>> Good evening, everyone. I
call this meeting of the board
of Trustees of the Tarrant
County College District
to order at 6pm. Please rise if
you are able for the Pledges
of Allegiance
to the US and the Texas flags.
>> 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.
>> Thank you and good evening.
We will start this evening's
meeting with public comment.
We have one individual signed
for public comment,
and that is Daniel J.
Bennett. Mr. Bennett.
>> Good evening, Board. Good
evening, President Dakine,
Chancellor LeBlanc, Trustees. I
just want to go back a little
history lesson before I move
on to why I'm really here. I
understand 5e is
on your agenda today. Ellucian
to supporting the Oracle
system. The collage. It's
college. Whatever it is,
colleague, whatever your ERP
system is today. Let's go back
to October 17th of 2022, when
we were hot and heavy. We
couldn't wait to get rid
of this ERP system. Now we're
going to spend all this money
to support the system that's
antiquated and doesn't work,
apparently because we went so
hot and heavy back in 2022
to replace it. Now, Robert
Pachenko, who you put on an
improvement protocol and you
fired him, lost all
of his master programmers.
Well, you hired Cadado. I was
totally against Cadado.
In fact, I think everybody in
this room knows that I went up
to South Lake, I went
to their corporate office,
which did not exist,
and you guys okayed them
to a tune of like $1.8 million
over a three year plan
to be the architect,
implementation processor
of your new ERP called
Anthology. And Ms. Wood is the
only trustee that said, no,
not today. And you guys went
ahead anyway. So you funded the
budget with $88 million. I
still don't know where that
money came from. As it was
shipped over
from the general fund
to implement Anthology and you
created a dashboard. You
created all these groups
to help Cadado know your needs,
to integrate between all your
different services you provide
your students. The only thing
lack was a marching band.
Every time I heard Cadado and
Anthology, bells whistled. He
thought you on the 4th of
July. Then you went dormant.
That fund went from 88 million
to 72 million. $16 million got
wasted. So I want
to know how much is
in the ERP budget and why
Mr. Krueger says, well,
we don't know what we're going
to do on the ERP system. Takes
three to five years to
implement and there was
implementation fatigue on
Anthology. You cut it from 48
months to 40 months. I remember
all that. I want a little
context for Veronica Law. She
is my representative and she
needs
to understand the history
of you trying
to implement the ERP system.
Now, with one minute to go,
here's what I'm really here
for. I have more property that
are not on the tax roll. It
affects this college to
$210,000. If you include
penalties and interest will be
more. I have been
for years asking these bodies
to do an audit
of new construction that are
not on the tax roll in
Tarrant County. I'm not going
to revisit history
of the incompetency under Mr.
Law
from which we are now crawling
out from underneath at the
Tarrant Appraisal District.
But I already spoke
to the city of White
Settlement. Not the citywide
settlement, the school board.
I'm having a meeting
with them. I'm going to. It's
going to. It's going
to be found money. I talked
to Don, Joe last
Friday. I said there's two
properties need to look for.
Then give me addresses.
They're not going to make the
certified role. I'm okay
with that. Because no one cares
what's on the roll long as a
signature and you can set your
tax rate. So the money we find.
I want all the taxing entities
to agree to allow Weisselman
ISD to pick an auditor to go
over District 4. And that's
your district. That includes
Azel and Weisselman ISD to find
all the new construction that's
not on the roll. And I'm going
to make a bold statement.
For every dollar you spend,
you'll get 10 bucks back. So
that's coming in the future.
Thank you.
>> Thank you, Mr. Bennett.
There's no other public
comment. Thank you. We'll move
on to item four. Board business
items and announcements. The
first item
for approval is the approval of
the work session meeting
minutes of May 8, 2025. Is
there any discussion? There's a
motion to approve.
>> Move.
>> Is there a second?
>> Second.
>> Any discussion? All those
in favor say aye.
>> Aye.
>> Any opposed? Motion carries.
>> Item 4B. Approval of the
special meeting minutes dated
May 14, 2025. Is there a motion
to approve?
>> Approve.
>> There's a motion
to approve.
>> Second.
>> There's a second.
>> All those
in favor say aye.
>> Aye.
>> Any opposed? The minutes are
approved.
>> Finally, approval
of the board of Trustees
meeting minutes May 15, 2025.
Is there a motion
to approve?
>> Approve.
>> Second.
>> All those in favor say aye.
>> Aye.
>> Any opposed? The minutes are
approved.
>> Item 4D, trustee activities.
We will start all the way
to my right. Do you have
anything tonight?
>> I do. I had some fun
activities this month, meeting
with some different
stakeholders and some
legislators
in the throughout the district.
So I was just recently out in
Washington D.C. this is
Congressman Brandon Gill who
represents District 26, which
is primarily Wise County,
Denton county,
so a little bit north of here.
But those counties do certainly
have students that come
to tcc, so
of extreme relevancy. So I did
have the opportunity to talk
to him and share with him about
the initiative that we're
working on
for the education pathways
for survivors
of human and sex trafficking.
Shared
with him what the vision is
for this,
let him know that we're still
in our infancy on it, but that
it is being designed as we
speak. And more than anything,
I wanted to make sure that he
had an awareness of it and that
his team had an awareness of it
and that this is a very
prevalent conversation that
people are having. So his
question to me was,
what can we do for you? What do
you need from us? And I said,
well, right now bringing
to you the awareness, but
at some point in time I will
probably be coming
to you and asking you
for some money. So
of course he can't commit
to anything at this point
in time,
but he was keenly interested
in learning more as we continue
to develop the program
around that. If you go
to the next slide. Also had an
opportunity to meet with one
of the legislative aides in
Senator Ted Cruz's office
to share the same view
on this. She was also keenly
interested in it. Spent quite a
bit of time considering how
you're allotted just a very
short window because they are
so busy and they're
in session. The members are
in session right now,
so they're very, very busy. But
she gave me some extra time
because she wanted
to learn more about it,
learn more about the program.
And considering the
concentration here
in the state of Texas,
in the, in the Dallas, Fort
Worth, I teach people to say
Fort Worth, Dallas Metroplex,
as well as some
of the large cities in Texas.
There's a keen interest. And so
as I have additional updates
for you, I'll be happy
to share more as we go along.
The question was also what can
we do for you? And the same
response was giving you the
awareness of this,
of the program, the
groundbreaking program and
initiative. And then
at some point in time we will
probably be asking you
for some money. So they already
setting the stage for that.
But they were both,
both offices were very,
very interested in this. So it
was great meetings that we had.
And then the next slide,
this is one of the gentlemen.
He was invited
to our roundtable that we had
in April. He was not able
to make it. The gentleman
in the hat, his name is Bob
Williams and he runs an
organization in Wise County. I
think he's Denton county called
Bob's House of Hope.
Incredible organization,
incredible work that he does
and that is
to provide support services
for boys that have come out
of trafficking. So very, very
unique organization that he
leads. And it was interesting
when I was meeting with
Congressman Gill, he said,
have you met. Are you aware
of this organization? I said,
as a matter of fact, I am. So
it's working with the different
key stakeholders and experts
in this area. Learning a lot,
and I know they've shared a lot
with the college so far.
But again, happy
to bring more information
to you in the future. Thank
you.
>> Thank you, Ms. Pritchett.
Ms. Ayala?
>> Yes, thank you. If I may,
I'd like to congratulate Ms.
Chavez Lowe and welcome you
to our board and also want
to congratulate you, Ms. De
Kyne, Mr. Hornsby, Ms. Wood and
Ms. Pritchett
on your elections.
But I would like to share that
I had the opportunity
to attend the 37th annual Jim
Boland Competition awards
ceremony that was hosted
by TCC Northwest on April 24.
It was hosted in the Trinity
River Action Suites. The late
Jim Bolen was the former chair
of the Northeast Campus Math
Department and he first led
TCC's participation in the
American Mathematical
association of Two Year
Colleges, which is AMATYC. It
was a challenge in 1989 and the
challenge or the competition
challenges students
in algebra, trigonometry,
geometry and analytical
reasoning. And it's held one
in the fall and one
in the spring. So the
competition and the funds and
the money that comes from
to the students is in honor
of Jim's contributions and also
it was established by his
family and essentially the TCC
foundation competition funds to
award TCC's top performing math
students. Awards are presented
to the top performing students
among the 230 competition
participants with honors given
in three categories. Campus
awards, district awards and
university scholarships. And
scholarships and prizes totaled
more than $550,000.
Among the awardees were Derek
Jiang, at just 11 years old,
was recognized as the TCC top
scorer. And Christopher
Manikis received the highest
prize at $250,000
for a four year scholarship
to Texas Christian
University, which he celebrated
alongside his wife and his two
sons. It was a very, very
beautiful celebration because
there were not only the
students, but of course their
families were there
with them. So I want to thank
everyone that was involved
in the organization
of the event. And
congratulations to all
of those that were recognized.
Thank you.
>> Thank you, Ms. Ayala. Dr.
Morrison.
>> Good evening and thank you.
I might add that Jim Boland
was the brother of former
Mayor Bob Boland. Just
for some of you newcomers to
Fort Worth, always like
to share the little Fort Worth
history.
>> Thank you. It was my pleasure
to attend the centennial
celebration of excellence for
the DFW
Black Woman lawyers. And it was
a great event. Inspirational
and just camaraderie,
colleagues. I was invited
to participate. And it's always
good to be in the room with
attorneys and judges when it's
a friendly conversation. So
thank you so much. One
of the guests,
that special guest that flew
in, was the only black judge
from Utah, and she was very
inspirational,
but she had ties to Fort
Worth, so I was very impressed
with that. Thank you. And then
I attended the 33rd annual
rally for Education. I was
on stage with Toro. And
of course, whenever you're
on stage with Toro, Toro gets
all of the applause. The 30th
annual rally. I'm sorry. And it
was great. The young people in
the audience were very
receptive to the information
about the six colleges. And I
made a promise that somebody's
gonna have to keep. Toro is
writing a book. Because all
of the stuff that I said,
the person on stage says that
should be written
down so they can take that home
in a book. So I said, okay,
Taro's writing a book.
Okay.
You know, I talk about the
six colleges where they are,
all of the great programs,
and so it'll be fun. I know all
of the creative minds will come
up with a great way for Toro
to put that in a book. Look
at that. That is the most
precious picture. She is just
enamored with Toro. And Toro
gave out great information,
great encouragement. The theme
of the day was Tarrant County
College. That's my college. We
had everybody
in the room saying that. Also
bold steps, better futures.
That was my escort
for the day. He's grown up over
the years and is a TCC student.
I can't remember, you know,
one of those college
for kids,
students who's growing up
through the ladder
of success. So it was a great
morning of inspiration
and today I was at the TCC
Trinity river campus. I slid
through. That's the new term.
Or I popped in and popped out.
But I got a great lesson
in constitutional law
from the justices
of the appellate court here,
who explained
to us the most important
article in the Constitution is
the first article because it
protects all our faith
in our decision making. So we
recommended that we all go back
and read the Constitution
because people think it's one
of the amendment. But no, it's
in article one. So a great
lesson. And these young people
were the members
of the aspiring Young Lawyers
Camp. This was just one
of their activities. They asked
great questions. And
of course, our wonderful TCC
staff, Dean, Chancellor and
Marissa did a great job
of partnering with the L.
Clifford Davis Legal
Association. And Marissa has
written a report that tracks
the participation of students
from college to kids
to various other programs
through their enrollment
in TCC and on to college. And
I'm really excited
to read that. And I know that
these kind
of activities have a huge
impact in student enrollment
and student success. So I was
happy to get the slide through
and share that inspirational
lecture with them. So thank
you. It's been a great time.
>> Thank you, Dr. Morrison.
Mr. Hornsby, you're good? Glad
to see you here tonight, Ms.
Wood.
>> Good evening. I have quite a
few things to go through,
so I'm going to go through them
as quickly as I can. I didn't
want to take too much time the
last meeting because we had
graduation. So I'm going to go
through some things that
happened actually in April. So
in April I was able to go
to the tour the Birdville
center of Technology in North
Richland Hills and Dr. Ford and
Edward Hicks escorted me.
But the tour was led by
Andrea Anderson, Director
of the CT CCMR and Joe
Rocker, the CTE coordinator.
During the visit,
we explored a variety
of the state of the art
classrooms and facilities that
support high demand career
pathways. And we're able
to hear directly
from the faculty about the
exciting learning experiences.
Some of the programs include
automotive technology, IT
networking, robotics,
cosmetology,
a video game design. Oh,
there's the law class. They
actually invited us to come
in and I was like no, no,
we're good. And they also have
television and broadcasting.
But the highlight of the tour
was a live culinary competition
in which students from the
culinary arts program
participated
in a burger cook off. Students
developed an original burger
recipes and created their own.
And then they were presented
to the judges for them to
decide which one was the best.
They demonstrated creativity
and their culinary skills.
Looking ahead, Birdville ISD
and TCC Northeast Campus plan
to launch a P. Tech Early
College high school at the
Bechtel campus in 26-27 academic
year. This initiative will
serve 200 to 400 students
annually, all of whom will be
on track to complete a TCC
certificate and or associate's
degree. The visit highlighted
the strong partnership
between TCC and Birdville ISD
and the commitment
of preparing students for post
secondary success and workforce
readiness. So then I was
on double duty on May 2nd. I
don't know how I got through
that day because I had one
meeting at the Northeast campus
and then I had to hurry to
Seattle to a graduation.
But we'll start with the
Northeast campus. I met with
Naomi Vella and Esteban Serta
with the Congolese Business
Chamber and we had a meeting
about how we could partner
together and help students
from the Congolese Business
Chamber. We went through a lot
of our programs. College for
Kids, Early College, High
School, Adult Education and
Literacy, the TCC Foundation
Scholarships, federal and state
aid, Corporate Solutions and
Economic Development,
Admissions and foreign
transcript evaluations. It was
a great meeting and it ended
with Ms. Naomi receiving gifts
from Junior Pompetti, the head
of the chamber and I felt
like it was a great learning
experience for me and a great
partnership going forward
with the college. I look
forward to seeing a lot
of these students coming
into TCC as a result of this.
So I was pleased with that. So
I left there and hurried over
to the aviation transport. I'm
sorry, the Irma Johnson Hadley
center for Excellence for
Aviation, Transportation and
Logistics
for the graduation ceremony.
And it was of course
in the airplane hangar. The
ceremony was facilitated by
Dr. Michael Esquivel and then
the keynote speaker was
Jeremias Sala who was a 2019
graduate from the TCC Welding
Technology program. He's now a
supervisor and employer and he
stressed the importance of
continuous learning and hiring
individuals eager to grow in
high demand technical fields. I
will say a lot of these
students come back and get
extra certifications and with
each certification they just go
up in the workforce,
make more money and are
in high demand. David Skidmore
is the chief instructor of
the professional pilot program
and aviation. Easy for me
to say. Federal Aviation
Administrator Liaison. And he
announced the completion
of the programs. 93 students
across five different
disciplines. Aviation
maintenance, logistics supply,
chain management, professional
pilot, non destructive testing
and welding technology.
Of these, 56 participated in
the ceremony and received pins
symbolizing their transition
from student
to industry professional.
Which all of this just
exemplifies their perseverance
and skill and readiness
to work in their new fields.
Graduates of the Seattle
program are workforce ready and
upon completion many
of them are already employed
with such companies like
Cirrus Aircraft, Spirit
Airlines, Bell Helicopter,
American Airlines,
Gulfstream. The event marked
not only the completion
of academic journeys
but the beginning
of a meaningful career
in the aviation, transportation
and logistics industries. So
that was for the end of May.
And then in June, I was able
to go
to the police graduation. And I
will say I put the address in
my GPS and I was coming from,
I think McKinney and I thought,
oh,
this won't take me that long.
Well, I didn't really know
where it was, and it was in
Eagle Mountain Saginaw High
School Performing Arts center,
which was over an hour
from where I was. And that was
taking back roads. I had no
idea if GPS went out, I would
have been completely lost. I
got there and lucky for me, the
sheriff was also late because
there was a train. So it was a
very. It was a beautiful
facility. If you have ever been
out to Eagle Mountain
Saginaw, their high school,
the Performing Arts center,
is just gorgeous. It was a
beautiful ceremony. It was the.
The ceremony was facilitated
by lead coordinator Che king
and then Dr. Damon Ng opened up
the ceremony,
welcoming the cadets.
Of course, Sheriff Bill
Weybourn was the keynote
speaker. And a couple
of things I didn't know about
him was that he began his
service with the Air Force in
1978 and went on to become one
of the youngest chiefs police
chiefs in Texas at age 25 and
worked in Dal Worthington
Gardens for over 30 years. And
some of the things he talked
about was of course,
his decades of experience. He
shared both lessons
in leadership, self awareness,
and noting that
in law enforcement,
discernment, patience and
critical thinking are essential
before taking action. He
encouraged graduates to lead
with integrity, serve
with humility,
and remain committed to the
communities they now have the
honor to serve. It was just a
wonderful event and as always,
there's the pinning where
someone special in their life
will pin their badge on them
for the very first time. I also
want to note that there were
16 graduates and they were all
going
to different departments. That
picture is
of the sheriff's department.
So we had quite a few going
to the sheriff's department,
but we also had graduates going
to the Halton City Police
Department, the Irving Police
Department, DFW Airport
Police, Stephenville Police
Department, Dallas Rapid
Transit, North Lake Police
Department, and the Flower
Mound Police Department. And I
just want to say every one
of these cadets goes
through a rigorous 22 weeks.
They are all day in classes and
these classes are lot. A lot
of times are very physical.
And then at night they go home
and study so they can pass
their exam. So it's very
rigorous. And they had 16
cadets pass the test the first
time and all graduated. So I'm
very proud of them. And I
believe that's all. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Ms. Wood. Ms.
Law.
>> I've just been busy studying
TCC, trying to get a handle
on things. Thank you.
>> That'll keep you busy
for sure. Well, I have one
important item to report on.
Ms. Ayala was not able to be
with us
at our board meeting last month
but that doesn't mean that you
get out of listening to us.
Thank you
for your exceptional years of
service as the board president.
So if you will indulge me, I'd
like to say some things
about my friend and colleague,
Theresa Ayala. I wanted
to take a moment to recognize
and sincerely thank Teresa
Ayala for her leadership and
service as our board president.
Theresa, you have led
with heart and
with a deep belief
in the mission of Tarrant
County College. Your time as
president wasn't just
about meetings and motions,
although that was a lot of was
about people. You've kept
students at the center
of every decision, reminded us
of our why, and helped move
this institution forward
with compassion and conviction.
You stepped up during times of
both opportunity and challenge,
helping the college and this
board navigate complex issues
with a very steady hand and a
clear vision. And whether we
were facing tough decisions or
celebrating important
milestones,
your leadership grounded us,
and it kept us focused
on what matters most. Our
students. Your impact doesn't
stop there.
Through your dedication
to the TCC foundation,
you have literally opened doors
for countless students by
expanding scholarships and
connecting them to critical
community resources. Your kind
of service changes lives. And
we're just as thankful that
your leadership isn't ending.
We're thrilled you'll continue
to serve on our board,
bringing your insight, your
passion,
and your unwavering commitment
to tcc. So thank you,
Theresa, for your leadership,
your example, and the
difference that you will
inevitably continue to make.
And in addition
to a resolution that Dr.
Morrison recommended and the
board unanimously approved,
we have this as a token
of our appreciation.
>> Thank you.
>> I would like to give this
to you. So with that, I'd like
to give anyone else on the
board an opportunity who would
like to speak as well as
Theresa. You get your moment.
You are here.
>> Well, do you want me
to speak now?
>> Sure.
>> I'm very surprised, so thank
you very much. I'm very humbled
by this. Thank each and every
one of you. It is an honor
to serve with these folks. It
really is. And I'm sorry I'm so
emotional, but I just. My son
just graduated
from high school,
so I'm just kind
of very excited about that.
But it Just, it's getting ready
for that has been an emotional
roller coaster.
But as I reflect on the four
years that I've served
in this capacity, I will say
that I have been inspired
really by the. That the board
has kept the students
at the heart of all the
decisions that we've made. And
I'm very inspired and proud
of that. Also, I've seen the
collaborative efforts that it
takes in order
to make this magic happen here
at this college. It's not just
the board,
it's the chancellor. It's the
relationship that we have
with the community, the
foundation, the staff,
everyone. So that's really
inspiring as well. And we have
evolved so much
over the past few years, and it
has taken that collaborative
effort and spirit in order
to keep up
with that evolution and to
really make that change
impactful. And so I will say
that thankfully and
fortunately, I've had the lens
of being able to be a student
here. I was an adjunct
instructor, serve as a trustee,
and then a board member
with these folks. And the board
chair has really been. It's
been moving and it's been an
honor. So thank you for that.
Appreciate that.
>> Dr. Morrison, I feel very
certain that you would like to
say some things.
>> I'll keep it short. I just
want
to say just looking forward
to your continued service.
>> Thank you.
>> Working with you to take us
to a new height
in our 60th year of success.
We certainly can't imagine what
Tarrant county would be
without Tarrant County
College. And I'm just pleased
to be a part
of a group that works
with the mission in mind,
honoring our values and
maintaining our vision. And
thank you for being a part
of it. Thank you.
>> Thank you so
much. Appreciate that.
>> I just have to say that I'm
glad that I just get
to do this to talk
to you instead of, like,
halfway down the dais
to be able to talk to you. So
congratulations. Thank you for
your time and serving as the
chair.
>> Thank you. Ms. Bridget.
Thank you.
>> I just want to say thank
you. I know that you get a lot
of phone calls and you have a
lot of balls in the air, and I
just appreciate you always
taking the time to talk to us
and explain things. I was brand
new and you explained and you
took the time, and I just
really appreciate it. You've
met me on many occasions,
and I just couldn't have asked
for a better first few years
having you here. And I just
appreciate you. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Ms. Wood. Thank
you.
>> And I say ditto to
everything that everyone else
has said because you really
helped. When I got on,
was elected to the board wide
eyed. I don't mind using the
word ignorant when you don't
know something. That's a level
of ignorance. I was ignorant
about what boards do and how
they do it really. And you kind
of helped me to walk
through that. You would listen
to my questions and help me
to explain, understand what it
was that we really did and how
it really impacted lives
of people and students. And so
that's always been really
important
to me how you took the time
to help me to understand how to
grasp what the board's job and
duties were. So I appreciated
that so much. And you would
always take my call whenever I
call.
>> Thank you.
>> If you couldn't take it
right then, you always called
back thank you. And said, gave
me the responses that would
help me to be able to go
to the next step. So appreciate
you so much. Glad you're not
gone. We still have that
wisdom. Thank you here
on the board.
>> Thank you.
Before we move
into item number five, Dr.
LeBlanc, do you have an update
to the agenda?
>> Yes. We would like
to request removal
of agenda item 6o, the Jacobs
agreement.
>> Thanks.
>> Moving into item five,
consideration and approval
of the consent agenda. This is
for items 5A, 5B, 5C,
5D and 5E.
>> If I can just go back
to the removal of. We'll be
seeing that
at a later date.
>> Yes. We need to do a little
more due diligence. And you
will be getting it at the. We
hope to have that ready
for the August board meeting.
>> Yes.
>> Is there a motion to approve
the consideration and approval
of the consent agenda?
>> Approve.
>> There's a motion from Ms.
Wood. Is there a second?
>> Second.
>> Second from Mr. Hornsby. Is
there any discussion? All those
in favor say aye.
>> Aye.
>> Any opposed? The items on
the consent agenda are
approved.
>> Moving to item 6,
Consideration and Approval of
Individual Action Items. Item
6a. Adopt Revision to Board
Policy CDB(LOCAL) as Reflected
on the Attached Memo and
Supporting Attachments. Mr.
Antonio Allen and Dr. Pamela
Anglin. Dr. Anglin.
>> Thank you. President
Dakan, Chancellor LeBlanc and
trustees. I'm Pam Anglin, the
chief financial officer.
Tonight, we're asking
for a revision
to board policy CDB Local. And
we're asking to raise the
capitalization threshold from
5,000 to $10,000. And this is
to keep us in line with the
federal requirements and the
federal capitalization limit.
We will still tag and inventory
Items that are $500 and
above and track those but our
capitalization amount or the
amount we record them as assets
and depreciate them in our
accounting records would be
$10,000. Be glad
to answer any questions.
>> Are there any questions
for Dr. Anglin? Hearing none.
Is there a motion
to approve item 6a?
>> Move.
>> Motion from Ms. Pritchett?
Is there a second?
>> Second.
>> Second from Dr. Morrison.
Any discussion? All those
in favor say aye.
>> Aye.
>> Any opposed? The motion
carries.
>> Item 6b. Adopt Additions,
Revisions, and Deletions
to (LOCAL) Policies as
Recommended by the Texas
Association of School Boards
(TASB) in the TASB Localized
Policy Manual Update 49. Mr.
Allen.
>> President Dickine, Dr.
LeBlanc, Board of Trustee
Members. Antonio Allen,
General Counsel. As a Texas
association of School Boards
Policy Manual Service
subscriber, our policy
framework follows TASB drafted
policies used by most Texas
community colleges,
school districts. Legal
frameworks restate applicable
state and federal laws,
case law and regulations.
These updates are automatically
incorporated and do not require
board approval. Local policies
are based
on TASB model policies,
which we can customize to meet
institutional needs as long as
they align with legal
requirements and best practices
and and they do require board
approval. Update 49 reflects
the additional revisions due
to new laws from the 88th
Texas legislative session and
regulatory changes. Although
Update 49 touches 48 policies,
most of the changes are
to legal policies. There are
only 12 local policy changes
that the Board is being asked
to approve tonight.
In your board book, you have
the redline and clean copies of
each local policy you will be
asked to adopt. You also have
the explanatory notes for the
local policy changes included
in update 49. It is recommended
that the Board adopt Texas
association
of school boards update 49
for local policies as reflected
on the REDLINE versions
of each policy. So let's talk
about the updates included
for the 12 local policies. And
just for your reference, those
policies that are highlighted
in red are policies that are
being deleted and those that
are in yellow are those that
have been added and those in
gray are policies that have
been revised. And again,
we're looking at 12 policies.
I'm going to talk
about these policies
in different groups groups. So
I'll be talking about the B
policies that have been
changed,
which include six policies.
The C policies which include
There are two C policies
included in this update. There
is one D policy,
one E policy and four policies
in the F policies Student
Policies so first policy BCA
Local, which has been updated
to consolidate policy codes
bca, bcab, BCAC and BCAD
into one policy. The updated
policy outlines the selection
process for board officers,
including how to proceed
in the event of vacancy. This
updated policy clarifies the
respective duties of the
Board President, Vice
President and Secretary. BCB
Local Updates to Address
Board Committees. The policy
specifies the actions a Board
must take
to form a committee,
the duties of Board committees,
and how to dissolve a committee
and policy. BCE Local is a new
policy that addresses advisory
committees. Advisory
Committees provide non binding
advice and recommendations
to the Board. The recommended
language addresses the
formation,
duties and dissolution of the
Advisory committees. NEXT
Policy, CGF Local is a new
policy intended
to address security personnel.
Language addressing inter
Local agreements
for mutual aid has been added
to provide more specific
information when such
agreements have been entered
into and language related to
body worn cameras has been
added to ensure compliance
with legal requirements related
to body worn cameras Policy.
CHA Local policy has been
deleted and all
of the policies that are
located
in that are currently located
in CHA Local have been moved
to CGF Local. Next Policies
DIAB Local and FFDB Local
Addresses Freedom from the
From Discrimination,
Harassment and Retaliation
language has been added
to this policy and reorganized
in each policy to copy clarify
the scope and applicability
of the prohibition
on retaliation. Examples of the
prohibited retaliation have
been updated to include
intimidation and coercion.
Language related
to false claims has been moved
to clarify the distinction
between discipline in response
to intentional false claims and
prohibited retaliation. In
Policy, FFDB language has also
been added related
to an employee's failure
to report instances
of discrimination or harassment
to address reporting
requirements
for employees and also
President Dickine pointed out
at the work session that there
were some references that also
needed to be updated
in both DIA or
in either DIA BE Local or FFD
BE Local. Those references have
been updated and is included
in your red line as well. And
finally, Policy ECC Local
addresses course load and
schedules. This policy has been
revised in response to updates
to requirements from the
Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board related
to limitations on the number
of course courses a student
may drop and the exceptions
to those limitations. Language
has also been added
to provide students information
about appealing decisions under
this policy and additional
edits have been made
for clarity. Policy FLBC Local
is a new policy related
to the Prohibit the prohibited
organizations and hazings. The
policy was developed
in response to the federal
Stop Campus Hazing act,
which amends the Clery act
to require institutions
of higher education
to prevent and respond
to hazing incidents. New
recommended Policy language
included includes provisions
related
to student and employee reports
of hazing and the investigation
of such reports, as well as a
provision addressing access to
hazing policies and procedures
for students and employees.
Those are all of the policy
Updates in Update 49. If you
have any questions,
I'll be glad
to answer them.
>> Thank you. Mr. Allen. We had
a pretty robust discussion
during the work session
about these policy updates.
Are there any additional
questions or clarifying
questions on these items?
Hearing None. Is there a motion
to approve?
>> So moved.
>> Second.
>> Ms. Law makes the motion
with seconds. Is there any
discussion? Hearing none. All
those in favor say aye.
>> Aye.
>> Any opposed? Motion carries.
>> Moving on to item 6c.
Authorize the Chancellor, or
Chancellor's Designee, to
Execute the Contract
Amendments No. 5 with Weaver &
Tidwell, L.L.P. to Provide
External Financial Statement
Auditing Services at a Cost
of $159,000. Dr. Anglin.
>> Thank you, President
Decenn, Chancellor LeBlanc and
trustees. Pam Anglin, Chief
Financial Officer. Tonight we
have amendment number five
with Weaver and Tidwell to
provide our annual financial
statement auditing services
at a cost of 159,000 in 2021.
Per the recommendation
of the audit committee,
a request
for qualifications was issued
to review qualifications
from auditing firms
for the audit of the district's
annual financial statements.
Six firms responded. They were
reviewed and the evaluation
committee recommended and the
board approved Weaver Tidwell
as the preferred firm based
on the evaluation criteria.
This was for a two year period
with the option
to renew the agreement for up
to three additional years
in one year increments. This
would be the third
of those three years renewals.
So we would need to put
out an RFQ next year and relook
at the selection
of an audit firm.
But tonight we're asking you
to approve the final year
of renewals
on this agreement.
>> Are there any questions
for Dr. Anglin? Hearing none.
Is there a motion
to approve?
>> Move to approve.
>> Motion for Ms. Wood.
>> Second.
>> Second from Dr. Morrison.
Any discussion? All those
in favor say aye.
>> Aye.
>> Any opposed? The motion
carries.
>> You're here for a while,
Dr. Anglin, by the way. Item
6d. Authorize Execution of an
Agreement with Vision Builders
in an Amount up to
$1,387,214.00 for the
Natatorium Structure and
Envelope Restoration Project
at South Campus. Dr. Anglin.
>> Thank you. The South
Campus Natatorium was
originally constructed in
1966. And in 2003, the original
concrete structure within the
natatorium section was
demolished and a new steel
framing system was installed
over the existing pool. That
was in 2003. So after over 20
years of perpetual exposure to
a humid and corrosive
environment,
the steel structure has
degraded
beyond the effectiveness
of regular maintenance. And the
interior steel structural frame
system, piping and fasteners
have visible rust and damage.
In addition, the fiberglass
panel system is visibly
deteriorated and discolored.
We had the structure evaluated
and an assessment in 2018. And
in 2022. An assessment of the
structure and building envelope
was completed. In 2024, the
repair
of the envelope and structure
of this facility was adopted
when you approved the August
the budget in August 24 as a
project
in the capital improvement
plan. In April of 24, you
approved a design services
contract with Hofer, Wal
Welker and they have completed
the design
with the overall intent
to restore, protect and extend
the useful life
of this facility by replacing
the degrading structural steel,
fiberglass panel system and
associated elements. We put
this out for bid in March
of this year. And based
on the bids received,
we're recommending to you
Vision Builders as the best
value for the college. The
proposed request
for construction services is
$1,387,214. And that includes
an owner controlled
contingency. The funding
for this would come from Fund
40 that funds our capital
improvement plan.
>> Are there any questions
for Dr. Anglin? Hearing none.
Do I hear a motion
to approve?
>> Move.
>> Motion to approve by Mr.
Hornsby.
>> Second.
>> Second from Dr. Morrison.
Any discussion? All those
in favor say aye.
>> Aye.
>> Any opposed? Motion carries.
>> Item 6e. Authorize
Execution of Amendment No. 01
to Construction Manager at
Risk Contract with Chambers
Engineering in an Amount up
to $490,257.28. Dr. Anglin.
>> This would be an amendment
to our Construction Manager
at risk contract. I'm going
to give you a little history of
the child care this project so
we can bring us up to date
on it. In January of 24, you
adopted an interlocal agreement
between Tarrant County
College District and Tarrant
county
for childcare facilities
on the Northwest and South
campuses. And at that time you
delegated authority to the
Chancellor to execute related
time sensitive commitments
with contracts initiated
under this delegation. Subject
to board ratification. In May
of 24, you approved lease and
operating agreements between
Tarrant County College
District and Child Care
Associates. Child Care
Associates will design,
construct and operate the child
care facilities
on both the south and
Northwest campuses. While it is
our responsibility
to prepare the sites to receive
the structures and and you may
recall these are pre built
buildings that will be modular
buildings that will come
in and be constructed
on the campus. To meet the
critical schedule milestones
for the facility's development
at both campuses. We selected
the Construction Manager
at risk delivery method.
In June of 2024, the board
ratified the contract with
Chambers engineering
for the CMAR Pre Construction
Services. And that was for
17,500 on each campus. And
since June of 24 they have gone
out for subcontractor bids for
the work that the college is
responsible for at that site.
And we're coming
to you tonight with that
guaranteed maximum price
for the South Campus of
490,257.28. We will be coming
back to you at a later date
for the Northwest campus and
the Northwest campus, we had
to have some rezoning done
there for us to be able
to use that space for a child
care facility and have another
entity operate it. And that
zoning was approved
by the city this week. So we
are full steam ahead on
Northwest.
>> Are there any questions
for Dr. Anglin? Hearing none.
Is there a motion
to approve?
>> Move.
>> Motion from Dr. Morrison.
>> Second.
>> Second from Ms. Wood. Any
discussion? All those
in favor say aye.
>> Aye.
>> Any opposed? The motion
carries.
>> Item 6f. Authorize
Execution of an Agreement
with Freedom Construction
in an Amount up to
$3,197,188.81 for the
Wayfinding and Signage
Implementation at the South and
AW01(CEATL). Dr. Anglin.
>> Thank you.
So this will be the new
wayfinding signage that we've
developed through the use
of an architectural firm. And
then we went out for bids
to actually put the sign
to have the signage designed,
built and implemented. It is
in the bond project at
Northwest and Southeast. And so
our project will entail the
remainder of the campuses. And
tonight we're coming to you
for the south campus and
for the Erma Johnson Hadley
center there at Alliance West
Campus. In June of 24 you
approved a professional
services contract with
Elements of Architecture to
provide the professional design
services for applying the new
wayfinding and design standards
at Northeast South Trinity
River Connect campuses and
other off site location. The
proposed delivery is going
to be in four phases. We're
looking tonight
at phase one or package one,
which is South Campus and
Alliance West Campus. Package
two will cover Northeast and
Tarrant County Opportunity
Center. Package three
encompasses Trinity river and
Trinity River East. And then
package four will involve the
off site district,
Multipurpose center and any
other remaining
off site locations. On April
7, we went out to bid and we
received six bids. Freedom
Construction was selected as
the best value
for the district to implement
wayfinding and signage
for package one. And it is,
it's 3,197,188.81 is the amount
of the bid from Freedom. And
then we have owner controlled
contingency attached to that
of 10% which would be another
319,718 88. This is our largest
of the different phases. This
will be the greatest cost
of any of them because South
campus built in 1966 and it is,
it has more buildings than our
other campuses and more
signage. So we would ask
for your approval of Freedom
Construction
to do the wayfinding signage
at south and at Alliance
West.
>> Dr. Anglin, I may be looking
at an outdated version. This is
for my clarification. The memo
that I'm looking at says
3,000,516, 907.16. I know that
this is asking
for slightly less.
>> The 3,197,188.81 is the bid
of freedom and then there is
319,718,88 which is the owner
controlled contingency of 10%
and those two together add up
to the 3,516,907.69 that's in
the memo.
>> I think my version was also
missing a couple of words. So
I'm going to restate the
actual action to include all
of the right words. The motion
that we are considering is
authorize the execution of an
agreement with Freedom
Construction in an amount up
to 3,197,188.81 for the
wayfinding and signage
implementation at the South
and Alliance
West Campuses AW01(CEATL).
Thank you.
>> President, can
you repeat that figure?
Because I don't know that that
was stated correctly.
>> $3,197,188.81.
>> Pam, you need to look
at that. You need to add the
3,197,000 with the $319,000.
So then what is the total?
>> It is 3,516,907.69.
>> Okay, so it's not here. So I
will restate that one more
time. Authorized execution
of an agreement with Freedom
Construction in an amount up
to $3,516,907.69 for the
wayfinding and signage
implementation
at the south and Alliance
West Campuses AW01(CEATL).
>> Yes, that's correct.
>> I have a question.
>> Dr. Morrison.
>> The alliance west. Is that an
official designation? I don't
know that I recall that
terminology. I like the way it
sounds but I'd just
like clarification
on that.
>> That is part of the
wayfinding signage
to make it easier for students
to sign. It is still the Irma
Johnson Hadley center,
but the signage will be AW01.
And for example, on
Northwest, the buildings have
been renumbered NW 01, 02, 04.
It makes it easier for students
to locate. But that was part of
the design and the
recommendations that were made
during the work
on the wayfinding signage.
>> So did the board approve the
alliance west as a designation
or does the board need to?
>> It did. The approval package
was prior to.
>> Okay, thanks.
>> So it's nomenclature. He was
in charge
of nomenclature.
>> Yeah.
>> That's great. Thank you.
>> Are there any other
questions for Dr. Anglin
on this action? Hearing none.
Is there a motion
to approve.
>> So move.
>> Motion from Dr. Morrison.
>> Second.
>> Second from Mr. Hornsby. Is
there any discussion? All those
in favor say aye.
>> Aye.
>> Any opposed? The motion
carries.
>> Item 6g. Authorize
Execution of an Agreement
with Kirila Fire Training
Facilities, Inc. in an Amount
Up to $4,284,500.00 for
Construction Services at the
Northwest Campus for the Fire
Training Center Renovations.
Dr. Anglin.
>> Thank you. The Fire
Training center at the
Northwest campus was
established in 2002. It serves
as a premier training facility
for first responders and
over the past 22 years, the
facility has been maintained
and repaired to ensure
operational status however,
as you can imagine, 22 years
old and props. We are at end
of life on many
of those props. There's a lot
of simulation there. Our
simulation has become outdated.
So this will replace all
of those props. If you drive
by the Northwest campus and the
Fire Training center,
you can see all
of those wonderful props
out there. And you can tell
they've been there
for a while. So this will
update the fire training props
to the most current simulation,
the most current training
methods,
so that we can continue to be
the premier fire training
academy in the whole region.
But the contract would go to
Korilla Fire Training
Facilities in an amount of
4,284,500. We did receive three
bids on this project and it
will be paid for out of Fund
40.
>> Are there any questions
for Dr. Anglin? Hearing none.
Is there a motion
to approve?
>> So moved.
>> Motion for Ms. Wood.
>> Second.
>> Second for Ms. Pritchett.
Any discussion? All those
in favor say aye.
>> Aye.
>> Any opposed? The motion
carries.
>> Item 6h. Authorize
Execution of an Agreement
with F.H. Paschen, S.N.
Nielsen & Associates LLC
in an Amount Up To $492,357.29
For Construction Services
at the Northwest AW01 (CEATL)
Welding Lab Renovation. Dr.
Anglin.
>> Okay, thank you. And this
one again is a project at the
Irma Johnson Hadley City. This
welding lab renovation project
was added to our five year
capital improvement plan and
approved by the board
of trustees in August of 2024.
You approved an agreement with
for the design of it. And we're
working on moving it
to full capacity at 26 bays and
relocating welding gas tanks to
enhance safety and operational
efficiency. We are fully
enrolled in welding and have a
waiting list
for the welding program
at the Alliance Center. This
contract agreement seeks
approval for Construction
services from FH Passion, S.N.
nilsen and Associates. And we
have pulled them from our job
order contracting general
contractor pool. And that is an
efficient and recommended
contract types for projects
with the smaller scope and
schedule and cost. So this cost
would be 492,357.29. And it is
being paid for out of fund 40.
Also our camp capital
improvement plan.
>> Thank you, Dr. Anglin. Are
there any questions? Hearing
none. Is there a motion
to approve?
>> Move.
>> Motion from Mr. Hornsby.
>> Second.
>> Second from Ms. Wood. Any
discussion? All those
in favor say aye.
>> Aye.
>> Any opposed? The motion
carries.
>> Item 6i. Authorize
Execution of an Agreement For
The Job Order Contract (JOC)
Trade Contractor Master
Agreements Final Renewal
Option Through August 31,
2026, And The Confirmation Of
Administrative Spending
Limits. Dr. Anglin.
>> Thank you. This would be our
final renewal
of the job order contract pool
for trade management Master
agreements. And it would run
through August 31st of 2026 and
then when we will have
to seek new proposals on that.
But this would continue us
to be able to provide trades
masters providers
from our job order contract.
The spending authority applies
to these agreements and are
of considerable consistent
with the established terms
in the initial contract, which
are any individual contract
valued at 250,000 or greater
will continue to be presented
to the board for approval. The
maximum allowable contract
value for any single Service
authorization is $500,000. And
any services in excess of this
amount would require a separate
request for proposals.
Aggregate spending is limited
to $3 million per fiscal year
in total use of the pool.
Board action will not be
required
for individual projects under
250,000, so long as they do not
collectively exceed the
aggregate limitations. The job
order contracting program
process will be resumed
with the issuance
of a new invitation
for request for proposals
for fiscal year 2026. So we're
asking for our final renewal
of our job order contract pool
for trade masters agreements.
>> Are there any questions? Is
there a motion
to approve?
>> Move.
>> Motion from Ms. Wood.
>> Second.
>> Second from Ms. Pritchett.
Any discussion? All those
in favor say aye.
>> Aye.
>> Any opposed? The motion
carries.
>> Item 6j. Authorize
Execution of 3-year Master
Agreements with Multiple
Vendors in an Amount Up To
$700,000 Annually in Aggregate
to Provide Communication
Access Real-Time Translation
(CART) Interpreting Services
for All Campuses. Dr. Shelley
Pearson.
>> Good evening. President de
Kind, Chancellor LeBlanc
Trustees. I am Shelly
Pearson, Vice Chancellor and
Provost. This evening we are
recommending that the Board
authorize the Chancellor or the
Chancellor's designee to enter
into a three into three year
master agreements
with multiple vendors to
provide communication access,
real time translation or cart
interpreting services
for all campuses
at an aggregate not
to exceed a total annual cost
of 700,000. The American with
Disabilities Act, ADA and
Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation act requires the
college to provide qualified
sign language interpreters or
real time captioning
for the deaf and hard
of hearing community. We do
this by providing auxiliary
aids and services such as
qualified interpreters, note
takers, real time transcription
services and other methods to
make this information
accessible. To comply, TCC
currently contracts services
through third party vendors
rather than employing in house
interpreters and support staff.
The agreements are for a pool
of available vendors to pull
from in each service area.
We've had challenges meeting
student needs due to regional
interpreter shortage and a
limited access
to contracted vendors
during the 24-25 academic year.
So we've expanded those pools
to alleviate that issue. We are
also requesting an increase
in the spend authority from
500,000 to 700,000.
Historically, TCC has spent
spent approximately 500,000
annually on these services. We
anticipate an increase
in the number of students
requiring these services as we
increase enrollment and expand
our dual enrollment population.
So happy
to answer any questions.
>> Are there any questions
for Dr. Pearson?
>> Ms. Law, I do have a
question. Approximately how
many students would you say use
these services?
>> I have general numbers. So
let's see. 20,25
to this point 33, 23, 24,
44. So about 30 to 45, 50. So
annually. Thank you. Oh, yes,
I take that back. Correct.
>> Okay.
>> Sorry. Making sure I'm
looking
at the right columns.
>> Are there any other
questions for Dr. Pierson?
>> Is there a motion
to approve?
>> Move.
>> Motion from Mr. Hornsby.
>> Is there a second?
>> Second.
>> Second for Ms. Wood? Any
discussion? All those
in favor say aye.
>> Aye.
>> Any opposed? The motion
carries.
>> Item 6k. Authorization of a
Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) and Lease Agreement
between Tarrant County
College District (TCCD) and
ResponsiveEd Texas
for the establishment
of an iSchool High Campus at
Trinity River Campus. Dr.
Pearson.
>> I would also like
to introduce Dr. Sean Madison
and invite him
to come up co present. He is
the president of our Trinity
river campus,
which this involves. So we are
seeking board authorization to
negotiate and execute a three
year memorandum of
understanding and lease
agreement with Responsive Ed
Texas. A little bit about
Responsive Ed. We are
recommending that we authorize
a three year agreement
for the Trinity river campus
to use 4,086 square feet
at a rate of $18 per square
foot with an annual cost of
$72,864 or $6,072 monthly and
actually not cost
but an annual lease amount
for Responsive Ed. Now a little
bit about Responsive Ed.
Sorry. They are a Texas based
nonprofit founded in 1998.
They operate over 100 campuses
across Tex, Texas and
Arkansas, including here in
Fort Worth. They have a proven
track record
of college partnerships.
They're known for their early
college and dual credit success
including programs with Lone
Star College and Tyler Junior
College. The iSchool high
model. It's a brand. It's part
of their brand. So I want to
make sure I'm getting it
correctly. Enables students to
earn both a high school diploma
and an associate degree. They
are mastery based so they have
flexible learning structures
where students are required
to pass or master skills
before they move on to the next
skill or the next area. The
programs also emphasize
individualized academic
supports and real world
readiness. They have a strong
alignment
with teachers mission Our
mission around access,
equity and success for
different student populations
seeking different opportunities
and different learning styles.
Responsive Ed's adaptive
approach supports first
generation and non traditional
learners. They have again
they're mastery based. They
have blended learning. So it's
a mix of digital and in person
instruction and again,
tailored plans
to fit each student's needs.
We initially would start with
50 students this fall in a
college prep capacity or a dual
enrollment capacity while we
work towards the early college
high school designation
with the Texas Education
Agency. Projected growth would
be capped at about 400
students. At the Trinity river
campus. There is a $1.37
million philanthropic support
grant from the Sid Richardson
foundation and Fort Worth
Education Partnership with
about a million dollars
remaining to fund the Trinity
river launch. Again, it
advances TCC's goals
in our access, readiness and
educational innovation and and
it also supports alternatives
for high potential students
within our service area. And I
also do owe a couple
of follow ups
from the work session so I want
to make sure that I capture
both of those.
So Trustee Wood had a
question
about the language that we had
in the template regarding
undocumented students given the
recent legislation.
So at your stations, you'll
see that we have the templates
of updated. You'll see a red
line copy and a clean copy
of our template. The agreements
that we have already executed
that sounds that we have
already completed or that are
in place right now per general
counsel, we are able
to continue
with those agreements as is.
When the law goes
into effect,
it nullifies that language
in the agreement. So as we roll
towards renewals,
we will put the renewals on the
new template that removes that
language. Did I get that right?
Okay.
Trustee Pritchett had some
questions about the security
around our underage students
and generally
on our campuses.
For all of our early college
high high school agreements we
have an operations manual and
this includes responsibilities
for both the ISDs and for the
Tarrant County College
Police. So the tea also has
very strict requirements
for their side
of the operations. Responsive
Ed actually had a visit
to ensure that we were within
the TEA security compliance
parameters. And then our police
officers are very aware
of the high school students
on our campus and monitor
in various ways all of the
early college high schools
Students have to wear a badge
name badge that's visible. We
have extensive cameras presence
and so we feel that we have a
good program in place
to ensure that they're safe.
So hopefully that answered the
questions that we brought up.
>> Are there any additional
questions?
>> I have one.
>> Ms. Wood.
>> So I'm looking at this
template and it's just a
clerical error, but it goes
from C to E. So you may want
to look at that. You took
out D, the next item should be
D, not E. Then my next
question is, it looks
like there's 23 pages,
but we only received 10 of 23.
Is there something else that we
didn't discuss?
>> The crosswalks.
>> Oh, okay.
>> There's quite extensive. It
just talks
about the crosswalks and some
of the addenda.
So this that you just gave
us, this is just a template.
But the real contract is the
one that's in our binder.
>> Yes. It has the responsive
ED language in it, I believe.
Okay, I'll have to. I would
look Responsive ED dual credit.
The real contract that you
have. The contract that you
have in the binder is
for their dual credit program.
So we are working off of a dual
credit MOU as we work towards.
The template that you have is
the early college high school
that we would like
to enter in. And that's where
the lease agreement would be
attached.
>> So it looks like the same
contract just
with the omission of D
under program details,
but it's not. I'm confused.
>> It will have the lease
agreement with it. So it will
be this transitioned over into
the early college high school
format that would have the
facilities use agreement
attached to it as well.
>> Ms. Law.
>> Thank you. I had a question
on page two, and this is just.
I'm just noticing now that I'm
looking at, I guess the
agreement,
but it says effective fall of
2023, the College District
shall waive tuition for all due
credit enrollment students. Is
that a correct reference
to 2023?
>> Yes, ma' am.
>> For the new. In fall of
2023, we waived tuition for all
dual credit students following
the House Bill 8. I would have
to go back and look
at the date, but it is
in the fall of 23 when that
decision was made.
>> Okay. I guess, I was just
reading that as if we're
entering if we're going to
maybe approve this agreement.
That just seemed
like it was looking back in
time and that's a historical.
That's when we decided to go
to waiving the tuition.
>> Okay, thank you.
>> Are there any other
questions?
>> Yes, I do. A few different
questions. Totaling 72,864
annually. Where does that money
go?
>> That's lease money that goes
into facilities.
>> Okay, facilities.
>> Then starting with 50
students, projected to grow
to 400 and fully established.
Are those 400 students going
to be in that same 4,006 square
feet?
>> Yes, that is the whole space
that's going to be designed
for them. So they will start
kind of sparse, but that's
where we're designing for is
that 400.
>> Okay.
>> So at some point,
there would be an additional
400 minor students on campus.
>> So typically with the early
college high school,
you have a designated space,
and as they start taking
college credit courses,
they often move into the
regular course classes. That's
what the early college high
school model is. That's what
you have in the other campuses
and taps as well. Our taps
students are here, so there's
just that designated space
for when they start.
But then as they move into the
regular college courses,
they will be integrated
with the rest of the college
community.
>> I still have some concerns.
Thank you for addressing the
questions regarding security
and safety with up to 400
students. I still have some
concerns because we haven't
seen that operating procedure
on the safety protocols. I
personally,
in good conscience,
I can't approve this without
seeing what those actual
protocols are. And we can't put
the students, the minor
students, at risk of any sort
of safety violations.
>> Okay. So we can provide that
document. With that said,
we have the same protocols with
the other early college high
schools that are already in
existence and have been
functioning well
at the college for
over a decade.
>> Sure. And I'm not disputing
that, but I've never seen that
and I think if this is
particular. Although it's
paralleling the other model,
this is a different model
from the standpoint that this
is for a nonprofit organization
versus filtering through
from the isd. I still would
like to see that.
>> Okay, we can do that. We can
provide that.
>> You want to?
>> Yes, we can.
>> So just for clarification,
the safety and security model
that this particular agreement
would follow is the same that
we currently see in our
resident early college high
school, say at the southeast
campus or the south campus.
>> Yes. They're TEA
requirements.
>> Yes.
>> Regardless
of public private.
>> Okay, thank you. Are there
any other questions? Hearing
none. Is there a motion
to approve?
>> Move.
>> Motion from Mr. Hornsby. Is
there a second? Hearing no
second, the motion fails.
>> Thank you.
>> I'd like to revive the
motion. If there's a question
about why we're approving it,
let's have some discussion
on that. Instead of just
failing the motion. I want to
know what the concern is.
>> So procedurally, in order
to do that, we need to have a
motion brought forward and
seconded. Once that's done,
we can discuss the motion.
>> Are you asking for us
to reintroduce the motion?
>> Yes.
>> Okay. Is there a motion
for this item?
>> Move.
>> There is a motion
to approve for Mr. Hornsby. Is
there a second?
>> I'll second it.
>> Dr. Morrison seconds. Is
there any discussion?
>> So I understand it's new.
It's different. I just need
more discussion about it.
>> Can we impose on Dr.
Ashley?
>> Yes.
>> We do appreciate these
questions. And when the
question was asked
at the work session,
we imposed on the Trinity
River Campus leadership
to do the due diligence
in reporting out. Dr. Ashley,
what did you learn?
>> Wayne Ashley, Vice
President for Academic affairs
at the trendy River Campus. I
reached out through my
educational partnerships
director to talk to Anthony
Edwards at Responsive Ed, who
responded
with their protocol. They have
a meop, which is just a
standard operations procedure
they have that follows in line
with the Texas Education
Agency House Bill 3 and another
educational code. There's a
council that sets forth safety
and protocols. Also reached
out to Captain Albritton
on the campus, who is going
to work with.
Within the guidelines of the
Responsive Ed agreement for
their safety procedures and
protocols,
we have operated the tabs
on campus very effectively.
And so with his assurance,
we would be working
under that same guideline to
keep the students protected and
safe. And to reiterate there,
this is the same model we're
using
at the existing campus right
now for tabs and
at every other campus.
Which we can provide. I can
provide that for you.
>> Ms. Wood.
>> When we spoke about this
at the work session,
I was told at that time that we
would change the contract. And
to my knowledge, the contract
hasn't been changed. So I'm
concerned that we're not.
Well, let me just say this. I
don't feel comfortable voting
for something that doesn't
comply
with the federal court ruling,
especially when it could
jeopardize our federal funding.
So I'm extremely concerned
about that. So just want
to throw that out there.
>> Ms. Law?
>> I think the question
about safety, I mean,
is a good one. And I guess, I
mean, I'm hearing that the
safety protocols for this
program would be the same as
what goes on for programs and
other campuses. So if I'm
understanding correctly,
we will be bringing more
students, minor students,
to this campus
under this program. So have
there. Does that mean that
we've hired additional security
personnel because
of that?
>> No. There is no concern
by the police department
with regard
to the safety protocols
for this operation
on the campus. The police
department has no concerns
with regard to Ms. Woods
question about the contract.
So the contract you're looking
at is not the contract that
will be executed. What I
believe they've included is a
template. But
before this contract is. And
you're not being asked
to approve that contract,
you're being asked
to allow the college to
negotiate a contract and
execute a contract. So, the
contract that is executed will
not have that language that
you're concerned about
in the contract.
>> Thank you
for that clarification.
>> Are there any other
questions?
>> So let me ask the
Chancellor.
>> Yes, ma' am.
>> Is this coming to the board
as a recommended item
for approval?
>> It is.
>> Okay.
>> We supported greatly. There
was a lot
of due diligence done even
before considering this. And
Dr. Madison, Pearson and others
actually physically went
to visit Lone Star Community
College. Houston Community
College did a lot of homework
in advance to determine whether
this was a worthwhile program
for the students in
this community. We know it's
a new. It's a different kind
of program. And we knew that
individuals would struggle to
embrace it because it's a
change. What we learned from
Lone Star and others that are
implementing this program is
that it's a big success
in terms of the
students completing their
coursework quickly. It's a huge
success in terms of House Bill
8 because they have a very high
completion rate. And we
recognized also that
from the very beginning,
there needs
to be information given
to the parents,
to the students. This is not a
program for every type
of individual. It is really a
program
for someone that's focused,
wants to get through and move
on to the next pathway. So
that's what we discovered
in all the due diligence. We
also met with the Sid
Richardson foundation folks
to get clarity from them as to
why they thought it was a
worthwhile investment
on their part. And they said
they did the due diligence.
They found this organization to
be extremely organized and
responsible,
and they were very impressed
with the outcomes. So our goal
back
to being student centered,
our goal was simply
to provide a model for people
in this community that they
could choose from. They can
still have the traditional
models that are working and
that are fine. This is
something a little more
innovative. And that was our
rationale for bringing it to
the board.
>> I think what I am hearing,
because I am hearing some
concern
about the safety protocols.
Just if you could clarify this
point, although you have
differentiated the I school
high model as being something
new for TCC.
>> Correct.
>> The concept and practice of
having resident early college
high school students across the
district and specifically
at this campus through taps is
not a new concept.
>> Correct.
>> So security protocols for
this particular group would be
consistent
with what we already have
in place
across the district.
>> Correct.
>> Thank you.
>> I also want to remind all
of us that we've had college
for kids since the 80s,
and some of those children are
as young as is six and seven
years old,
and they've been safe. We know
who they are. We know to watch
out for them. We have a good
track record
of that.
>> I think College for kids,
though, is a program
in the summer, specifically
for middle school students,
primarily and elementary.
>> Yeah, it is in the summer,
and it is. We'd like
to broaden, have more middle
school, but it's really
for the elementary.
>> Okay, so for elementary. But
that's a very specific program
in the summer where they're
very sequestered.
>> Correct.
>> Not necessarily. They're all
over the campuses.
>> Okay, let me restate that.
>> We keep an eye on them.
>> That is not.
They are not integrating
with older ages. Even though
the early college high school
that currently the students who
are under 18 are integrating
with college students that are
over 18. My understanding is
that they are supposed
to be completely.
With separate entrances, exits,
and maybe that's my
misunderstanding.
>> For the tea classroom.
For the K through 12. Their
high school instruction.
>> Yes.
>> Just the high school
instruction.
>> Once you start the college
coursework, then they integrate
throughout the campus.
>> So they're
only separated based
on the actual courses. So if
they're receiving high school
courses, they're separate. But
if they're receiving college
courses,
even though you could have a
15 year old sitting with a 25
year old,
is that correct?
>> Yes.
>> We have that
with dual credit as well. It's
not just the early college high
school. We have dual credit
students that are integrated,
not in large numbers,
but we do have them
in the same classes.
>> Okay, so maybe this is
raising a bigger question now
around the safety and security.
And I understand that there are
protocols in place. Again, I
still haven't seen them. I
don't know if the other
trustees have seen that or not.
With an additional 400 students
on this campus and no
additional police officers to
help monitor the safety and
security
of the minor children,
I have a big concern about that
and I'm being told that there
is, that there are procedures
in place. I've asked
to see those procedures.
>> Yep, we're happy
to give them. So starting
though with 50 and you have a
chance to monitor it and
increase staffing as needed,
correct?
>> Yes.
>> Ms. Wood.
>> This might be a question
for the police department,
but how many officers are on
Trinity river campus
at any given time
during the school day? Does
anyone know the answer
to that?
>> Before we answer that
question, we'd like to go
in closed session if we're
going
to have that discussion.
>> Okay.
>> Do we want to or have the
ability to go into closed
session now and come back
out and go
into closed session again?
>> We do, but we'd have to go
ahead and handle all closed
session.
>> We have other closed session
information.
>> So if we did that,
we'd have to handle both of the
closed session items because
of the tech from a technical
standpoint.
>> Okay, so is that what you
recommend that we do?
>> Well, if you need that, if
Ms. Woods needs that
information in order to vote
on this item, then yes,
we need to go
into closed session.
>> Ms. Pritchett, would you
like that information?
>> I would love that
information.
The alternative is there a
reason that we have to vote on
this tonight and that we can be
given this information and that
we can address this again in
August.
>> Their plan is to start in
August to have a fall cohort
of students, this being the
last board meeting that we
could use to vote on it. If we
don't, then we would have
to communicate with. We
couldn't work
within their timeline
to start this August or this
Fall.
>> So perhaps we have those
questions answered
in closed session.
I'm good
with that.
>> I'm looking at you, Mr.
Allen.
>> So we have a motion that has
been.
>> Yeah, I mean, you've got a
motion on the floor. You've got
a second. You can call
for a vote,
but you do have a motion
on the floor,
and you do have a second.
>> So we're discussing this
motion. We're still
in discussion. I am going to
recommend that we table this
motion until
after the closed session, at
which point we will untable the
motion and it will be the first
item
of consideration upon return
to regular session.
>> Yes.
>> Before we do, I just have
two other questions unrelated
to the safety and security. If
I can ask those, or do I need
to wait?
>> I think we need to wait
at this point.
>> Okay, that's fine.
>> Then we'll resume. We'll
untable the motion
to ask those questions. What I
do ask the board
to be thoughtful about
during the closed session is
to get all of your closed
session type questions out
during closed session because
we will be unable to go
through this exercise for
technical reasons once we come
out of closed session. That
being said, is there a.
>> Dr. Morrison, I'm looking
at you. A privileged motion
to table.
>> Yes.
>> Would you make that?
>> Okay.
>> Dr. Morrison moves
to table. All those
in favor say aye.
>> Aye.
>> Any opposed? We are going
to table this motion and go
into closed session. So let me
read the important things as we
go into closed session. The
Board will conduct a closed
meeting in order
to discuss matters permitted
by the following sections of
Chapter 551 of the Texas
Government Code. The Board may
reconvene
in open session and act
on any item listed on the
Executive Session Agenda
in accordance with Chapter 551
of the Texas Government Code.
Moving into closed session.
>>[CLOSED SESSION]
>> The board will now reconvene
in open session. I will
entertain a motion
to untable item 6k.
>> Move.
>> Dr. Morrison moves.
>> Second.
>> Ms. Wood seconds. All those
in favor?
>> Aye.
>> Any opposed? Item 6k has
been untabled.
>> Do I have a motion
to authorize the memorandum of
understanding and lease
agreement between Tarrant
County College District and
Responsive Ed Texas
for the establishment
of an iSchool high campus at
Trinity river campus?
>> So moved.
>> Ms. Law, moved.
>> Second.
>> Mr. Hornsby, seconds. Is
there any discussion? Hearing
none. All those
in favor say aye.
>> Aye.
>> Any opposed? We have one
opposed. The motion carries.
>> Item 6l. Authorize
Execution of an Agreement
with Assessment Technologies
for Nursing Education
Resources including
Professional Development,
High-Fidelity Simulation
Training & NCLEX Preparation
for 2-Years at a Per Year
Cost Not to Exceed
$1,245,100.00. Dr. Madison.
>> Good afternoon. I'm Sean
Madison. I'm president of the
Trinity River Campus. Good
afternoon. President Dickine,
Chancellor LeBlanc and members
of the Board of Trustees.
On behalf of the Division of
Nursing, I'm requesting your
approval for the Chancellor
to or her designee to enter
into a two year agreement
with Assessment Technologies
Institute ATI. Excuse me. This
agreement at the said amount
would provide essential nursing
educational resources including
professional development, high
fidelity simulation training
and comprehensive support
for the next generation NCLEX,
which is the Nursing Licensure
examination. We are also
seeking the option
to renew this agreement for up
to three additional one year
terms. This investment directly
supports approximately 330
nursing students annually,
covering their entire five term
program at an approximate cost
of 3,500 per student. This
agreement provides
comprehensive coverage
for current enrollment. This
allocation also strategically
accommodates natural student
attrition and future program
growth,
leaving an additional balance
within the $1,245,100 total to
expand our student capacity as
needed. Excuse me. Tarrant
County College delivers high
quality,
affordable nursing education
through its Texas Board of
Nursing approved associate
degree in Nursing, ADN and
vocational nursing programs.
The ADN program is also
accredited by the
Accreditation Commission for
Education in Nursing, also
known as ACEN. And our
graduates consistently
demonstrate readiness for NCLEX
licensure and successful entry
into the healthcare workforce.
Aligning with its mission, the
college has traditionally
ensured that high need high
stakes programs like nursing
remain accessible and
affordable. A key initiative is
covering the cost of critical
learning resources such as ATI
software, effectively removing
financial barriers and
promoting student success.
In our region, the Nursing
division is a significant
contributor
to the healthcare workforce,
enrolling nearly 1,000 students
annually and generating over
5,000 course enrollments 92%
from the ADN program.
Annually, we award an average
of 320 nursing degrees and
certificates in high demand
areas directly addressing local
hospital and health care system
needs. But why ati?
Previously, our nursing program
utilized three separate
software platforms. ATI,
Elsevier and Hearst, which led
to significant challenges
for both students and faculty.
This fragmentation forced
students
to navigate multiple systems,
diverting focus from core
nursing content and resulted
in inconsistencies in
information and certainly
question presentation. To
enhance efficiency and the
student experience, we
initiated a competitive RFP
process to identify a single
primary platform. ATI was
selected due to its
comprehensive student centered
approach. Its platform offers a
full suite of tools including
content mastery exams, case
studies, NCLEX predictors,
and live review sessions, all
seamlessly embedded throughout
our curriculum. Additionally,
ATI provides robust support for
faculty development and
instructional design. Just a
little bit about the success
of our programs. Our recent
performance metrics underscore
the positive impact
of our programs. The VN program
achieved an outstanding 96.55%
NCLEX PN pass rate,
earning recognition from the
Texas Board of Nursing. Our ATN
program, which had the third
largest number
of first time test takers in
Texas last year, posted an
impressive 88.6% NCLEX RN pass
rate. So in summary,
the agreement with ATI, with
full implementation beginning
in fall 2025, represents our
continued support and
commitment
to academic excellence. It will
enhance NCLEX preparedness and
certainly provide faculty and
staff with a modern integrated
platform focusing on improving
student outcomes that in turn
will strengthen the healthcare
workforce across our region.
Prepared for any questions?
At least I think I'm prepared
for any questions.
>> Are there any questions for
Dr. Madison?
>> You had stated that
currently there are three
different programs that are
being used. Is that correct?
>> Yes.
>> Okay. Somewhat competing,
overlapping and with gaps
in there. So this would address
that?
>> Yes, ma' am.
>> Of the three programs that
are currently in use,
if you were to add those. The
cost of those three together,
do you have an approximate
amount of what those costs?
>> I do not have an approximate
amount because they follow the
students, so
to speak.
>> I don't know off the top
of my head.
>> I'm Pat Boudreau, the
contracting compliance manager
for IT,
and I manage all the software
for the district. So I pay all
the different nursing program
and it equals
about the same.
>> It's
through every two cohorts. So
we do. I'll be full disclosure.
I am paying off those remaining
programs as the cohorts
graduate. But this will be
about the same amount. Kind
of washes the same.
>> Thank you.
>> I can get the exact figures
if you need them.
>> No, that's okay. This was
very helpful.
>> Thank you.
>> Are there any other
questions about bill paying,
for example? Hearing none. Is
there a motion
to approve?
>> Move.
>> Ms. Pritchard, moved.
>> Second.
>> Second from Mr. Hornsby. Is
there any discussion? Hearing
none. All those
in favor say aye.
>> Aye.
>> Any opposed? The motion
carries. Thank you, Doctor.
>> Item 6m. Authorize
Execution of an Agreement and
Order Schedule with Ad Astra
Information Systems, LLC
in the Amount up to
$803,498.96 with the Option
to Renew for Two (2)
Additional Years. Mr.
Jimenez.
>> Good evening, President
Dine, Chancellor LeBlanc and
members of the board. My name
is David Jimenez. I'm
Associate Vice Chancellor for
Enrollment and Academic
Support Services. In this
request,
we are recommending that the
Board of Trustees authorize the
Chancellor or her designee
to enter to enter into a
comprehensive space management
and academic scheduling
agreement with Ad Astra
Information Systems LLC. The
three year contract. Three year
agreement is for $803,498.96.
The annual term period is a
July 1st to June 30th term.
You see
on the memo the installments
for each of those three years
that total the 800 3,000.
Purchasing a more comprehensive
suite of subscriptions will
enable TCC's academic and
student support services
departments to provide a one
stop shop solution for course
and classroom scheduling.
Align our course offerings
with student demand. Design
multi term schedules allowing
us to enable students
to register for multiple
semesters and multiple years.
Plan for faculty hiring needs
that align with forecasted
academic program elements and
course demand and enable our
student degree pathways
to be maintained and updated
for data accuracy and more
reliable course schedule
recommendations. Everything
within these subscriptions will
enable us to help the students
to persist
through completion, help us
with our House Bill 8 funding
and help us with the completion
numbers that we have
within our college. The new and
current subscriptions, the
implementation cost and the
annual cost rates are listed
within the table
within the memo. So you'll see
the breakdown for each of the
six subscriptions and the cost
for each of the years. This
particular agreement was
handled through a space
management and academic
Scheduling Software Services
RFP that we did back in
April. There were a couple of
vendors who submitted bids and
Ad Astra was selected based
on their value, based on the
evaluation criteria and based
on the cost that were submitted
by the two vendors. And you'll
see the two vendor information
bids that were submitted
in the memo as well. Open up
the floor
for any questions or.
>> Are there any questions
for Mr. Jimenez?
>> Have they provided if we
were to do the two additional
year options,
so years four and five, have
they given you an indication
of how much that would be?
>> We do have that
in the bid. We can provide it.
>> Okay.
>> There are optional years.
Optional year four and five and
that is included in the bid.
So we have that. Happy
to share.
>> Thank you. I'm assuming that
it's in the same range, each
annual,
perhaps slight increase
for CPI.
>> Good question. It is.
There's an adjustment.
>> Adjusted increase each year
and so you see the progression
and the adjustment within the
fourth and the fifth year. So
we have that for you.
>> Thank you.
>> Are there any other
questions? Hearing none. Is
there a motion
to approve?
>> Move.
>> A motion for Ms. Wood? Is
there a second?
>> Second.
>> Second from Ms. Pritchett?
Is there any discussion?
Hearing none. All those
in favor say aye.
>> Aye.
>> Any opposed? The motion
carries. Thank you, Mr.
Jimenez.
>> Item 6n. Authorize
Execution of an Agreement
with Tarrant County Tax
Assessor-Collector's Office
for Tax Collection Services
for Tax Year 2025. The New
Agreement will begin on
October 1, 2025. Dr. Anglin.
>> Thank you. President
Deccan, Chancellor LeBlanc,
trustees. Pam Anglin, Chief
Financial Officer. The
Tarrant County Tax Office and
the Tax Assessor Collector
collects Tarrant County
College taxes each year. The
existing three year agreement
for collection
of taxes expires September
30, 2025. The new three year
agreement will increase
collection rates
from the existing agreement.
The current rates have been
in place eight years. So we
have been eight years
without an increase
in the cost. Rates in the new
agreement are as follows.
$1.07 for parcels located
within Tarrant County, $2
for parcels located outside
Tarrant county, and $2
for PIDs, MUDs,
BIDs and MMDS. The rate for
2024 collection was $0.98, and
the increase is to $1.07 in
2025 for those parcels located
within Tarrant County. As of
May 17, we had approximately
1.9 million accounts
to be collected. The tax office
also provides us monthly
reports, paid assessment rolls,
delinquent assessment rolls,
and current assessment rolls.
So we're seeking your approval
of a new three year agreement
with the Tarrant County Tax
Assessor Collector.
>> Are there any questions
for Dr. England?
>> Yes. Just
for discussion. I know we
talked about this last time,
that if we were
to do our own collection,
which we have that option
to do,
that it would cost more. What
is that analysis and how much
more would it cost us
to do our own collection.
>> Okay. I don't have an
amount, but based
on the number of accounts to
collect and the dollar amount
collected,
I think we're saving money
by using the Tarrant County
Tax Assessor Collector and just
paying our proportion.
>> Are there any other
questions? Is there a motion
to approve?
>> Move to approve.
>> Ms. Wood approves. Is there
a second?
>> Second.
>> Mr. Hornsby, seconds. All
those in favor say aye.
>> Aye.
>> Any opposed? The motion
carries. Thank you, Dr.
Anglin.
>> We have removed item 6o
from the agenda. Do you want
to do this first, though? We
have to do this. We'll do this
one. The board concluded its
closed session, during which it
discussed the proposed sale
of college property pursuant
to Texas Local Government
Code Section 272.001. The item
concerns the sale
of approximately 6.120 acres
of land located at the corner
of Harwood road and Highway 26
in North Richland Hills,
Texas, on the Tarrant County
College District Northeast
campus. The proposed purchaser
is Covington Brothers
Property, LLC. And the
negotiated sales price is
$2,087,300, with proceeds
to go to Fund 40.
At this time,
the board will consider action
on this matter. I will now
entertain a motion.
>> I move to approve the sale
of 6.120 acres of land located
at the corner of Harwood and
Highway 26 in North Rich
Hills, Texas, on the Tarrant
County College District
Northeast Campus to Covington
Brothers Property, LLC
in the amount of $2,087,300 and
to approve the execution
of all documents necessary
to complete this sale,
with proceeds going to fund
40.
>> There is a motion on the
floor. Ms. Woods has made the
motion. Is there a second?
>> Second.
>> Mr. Hornsby has seconded.
Is there any discussion?
Hearing none. All those
in favor say aye.
>> Aye.
>> Any opposed? The motion
carries.
>> Item seven, the monthly
financial report. Dr. Anglin.
>> Thank you, President
Dakim. We're going to look at
our monthly financial report
as of the end of May of 2025.
You'll notice that our total
revenues at the end of May,
395,389,616. And that is up
13.7 million from what it was
at this time one year ago. And
then our expenses at the end
of May total 296,845,755. And
that our expenses are up 9.5
million from one year ago.
Which means our revenue
over expenses is running ahead
of last year by $4.2 million.
If we look at our detail
on our revenue,
you'll notice that our State
appropriations at the end of
May were 47.8 million. And we
received our final
appropriation payment in June
from the state. And we will see
a bump in our June payment
of almost 2.5 million because
of us surpassing the estimate
on our performance outcomes.
So we've done really well on
our performance outcomes and
that will also impact our state
appropriations for next year.
And we did see the numbers last
night from the coordinating
board and we should have 1.5
million more in state
appropriations next year than
this year.
Some very good news there. We
also still are lacking our fast
payments. They're expected in
June also,
but we've not received anything
from the state yet
on our fast payments
from fall or spring. So there
will be some additional money
that will be coming in
in there. Our tax revenue were
at 97.6% of what we had
projected as revenue and tax
collections. So doing very well
there. Our credit hour tuition,
we've already surpassed our
budget because our enrollment
has exceeded what we projected.
And then our non credit
tuition, we've already exceeded
our budget
on the community service side.
And I think we will hit our non
credit funded projected amount
by the end of August. Our
interest income still lower
than we had anticipated. And we
think we will be a little bit
shy of budget there. And then
other income, we will most
probably hit our projection
there. So we're
in really good shape overall
with income. Then we'll look
at our expenditures. I'll point
out here that nine months
through the end of May would be
75% of our budget. And so you
can look at the percentages
there and you'll see that we're
doing well being in line
with budgets. I would point out
our staff benefits there and
how close we are to that 75%
mark and we will be right
on target there. But all of our
numbers are looking really
well. Expenses total
296,845,755 or 9.5
million ahead
of where we were a year ago.
And I'll be glad
to answer any questions you
have on the financials and
at your seats there. You have a
report that we have promised
you on purchases between
100,000 and 250,000. We've
promised you those once a
quarter. So this would be
March 1st through May and give
you that to look at. And if you
do have any questions there,
we'll be glad
to answer those.
>> Dr. Anglin, I do have one
question
about the expenditures.
There are just a couple
of lines that are pretty far
off of the 75% target in terms
of money spent, namely the
learning resources and the
extension and public service.
Do you have any rationale
for why
those have not yet been
expended?
>> On our learning resources,
those are our libraries. We're
I think not quite fully staffed
there and have not spent a lot
of our budget there. It's the
learning commons, so it's the
libraries, tutoring,
other areas like that.
>> Not being fully staffed. Has
that created any issues?
>> I think I can ask Dr.
Pearson to address that.
On staffing in the learning
commons, it's just kind it's
just kind of that perpetual.
>> So tutors
coming in, tutors going out.
Our supplemental instructors
are generally students and so
they kind of cycle
in and cycle out. And we
haven't had as many this year
as we've had in the past.
But we're actively trying
to get them in the door and
have full staff.
>> Has that created problems
though
from a tutoring standpoint? Is
there a pent up demand
for tutors?
>> No.
>> Okay, so that could be...
>> Not that I'm aware of...
>> I should say. So that could
be a potential area to review
what fully staffed should look
like.
>> Sure, yeah. And we are
actually when I met with the
presidents and other cabinet
members, we agreed
to do a number of things. One
is to review the hours
of operation for
those areas. We probably
need to expand on that based
on surveys from the students.
But those are all staffing
models that take a little bit
longer than we would like.
But absolutely we need to look
at that.
>> I would say that that's also
a reason that it is under that
mark is that we have been
holding off on some of the
positions because we are
reviewing to see what's needed,
where and what type of
model we want to pursue
going forward.
>> Are there any other
questions?
>> I can address
the extension and public
service that is our corporate
solutions is included there and
our non funded continuing
education and there is a
renewed focus
on building our workload
in corporate solutions.
>> If there are no other
questions. Item 7B, the monthly
investment report.
>> In this report will be our
investment as of the end of
April. We run a month,
always actually two months
from board meeting behind.
But we'll look at our yield.
And as of the end of April, our
core portfolio had an average
4.14% return. Our pools 4.43%
and our weighted average total
portfolio 4.33%. Our total
earnings were 4,342,185 and our
accrued interest
for the month 3,625,364. And
then when we look down
at our book value, I noticed
earlier that I've included the
market value. Our book value is
1,186,517,276.
But our market value, our
general obligation bond series
2022 portfolio, we have
320,974,269. And as we
continue our work on the
Northwest campus and the
southeast campus,
we're spending that money
down pretty quickly. A lot
of money going into finishing
out those buildings and the
renovation on the campuses.
And Then core portfolio,
363,425,249. The core
portfolio, portfolio liquidity
buffer, 53,472,886. Our
investment pools are
467,019,245. And our total
portfolio market
value is 1,222,987.59. Then
the breakdown by sector,
the distribution
of our funds, 29% of it is in
U.S. treasuries, 40%
in investment pools. Corporate
bonds are 9.5%.
In federal agency securities,
5.5%. Cash and equivalents,
13% and other, 2.45%. So that
is our investment report
for the month of April.
>> Are there any questions
about the investment report?
Thank you, Dr. Anglin.
>> Thank you.
>> Oh, Ms. Locke.
>> It's in a money
market.
>> Thank you, Dr. Anglin.
Chancellor LeBlanc.
>> Over here. So thank you. I
have a special Chancellor's
report, efforts
to support victims of human
trafficking and promote
community education. So I'm
asking Dr. Pearson
to give that report. You have
the executive summary
in your packet that you
received on Friday?
>> Yes, we do have that.
>> Making sure. So, Shelly
Pearson, Vice Chancellor and
Provost. I'm happy to join and
give a brief overview of some
of the work that we've been
doing around the human
trafficking and education
program and efforts. So what
you have is an executive
summary document. So we did
have an event in April. We had
a breakfast, and thank you
for Trustee Pritchett
for supporting that with us.
There's some great pictures,
and we talked about it
previously where we had
community members, we had our
presidents, vice presidents,
some of our district staff come
together and have discussions
with survivors and again,
other community partners
on essentially where we
as a college and some of the
things that we could be doing
and potential future plans. So
I know that our student affairs
folks are very active
on the communities. I'm sorry,
on the campuses. So one of the
first things we did was go back
and let's look and see, you
know, what are we doing. And so
that's where this executive
summary came about. Our vice
presidents for student affairs
along
with our district director
for Student affairs compiled
some of the work that we're
already doing. So I just wanted
to hit a few
of the highlights. We have been
really involved
with this work actually since
2020 building those
comprehensive campus wide
programming. You'll see some
of the activities with the
January as the National
Awareness Month. You'll see
some
of the activities appearing
on the campuses during January
a little bit into February.
Table events, information
sessions, panel discussions.
So there. And as the picture
shows, there's a couple
of always happening tables
with this type
of information. So I also
wanted to highlight some
of the materials that you see.
Those are materials that are
used out with our different
events as well. So we do have a
robust ongoing program. What
I'm excited
about and actually this is kind
of fortuitous, the grant gods
and our fabulous grant team
found a. Well, not found
but recently in May there was a
announcement for the U.S.
department of Justice Office
on Violence Against Women
Federal grant. So they gave a
an RFP essentially. And so we
have all
of this documentation. So we
were really poised
to have that ability to put
forward a strong application.
And what this does is it awards
between 500 and 700,000
over three years. It's designed
to bolster supports
for students. Also training.
We've talked a lot about trauma
centered training and really
working
with our staff that work
with students
to identify some. So this grant
would be useful for that. So we
hope to. Well, it's due next
week I believe and we should
know by October. So very
excited that that just kind
of came
along right as we were looking
at what we were planning to do
for the next phase
of this program. We also want
to address back to the
education and the programming
piece. This grants more
supports. And so our next phase
on the other part is looking
at what type
of programming and how we go
about the Education Pathways
piece. So that's what I have.
>> Can I make a comment? When
you have these events, would
you mind sending us a memo so
that if we're able we could
come to some
of those events?
>> Sure.
>> Thank you.
>> Very nice. Thank you, Dr.
Pearson. We continuously have
events for our students and the
community. This is one example
of many. On any given day
there's always something going
on on every campus. And you see
in your packets I'm always
including activities and campus
accolades. And that's just a
snapshot picture of all the
things that are taking place
on the campuses. So if the
presidents and vice presidents
look a little fatigued.
They're busy people.
Constantly having
events and finding ways
to serve the students. Yes.
>> Thank you very much
for that executive summary.
Sounds like some great work
that has been done and
continues to be done. And so I
look forward to hearing more
about the programmatic aspect
of the educational pathway. So
thank you very much
for the work that you're
putting into this.
Very meaningful.
>> We appreciate the board's
support. Trustee Pritchett,
thank you for the support
on this endeavor. Very good.
>> This is a friendly
reminder that there is a budget
workshop on August 7. We do not
have a board meeting in July,
but we have many opportunities
in August to make up for the
fact that you're not meeting
in July. And the first
opportunity is August 7th
budget workshop. So everybody's
working diligently to bring up
to date information for you
to make some decisions at the
August board meeting. We have
quite a bit going on there and
basically you can see that
people are very busy and our
students are doing amazing. So
thank each and every one
of you for your support.
>> Thank you, Dr. LeBlanc. We
have no additional action items
on closed session items, unless
there are any announcements or
further discussion,
we will adjourn this meeting
at 9:14 and we'll see everyone
in August.