Section 551.073 - For the purpose of negotiating contracts for prospective gifts or donations

Section 551.074 - For the purpose of considering the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment of duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee or to hear complaints or charges against a public officer or employee.

Section 551.076 - To consider the deployment, or specific occasions for implementation, of security personnel and devices.

Section 551.082 - For the purpose of considering discipline of a public school child or children.

Section 551.083 - For the purpose of considering the standards, guidelines, terms or conditions the Board will follow, or instruct its representatives to follow, in consultation with representatives of employee groups in connection with consultation agreements provided for by Section 13.901 of the Texas Education Code.

Section 551.084 - For the purpose of excluding a witness or witnesses from a hearing during examination of another witness.

Should any final action, final decision or final vote be required in the opinion of the Board with regard to any matter considered in such closed meeting, then such final action, final decision or final vote shall be at either:

1. the open meeting covered by this notice upon the reconvening of this public meeting, or
2. at a subsequent public meeting of the Board upon notice thereof, as the Board shall determine.

 
  
  B. CERTIFICATE AS TO POSTING OR GIVING OF NOTICE FYI Melissa Goodroe
   
On or before August 22, 2020, by 6:00pm., this notice was posted online.

Submitted by: Melissa Goodroe, Chairman, Board of Directors, Texas Center for Arts + Academics