[8:27] >> Good evening, everyone. I
[8:29] call this meeting of the board
[8:30] of Trustees of the Tarrant
[8:32] County College District
[8:33] to order at 6pm. Please rise if
[8:37] you are able for the Pledges
[8:38] of Allegiance
[8:41] to the US and the Texas flags.
[8:45] >> I pledge allegiance to the
[8:47] Flag of the United States of
[8:49] America and to the Republic
[8:51] for which it stands, one
[8:53] Nation under God, indivisible,
[8:56] with liberty and justice
[8:59] for all.
[9:14] >> Thank you and good evening.
[9:15] We will start this evening's
[9:17] meeting with public comment.
[9:20] We have one individual signed
[9:23] for public comment,
[9:26] and that is Daniel J.
[9:28] Bennett. Mr. Bennett.
[9:40] >> Good evening, Board. Good
[9:42] evening, President Dakine,
[9:43] Chancellor LeBlanc, Trustees. I
[9:45] just want to go back a little
[9:47] history lesson before I move
[9:49] on to why I'm really here. I
[9:51] understand 5e is
[9:52] on your agenda today. Ellucian
[9:55] to supporting the Oracle
[9:58] system. The collage. It's
[10:01] college. Whatever it is,
[10:05] colleague, whatever your ERP
[10:07] system is today. Let's go back
[10:09] to October 17th of 2022, when
[10:11] we were hot and heavy. We
[10:14] couldn't wait to get rid
[10:17] of this ERP system. Now we're
[10:18] going to spend all this money
[10:20] to support the system that's
[10:23] antiquated and doesn't work,
[10:24] apparently because we went so
[10:26] hot and heavy back in 2022
[10:27] to replace it. Now, Robert
[10:28] Pachenko, who you put on an
[10:30] improvement protocol and you
[10:32] fired him, lost all
[10:35] of his master programmers.
[10:37] Well, you hired Cadado. I was
[10:39] totally against Cadado.
[10:41] In fact, I think everybody in
[10:43] this room knows that I went up
[10:44] to South Lake, I went
[10:45] to their corporate office,
[10:47] which did not exist,
[10:48] and you guys okayed them
[10:50] to a tune of like $1.8 million
[10:51] over a three year plan
[10:53] to be the architect,
[10:55] implementation processor
[10:57] of your new ERP called
[10:59] Anthology. And Ms. Wood is the
[11:02] only trustee that said, no,
[11:03] not today. And you guys went
[11:05] ahead anyway. So you funded the
[11:07] budget with $88 million. I
[11:10] still don't know where that
[11:12] money came from. As it was
[11:13] shipped over
[11:16] from the general fund
[11:18] to implement Anthology and you
[11:22] created a dashboard. You
[11:24] created all these groups
[11:25] to help Cadado know your needs,
[11:27] to integrate between all your
[11:28] different services you provide
[11:29] your students. The only thing
[11:31] lack was a marching band.
[11:33] Every time I heard Cadado and
[11:34] Anthology, bells whistled. He
[11:36] thought you on the 4th of
[11:38] July. Then you went dormant.
[11:39] That fund went from 88 million
[11:42] to 72 million. $16 million got
[11:44] wasted. So I want
[11:48] to know how much is
[11:50] in the ERP budget and why
[11:52] Mr. Krueger says, well,
[11:55] we don't know what we're going
[11:56] to do on the ERP system. Takes
[11:58] three to five years to
[12:00] implement and there was
[12:02] implementation fatigue on
[12:03] Anthology. You cut it from 48
[12:05] months to 40 months. I remember
[12:06] all that. I want a little
[12:07] context for Veronica Law. She
[12:10] is my representative and she
[12:11] needs
[12:12] to understand the history
[12:13] of you trying
[12:15] to implement the ERP system.
[12:16] Now, with one minute to go,
[12:17] here's what I'm really here
[12:18] for. I have more property that
[12:20] are not on the tax roll. It
[12:21] affects this college to
[12:23] $210,000. If you include
[12:26] penalties and interest will be
[12:27] more. I have been
[12:28] for years asking these bodies
[12:30] to do an audit
[12:31] of new construction that are
[12:34] not on the tax roll in
[12:35] Tarrant County. I'm not going
[12:37] to revisit history
[12:38] of the incompetency under Mr.
[12:40] Law
[12:43] from which we are now crawling
[12:44] out from underneath at the
[12:46] Tarrant Appraisal District.
[12:47] But I already spoke
[12:49] to the city of White
[12:50] Settlement. Not the citywide
[12:52] settlement, the school board.
[12:54] I'm having a meeting
[12:55] with them. I'm going to. It's
[12:58] going to. It's going
[13:00] to be found money. I talked
[13:01] to Don, Joe last
[13:02] Friday. I said there's two
[13:04] properties need to look for.
[13:06] Then give me addresses.
[13:09] They're not going to make the
[13:10] certified role. I'm okay
[13:12] with that. Because no one cares
[13:14] what's on the roll long as a
[13:16] signature and you can set your
[13:18] tax rate. So the money we find.
[13:20] I want all the taxing entities
[13:23] to agree to allow Weisselman
[13:24] ISD to pick an auditor to go
[13:27] over District 4. And that's
[13:29] your district. That includes
[13:30] Azel and Weisselman ISD to find
[13:31] all the new construction that's
[13:32] not on the roll. And I'm going
[13:34] to make a bold statement.
[13:35] For every dollar you spend,
[13:37] you'll get 10 bucks back. So
[13:39] that's coming in the future.
[13:40] Thank you.
[13:43] >> Thank you, Mr. Bennett.
[13:45] There's no other public
[13:46] comment. Thank you. We'll move
[13:48] on to item four. Board business
[13:50] items and announcements. The
[13:51] first item
[13:53] for approval is the approval of
[13:55] the work session meeting
[13:57] minutes of May 8, 2025. Is
[13:59] there any discussion? There's a
[14:02] motion to approve.
[14:07] >> Move.
[14:10] >> Is there a second?
[14:13] >> Second.
[14:14] >> Any discussion? All those
[14:15] in favor say aye.
[14:17] >> Aye.
[14:18] >> Any opposed? Motion carries.
[14:19] >> Item 4B. Approval of the
[14:21] special meeting minutes dated
[14:22] May 14, 2025. Is there a motion
[14:23] to approve?
[14:29] >> Approve.
[14:31] >> There's a motion
[14:33] to approve.
[14:34] >> Second.
[14:35] >> There's a second.
[14:36] >> All those
[14:37] in favor say aye.
[14:38] >> Aye.
[14:40] >> Any opposed? The minutes are
[14:41] approved.
[14:43] >> Finally, approval
[14:44] of the board of Trustees
[14:46] meeting minutes May 15, 2025.
[14:47] Is there a motion
[14:50] to approve?
[14:52] >> Approve.
[14:54] >> Second.
[14:55] >> All those in favor say aye.
[14:56] >> Aye.
[14:57] >> Any opposed? The minutes are
[14:59] approved.
[15:01] >> Item 4D, trustee activities.
[15:03] We will start all the way
[15:06] to my right. Do you have
[15:09] anything tonight?
[15:13] >> I do. I had some fun
[15:16] activities this month, meeting
[15:18] with some different
[15:20] stakeholders and some
[15:22] legislators
[15:23] in the throughout the district.
[15:25] So I was just recently out in
[15:26] Washington D.C. this is
[15:28] Congressman Brandon Gill who
[15:30] represents District 26, which
[15:32] is primarily Wise County,
[15:34] Denton county,
[15:35] so a little bit north of here.
[15:37] But those counties do certainly
[15:39] have students that come
[15:41] to tcc, so
[15:42] of extreme relevancy. So I did
[15:45] have the opportunity to talk
[15:47] to him and share with him about
[15:48] the initiative that we're
[15:49] working on
[15:50] for the education pathways
[15:52] for survivors
[15:54] of human and sex trafficking.
[15:56] Shared
[15:57] with him what the vision is
[15:58] for this,
[16:00] let him know that we're still
[16:02] in our infancy on it, but that
[16:04] it is being designed as we
[16:06] speak. And more than anything,
[16:08] I wanted to make sure that he
[16:09] had an awareness of it and that
[16:10] his team had an awareness of it
[16:12] and that this is a very
[16:13] prevalent conversation that
[16:15] people are having. So his
[16:17] question to me was,
[16:19] what can we do for you? What do
[16:21] you need from us? And I said,
[16:23] well, right now bringing
[16:25] to you the awareness, but
[16:26] at some point in time I will
[16:28] probably be coming
[16:30] to you and asking you
[16:31] for some money. So
[16:33] of course he can't commit
[16:35] to anything at this point
[16:36] in time,
[16:38] but he was keenly interested
[16:40] in learning more as we continue
[16:42] to develop the program
[16:47] around that. If you go
[16:48] to the next slide. Also had an
[16:50] opportunity to meet with one
[16:51] of the legislative aides in
[16:53] Senator Ted Cruz's office
[16:55] to share the same view
[16:56] on this. She was also keenly
[16:57] interested in it. Spent quite a
[16:59] bit of time considering how
[17:00] you're allotted just a very
[17:02] short window because they are
[17:04] so busy and they're
[17:06] in session. The members are
[17:08] in session right now,
[17:09] so they're very, very busy. But
[17:11] she gave me some extra time
[17:14] because she wanted
[17:16] to learn more about it,
[17:18] learn more about the program.
[17:20] And considering the
[17:22] concentration here
[17:23] in the state of Texas,
[17:24] in the, in the Dallas, Fort
[17:27] Worth, I teach people to say
[17:29] Fort Worth, Dallas Metroplex,
[17:30] as well as some
[17:31] of the large cities in Texas.
[17:33] There's a keen interest. And so
[17:34] as I have additional updates
[17:35] for you, I'll be happy
[17:37] to share more as we go along.
[17:38] The question was also what can
[17:40] we do for you? And the same
[17:42] response was giving you the
[17:45] awareness of this,
[17:47] of the program, the
[17:49] groundbreaking program and
[17:50] initiative. And then
[17:51] at some point in time we will
[17:53] probably be asking you
[17:54] for some money. So they already
[17:56] setting the stage for that.
[17:57] But they were both,
[17:59] both offices were very,
[18:01] very interested in this. So it
[18:02] was great meetings that we had.
[18:04] And then the next slide,
[18:06] this is one of the gentlemen.
[18:08] He was invited
[18:10] to our roundtable that we had
[18:11] in April. He was not able
[18:12] to make it. The gentleman
[18:14] in the hat, his name is Bob
[18:16] Williams and he runs an
[18:18] organization in Wise County. I
[18:20] think he's Denton county called
[18:22] Bob's House of Hope.
[18:23] Incredible organization,
[18:24] incredible work that he does
[18:26] and that is
[18:27] to provide support services
[18:29] for boys that have come out
[18:32] of trafficking. So very, very
[18:34] unique organization that he
[18:36] leads. And it was interesting
[18:37] when I was meeting with
[18:39] Congressman Gill, he said,
[18:41] have you met. Are you aware
[18:42] of this organization? I said,
[18:44] as a matter of fact, I am. So
[18:46] it's working with the different
[18:48] key stakeholders and experts
[18:49] in this area. Learning a lot,
[18:51] and I know they've shared a lot
[18:53] with the college so far.
[18:54] But again, happy
[18:56] to bring more information
[18:58] to you in the future. Thank
[18:59] you.
[19:01] >> Thank you, Ms. Pritchett.
[19:04] Ms. Ayala?
[19:06] >> Yes, thank you. If I may,
[19:07] I'd like to congratulate Ms.
[19:09] Chavez Lowe and welcome you
[19:11] to our board and also want
[19:13] to congratulate you, Ms. De
[19:15] Kyne, Mr. Hornsby, Ms. Wood and
[19:17] Ms. Pritchett
[19:19] on your elections.
[19:20] But I would like to share that
[19:22] I had the opportunity
[19:24] to attend the 37th annual Jim
[19:26] Boland Competition awards
[19:27] ceremony that was hosted
[19:29] by TCC Northwest on April 24.
[19:31] It was hosted in the Trinity
[19:33] River Action Suites. The late
[19:35] Jim Bolen was the former chair
[19:38] of the Northeast Campus Math
[19:40] Department and he first led
[19:42] TCC's participation in the
[19:44] American Mathematical
[19:45] association of Two Year
[19:47] Colleges, which is AMATYC. It
[19:49] was a challenge in 1989 and the
[19:51] challenge or the competition
[19:53] challenges students
[19:58] in algebra, trigonometry,
[20:01] geometry and analytical
[20:03] reasoning. And it's held one
[20:06] in the fall and one
[20:08] in the spring. So the
[20:11] competition and the funds and
[20:14] the money that comes from
[20:22] to the students is in honor
[20:24] of Jim's contributions and also
[20:26] it was established by his
[20:27] family and essentially the TCC
[20:29] foundation competition funds to
[20:31] award TCC's top performing math
[20:32] students. Awards are presented
[20:34] to the top performing students
[20:35] among the 230 competition
[20:37] participants with honors given
[20:40] in three categories. Campus
[20:41] awards, district awards and
[20:43] university scholarships. And
[20:44] scholarships and prizes totaled
[20:46] more than $550,000.
[20:48] Among the awardees were Derek
[20:51] Jiang, at just 11 years old,
[20:53] was recognized as the TCC top
[20:55] scorer. And Christopher
[20:58] Manikis received the highest
[21:00] prize at $250,000
[21:02] for a four year scholarship
[21:03] to Texas Christian
[21:05] University, which he celebrated
[21:08] alongside his wife and his two
[21:09] sons. It was a very, very
[21:12] beautiful celebration because
[21:14] there were not only the
[21:16] students, but of course their
[21:17] families were there
[21:19] with them. So I want to thank
[21:20] everyone that was involved
[21:22] in the organization
[21:23] of the event. And
[21:26] congratulations to all
[21:28] of those that were recognized.
[21:30] Thank you.
[21:33] >> Thank you, Ms. Ayala. Dr.
[21:35] Morrison.
[21:37] >> Good evening and thank you.
[21:39] I might add that Jim Boland
[21:41] was the brother of former
[21:43] Mayor Bob Boland. Just
[21:45] for some of you newcomers to
[21:46] Fort Worth, always like
[21:48] to share the little Fort Worth
[21:49] history.
[21:50] >> Thank you. It was my pleasure
[21:52] to attend the centennial
[21:54] celebration of excellence for
[21:56] the DFW
[21:59] Black Woman lawyers. And it was
[22:01] a great event. Inspirational
[22:03] and just camaraderie,
[22:04] colleagues. I was invited
[22:10] to participate. And it's always
[22:12] good to be in the room with
[22:13] attorneys and judges when it's
[22:15] a friendly conversation. So
[22:20] thank you so much. One
[22:25] of the guests,
[22:28] that special guest that flew
[22:30] in, was the only black judge
[22:32] from Utah, and she was very
[22:35] inspirational,
[22:37] but she had ties to Fort
[22:38] Worth, so I was very impressed
[22:41] with that. Thank you. And then
[22:43] I attended the 33rd annual
[22:45] rally for Education. I was
[22:46] on stage with Toro. And
[22:48] of course, whenever you're
[22:49] on stage with Toro, Toro gets
[22:51] all of the applause. The 30th
[22:53] annual rally. I'm sorry. And it
[22:57] was great. The young people in
[22:59] the audience were very
[23:01] receptive to the information
[23:04] about the six colleges. And I
[23:06] made a promise that somebody's
[23:08] gonna have to keep. Toro is
[23:12] writing a book. Because all
[23:15] of the stuff that I said,
[23:17] the person on stage says that
[23:20] should be written
[23:22] down so they can take that home
[23:24] in a book. So I said, okay,
[23:28] Taro's writing a book.
[23:30] Okay.
[23:32] You know, I talk about the
[23:33] six colleges where they are,
[23:35] all of the great programs,
[23:37] and so it'll be fun. I know all
[23:38] of the creative minds will come
[23:39] up with a great way for Toro
[23:41] to put that in a book. Look
[23:43] at that. That is the most
[23:46] precious picture. She is just
[23:47] enamored with Toro. And Toro
[23:49] gave out great information,
[23:52] great encouragement. The theme
[23:54] of the day was Tarrant County
[23:57] College. That's my college. We
[23:59] had everybody
[24:00] in the room saying that. Also
[24:04] bold steps, better futures.
[24:06] That was my escort
[24:07] for the day. He's grown up over
[24:09] the years and is a TCC student.
[24:11] I can't remember, you know,
[24:12] one of those college
[24:13] for kids,
[24:15] students who's growing up
[24:17] through the ladder
[24:22] of success. So it was a great
[24:24] morning of inspiration
[24:26] and today I was at the TCC
[24:28] Trinity river campus. I slid
[24:32] through. That's the new term.
[24:33] Or I popped in and popped out.
[24:35] But I got a great lesson
[24:37] in constitutional law
[24:39] from the justices
[24:41] of the appellate court here,
[24:44] who explained
[24:46] to us the most important
[24:48] article in the Constitution is
[24:49] the first article because it
[24:50] protects all our faith
[24:52] in our decision making. So we
[24:54] recommended that we all go back
[24:57] and read the Constitution
[24:59] because people think it's one
[25:02] of the amendment. But no, it's
[25:04] in article one. So a great
[25:05] lesson. And these young people
[25:09] were the members
[25:12] of the aspiring Young Lawyers
[25:13] Camp. This was just one
[25:15] of their activities. They asked
[25:16] great questions. And
[25:18] of course, our wonderful TCC
[25:19] staff, Dean, Chancellor and
[25:21] Marissa did a great job
[25:22] of partnering with the L.
[25:23] Clifford Davis Legal
[25:25] Association. And Marissa has
[25:29] written a report that tracks
[25:31] the participation of students
[25:32] from college to kids
[25:33] to various other programs
[25:35] through their enrollment
[25:37] in TCC and on to college. And
[25:38] I'm really excited
[25:40] to read that. And I know that
[25:42] these kind
[25:43] of activities have a huge
[25:44] impact in student enrollment
[25:46] and student success. So I was
[25:47] happy to get the slide through
[25:50] and share that inspirational
[25:51] lecture with them. So thank
[25:56] you. It's been a great time.
[25:57] >> Thank you, Dr. Morrison.
[26:00] Mr. Hornsby, you're good? Glad
[26:02] to see you here tonight, Ms.
[26:05] Wood.
[26:09] >> Good evening. I have quite a
[26:15] few things to go through,
[26:17] so I'm going to go through them
[26:20] as quickly as I can. I didn't
[26:23] want to take too much time the
[26:26] last meeting because we had
[26:27] graduation. So I'm going to go
[26:29] through some things that
[26:30] happened actually in April. So
[26:31] in April I was able to go
[26:33] to the tour the Birdville
[26:34] center of Technology in North
[26:36] Richland Hills and Dr. Ford and
[26:37] Edward Hicks escorted me.
[26:42] But the tour was led by
[26:48] Andrea Anderson, Director
[26:49] of the CT CCMR and Joe
[26:54] Rocker, the CTE coordinator.
[26:57] During the visit,
[26:59] we explored a variety
[27:01] of the state of the art
[27:02] classrooms and facilities that
[27:04] support high demand career
[27:06] pathways. And we're able
[27:07] to hear directly
[27:09] from the faculty about the
[27:10] exciting learning experiences.
[27:11] Some of the programs include
[27:13] automotive technology, IT
[27:14] networking, robotics,
[27:16] cosmetology,
[27:19] a video game design. Oh,
[27:22] there's the law class. They
[27:24] actually invited us to come
[27:25] in and I was like no, no,
[27:27] we're good. And they also have
[27:29] television and broadcasting.
[27:33] But the highlight of the tour
[27:35] was a live culinary competition
[27:37] in which students from the
[27:38] culinary arts program
[27:40] participated
[27:42] in a burger cook off. Students
[27:44] developed an original burger
[27:45] recipes and created their own.
[27:47] And then they were presented
[27:49] to the judges for them to
[27:51] decide which one was the best.
[27:54] They demonstrated creativity
[27:56] and their culinary skills.
[27:58] Looking ahead, Birdville ISD
[28:00] and TCC Northeast Campus plan
[28:03] to launch a P. Tech Early
[28:05] College high school at the
[28:06] Bechtel campus in 26-27 academic
[28:10] year. This initiative will
[28:15] serve 200 to 400 students
[28:17] annually, all of whom will be
[28:19] on track to complete a TCC
[28:21] certificate and or associate's
[28:23] degree. The visit highlighted
[28:25] the strong partnership
[28:26] between TCC and Birdville ISD
[28:27] and the commitment
[28:29] of preparing students for post
[28:30] secondary success and workforce
[28:32] readiness. So then I was
[28:35] on double duty on May 2nd. I
[28:38] don't know how I got through
[28:43] that day because I had one
[28:45] meeting at the Northeast campus
[28:47] and then I had to hurry to
[28:49] Seattle to a graduation.
[28:50] But we'll start with the
[28:53] Northeast campus. I met with
[28:54] Naomi Vella and Esteban Serta
[28:56] with the Congolese Business
[28:58] Chamber and we had a meeting
[29:01] about how we could partner
[29:03] together and help students
[29:05] from the Congolese Business
[29:06] Chamber. We went through a lot
[29:10] of our programs. College for
[29:14] Kids, Early College, High
[29:15] School, Adult Education and
[29:16] Literacy, the TCC Foundation
[29:18] Scholarships, federal and state
[29:22] aid, Corporate Solutions and
[29:24] Economic Development,
[29:27] Admissions and foreign
[29:30] transcript evaluations. It was
[29:34] a great meeting and it ended
[29:36] with Ms. Naomi receiving gifts
[29:39] from Junior Pompetti, the head
[29:41] of the chamber and I felt
[29:43] like it was a great learning
[29:45] experience for me and a great
[29:47] partnership going forward
[29:48] with the college. I look
[29:50] forward to seeing a lot
[29:52] of these students coming
[29:54] into TCC as a result of this.
[29:56] So I was pleased with that. So
[29:59] I left there and hurried over
[30:00] to the aviation transport. I'm
[30:02] sorry, the Irma Johnson Hadley
[30:08] center for Excellence for
[30:11] Aviation, Transportation and
[30:13] Logistics
[30:15] for the graduation ceremony.
[30:17] And it was of course
[30:20] in the airplane hangar. The
[30:22] ceremony was facilitated by
[30:24] Dr. Michael Esquivel and then
[30:28] the keynote speaker was
[30:29] Jeremias Sala who was a 2019
[30:32] graduate from the TCC Welding
[30:34] Technology program. He's now a
[30:36] supervisor and employer and he
[30:39] stressed the importance of
[30:41] continuous learning and hiring
[30:43] individuals eager to grow in
[30:45] high demand technical fields. I
[30:46] will say a lot of these
[30:48] students come back and get
[30:50] extra certifications and with
[30:52] each certification they just go
[30:53] up in the workforce,
[30:55] make more money and are
[30:56] in high demand. David Skidmore
[30:58] is the chief instructor of
[31:00] the professional pilot program
[31:03] and aviation. Easy for me
[31:06] to say. Federal Aviation
[31:08] Administrator Liaison. And he
[31:10] announced the completion
[31:11] of the programs. 93 students
[31:13] across five different
[31:16] disciplines. Aviation
[31:20] maintenance, logistics supply,
[31:22] chain management, professional
[31:24] pilot, non destructive testing
[31:27] and welding technology.
[31:28] Of these, 56 participated in
[31:30] the ceremony and received pins
[31:31] symbolizing their transition
[31:33] from student
[31:35] to industry professional.
[31:36] Which all of this just
[31:39] exemplifies their perseverance
[31:41] and skill and readiness
[31:43] to work in their new fields.
[31:45] Graduates of the Seattle
[31:47] program are workforce ready and
[31:50] upon completion many
[31:52] of them are already employed
[31:54] with such companies like
[31:57] Cirrus Aircraft, Spirit
[32:00] Airlines, Bell Helicopter,
[32:02] American Airlines,
[32:03] Gulfstream. The event marked
[32:05] not only the completion
[32:07] of academic journeys
[32:09] but the beginning
[32:10] of a meaningful career
[32:11] in the aviation, transportation
[32:13] and logistics industries. So
[32:15] that was for the end of May.
[32:16] And then in June, I was able
[32:20] to go
[32:26] to the police graduation. And I
[32:28] will say I put the address in
[32:32] my GPS and I was coming from,
[32:35] I think McKinney and I thought,
[32:37] oh,
[32:38] this won't take me that long.
[32:40] Well, I didn't really know
[32:42] where it was, and it was in
[32:43] Eagle Mountain Saginaw High
[32:46] School Performing Arts center,
[32:48] which was over an hour
[32:50] from where I was. And that was
[32:52] taking back roads. I had no
[32:54] idea if GPS went out, I would
[32:56] have been completely lost. I
[32:58] got there and lucky for me, the
[32:59] sheriff was also late because
[33:00] there was a train. So it was a
[33:02] very. It was a beautiful
[33:03] facility. If you have ever been
[33:04] out to Eagle Mountain
[33:06] Saginaw, their high school,
[33:07] the Performing Arts center,
[33:09] is just gorgeous. It was a
[33:11] beautiful ceremony. It was the.
[33:12] The ceremony was facilitated
[33:14] by lead coordinator Che king
[33:16] and then Dr. Damon Ng opened up
[33:18] the ceremony,
[33:20] welcoming the cadets.
[33:22] Of course, Sheriff Bill
[33:23] Weybourn was the keynote
[33:25] speaker. And a couple
[33:28] of things I didn't know about
[33:30] him was that he began his
[33:32] service with the Air Force in
[33:33] 1978 and went on to become one
[33:35] of the youngest chiefs police
[33:37] chiefs in Texas at age 25 and
[33:38] worked in Dal Worthington
[33:40] Gardens for over 30 years. And
[33:41] some of the things he talked
[33:43] about was of course,
[33:45] his decades of experience. He
[33:51] shared both lessons
[33:56] in leadership, self awareness,
[34:01] and noting that
[34:03] in law enforcement,
[34:05] discernment, patience and
[34:07] critical thinking are essential
[34:09] before taking action. He
[34:11] encouraged graduates to lead
[34:14] with integrity, serve
[34:16] with humility,
[34:20] and remain committed to the
[34:22] communities they now have the
[34:28] honor to serve. It was just a
[34:30] wonderful event and as always,
[34:31] there's the pinning where
[34:33] someone special in their life
[34:34] will pin their badge on them
[34:35] for the very first time. I also
[34:36] want to note that there were
[34:38] 16 graduates and they were all
[34:39] going
[34:41] to different departments. That
[34:42] picture is
[34:44] of the sheriff's department.
[34:45] So we had quite a few going
[34:46] to the sheriff's department,
[34:47] but we also had graduates going
[34:49] to the Halton City Police
[34:50] Department, the Irving Police
[34:51] Department, DFW Airport
[34:53] Police, Stephenville Police
[34:54] Department, Dallas Rapid
[34:55] Transit, North Lake Police
[34:57] Department, and the Flower
[34:58] Mound Police Department. And I
[35:00] just want to say every one
[35:02] of these cadets goes
[35:03] through a rigorous 22 weeks.
[35:04] They are all day in classes and
[35:06] these classes are lot. A lot
[35:08] of times are very physical.
[35:10] And then at night they go home
[35:11] and study so they can pass
[35:13] their exam. So it's very
[35:15] rigorous. And they had 16
[35:18] cadets pass the test the first
[35:20] time and all graduated. So I'm
[35:22] very proud of them. And I
[35:26] believe that's all. Thank you.
[35:33] >> Thank you, Ms. Wood. Ms.
[35:34] Law.
[35:37] >> I've just been busy studying
[35:39] TCC, trying to get a handle
[35:41] on things. Thank you.
[35:44] >> That'll keep you busy
[35:45] for sure. Well, I have one
[35:48] important item to report on.
[35:49] Ms. Ayala was not able to be
[35:53] with us
[35:55] at our board meeting last month
[35:57] but that doesn't mean that you
[35:59] get out of listening to us.
[36:02] Thank you
[36:04] for your exceptional years of
[36:05] service as the board president.
[36:09] So if you will indulge me, I'd
[36:11] like to say some things
[36:12] about my friend and colleague,
[36:15] Theresa Ayala. I wanted
[36:17] to take a moment to recognize
[36:19] and sincerely thank Teresa
[36:20] Ayala for her leadership and
[36:22] service as our board president.
[36:24] Theresa, you have led
[36:26] with heart and
[36:28] with a deep belief
[36:29] in the mission of Tarrant
[36:31] County College. Your time as
[36:33] president wasn't just
[36:35] about meetings and motions,
[36:37] although that was a lot of was
[36:38] about people. You've kept
[36:40] students at the center
[36:42] of every decision, reminded us
[36:43] of our why, and helped move
[36:45] this institution forward
[36:47] with compassion and conviction.
[36:49] You stepped up during times of
[36:51] both opportunity and challenge,
[36:55] helping the college and this
[36:59] board navigate complex issues
[37:00] with a very steady hand and a
[37:02] clear vision. And whether we
[37:03] were facing tough decisions or
[37:05] celebrating important
[37:06] milestones,
[37:08] your leadership grounded us,
[37:09] and it kept us focused
[37:10] on what matters most. Our
[37:12] students. Your impact doesn't
[37:14] stop there.
[37:16] Through your dedication
[37:17] to the TCC foundation,
[37:19] you have literally opened doors
[37:20] for countless students by
[37:22] expanding scholarships and
[37:23] connecting them to critical
[37:26] community resources. Your kind
[37:28] of service changes lives. And
[37:30] we're just as thankful that
[37:33] your leadership isn't ending.
[37:35] We're thrilled you'll continue
[37:36] to serve on our board,
[37:38] bringing your insight, your
[37:41] passion,
[37:43] and your unwavering commitment
[37:46] to tcc. So thank you,
[37:48] Theresa, for your leadership,
[37:50] your example, and the
[37:52] difference that you will
[37:53] inevitably continue to make.
[37:55] And in addition
[37:56] to a resolution that Dr.
[37:57] Morrison recommended and the
[37:59] board unanimously approved,
[38:00] we have this as a token
[38:01] of our appreciation.
[38:03] >> Thank you.
[38:06] >> I would like to give this
[38:12] to you. So with that, I'd like
[38:19] to give anyone else on the
[38:21] board an opportunity who would
[38:24] like to speak as well as
[38:26] Theresa. You get your moment.
[38:29] You are here.
[38:34] >> Well, do you want me
[38:35] to speak now?
[38:36] >> Sure.
[38:37] >> I'm very surprised, so thank
[38:39] you very much. I'm very humbled
[38:40] by this. Thank each and every
[38:41] one of you. It is an honor
[38:43] to serve with these folks. It
[38:46] really is. And I'm sorry I'm so
[38:48] emotional, but I just. My son
[38:49] just graduated
[38:51] from high school,
[38:52] so I'm just kind
[38:54] of very excited about that.
[38:56] But it Just, it's getting ready
[38:58] for that has been an emotional
[39:00] roller coaster.
[39:01] But as I reflect on the four
[39:03] years that I've served
[39:04] in this capacity, I will say
[39:07] that I have been inspired
[39:08] really by the. That the board
[39:10] has kept the students
[39:12] at the heart of all the
[39:14] decisions that we've made. And
[39:15] I'm very inspired and proud
[39:17] of that. Also, I've seen the
[39:19] collaborative efforts that it
[39:20] takes in order
[39:21] to make this magic happen here
[39:22] at this college. It's not just
[39:24] the board,
[39:25] it's the chancellor. It's the
[39:26] relationship that we have
[39:27] with the community, the
[39:29] foundation, the staff,
[39:30] everyone. So that's really
[39:31] inspiring as well. And we have
[39:33] evolved so much
[39:35] over the past few years, and it
[39:36] has taken that collaborative
[39:38] effort and spirit in order
[39:40] to keep up
[39:42] with that evolution and to
[39:44] really make that change
[39:46] impactful. And so I will say
[39:48] that thankfully and
[39:50] fortunately, I've had the lens
[39:52] of being able to be a student
[39:54] here. I was an adjunct
[39:56] instructor, serve as a trustee,
[40:01] and then a board member
[40:02] with these folks. And the board
[40:04] chair has really been. It's
[40:07] been moving and it's been an
[40:09] honor. So thank you for that.
[40:10] Appreciate that.
[40:21] >> Dr. Morrison, I feel very
[40:22] certain that you would like to
[40:23] say some things.
[40:26] >> I'll keep it short. I just
[40:27] want
[40:28] to say just looking forward
[40:29] to your continued service.
[40:31] >> Thank you.
[40:32] >> Working with you to take us
[40:33] to a new height
[40:35] in our 60th year of success.
[40:37] We certainly can't imagine what
[40:39] Tarrant county would be
[40:43] without Tarrant County
[40:44] College. And I'm just pleased
[40:46] to be a part
[40:47] of a group that works
[40:49] with the mission in mind,
[40:50] honoring our values and
[40:52] maintaining our vision. And
[40:54] thank you for being a part
[40:56] of it. Thank you.
[40:57] >> Thank you so
[40:59] much. Appreciate that.
[41:03] >> I just have to say that I'm
[41:04] glad that I just get
[41:06] to do this to talk
[41:08] to you instead of, like,
[41:11] halfway down the dais
[41:13] to be able to talk to you. So
[41:15] congratulations. Thank you for
[41:16] your time and serving as the
[41:18] chair.
[41:21] >> Thank you. Ms. Bridget.
[41:22] Thank you.
[41:25] >> I just want to say thank
[41:27] you. I know that you get a lot
[41:28] of phone calls and you have a
[41:30] lot of balls in the air, and I
[41:31] just appreciate you always
[41:33] taking the time to talk to us
[41:34] and explain things. I was brand
[41:36] new and you explained and you
[41:37] took the time, and I just
[41:38] really appreciate it. You've
[41:40] met me on many occasions,
[41:41] and I just couldn't have asked
[41:42] for a better first few years
[41:43] having you here. And I just
[41:44] appreciate you. Thank you.
[41:45] >> Thank you, Ms. Wood. Thank
[41:46] you.
[41:47] >> And I say ditto to
[41:49] everything that everyone else
[41:51] has said because you really
[41:52] helped. When I got on,
[41:54] was elected to the board wide
[41:55] eyed. I don't mind using the
[41:56] word ignorant when you don't
[41:58] know something. That's a level
[41:59] of ignorance. I was ignorant
[42:00] about what boards do and how
[42:01] they do it really. And you kind
[42:03] of helped me to walk
[42:04] through that. You would listen
[42:05] to my questions and help me
[42:07] to explain, understand what it
[42:08] was that we really did and how
[42:10] it really impacted lives
[42:12] of people and students. And so
[42:13] that's always been really
[42:15] important
[42:17] to me how you took the time
[42:19] to help me to understand how to
[42:20] grasp what the board's job and
[42:22] duties were. So I appreciated
[42:24] that so much. And you would
[42:25] always take my call whenever I
[42:29] call.
[42:30] >> Thank you.
[42:33] >> If you couldn't take it
[42:35] right then, you always called
[42:36] back thank you. And said, gave
[42:38] me the responses that would
[42:39] help me to be able to go
[42:41] to the next step. So appreciate
[42:42] you so much. Glad you're not
[42:44] gone. We still have that
[42:45] wisdom. Thank you here
[42:46] on the board.
[42:51] >> Thank you.
[42:57] Before we move
[42:59] into item number five, Dr.
[43:01] LeBlanc, do you have an update
[43:02] to the agenda?
[43:03] >> Yes. We would like
[43:04] to request removal
[43:06] of agenda item 6o, the Jacobs
[43:09] agreement.
[43:11] >> Thanks.
[43:17] >> Moving into item five,
[43:20] consideration and approval
[43:22] of the consent agenda. This is
[43:26] for items 5A, 5B, 5C,
[43:27] 5D and 5E.
[43:29] >> If I can just go back
[43:31] to the removal of. We'll be
[43:36] seeing that
[43:38] at a later date.
[43:40] >> Yes. We need to do a little
[43:44] more due diligence. And you
[43:46] will be getting it at the. We
[43:50] hope to have that ready
[43:52] for the August board meeting.
[43:54] >> Yes.
[43:59] >> Is there a motion to approve
[44:01] the consideration and approval
[44:03] of the consent agenda?
[44:04] >> Approve.
[44:06] >> There's a motion from Ms.
[44:07] Wood. Is there a second?
[44:08] >> Second.
[44:10] >> Second from Mr. Hornsby. Is
[44:11] there any discussion? All those
[44:12] in favor say aye.
[44:14] >> Aye.
[44:16] >> Any opposed? The items on
[44:18] the consent agenda are
[44:19] approved.
[44:22] >> Moving to item 6,
[44:26] Consideration and Approval of
[44:27] Individual Action Items. Item
[44:30] 6a. Adopt Revision to Board
[44:33] Policy CDB(LOCAL) as Reflected
[44:35] on the Attached Memo and
[44:37] Supporting Attachments. Mr.
[44:39] Antonio Allen and Dr. Pamela
[44:43] Anglin. Dr. Anglin.
[44:45] >> Thank you. President
[44:47] Dakan, Chancellor LeBlanc and
[44:48] trustees. I'm Pam Anglin, the
[44:50] chief financial officer.
[44:52] Tonight, we're asking
[44:54] for a revision
[44:56] to board policy CDB Local. And
[44:58] we're asking to raise the
[44:59] capitalization threshold from
[45:04] 5,000 to $10,000. And this is
[45:07] to keep us in line with the
[45:09] federal requirements and the
[45:11] federal capitalization limit.
[45:14] We will still tag and inventory
[45:17] Items that are $500 and
[45:19] above and track those but our
[45:22] capitalization amount or the
[45:24] amount we record them as assets
[45:27] and depreciate them in our
[45:29] accounting records would be
[45:31] $10,000. Be glad
[45:34] to answer any questions.
[45:35] >> Are there any questions
[45:39] for Dr. Anglin? Hearing none.
[45:44] Is there a motion
[45:46] to approve item 6a?
[45:49] >> Move.
[45:51] >> Motion from Ms. Pritchett?
[45:52] Is there a second?
[45:54] >> Second.
[45:56] >> Second from Dr. Morrison.
[45:57] Any discussion? All those
[45:59] in favor say aye.
[46:00] >> Aye.
[46:02] >> Any opposed? The motion
[46:03] carries.
[46:06] >> Item 6b. Adopt Additions,
[46:07] Revisions, and Deletions
[46:08] to (LOCAL) Policies as
[46:10] Recommended by the Texas
[46:11] Association of School Boards
[46:13] (TASB) in the TASB Localized
[46:15] Policy Manual Update 49. Mr.
[46:17] Allen.
[46:19] >> President Dickine, Dr.
[46:21] LeBlanc, Board of Trustee
[46:23] Members. Antonio Allen,
[46:25] General Counsel. As a Texas
[46:27] association of School Boards
[46:30] Policy Manual Service
[46:32] subscriber, our policy
[46:34] framework follows TASB drafted
[46:36] policies used by most Texas
[46:37] community colleges,
[46:39] school districts. Legal
[46:41] frameworks restate applicable
[46:43] state and federal laws,
[46:45] case law and regulations.
[46:48] These updates are automatically
[46:52] incorporated and do not require
[46:58] board approval. Local policies
[46:59] are based
[47:00] on TASB model policies,
[47:01] which we can customize to meet
[47:02] institutional needs as long as
[47:03] they align with legal
[47:05] requirements and best practices
[47:06] and and they do require board
[47:08] approval. Update 49 reflects
[47:12] the additional revisions due
[47:13] to new laws from the 88th
[47:16] Texas legislative session and
[47:19] regulatory changes. Although
[47:20] Update 49 touches 48 policies,
[47:22] most of the changes are
[47:24] to legal policies. There are
[47:27] only 12 local policy changes
[47:30] that the Board is being asked
[47:32] to approve tonight.
[47:34] In your board book, you have
[47:37] the redline and clean copies of
[47:40] each local policy you will be
[47:42] asked to adopt. You also have
[47:44] the explanatory notes for the
[47:47] local policy changes included
[47:49] in update 49. It is recommended
[47:52] that the Board adopt Texas
[47:53] association
[47:55] of school boards update 49
[47:56] for local policies as reflected
[47:58] on the REDLINE versions
[48:01] of each policy. So let's talk
[48:03] about the updates included
[48:07] for the 12 local policies. And
[48:09] just for your reference, those
[48:10] policies that are highlighted
[48:13] in red are policies that are
[48:16] being deleted and those that
[48:17] are in yellow are those that
[48:19] have been added and those in
[48:22] gray are policies that have
[48:24] been revised. And again,
[48:25] we're looking at 12 policies.
[48:27] I'm going to talk
[48:29] about these policies
[48:31] in different groups groups. So
[48:33] I'll be talking about the B
[48:34] policies that have been
[48:36] changed,
[48:38] which include six policies.
[48:40] The C policies which include
[48:41] There are two C policies
[48:44] included in this update. There
[48:45] is one D policy,
[48:47] one E policy and four policies
[48:49] in the F policies Student
[48:50] Policies so first policy BCA
[48:52] Local, which has been updated
[48:55] to consolidate policy codes
[48:57] bca, bcab, BCAC and BCAD
[49:00] into one policy. The updated
[49:02] policy outlines the selection
[49:05] process for board officers,
[49:08] including how to proceed
[49:12] in the event of vacancy. This
[49:14] updated policy clarifies the
[49:15] respective duties of the
[49:16] Board President, Vice
[49:18] President and Secretary. BCB
[49:21] Local Updates to Address
[49:25] Board Committees. The policy
[49:26] specifies the actions a Board
[49:28] must take
[49:33] to form a committee,
[49:39] the duties of Board committees,
[49:41] and how to dissolve a committee
[49:42] and policy. BCE Local is a new
[49:44] policy that addresses advisory
[49:46] committees. Advisory
[49:47] Committees provide non binding
[49:49] advice and recommendations
[49:55] to the Board. The recommended
[49:57] language addresses the
[50:00] formation,
[50:02] duties and dissolution of the
[50:04] Advisory committees. NEXT
[50:07] Policy, CGF Local is a new
[50:11] policy intended
[50:15] to address security personnel.
[50:17] Language addressing inter
[50:18] Local agreements
[50:19] for mutual aid has been added
[50:21] to provide more specific
[50:24] information when such
[50:26] agreements have been entered
[50:28] into and language related to
[50:30] body worn cameras has been
[50:33] added to ensure compliance
[50:35] with legal requirements related
[50:37] to body worn cameras Policy.
[50:38] CHA Local policy has been
[50:40] deleted and all
[50:48] of the policies that are
[50:50] located
[50:54] in that are currently located
[50:57] in CHA Local have been moved
[50:58] to CGF Local. Next Policies
[51:00] DIAB Local and FFDB Local
[51:01] Addresses Freedom from the
[51:03] From Discrimination,
[51:04] Harassment and Retaliation
[51:06] language has been added
[51:08] to this policy and reorganized
[51:10] in each policy to copy clarify
[51:12] the scope and applicability
[51:14] of the prohibition
[51:15] on retaliation. Examples of the
[51:19] prohibited retaliation have
[51:22] been updated to include
[51:24] intimidation and coercion.
[51:25] Language related
[51:27] to false claims has been moved
[51:29] to clarify the distinction
[51:30] between discipline in response
[51:32] to intentional false claims and
[51:34] prohibited retaliation. In
[51:36] Policy, FFDB language has also
[51:41] been added related
[51:44] to an employee's failure
[51:46] to report instances
[51:48] of discrimination or harassment
[51:50] to address reporting
[51:52] requirements
[51:53] for employees and also
[51:55] President Dickine pointed out
[51:57] at the work session that there
[51:58] were some references that also
[52:00] needed to be updated
[52:02] in both DIA or
[52:03] in either DIA BE Local or FFD
[52:05] BE Local. Those references have
[52:08] been updated and is included
[52:11] in your red line as well. And
[52:13] finally, Policy ECC Local
[52:15] addresses course load and
[52:18] schedules. This policy has been
[52:22] revised in response to updates
[52:23] to requirements from the
[52:25] Texas Higher Education
[52:27] Coordinating Board related
[52:28] to limitations on the number
[52:30] of course courses a student
[52:32] may drop and the exceptions
[52:34] to those limitations. Language
[52:35] has also been added
[52:37] to provide students information
[52:39] about appealing decisions under
[52:40] this policy and additional
[52:41] edits have been made
[52:42] for clarity. Policy FLBC Local
[52:44] is a new policy related
[52:46] to the Prohibit the prohibited
[52:47] organizations and hazings. The
[52:49] policy was developed
[52:52] in response to the federal
[52:54] Stop Campus Hazing act,
[52:57] which amends the Clery act
[53:00] to require institutions
[53:03] of higher education
[53:07] to prevent and respond
[53:10] to hazing incidents. New
[53:12] recommended Policy language
[53:14] included includes provisions
[53:17] related
[53:18] to student and employee reports
[53:21] of hazing and the investigation
[53:24] of such reports, as well as a
[53:25] provision addressing access to
[53:28] hazing policies and procedures
[53:30] for students and employees.
[53:33] Those are all of the policy
[53:35] Updates in Update 49. If you
[53:38] have any questions,
[53:40] I'll be glad
[53:42] to answer them.
[53:49] >> Thank you. Mr. Allen. We had
[53:51] a pretty robust discussion
[53:53] during the work session
[53:54] about these policy updates.
[53:56] Are there any additional
[53:57] questions or clarifying
[53:59] questions on these items?
[54:01] Hearing None. Is there a motion
[54:06] to approve?
[54:09] >> So moved.
[54:12] >> Second.
[54:17] >> Ms. Law makes the motion
[54:22] with seconds. Is there any
[54:24] discussion? Hearing none. All
[54:26] those in favor say aye.
[54:27] >> Aye.
[54:28] >> Any opposed? Motion carries.
[54:29] >> Moving on to item 6c.
[54:32] Authorize the Chancellor, or
[54:33] Chancellor's Designee, to
[54:35] Execute the Contract
[54:36] Amendments No. 5 with Weaver &
[54:38] Tidwell, L.L.P. to Provide
[54:39] External Financial Statement
[54:41] Auditing Services at a Cost
[54:44] of $159,000. Dr. Anglin.
[54:46] >> Thank you, President
[54:49] Decenn, Chancellor LeBlanc and
[54:51] trustees. Pam Anglin, Chief
[54:53] Financial Officer. Tonight we
[54:55] have amendment number five
[54:56] with Weaver and Tidwell to
[54:59] provide our annual financial
[55:01] statement auditing services
[55:03] at a cost of 159,000 in 2021.
[55:07] Per the recommendation
[55:09] of the audit committee,
[55:12] a request
[55:14] for qualifications was issued
[55:16] to review qualifications
[55:17] from auditing firms
[55:20] for the audit of the district's
[55:22] annual financial statements.
[55:25] Six firms responded. They were
[55:28] reviewed and the evaluation
[55:30] committee recommended and the
[55:32] board approved Weaver Tidwell
[55:34] as the preferred firm based
[55:37] on the evaluation criteria.
[55:39] This was for a two year period
[55:41] with the option
[55:44] to renew the agreement for up
[55:46] to three additional years
[55:48] in one year increments. This
[55:50] would be the third
[55:53] of those three years renewals.
[55:54] So we would need to put
[55:58] out an RFQ next year and relook
[56:00] at the selection
[56:06] of an audit firm.
[56:07] But tonight we're asking you
[56:09] to approve the final year
[56:10] of renewals
[56:11] on this agreement.
[56:16] >> Are there any questions
[56:17] for Dr. Anglin? Hearing none.
[56:20] Is there a motion
[56:22] to approve?
[56:23] >> Move to approve.
[56:24] >> Motion for Ms. Wood.
[56:26] >> Second.
[56:28] >> Second from Dr. Morrison.
[56:29] Any discussion? All those
[56:32] in favor say aye.
[56:33] >> Aye.
[56:35] >> Any opposed? The motion
[56:36] carries.
[56:37] >> You're here for a while,
[56:39] Dr. Anglin, by the way. Item
[56:41] 6d. Authorize Execution of an
[56:43] Agreement with Vision Builders
[56:44] in an Amount up to
[56:47] $1,387,214.00 for the
[56:48] Natatorium Structure and
[56:51] Envelope Restoration Project
[56:53] at South Campus. Dr. Anglin.
[56:55] >> Thank you. The South
[56:58] Campus Natatorium was
[56:59] originally constructed in
[57:01] 1966. And in 2003, the original
[57:02] concrete structure within the
[57:04] natatorium section was
[57:08] demolished and a new steel
[57:11] framing system was installed
[57:13] over the existing pool. That
[57:14] was in 2003. So after over 20
[57:18] years of perpetual exposure to
[57:22] a humid and corrosive
[57:25] environment,
[57:27] the steel structure has
[57:29] degraded
[57:30] beyond the effectiveness
[57:31] of regular maintenance. And the
[57:33] interior steel structural frame
[57:34] system, piping and fasteners
[57:36] have visible rust and damage.
[57:37] In addition, the fiberglass
[57:39] panel system is visibly
[57:41] deteriorated and discolored.
[57:42] We had the structure evaluated
[57:44] and an assessment in 2018. And
[57:46] in 2022. An assessment of the
[57:47] structure and building envelope
[57:49] was completed. In 2024, the
[57:51] repair
[57:54] of the envelope and structure
[57:57] of this facility was adopted
[58:02] when you approved the August
[58:04] the budget in August 24 as a
[58:07] project
[58:08] in the capital improvement
[58:10] plan. In April of 24, you
[58:16] approved a design services
[58:19] contract with Hofer, Wal
[58:21] Welker and they have completed
[58:23] the design
[58:25] with the overall intent
[58:27] to restore, protect and extend
[58:29] the useful life
[58:31] of this facility by replacing
[58:33] the degrading structural steel,
[58:35] fiberglass panel system and
[58:39] associated elements. We put
[58:42] this out for bid in March
[58:43] of this year. And based
[58:45] on the bids received,
[58:47] we're recommending to you
[58:49] Vision Builders as the best
[58:51] value for the college. The
[58:52] proposed request
[58:56] for construction services is
[58:57] $1,387,214. And that includes
[58:59] an owner controlled
[59:02] contingency. The funding
[59:04] for this would come from Fund
[59:12] 40 that funds our capital
[59:14] improvement plan.
[59:17] >> Are there any questions
[59:19] for Dr. Anglin? Hearing none.
[59:22] Do I hear a motion
[59:23] to approve?
[59:24] >> Move.
[59:25] >> Motion to approve by Mr.
[59:27] Hornsby.
[59:28] >> Second.
[59:29] >> Second from Dr. Morrison.
[59:30] Any discussion? All those
[59:32] in favor say aye.
[59:33] >> Aye.
[59:34] >> Any opposed? Motion carries.
[59:40] >> Item 6e. Authorize
[59:42] Execution of Amendment No. 01
[59:43] to Construction Manager at
[59:44] Risk Contract with Chambers
[59:46] Engineering in an Amount up
[59:50] to $490,257.28. Dr. Anglin.
[59:55] >> This would be an amendment
[59:56] to our Construction Manager
[59:58] at risk contract. I'm going
[1:00:00] to give you a little history of
[1:00:02] the child care this project so
[1:00:03] we can bring us up to date
[1:00:05] on it. In January of 24, you
[1:00:08] adopted an interlocal agreement
[1:00:10] between Tarrant County
[1:00:12] College District and Tarrant
[1:00:14] county
[1:00:16] for childcare facilities
[1:00:18] on the Northwest and South
[1:00:19] campuses. And at that time you
[1:00:21] delegated authority to the
[1:00:22] Chancellor to execute related
[1:00:24] time sensitive commitments
[1:00:26] with contracts initiated
[1:00:27] under this delegation. Subject
[1:00:29] to board ratification. In May
[1:00:31] of 24, you approved lease and
[1:00:32] operating agreements between
[1:00:34] Tarrant County College
[1:00:35] District and Child Care
[1:00:37] Associates. Child Care
[1:00:40] Associates will design,
[1:00:41] construct and operate the child
[1:00:43] care facilities
[1:00:44] on both the south and
[1:00:46] Northwest campuses. While it is
[1:00:47] our responsibility
[1:00:49] to prepare the sites to receive
[1:00:50] the structures and and you may
[1:00:53] recall these are pre built
[1:00:56] buildings that will be modular
[1:01:00] buildings that will come
[1:01:03] in and be constructed
[1:01:04] on the campus. To meet the
[1:01:08] critical schedule milestones
[1:01:14] for the facility's development
[1:01:21] at both campuses. We selected
[1:01:24] the Construction Manager
[1:01:28] at risk delivery method.
[1:01:31] In June of 2024, the board
[1:01:32] ratified the contract with
[1:01:35] Chambers engineering
[1:01:37] for the CMAR Pre Construction
[1:01:39] Services. And that was for
[1:01:42] 17,500 on each campus. And
[1:01:43] since June of 24 they have gone
[1:01:47] out for subcontractor bids for
[1:01:49] the work that the college is
[1:01:52] responsible for at that site.
[1:01:56] And we're coming
[1:01:58] to you tonight with that
[1:02:00] guaranteed maximum price
[1:02:01] for the South Campus of
[1:02:09] 490,257.28. We will be coming
[1:02:12] back to you at a later date
[1:02:14] for the Northwest campus and
[1:02:15] the Northwest campus, we had
[1:02:18] to have some rezoning done
[1:02:22] there for us to be able
[1:02:26] to use that space for a child
[1:02:28] care facility and have another
[1:02:30] entity operate it. And that
[1:02:31] zoning was approved
[1:02:34] by the city this week. So we
[1:02:37] are full steam ahead on
[1:02:39] Northwest.
[1:02:43] >> Are there any questions
[1:02:46] for Dr. Anglin? Hearing none.
[1:02:49] Is there a motion
[1:02:52] to approve?
[1:02:53] >> Move.
[1:02:54] >> Motion from Dr. Morrison.
[1:02:55] >> Second.
[1:02:57] >> Second from Ms. Wood. Any
[1:02:58] discussion? All those
[1:02:59] in favor say aye.
[1:03:00] >> Aye.
[1:03:01] >> Any opposed? The motion
[1:03:03] carries.
[1:03:06] >> Item 6f. Authorize
[1:03:07] Execution of an Agreement
[1:03:09] with Freedom Construction
[1:03:10] in an Amount up to
[1:03:11] $3,197,188.81 for the
[1:03:12] Wayfinding and Signage
[1:03:15] Implementation at the South and
[1:03:17] AW01(CEATL). Dr. Anglin.
[1:03:24] >> Thank you.
[1:03:25] So this will be the new
[1:03:27] wayfinding signage that we've
[1:03:29] developed through the use
[1:03:31] of an architectural firm. And
[1:03:33] then we went out for bids
[1:03:36] to actually put the sign
[1:03:38] to have the signage designed,
[1:03:40] built and implemented. It is
[1:03:42] in the bond project at
[1:03:47] Northwest and Southeast. And so
[1:03:50] our project will entail the
[1:03:52] remainder of the campuses. And
[1:03:55] tonight we're coming to you
[1:03:57] for the south campus and
[1:03:58] for the Erma Johnson Hadley
[1:04:00] center there at Alliance West
[1:04:03] Campus. In June of 24 you
[1:04:05] approved a professional
[1:04:10] services contract with
[1:04:13] Elements of Architecture to
[1:04:15] provide the professional design
[1:04:18] services for applying the new
[1:04:19] wayfinding and design standards
[1:04:21] at Northeast South Trinity
[1:04:22] River Connect campuses and
[1:04:25] other off site location. The
[1:04:27] proposed delivery is going
[1:04:28] to be in four phases. We're
[1:04:30] looking tonight
[1:04:32] at phase one or package one,
[1:04:34] which is South Campus and
[1:04:36] Alliance West Campus. Package
[1:04:38] two will cover Northeast and
[1:04:40] Tarrant County Opportunity
[1:04:43] Center. Package three
[1:04:45] encompasses Trinity river and
[1:04:47] Trinity River East. And then
[1:04:50] package four will involve the
[1:04:52] off site district,
[1:04:55] Multipurpose center and any
[1:04:58] other remaining
[1:05:00] off site locations. On April
[1:05:04] 7, we went out to bid and we
[1:05:06] received six bids. Freedom
[1:05:10] Construction was selected as
[1:05:12] the best value
[1:05:13] for the district to implement
[1:05:15] wayfinding and signage
[1:05:17] for package one. And it is,
[1:05:19] it's 3,197,188.81 is the amount
[1:05:21] of the bid from Freedom. And
[1:05:23] then we have owner controlled
[1:05:24] contingency attached to that
[1:05:27] of 10% which would be another
[1:05:29] 319,718 88. This is our largest
[1:05:31] of the different phases. This
[1:05:36] will be the greatest cost
[1:05:43] of any of them because South
[1:05:49] campus built in 1966 and it is,
[1:05:52] it has more buildings than our
[1:05:54] other campuses and more
[1:05:55] signage. So we would ask
[1:05:59] for your approval of Freedom
[1:06:00] Construction
[1:06:02] to do the wayfinding signage
[1:06:04] at south and at Alliance
[1:06:06] West.
[1:06:10] >> Dr. Anglin, I may be looking
[1:06:13] at an outdated version. This is
[1:06:14] for my clarification. The memo
[1:06:17] that I'm looking at says
[1:06:19] 3,000,516, 907.16. I know that
[1:06:27] this is asking
[1:06:32] for slightly less.
[1:06:39] >> The 3,197,188.81 is the bid
[1:06:41] of freedom and then there is
[1:06:43] 319,718,88 which is the owner
[1:06:46] controlled contingency of 10%
[1:06:49] and those two together add up
[1:06:51] to the 3,516,907.69 that's in
[1:06:56] the memo.
[1:06:59] >> I think my version was also
[1:07:02] missing a couple of words. So
[1:07:05] I'm going to restate the
[1:07:06] actual action to include all
[1:07:07] of the right words. The motion
[1:07:09] that we are considering is
[1:07:13] authorize the execution of an
[1:07:15] agreement with Freedom
[1:07:16] Construction in an amount up
[1:07:19] to 3,197,188.81 for the
[1:07:21] wayfinding and signage
[1:07:23] implementation at the South
[1:07:27] and Alliance
[1:07:31] West Campuses AW01(CEATL).
[1:07:34] Thank you.
[1:07:46] >> President, can
[1:07:48] you repeat that figure?
[1:07:50] Because I don't know that that
[1:07:52] was stated correctly.
[1:07:54] >> $3,197,188.81.
[1:07:56] >> Pam, you need to look
[1:08:00] at that. You need to add the
[1:08:02] 3,197,000 with the $319,000.
[1:08:05] So then what is the total?
[1:08:10] >> It is 3,516,907.69.
[1:08:12] >> Okay, so it's not here. So I
[1:08:16] will restate that one more
[1:08:18] time. Authorized execution
[1:08:22] of an agreement with Freedom
[1:08:28] Construction in an amount up
[1:08:31] to $3,516,907.69 for the
[1:08:41] wayfinding and signage
[1:08:42] implementation
[1:08:44] at the south and Alliance
[1:08:45] West Campuses AW01(CEATL).
[1:08:50] >> Yes, that's correct.
[1:08:54] >> I have a question.
[1:08:56] >> Dr. Morrison.
[1:08:58] >> The alliance west. Is that an
[1:09:03] official designation? I don't
[1:09:05] know that I recall that
[1:09:06] terminology. I like the way it
[1:09:09] sounds but I'd just
[1:09:10] like clarification
[1:09:11] on that.
[1:09:12] >> That is part of the
[1:09:13] wayfinding signage
[1:09:14] to make it easier for students
[1:09:15] to sign. It is still the Irma
[1:09:16] Johnson Hadley center,
[1:09:17] but the signage will be AW01.
[1:09:18] And for example, on
[1:09:26] Northwest, the buildings have
[1:09:30] been renumbered NW 01, 02, 04.
[1:09:31] It makes it easier for students
[1:09:33] to locate. But that was part of
[1:09:37] the design and the
[1:09:39] recommendations that were made
[1:09:41] during the work
[1:09:45] on the wayfinding signage.
[1:09:49] >> So did the board approve the
[1:09:50] alliance west as a designation
[1:09:52] or does the board need to?
[1:09:56] >> It did. The approval package
[1:10:01] was prior to.
[1:10:04] >> Okay, thanks.
[1:10:05] >> So it's nomenclature. He was
[1:10:08] in charge
[1:10:09] of nomenclature.
[1:10:11] >> Yeah.
[1:10:12] >> That's great. Thank you.
[1:10:13] >> Are there any other
[1:10:19] questions for Dr. Anglin
[1:10:21] on this action? Hearing none.
[1:10:27] Is there a motion
[1:10:28] to approve.
[1:10:30] >> So move.
[1:10:32] >> Motion from Dr. Morrison.
[1:10:33] >> Second.
[1:10:35] >> Second from Mr. Hornsby. Is
[1:10:37] there any discussion? All those
[1:10:38] in favor say aye.
[1:10:41] >> Aye.
[1:10:42] >> Any opposed? The motion
[1:10:45] carries.
[1:10:48] >> Item 6g. Authorize
[1:10:50] Execution of an Agreement
[1:10:51] with Kirila Fire Training
[1:10:52] Facilities, Inc. in an Amount
[1:10:54] Up to $4,284,500.00 for
[1:10:56] Construction Services at the
[1:10:57] Northwest Campus for the Fire
[1:10:59] Training Center Renovations.
[1:11:06] Dr. Anglin.
[1:11:08] >> Thank you. The Fire
[1:11:09] Training center at the
[1:11:11] Northwest campus was
[1:11:12] established in 2002. It serves
[1:11:13] as a premier training facility
[1:11:15] for first responders and
[1:11:17] over the past 22 years, the
[1:11:19] facility has been maintained
[1:11:22] and repaired to ensure
[1:11:24] operational status however,
[1:11:26] as you can imagine, 22 years
[1:11:29] old and props. We are at end
[1:11:31] of life on many
[1:11:33] of those props. There's a lot
[1:11:37] of simulation there. Our
[1:11:38] simulation has become outdated.
[1:11:40] So this will replace all
[1:11:42] of those props. If you drive
[1:11:44] by the Northwest campus and the
[1:11:46] Fire Training center,
[1:11:48] you can see all
[1:11:51] of those wonderful props
[1:11:53] out there. And you can tell
[1:11:54] they've been there
[1:11:57] for a while. So this will
[1:11:58] update the fire training props
[1:12:00] to the most current simulation,
[1:12:02] the most current training
[1:12:04] methods,
[1:12:06] so that we can continue to be
[1:12:08] the premier fire training
[1:12:10] academy in the whole region.
[1:12:11] But the contract would go to
[1:12:14] Korilla Fire Training
[1:12:19] Facilities in an amount of
[1:12:23] 4,284,500. We did receive three
[1:12:28] bids on this project and it
[1:12:29] will be paid for out of Fund
[1:12:32] 40.
[1:12:40] >> Are there any questions
[1:12:41] for Dr. Anglin? Hearing none.
[1:12:43] Is there a motion
[1:12:45] to approve?
[1:12:47] >> So moved.
[1:12:48] >> Motion for Ms. Wood.
[1:12:49] >> Second.
[1:12:51] >> Second for Ms. Pritchett.
[1:12:53] Any discussion? All those
[1:12:55] in favor say aye.
[1:12:56] >> Aye.
[1:12:57] >> Any opposed? The motion
[1:12:59] carries.
[1:13:01] >> Item 6h. Authorize
[1:13:03] Execution of an Agreement
[1:13:04] with F.H. Paschen, S.N.
[1:13:06] Nielsen & Associates LLC
[1:13:09] in an Amount Up To $492,357.29
[1:13:11] For Construction Services
[1:13:16] at the Northwest AW01 (CEATL)
[1:13:18] Welding Lab Renovation. Dr.
[1:13:22] Anglin.
[1:13:26] >> Okay, thank you. And this
[1:13:27] one again is a project at the
[1:13:30] Irma Johnson Hadley City. This
[1:13:33] welding lab renovation project
[1:13:35] was added to our five year
[1:13:37] capital improvement plan and
[1:13:39] approved by the board
[1:13:40] of trustees in August of 2024.
[1:13:42] You approved an agreement with
[1:13:45] for the design of it. And we're
[1:13:47] working on moving it
[1:13:49] to full capacity at 26 bays and
[1:13:53] relocating welding gas tanks to
[1:13:56] enhance safety and operational
[1:13:58] efficiency. We are fully
[1:14:01] enrolled in welding and have a
[1:14:04] waiting list
[1:14:09] for the welding program
[1:14:11] at the Alliance Center. This
[1:14:14] contract agreement seeks
[1:14:16] approval for Construction
[1:14:18] services from FH Passion, S.N.
[1:14:21] nilsen and Associates. And we
[1:14:24] have pulled them from our job
[1:14:26] order contracting general
[1:14:28] contractor pool. And that is an
[1:14:31] efficient and recommended
[1:14:36] contract types for projects
[1:14:38] with the smaller scope and
[1:14:40] schedule and cost. So this cost
[1:14:41] would be 492,357.29. And it is
[1:14:43] being paid for out of fund 40.
[1:14:46] Also our camp capital
[1:14:48] improvement plan.
[1:15:01] >> Thank you, Dr. Anglin. Are
[1:15:02] there any questions? Hearing
[1:15:04] none. Is there a motion
[1:15:07] to approve?
[1:15:08] >> Move.
[1:15:10] >> Motion from Mr. Hornsby.
[1:15:11] >> Second.
[1:15:12] >> Second from Ms. Wood. Any
[1:15:13] discussion? All those
[1:15:15] in favor say aye.
[1:15:16] >> Aye.
[1:15:18] >> Any opposed? The motion
[1:15:19] carries.
[1:15:22] >> Item 6i. Authorize
[1:15:23] Execution of an Agreement For
[1:15:25] The Job Order Contract (JOC)
[1:15:27] Trade Contractor Master
[1:15:30] Agreements Final Renewal
[1:15:32] Option Through August 31,
[1:15:34] 2026, And The Confirmation Of
[1:15:36] Administrative Spending
[1:15:37] Limits. Dr. Anglin.
[1:15:40] >> Thank you. This would be our
[1:15:42] final renewal
[1:15:44] of the job order contract pool
[1:15:46] for trade management Master
[1:15:47] agreements. And it would run
[1:15:50] through August 31st of 2026 and
[1:15:54] then when we will have
[1:15:55] to seek new proposals on that.
[1:15:57] But this would continue us
[1:15:59] to be able to provide trades
[1:16:02] masters providers
[1:16:04] from our job order contract.
[1:16:06] The spending authority applies
[1:16:10] to these agreements and are
[1:16:13] of considerable consistent
[1:16:15] with the established terms
[1:16:20] in the initial contract, which
[1:16:22] are any individual contract
[1:16:24] valued at 250,000 or greater
[1:16:26] will continue to be presented
[1:16:29] to the board for approval. The
[1:16:31] maximum allowable contract
[1:16:33] value for any single Service
[1:16:35] authorization is $500,000. And
[1:16:40] any services in excess of this
[1:16:42] amount would require a separate
[1:16:44] request for proposals.
[1:16:48] Aggregate spending is limited
[1:16:50] to $3 million per fiscal year
[1:16:51] in total use of the pool.
[1:16:53] Board action will not be
[1:16:54] required
[1:16:57] for individual projects under
[1:16:59] 250,000, so long as they do not
[1:17:01] collectively exceed the
[1:17:03] aggregate limitations. The job
[1:17:05] order contracting program
[1:17:08] process will be resumed
[1:17:10] with the issuance
[1:17:11] of a new invitation
[1:17:13] for request for proposals
[1:17:14] for fiscal year 2026. So we're
[1:17:21] asking for our final renewal
[1:17:23] of our job order contract pool
[1:17:25] for trade masters agreements.
[1:17:27] >> Are there any questions? Is
[1:17:29] there a motion
[1:17:33] to approve?
[1:17:35] >> Move.
[1:17:38] >> Motion from Ms. Wood.
[1:17:40] >> Second.
[1:17:43] >> Second from Ms. Pritchett.
[1:17:44] Any discussion? All those
[1:17:47] in favor say aye.
[1:17:49] >> Aye.
[1:17:51] >> Any opposed? The motion
[1:17:54] carries.
[1:17:55] >> Item 6j. Authorize
[1:17:57] Execution of 3-year Master
[1:17:58] Agreements with Multiple
[1:18:00] Vendors in an Amount Up To
[1:18:02] $700,000 Annually in Aggregate
[1:18:03] to Provide Communication
[1:18:05] Access Real-Time Translation
[1:18:07] (CART) Interpreting Services
[1:18:09] for All Campuses. Dr. Shelley
[1:18:11] Pearson.
[1:18:13] >> Good evening. President de
[1:18:15] Kind, Chancellor LeBlanc
[1:18:17] Trustees. I am Shelly
[1:18:18] Pearson, Vice Chancellor and
[1:18:20] Provost. This evening we are
[1:18:21] recommending that the Board
[1:18:23] authorize the Chancellor or the
[1:18:25] Chancellor's designee to enter
[1:18:26] into a three into three year
[1:18:28] master agreements
[1:18:30] with multiple vendors to
[1:18:32] provide communication access,
[1:18:33] real time translation or cart
[1:18:35] interpreting services
[1:18:37] for all campuses
[1:18:39] at an aggregate not
[1:18:40] to exceed a total annual cost
[1:18:42] of 700,000. The American with
[1:18:44] Disabilities Act, ADA and
[1:18:46] Section 504 of the
[1:18:47] Rehabilitation act requires the
[1:18:49] college to provide qualified
[1:18:50] sign language interpreters or
[1:18:52] real time captioning
[1:18:54] for the deaf and hard
[1:18:56] of hearing community. We do
[1:18:58] this by providing auxiliary
[1:18:59] aids and services such as
[1:19:01] qualified interpreters, note
[1:19:02] takers, real time transcription
[1:19:03] services and other methods to
[1:19:05] make this information
[1:19:06] accessible. To comply, TCC
[1:19:09] currently contracts services
[1:19:10] through third party vendors
[1:19:12] rather than employing in house
[1:19:14] interpreters and support staff.
[1:19:15] The agreements are for a pool
[1:19:17] of available vendors to pull
[1:19:19] from in each service area.
[1:19:21] We've had challenges meeting
[1:19:22] student needs due to regional
[1:19:24] interpreter shortage and a
[1:19:26] limited access
[1:19:28] to contracted vendors
[1:19:31] during the 24-25 academic year.
[1:19:32] So we've expanded those pools
[1:19:34] to alleviate that issue. We are
[1:19:36] also requesting an increase
[1:19:38] in the spend authority from
[1:19:40] 500,000 to 700,000.
[1:19:42] Historically, TCC has spent
[1:19:45] spent approximately 500,000
[1:19:47] annually on these services. We
[1:19:48] anticipate an increase
[1:19:50] in the number of students
[1:19:52] requiring these services as we
[1:19:54] increase enrollment and expand
[1:19:56] our dual enrollment population.
[1:19:57] So happy
[1:20:00] to answer any questions.
[1:20:03] >> Are there any questions
[1:20:07] for Dr. Pearson?
[1:20:10] >> Ms. Law, I do have a
[1:20:12] question. Approximately how
[1:20:13] many students would you say use
[1:20:14] these services?
[1:20:17] >> I have general numbers. So
[1:20:19] let's see. 20,25
[1:20:23] to this point 33, 23, 24,
[1:20:27] 44. So about 30 to 45, 50. So
[1:20:29] annually. Thank you. Oh, yes,
[1:20:42] I take that back. Correct.
[1:20:46] >> Okay.
[1:20:49] >> Sorry. Making sure I'm
[1:20:51] looking
[1:20:52] at the right columns.
[1:20:55] >> Are there any other
[1:20:57] questions for Dr. Pierson?
[1:21:00] >> Is there a motion
[1:21:01] to approve?
[1:21:02] >> Move.
[1:21:03] >> Motion from Mr. Hornsby.
[1:21:04] >> Is there a second?
[1:21:05] >> Second.
[1:21:06] >> Second for Ms. Wood? Any
[1:21:07] discussion? All those
[1:21:10] in favor say aye.
[1:21:11] >> Aye.
[1:21:13] >> Any opposed? The motion
[1:21:15] carries.
[1:21:17] >> Item 6k. Authorization of a
[1:21:18] Memorandum of Understanding
[1:21:19] (MOU) and Lease Agreement
[1:21:21] between Tarrant County
[1:21:22] College District (TCCD) and
[1:21:24] ResponsiveEd Texas
[1:21:25] for the establishment
[1:21:27] of an iSchool High Campus at
[1:21:30] Trinity River Campus. Dr.
[1:21:32] Pearson.
[1:21:34] >> I would also like
[1:21:36] to introduce Dr. Sean Madison
[1:21:38] and invite him
[1:21:40] to come up co present. He is
[1:21:43] the president of our Trinity
[1:21:45] river campus,
[1:21:46] which this involves. So we are
[1:21:48] seeking board authorization to
[1:21:49] negotiate and execute a three
[1:21:50] year memorandum of
[1:21:51] understanding and lease
[1:21:53] agreement with Responsive Ed
[1:21:54] Texas. A little bit about
[1:21:55] Responsive Ed. We are
[1:21:58] recommending that we authorize
[1:21:59] a three year agreement
[1:22:02] for the Trinity river campus
[1:22:04] to use 4,086 square feet
[1:22:08] at a rate of $18 per square
[1:22:10] foot with an annual cost of
[1:22:12] $72,864 or $6,072 monthly and
[1:22:14] actually not cost
[1:22:16] but an annual lease amount
[1:22:19] for Responsive Ed. Now a little
[1:22:22] bit about Responsive Ed.
[1:22:24] Sorry. They are a Texas based
[1:22:29] nonprofit founded in 1998.
[1:22:31] They operate over 100 campuses
[1:22:34] across Tex, Texas and
[1:22:36] Arkansas, including here in
[1:22:38] Fort Worth. They have a proven
[1:22:39] track record
[1:22:41] of college partnerships.
[1:22:42] They're known for their early
[1:22:43] college and dual credit success
[1:22:45] including programs with Lone
[1:22:46] Star College and Tyler Junior
[1:22:48] College. The iSchool high
[1:22:49] model. It's a brand. It's part
[1:22:52] of their brand. So I want to
[1:22:53] make sure I'm getting it
[1:22:55] correctly. Enables students to
[1:22:56] earn both a high school diploma
[1:23:00] and an associate degree. They
[1:23:03] are mastery based so they have
[1:23:05] flexible learning structures
[1:23:08] where students are required
[1:23:09] to pass or master skills
[1:23:11] before they move on to the next
[1:23:13] skill or the next area. The
[1:23:15] programs also emphasize
[1:23:20] individualized academic
[1:23:22] supports and real world
[1:23:24] readiness. They have a strong
[1:23:26] alignment
[1:23:28] with teachers mission Our
[1:23:30] mission around access,
[1:23:33] equity and success for
[1:23:35] different student populations
[1:23:37] seeking different opportunities
[1:23:40] and different learning styles.
[1:23:42] Responsive Ed's adaptive
[1:23:43] approach supports first
[1:23:45] generation and non traditional
[1:23:46] learners. They have again
[1:23:49] they're mastery based. They
[1:23:51] have blended learning. So it's
[1:23:53] a mix of digital and in person
[1:23:55] instruction and again,
[1:23:57] tailored plans
[1:23:58] to fit each student's needs.
[1:24:02] We initially would start with
[1:24:03] 50 students this fall in a
[1:24:05] college prep capacity or a dual
[1:24:06] enrollment capacity while we
[1:24:08] work towards the early college
[1:24:09] high school designation
[1:24:11] with the Texas Education
[1:24:12] Agency. Projected growth would
[1:24:15] be capped at about 400
[1:24:17] students. At the Trinity river
[1:24:18] campus. There is a $1.37
[1:24:21] million philanthropic support
[1:24:23] grant from the Sid Richardson
[1:24:24] foundation and Fort Worth
[1:24:26] Education Partnership with
[1:24:28] about a million dollars
[1:24:30] remaining to fund the Trinity
[1:24:32] river launch. Again, it
[1:24:34] advances TCC's goals
[1:24:37] in our access, readiness and
[1:24:40] educational innovation and and
[1:24:42] it also supports alternatives
[1:24:44] for high potential students
[1:24:46] within our service area. And I
[1:24:51] also do owe a couple
[1:24:52] of follow ups
[1:24:54] from the work session so I want
[1:24:56] to make sure that I capture
[1:24:58] both of those.
[1:25:00] So Trustee Wood had a
[1:25:02] question
[1:25:03] about the language that we had
[1:25:04] in the template regarding
[1:25:06] undocumented students given the
[1:25:07] recent legislation.
[1:25:09] So at your stations, you'll
[1:25:10] see that we have the templates
[1:25:11] of updated. You'll see a red
[1:25:13] line copy and a clean copy
[1:25:14] of our template. The agreements
[1:25:17] that we have already executed
[1:25:20] that sounds that we have
[1:25:21] already completed or that are
[1:25:23] in place right now per general
[1:25:25] counsel, we are able
[1:25:27] to continue
[1:25:30] with those agreements as is.
[1:25:32] When the law goes
[1:25:34] into effect,
[1:25:35] it nullifies that language
[1:25:37] in the agreement. So as we roll
[1:25:39] towards renewals,
[1:25:41] we will put the renewals on the
[1:25:42] new template that removes that
[1:25:43] language. Did I get that right?
[1:25:45] Okay.
[1:25:48] Trustee Pritchett had some
[1:25:53] questions about the security
[1:25:57] around our underage students
[1:25:58] and generally
[1:26:00] on our campuses.
[1:26:01] For all of our early college
[1:26:03] high high school agreements we
[1:26:04] have an operations manual and
[1:26:06] this includes responsibilities
[1:26:08] for both the ISDs and for the
[1:26:10] Tarrant County College
[1:26:11] Police. So the tea also has
[1:26:14] very strict requirements
[1:26:16] for their side
[1:26:17] of the operations. Responsive
[1:26:19] Ed actually had a visit
[1:26:21] to ensure that we were within
[1:26:22] the TEA security compliance
[1:26:25] parameters. And then our police
[1:26:27] officers are very aware
[1:26:29] of the high school students
[1:26:30] on our campus and monitor
[1:26:32] in various ways all of the
[1:26:34] early college high schools
[1:26:36] Students have to wear a badge
[1:26:38] name badge that's visible. We
[1:26:39] have extensive cameras presence
[1:26:41] and so we feel that we have a
[1:26:43] good program in place
[1:26:45] to ensure that they're safe.
[1:26:52] So hopefully that answered the
[1:26:56] questions that we brought up.
[1:27:02] >> Are there any additional
[1:27:03] questions?
[1:27:04] >> I have one.
[1:27:06] >> Ms. Wood.
[1:27:07] >> So I'm looking at this
[1:27:08] template and it's just a
[1:27:10] clerical error, but it goes
[1:27:12] from C to E. So you may want
[1:27:13] to look at that. You took
[1:27:16] out D, the next item should be
[1:27:18] D, not E. Then my next
[1:27:19] question is, it looks
[1:27:23] like there's 23 pages,
[1:27:26] but we only received 10 of 23.
[1:27:27] Is there something else that we
[1:27:30] didn't discuss?
[1:27:31] >> The crosswalks.
[1:27:34] >> Oh, okay.
[1:27:36] >> There's quite extensive. It
[1:27:38] just talks
[1:27:39] about the crosswalks and some
[1:27:41] of the addenda.
[1:27:47] So this that you just gave
[1:27:49] us, this is just a template.
[1:27:51] But the real contract is the
[1:27:53] one that's in our binder.
[1:27:57] >> Yes. It has the responsive
[1:27:59] ED language in it, I believe.
[1:28:00] Okay, I'll have to. I would
[1:28:02] look Responsive ED dual credit.
[1:28:03] The real contract that you
[1:28:05] have. The contract that you
[1:28:07] have in the binder is
[1:28:08] for their dual credit program.
[1:28:09] So we are working off of a dual
[1:28:11] credit MOU as we work towards.
[1:28:13] The template that you have is
[1:28:16] the early college high school
[1:28:20] that we would like
[1:28:21] to enter in. And that's where
[1:28:24] the lease agreement would be
[1:28:27] attached.
[1:28:30] >> So it looks like the same
[1:28:32] contract just
[1:28:34] with the omission of D
[1:28:37] under program details,
[1:28:39] but it's not. I'm confused.
[1:28:40] >> It will have the lease
[1:28:41] agreement with it. So it will
[1:28:43] be this transitioned over into
[1:28:45] the early college high school
[1:28:47] format that would have the
[1:28:49] facilities use agreement
[1:28:50] attached to it as well.
[1:28:53] >> Ms. Law.
[1:28:55] >> Thank you. I had a question
[1:28:57] on page two, and this is just.
[1:28:59] I'm just noticing now that I'm
[1:29:03] looking at, I guess the
[1:29:06] agreement,
[1:29:08] but it says effective fall of
[1:29:12] 2023, the College District
[1:29:15] shall waive tuition for all due
[1:29:16] credit enrollment students. Is
[1:29:19] that a correct reference
[1:29:20] to 2023?
[1:29:22] >> Yes, ma' am.
[1:29:23] >> For the new. In fall of
[1:29:24] 2023, we waived tuition for all
[1:29:26] dual credit students following
[1:29:28] the House Bill 8. I would have
[1:29:29] to go back and look
[1:29:31] at the date, but it is
[1:29:33] in the fall of 23 when that
[1:29:36] decision was made.
[1:29:38] >> Okay. I guess, I was just
[1:29:42] reading that as if we're
[1:29:44] entering if we're going to
[1:29:45] maybe approve this agreement.
[1:29:47] That just seemed
[1:29:50] like it was looking back in
[1:29:52] time and that's a historical.
[1:29:54] That's when we decided to go
[1:29:55] to waiving the tuition.
[1:29:59] >> Okay, thank you.
[1:30:02] >> Are there any other
[1:30:07] questions?
[1:30:09] >> Yes, I do. A few different
[1:30:10] questions. Totaling 72,864
[1:30:13] annually. Where does that money
[1:30:16] go?
[1:30:19] >> That's lease money that goes
[1:30:26] into facilities.
[1:30:27] >> Okay, facilities.
[1:30:28] >> Then starting with 50
[1:30:32] students, projected to grow
[1:30:34] to 400 and fully established.
[1:30:35] Are those 400 students going
[1:30:37] to be in that same 4,006 square
[1:30:40] feet?
[1:30:41] >> Yes, that is the whole space
[1:30:44] that's going to be designed
[1:30:45] for them. So they will start
[1:30:47] kind of sparse, but that's
[1:30:48] where we're designing for is
[1:30:50] that 400.
[1:30:55] >> Okay.
[1:30:58] >> So at some point,
[1:31:00] there would be an additional
[1:31:02] 400 minor students on campus.
[1:31:04] >> So typically with the early
[1:31:05] college high school,
[1:31:06] you have a designated space,
[1:31:08] and as they start taking
[1:31:10] college credit courses,
[1:31:12] they often move into the
[1:31:14] regular course classes. That's
[1:31:17] what the early college high
[1:31:19] school model is. That's what
[1:31:21] you have in the other campuses
[1:31:22] and taps as well. Our taps
[1:31:24] students are here, so there's
[1:31:28] just that designated space
[1:31:30] for when they start.
[1:31:32] But then as they move into the
[1:31:34] regular college courses,
[1:31:36] they will be integrated
[1:31:39] with the rest of the college
[1:31:40] community.
[1:31:44] >> I still have some concerns.
[1:31:46] Thank you for addressing the
[1:31:47] questions regarding security
[1:31:48] and safety with up to 400
[1:31:50] students. I still have some
[1:31:52] concerns because we haven't
[1:31:53] seen that operating procedure
[1:31:54] on the safety protocols. I
[1:31:58] personally,
[1:32:00] in good conscience,
[1:32:02] I can't approve this without
[1:32:03] seeing what those actual
[1:32:05] protocols are. And we can't put
[1:32:06] the students, the minor
[1:32:08] students, at risk of any sort
[1:32:10] of safety violations.
[1:32:12] >> Okay. So we can provide that
[1:32:15] document. With that said,
[1:32:21] we have the same protocols with
[1:32:22] the other early college high
[1:32:24] schools that are already in
[1:32:25] existence and have been
[1:32:29] functioning well
[1:32:31] at the college for
[1:32:34] over a decade.
[1:32:37] >> Sure. And I'm not disputing
[1:32:38] that, but I've never seen that
[1:32:40] and I think if this is
[1:32:41] particular. Although it's
[1:32:44] paralleling the other model,
[1:32:45] this is a different model
[1:32:47] from the standpoint that this
[1:32:49] is for a nonprofit organization
[1:32:51] versus filtering through
[1:32:53] from the isd. I still would
[1:32:55] like to see that.
[1:33:02] >> Okay, we can do that. We can
[1:33:03] provide that.
[1:33:05] >> You want to?
[1:33:06] >> Yes, we can.
[1:33:14] >> So just for clarification,
[1:33:16] the safety and security model
[1:33:18] that this particular agreement
[1:33:20] would follow is the same that
[1:33:23] we currently see in our
[1:33:25] resident early college high
[1:33:27] school, say at the southeast
[1:33:30] campus or the south campus.
[1:33:33] >> Yes. They're TEA
[1:33:34] requirements.
[1:33:36] >> Yes.
[1:33:38] >> Regardless
[1:33:40] of public private.
[1:33:42] >> Okay, thank you. Are there
[1:33:45] any other questions? Hearing
[1:33:47] none. Is there a motion
[1:33:48] to approve?
[1:33:50] >> Move.
[1:33:51] >> Motion from Mr. Hornsby. Is
[1:33:55] there a second? Hearing no
[1:33:58] second, the motion fails.
[1:34:04] >> Thank you.
[1:34:18] >> I'd like to revive the
[1:34:20] motion. If there's a question
[1:34:24] about why we're approving it,
[1:34:28] let's have some discussion
[1:34:29] on that. Instead of just
[1:34:31] failing the motion. I want to
[1:34:33] know what the concern is.
[1:34:35] >> So procedurally, in order
[1:34:37] to do that, we need to have a
[1:34:38] motion brought forward and
[1:34:40] seconded. Once that's done,
[1:34:42] we can discuss the motion.
[1:34:44] >> Are you asking for us
[1:34:47] to reintroduce the motion?
[1:34:49] >> Yes.
[1:34:52] >> Okay. Is there a motion
[1:34:54] for this item?
[1:34:56] >> Move.
[1:34:59] >> There is a motion
[1:35:01] to approve for Mr. Hornsby. Is
[1:35:03] there a second?
[1:35:04] >> I'll second it.
[1:35:06] >> Dr. Morrison seconds. Is
[1:35:07] there any discussion?
[1:35:13] >> So I understand it's new.
[1:35:16] It's different. I just need
[1:35:18] more discussion about it.
[1:35:22] >> Can we impose on Dr.
[1:35:27] Ashley?
[1:35:33] >> Yes.
[1:35:34] >> We do appreciate these
[1:35:35] questions. And when the
[1:35:39] question was asked
[1:35:40] at the work session,
[1:35:42] we imposed on the Trinity
[1:35:44] River Campus leadership
[1:35:46] to do the due diligence
[1:35:48] in reporting out. Dr. Ashley,
[1:35:51] what did you learn?
[1:35:52] >> Wayne Ashley, Vice
[1:35:55] President for Academic affairs
[1:35:56] at the trendy River Campus. I
[1:35:58] reached out through my
[1:36:00] educational partnerships
[1:36:01] director to talk to Anthony
[1:36:03] Edwards at Responsive Ed, who
[1:36:04] responded
[1:36:06] with their protocol. They have
[1:36:07] a meop, which is just a
[1:36:09] standard operations procedure
[1:36:10] they have that follows in line
[1:36:12] with the Texas Education
[1:36:13] Agency House Bill 3 and another
[1:36:15] educational code. There's a
[1:36:20] council that sets forth safety
[1:36:23] and protocols. Also reached
[1:36:25] out to Captain Albritton
[1:36:27] on the campus, who is going
[1:36:29] to work with.
[1:36:31] Within the guidelines of the
[1:36:32] Responsive Ed agreement for
[1:36:34] their safety procedures and
[1:36:35] protocols,
[1:36:37] we have operated the tabs
[1:36:39] on campus very effectively.
[1:36:41] And so with his assurance,
[1:36:42] we would be working
[1:36:44] under that same guideline to
[1:36:46] keep the students protected and
[1:36:48] safe. And to reiterate there,
[1:36:50] this is the same model we're
[1:36:51] using
[1:36:53] at the existing campus right
[1:36:54] now for tabs and
[1:36:55] at every other campus.
[1:36:56] Which we can provide. I can
[1:36:58] provide that for you.
[1:37:01] >> Ms. Wood.
[1:37:02] >> When we spoke about this
[1:37:04] at the work session,
[1:37:05] I was told at that time that we
[1:37:06] would change the contract. And
[1:37:09] to my knowledge, the contract
[1:37:10] hasn't been changed. So I'm
[1:37:12] concerned that we're not.
[1:37:13] Well, let me just say this. I
[1:37:17] don't feel comfortable voting
[1:37:18] for something that doesn't
[1:37:20] comply
[1:37:21] with the federal court ruling,
[1:37:23] especially when it could
[1:37:24] jeopardize our federal funding.
[1:37:26] So I'm extremely concerned
[1:37:28] about that. So just want
[1:37:29] to throw that out there.
[1:37:33] >> Ms. Law?
[1:37:36] >> I think the question
[1:37:38] about safety, I mean,
[1:37:42] is a good one. And I guess, I
[1:37:43] mean, I'm hearing that the
[1:37:45] safety protocols for this
[1:37:47] program would be the same as
[1:37:48] what goes on for programs and
[1:37:51] other campuses. So if I'm
[1:37:53] understanding correctly,
[1:37:54] we will be bringing more
[1:37:55] students, minor students,
[1:37:57] to this campus
[1:37:58] under this program. So have
[1:38:00] there. Does that mean that
[1:38:02] we've hired additional security
[1:38:03] personnel because
[1:38:05] of that?
[1:38:08] >> No. There is no concern
[1:38:10] by the police department
[1:38:11] with regard
[1:38:13] to the safety protocols
[1:38:15] for this operation
[1:38:17] on the campus. The police
[1:38:18] department has no concerns
[1:38:20] with regard to Ms. Woods
[1:38:22] question about the contract.
[1:38:24] So the contract you're looking
[1:38:26] at is not the contract that
[1:38:27] will be executed. What I
[1:38:29] believe they've included is a
[1:38:31] template. But
[1:38:32] before this contract is. And
[1:38:34] you're not being asked
[1:38:36] to approve that contract,
[1:38:38] you're being asked
[1:38:39] to allow the college to
[1:38:41] negotiate a contract and
[1:38:43] execute a contract. So, the
[1:38:44] contract that is executed will
[1:38:47] not have that language that
[1:38:49] you're concerned about
[1:38:51] in the contract.
[1:38:53] >> Thank you
[1:38:58] for that clarification.
[1:39:00] >> Are there any other
[1:39:03] questions?
[1:39:06] >> So let me ask the
[1:39:08] Chancellor.
[1:39:11] >> Yes, ma' am.
[1:39:14] >> Is this coming to the board
[1:39:15] as a recommended item
[1:39:20] for approval?
[1:39:22] >> It is.
[1:39:23] >> Okay.
[1:39:27] >> We supported greatly. There
[1:39:28] was a lot
[1:39:30] of due diligence done even
[1:39:31] before considering this. And
[1:39:35] Dr. Madison, Pearson and others
[1:39:37] actually physically went
[1:39:39] to visit Lone Star Community
[1:39:43] College. Houston Community
[1:39:44] College did a lot of homework
[1:39:46] in advance to determine whether
[1:39:47] this was a worthwhile program
[1:39:50] for the students in
[1:39:53] this community. We know it's
[1:39:55] a new. It's a different kind
[1:39:56] of program. And we knew that
[1:39:59] individuals would struggle to
[1:40:02] embrace it because it's a
[1:40:08] change. What we learned from
[1:40:12] Lone Star and others that are
[1:40:17] implementing this program is
[1:40:22] that it's a big success
[1:40:24] in terms of the
[1:40:28] students completing their
[1:40:31] coursework quickly. It's a huge
[1:40:35] success in terms of House Bill
[1:40:38] 8 because they have a very high
[1:40:40] completion rate. And we
[1:40:41] recognized also that
[1:40:44] from the very beginning,
[1:40:45] there needs
[1:40:47] to be information given
[1:40:52] to the parents,
[1:40:55] to the students. This is not a
[1:41:01] program for every type
[1:41:08] of individual. It is really a
[1:41:09] program
[1:41:11] for someone that's focused,
[1:41:13] wants to get through and move
[1:41:16] on to the next pathway. So
[1:41:19] that's what we discovered
[1:41:22] in all the due diligence. We
[1:41:24] also met with the Sid
[1:41:27] Richardson foundation folks
[1:41:32] to get clarity from them as to
[1:41:35] why they thought it was a
[1:41:37] worthwhile investment
[1:41:40] on their part. And they said
[1:41:43] they did the due diligence.
[1:41:48] They found this organization to
[1:41:50] be extremely organized and
[1:41:52] responsible,
[1:41:54] and they were very impressed
[1:41:57] with the outcomes. So our goal
[1:41:59] back
[1:42:02] to being student centered,
[1:42:03] our goal was simply
[1:42:05] to provide a model for people
[1:42:09] in this community that they
[1:42:12] could choose from. They can
[1:42:14] still have the traditional
[1:42:17] models that are working and
[1:42:19] that are fine. This is
[1:42:21] something a little more
[1:42:23] innovative. And that was our
[1:42:24] rationale for bringing it to
[1:42:26] the board.
[1:42:30] >> I think what I am hearing,
[1:42:31] because I am hearing some
[1:42:33] concern
[1:42:34] about the safety protocols.
[1:42:36] Just if you could clarify this
[1:42:37] point, although you have
[1:42:39] differentiated the I school
[1:42:41] high model as being something
[1:42:47] new for TCC.
[1:42:49] >> Correct.
[1:42:51] >> The concept and practice of
[1:42:53] having resident early college
[1:42:57] high school students across the
[1:42:59] district and specifically
[1:43:03] at this campus through taps is
[1:43:06] not a new concept.
[1:43:07] >> Correct.
[1:43:09] >> So security protocols for
[1:43:11] this particular group would be
[1:43:13] consistent
[1:43:14] with what we already have
[1:43:16] in place
[1:43:17] across the district.
[1:43:18] >> Correct.
[1:43:19] >> Thank you.
[1:43:22] >> I also want to remind all
[1:43:23] of us that we've had college
[1:43:25] for kids since the 80s,
[1:43:27] and some of those children are
[1:43:31] as young as is six and seven
[1:43:34] years old,
[1:43:35] and they've been safe. We know
[1:43:37] who they are. We know to watch
[1:43:41] out for them. We have a good
[1:43:44] track record
[1:43:47] of that.
[1:43:49] >> I think College for kids,
[1:43:50] though, is a program
[1:43:52] in the summer, specifically
[1:43:53] for middle school students,
[1:43:54] primarily and elementary.
[1:43:59] >> Yeah, it is in the summer,
[1:44:01] and it is. We'd like
[1:44:02] to broaden, have more middle
[1:44:04] school, but it's really
[1:44:06] for the elementary.
[1:44:07] >> Okay, so for elementary. But
[1:44:10] that's a very specific program
[1:44:11] in the summer where they're
[1:44:12] very sequestered.
[1:44:16] >> Correct.
[1:44:17] >> Not necessarily. They're all
[1:44:18] over the campuses.
[1:44:20] >> Okay, let me restate that.
[1:44:21] >> We keep an eye on them.
[1:44:22] >> That is not.
[1:44:25] They are not integrating
[1:44:26] with older ages. Even though
[1:44:28] the early college high school
[1:44:29] that currently the students who
[1:44:31] are under 18 are integrating
[1:44:36] with college students that are
[1:44:38] over 18. My understanding is
[1:44:43] that they are supposed
[1:44:46] to be completely.
[1:44:48] With separate entrances, exits,
[1:44:49] and maybe that's my
[1:44:52] misunderstanding.
[1:44:54] >> For the tea classroom.
[1:44:56] For the K through 12. Their
[1:44:58] high school instruction.
[1:45:00] >> Yes.
[1:45:01] >> Just the high school
[1:45:03] instruction.
[1:45:04] >> Once you start the college
[1:45:06] coursework, then they integrate
[1:45:08] throughout the campus.
[1:45:09] >> So they're
[1:45:12] only separated based
[1:45:13] on the actual courses. So if
[1:45:15] they're receiving high school
[1:45:16] courses, they're separate. But
[1:45:18] if they're receiving college
[1:45:19] courses,
[1:45:20] even though you could have a
[1:45:21] 15 year old sitting with a 25
[1:45:22] year old,
[1:45:23] is that correct?
[1:45:24] >> Yes.
[1:45:25] >> We have that
[1:45:26] with dual credit as well. It's
[1:45:28] not just the early college high
[1:45:30] school. We have dual credit
[1:45:31] students that are integrated,
[1:45:32] not in large numbers,
[1:45:37] but we do have them
[1:45:38] in the same classes.
[1:45:39] >> Okay, so maybe this is
[1:45:40] raising a bigger question now
[1:45:41] around the safety and security.
[1:45:43] And I understand that there are
[1:45:44] protocols in place. Again, I
[1:45:45] still haven't seen them. I
[1:45:47] don't know if the other
[1:45:48] trustees have seen that or not.
[1:45:49] With an additional 400 students
[1:45:51] on this campus and no
[1:45:53] additional police officers to
[1:45:55] help monitor the safety and
[1:45:57] security
[1:45:59] of the minor children,
[1:46:01] I have a big concern about that
[1:46:03] and I'm being told that there
[1:46:04] is, that there are procedures
[1:46:07] in place. I've asked
[1:46:08] to see those procedures.
[1:46:13] >> Yep, we're happy
[1:46:14] to give them. So starting
[1:46:16] though with 50 and you have a
[1:46:18] chance to monitor it and
[1:46:20] increase staffing as needed,
[1:46:25] correct?
[1:46:27] >> Yes.
[1:46:31] >> Ms. Wood.
[1:46:33] >> This might be a question
[1:46:34] for the police department,
[1:46:35] but how many officers are on
[1:46:36] Trinity river campus
[1:46:38] at any given time
[1:46:40] during the school day? Does
[1:46:41] anyone know the answer
[1:46:42] to that?
[1:46:48] >> Before we answer that
[1:46:55] question, we'd like to go
[1:46:56] in closed session if we're
[1:46:57] going
[1:46:58] to have that discussion.
[1:47:03] >> Okay.
[1:47:04] >> Do we want to or have the
[1:47:06] ability to go into closed
[1:47:07] session now and come back
[1:47:08] out and go
[1:47:09] into closed session again?
[1:47:11] >> We do, but we'd have to go
[1:47:14] ahead and handle all closed
[1:47:16] session.
[1:47:18] >> We have other closed session
[1:47:19] information.
[1:47:22] >> So if we did that,
[1:47:23] we'd have to handle both of the
[1:47:25] closed session items because
[1:47:26] of the tech from a technical
[1:47:27] standpoint.
[1:47:31] >> Okay, so is that what you
[1:47:34] recommend that we do?
[1:47:37] >> Well, if you need that, if
[1:47:39] Ms. Woods needs that
[1:47:41] information in order to vote
[1:47:43] on this item, then yes,
[1:47:44] we need to go
[1:47:46] into closed session.
[1:47:47] >> Ms. Pritchett, would you
[1:47:48] like that information?
[1:47:49] >> I would love that
[1:47:50] information.
[1:47:52] The alternative is there a
[1:47:54] reason that we have to vote on
[1:47:56] this tonight and that we can be
[1:47:57] given this information and that
[1:47:59] we can address this again in
[1:48:00] August.
[1:48:05] >> Their plan is to start in
[1:48:06] August to have a fall cohort
[1:48:08] of students, this being the
[1:48:09] last board meeting that we
[1:48:12] could use to vote on it. If we
[1:48:14] don't, then we would have
[1:48:16] to communicate with. We
[1:48:18] couldn't work
[1:48:19] within their timeline
[1:48:20] to start this August or this
[1:48:21] Fall.
[1:48:24] >> So perhaps we have those
[1:48:25] questions answered
[1:48:26] in closed session.
[1:48:28] I'm good
[1:48:29] with that.
[1:48:30] >> I'm looking at you, Mr.
[1:48:32] Allen.
[1:48:36] >> So we have a motion that has
[1:48:37] been.
[1:48:38] >> Yeah, I mean, you've got a
[1:48:39] motion on the floor. You've got
[1:48:40] a second. You can call
[1:48:43] for a vote,
[1:48:45] but you do have a motion
[1:48:47] on the floor,
[1:48:48] and you do have a second.
[1:48:51] >> So we're discussing this
[1:48:55] motion. We're still
[1:48:57] in discussion. I am going to
[1:48:59] recommend that we table this
[1:49:01] motion until
[1:49:07] after the closed session, at
[1:49:10] which point we will untable the
[1:49:14] motion and it will be the first
[1:49:17] item
[1:49:18] of consideration upon return
[1:49:19] to regular session.
[1:49:23] >> Yes.
[1:49:24] >> Before we do, I just have
[1:49:25] two other questions unrelated
[1:49:27] to the safety and security. If
[1:49:28] I can ask those, or do I need
[1:49:31] to wait?
[1:49:32] >> I think we need to wait
[1:49:34] at this point.
[1:49:35] >> Okay, that's fine.
[1:49:36] >> Then we'll resume. We'll
[1:49:37] untable the motion
[1:49:39] to ask those questions. What I
[1:49:41] do ask the board
[1:49:43] to be thoughtful about
[1:49:44] during the closed session is
[1:49:46] to get all of your closed
[1:49:48] session type questions out
[1:49:49] during closed session because
[1:49:52] we will be unable to go
[1:49:54] through this exercise for
[1:49:55] technical reasons once we come
[1:49:58] out of closed session. That
[1:49:59] being said, is there a.
[1:50:05] >> Dr. Morrison, I'm looking
[1:50:07] at you. A privileged motion
[1:50:10] to table.
[1:50:15] >> Yes.
[1:50:17] >> Would you make that?
[1:50:18] >> Okay.
[1:50:19] >> Dr. Morrison moves
[1:50:20] to table. All those
[1:50:21] in favor say aye.
[1:50:22] >> Aye.
[1:50:23] >> Any opposed? We are going
[1:50:24] to table this motion and go
[1:50:26] into closed session. So let me
[1:50:28] read the important things as we
[1:50:30] go into closed session. The
[1:50:33] Board will conduct a closed
[1:50:34] meeting in order
[1:50:35] to discuss matters permitted
[1:50:37] by the following sections of
[1:50:38] Chapter 551 of the Texas
[1:50:40] Government Code. The Board may
[1:50:41] reconvene
[1:50:43] in open session and act
[1:50:45] on any item listed on the
[1:50:46] Executive Session Agenda
[1:50:49] in accordance with Chapter 551
[1:50:51] of the Texas Government Code.
[1:50:53] Moving into closed session.
[1:51:16] >>[CLOSED SESSION]
[2:46:31] >> The board will now reconvene
[2:46:32] in open session. I will
[2:46:36] entertain a motion
[2:46:40] to untable item 6k.
[2:46:44] >> Move.
[2:46:47] >> Dr. Morrison moves.
[2:46:48] >> Second.
[2:46:49] >> Ms. Wood seconds. All those
[2:46:50] in favor?
[2:46:51] >> Aye.
[2:46:53] >> Any opposed? Item 6k has
[2:46:56] been untabled.
[2:46:59] >> Do I have a motion
[2:47:03] to authorize the memorandum of
[2:47:05] understanding and lease
[2:47:06] agreement between Tarrant
[2:47:07] County College District and
[2:47:09] Responsive Ed Texas
[2:47:10] for the establishment
[2:47:12] of an iSchool high campus at
[2:47:14] Trinity river campus?
[2:47:16] >> So moved.
[2:47:19] >> Ms. Law, moved.
[2:47:22] >> Second.
[2:47:24] >> Mr. Hornsby, seconds. Is
[2:47:26] there any discussion? Hearing
[2:47:30] none. All those
[2:47:32] in favor say aye.
[2:47:33] >> Aye.
[2:47:35] >> Any opposed? We have one
[2:47:37] opposed. The motion carries.
[2:47:44] >> Item 6l. Authorize
[2:47:47] Execution of an Agreement
[2:47:48] with Assessment Technologies
[2:47:51] for Nursing Education
[2:47:52] Resources including
[2:47:53] Professional Development,
[2:47:55] High-Fidelity Simulation
[2:47:57] Training & NCLEX Preparation
[2:47:58] for 2-Years at a Per Year
[2:48:00] Cost Not to Exceed
[2:48:02] $1,245,100.00. Dr. Madison.
[2:48:08] >> Good afternoon. I'm Sean
[2:48:09] Madison. I'm president of the
[2:48:12] Trinity River Campus. Good
[2:48:14] afternoon. President Dickine,
[2:48:15] Chancellor LeBlanc and members
[2:48:17] of the Board of Trustees.
[2:48:18] On behalf of the Division of
[2:48:19] Nursing, I'm requesting your
[2:48:20] approval for the Chancellor
[2:48:22] to or her designee to enter
[2:48:23] into a two year agreement
[2:48:24] with Assessment Technologies
[2:48:26] Institute ATI. Excuse me. This
[2:48:27] agreement at the said amount
[2:48:29] would provide essential nursing
[2:48:32] educational resources including
[2:48:34] professional development, high
[2:48:35] fidelity simulation training
[2:48:37] and comprehensive support
[2:48:39] for the next generation NCLEX,
[2:48:41] which is the Nursing Licensure
[2:48:43] examination. We are also
[2:48:44] seeking the option
[2:48:45] to renew this agreement for up
[2:48:46] to three additional one year
[2:48:51] terms. This investment directly
[2:48:58] supports approximately 330
[2:49:00] nursing students annually,
[2:49:02] covering their entire five term
[2:49:04] program at an approximate cost
[2:49:07] of 3,500 per student. This
[2:49:10] agreement provides
[2:49:11] comprehensive coverage
[2:49:13] for current enrollment. This
[2:49:14] allocation also strategically
[2:49:16] accommodates natural student
[2:49:17] attrition and future program
[2:49:19] growth,
[2:49:21] leaving an additional balance
[2:49:22] within the $1,245,100 total to
[2:49:26] expand our student capacity as
[2:49:28] needed. Excuse me. Tarrant
[2:49:29] County College delivers high
[2:49:34] quality,
[2:49:36] affordable nursing education
[2:49:38] through its Texas Board of
[2:49:39] Nursing approved associate
[2:49:41] degree in Nursing, ADN and
[2:49:45] vocational nursing programs.
[2:49:46] The ADN program is also
[2:49:48] accredited by the
[2:49:50] Accreditation Commission for
[2:49:51] Education in Nursing, also
[2:49:53] known as ACEN. And our
[2:49:54] graduates consistently
[2:49:56] demonstrate readiness for NCLEX
[2:49:57] licensure and successful entry
[2:49:58] into the healthcare workforce.
[2:50:00] Aligning with its mission, the
[2:50:01] college has traditionally
[2:50:03] ensured that high need high
[2:50:04] stakes programs like nursing
[2:50:06] remain accessible and
[2:50:07] affordable. A key initiative is
[2:50:09] covering the cost of critical
[2:50:12] learning resources such as ATI
[2:50:13] software, effectively removing
[2:50:15] financial barriers and
[2:50:16] promoting student success.
[2:50:18] In our region, the Nursing
[2:50:21] division is a significant
[2:50:23] contributor
[2:50:27] to the healthcare workforce,
[2:50:29] enrolling nearly 1,000 students
[2:50:30] annually and generating over
[2:50:32] 5,000 course enrollments 92%
[2:50:34] from the ADN program.
[2:50:38] Annually, we award an average
[2:50:39] of 320 nursing degrees and
[2:50:41] certificates in high demand
[2:50:42] areas directly addressing local
[2:50:43] hospital and health care system
[2:50:45] needs. But why ati?
[2:50:46] Previously, our nursing program
[2:50:48] utilized three separate
[2:50:50] software platforms. ATI,
[2:50:53] Elsevier and Hearst, which led
[2:50:54] to significant challenges
[2:50:56] for both students and faculty.
[2:51:02] This fragmentation forced
[2:51:04] students
[2:51:06] to navigate multiple systems,
[2:51:09] diverting focus from core
[2:51:10] nursing content and resulted
[2:51:12] in inconsistencies in
[2:51:15] information and certainly
[2:51:17] question presentation. To
[2:51:21] enhance efficiency and the
[2:51:24] student experience, we
[2:51:27] initiated a competitive RFP
[2:51:28] process to identify a single
[2:51:30] primary platform. ATI was
[2:51:31] selected due to its
[2:51:33] comprehensive student centered
[2:51:34] approach. Its platform offers a
[2:51:35] full suite of tools including
[2:51:37] content mastery exams, case
[2:51:38] studies, NCLEX predictors,
[2:51:40] and live review sessions, all
[2:51:41] seamlessly embedded throughout
[2:51:43] our curriculum. Additionally,
[2:51:44] ATI provides robust support for
[2:51:47] faculty development and
[2:51:53] instructional design. Just a
[2:51:54] little bit about the success
[2:51:56] of our programs. Our recent
[2:51:59] performance metrics underscore
[2:52:01] the positive impact
[2:52:02] of our programs. The VN program
[2:52:04] achieved an outstanding 96.55%
[2:52:06] NCLEX PN pass rate,
[2:52:08] earning recognition from the
[2:52:09] Texas Board of Nursing. Our ATN
[2:52:11] program, which had the third
[2:52:14] largest number
[2:52:17] of first time test takers in
[2:52:19] Texas last year, posted an
[2:52:21] impressive 88.6% NCLEX RN pass
[2:52:23] rate. So in summary,
[2:52:26] the agreement with ATI, with
[2:52:29] full implementation beginning
[2:52:31] in fall 2025, represents our
[2:52:33] continued support and
[2:52:35] commitment
[2:52:37] to academic excellence. It will
[2:52:38] enhance NCLEX preparedness and
[2:52:39] certainly provide faculty and
[2:52:43] staff with a modern integrated
[2:52:46] platform focusing on improving
[2:52:48] student outcomes that in turn
[2:52:50] will strengthen the healthcare
[2:52:52] workforce across our region.
[2:52:53] Prepared for any questions?
[2:52:55] At least I think I'm prepared
[2:53:00] for any questions.
[2:53:05] >> Are there any questions for
[2:53:06] Dr. Madison?
[2:53:09] >> You had stated that
[2:53:10] currently there are three
[2:53:11] different programs that are
[2:53:13] being used. Is that correct?
[2:53:14] >> Yes.
[2:53:15] >> Okay. Somewhat competing,
[2:53:16] overlapping and with gaps
[2:53:17] in there. So this would address
[2:53:18] that?
[2:53:19] >> Yes, ma' am.
[2:53:20] >> Of the three programs that
[2:53:21] are currently in use,
[2:53:22] if you were to add those. The
[2:53:24] cost of those three together,
[2:53:25] do you have an approximate
[2:53:27] amount of what those costs?
[2:53:29] >> I do not have an approximate
[2:53:30] amount because they follow the
[2:53:32] students, so
[2:53:36] to speak.
[2:53:37] >> I don't know off the top
[2:53:40] of my head.
[2:53:56] >> I'm Pat Boudreau, the
[2:53:57] contracting compliance manager
[2:53:58] for IT,
[2:53:59] and I manage all the software
[2:54:00] for the district. So I pay all
[2:54:02] the different nursing program
[2:54:03] and it equals
[2:54:04] about the same.
[2:54:06] >> It's
[2:54:08] through every two cohorts. So
[2:54:09] we do. I'll be full disclosure.
[2:54:10] I am paying off those remaining
[2:54:11] programs as the cohorts
[2:54:12] graduate. But this will be
[2:54:14] about the same amount. Kind
[2:54:15] of washes the same.
[2:54:20] >> Thank you.
[2:54:21] >> I can get the exact figures
[2:54:22] if you need them.
[2:54:23] >> No, that's okay. This was
[2:54:24] very helpful.
[2:54:25] >> Thank you.
[2:54:34] >> Are there any other
[2:54:35] questions about bill paying,
[2:54:40] for example? Hearing none. Is
[2:54:45] there a motion
[2:54:46] to approve?
[2:54:47] >> Move.
[2:54:49] >> Ms. Pritchard, moved.
[2:54:50] >> Second.
[2:54:51] >> Second from Mr. Hornsby. Is
[2:54:52] there any discussion? Hearing
[2:54:53] none. All those
[2:54:54] in favor say aye.
[2:54:56] >> Aye.
[2:54:57] >> Any opposed? The motion
[2:54:58] carries. Thank you, Doctor.
[2:55:09] >> Item 6m. Authorize
[2:55:10] Execution of an Agreement and
[2:55:12] Order Schedule with Ad Astra
[2:55:13] Information Systems, LLC
[2:55:15] in the Amount up to
[2:55:16] $803,498.96 with the Option
[2:55:18] to Renew for Two (2)
[2:55:24] Additional Years. Mr.
[2:55:26] Jimenez.
[2:55:28] >> Good evening, President
[2:55:30] Dine, Chancellor LeBlanc and
[2:55:31] members of the board. My name
[2:55:32] is David Jimenez. I'm
[2:55:34] Associate Vice Chancellor for
[2:55:36] Enrollment and Academic
[2:55:38] Support Services. In this
[2:55:40] request,
[2:55:42] we are recommending that the
[2:55:45] Board of Trustees authorize the
[2:55:47] Chancellor or her designee
[2:55:49] to enter to enter into a
[2:55:50] comprehensive space management
[2:55:52] and academic scheduling
[2:55:54] agreement with Ad Astra
[2:55:57] Information Systems LLC. The
[2:55:58] three year contract. Three year
[2:56:01] agreement is for $803,498.96.
[2:56:03] The annual term period is a
[2:56:05] July 1st to June 30th term.
[2:56:06] You see
[2:56:08] on the memo the installments
[2:56:10] for each of those three years
[2:56:12] that total the 800 3,000.
[2:56:14] Purchasing a more comprehensive
[2:56:16] suite of subscriptions will
[2:56:18] enable TCC's academic and
[2:56:20] student support services
[2:56:23] departments to provide a one
[2:56:24] stop shop solution for course
[2:56:26] and classroom scheduling.
[2:56:27] Align our course offerings
[2:56:29] with student demand. Design
[2:56:32] multi term schedules allowing
[2:56:33] us to enable students
[2:56:34] to register for multiple
[2:56:36] semesters and multiple years.
[2:56:37] Plan for faculty hiring needs
[2:56:39] that align with forecasted
[2:56:40] academic program elements and
[2:56:41] course demand and enable our
[2:56:42] student degree pathways
[2:56:44] to be maintained and updated
[2:56:47] for data accuracy and more
[2:56:48] reliable course schedule
[2:56:49] recommendations. Everything
[2:56:51] within these subscriptions will
[2:56:52] enable us to help the students
[2:56:53] to persist
[2:56:54] through completion, help us
[2:56:56] with our House Bill 8 funding
[2:56:57] and help us with the completion
[2:56:58] numbers that we have
[2:57:00] within our college. The new and
[2:57:01] current subscriptions, the
[2:57:03] implementation cost and the
[2:57:04] annual cost rates are listed
[2:57:05] within the table
[2:57:07] within the memo. So you'll see
[2:57:08] the breakdown for each of the
[2:57:09] six subscriptions and the cost
[2:57:10] for each of the years. This
[2:57:11] particular agreement was
[2:57:12] handled through a space
[2:57:14] management and academic
[2:57:15] Scheduling Software Services
[2:57:17] RFP that we did back in
[2:57:19] April. There were a couple of
[2:57:20] vendors who submitted bids and
[2:57:22] Ad Astra was selected based
[2:57:23] on their value, based on the
[2:57:25] evaluation criteria and based
[2:57:27] on the cost that were submitted
[2:57:28] by the two vendors. And you'll
[2:57:35] see the two vendor information
[2:57:36] bids that were submitted
[2:57:37] in the memo as well. Open up
[2:57:38] the floor
[2:57:40] for any questions or.
[2:57:42] >> Are there any questions
[2:57:44] for Mr. Jimenez?
[2:57:49] >> Have they provided if we
[2:57:50] were to do the two additional
[2:57:51] year options,
[2:57:52] so years four and five, have
[2:57:54] they given you an indication
[2:57:56] of how much that would be?
[2:57:57] >> We do have that
[2:58:00] in the bid. We can provide it.
[2:58:01] >> Okay.
[2:58:03] >> There are optional years.
[2:58:04] Optional year four and five and
[2:58:05] that is included in the bid.
[2:58:06] So we have that. Happy
[2:58:07] to share.
[2:58:10] >> Thank you. I'm assuming that
[2:58:11] it's in the same range, each
[2:58:12] annual,
[2:58:14] perhaps slight increase
[2:58:15] for CPI.
[2:58:17] >> Good question. It is.
[2:58:18] There's an adjustment.
[2:58:21] >> Adjusted increase each year
[2:58:23] and so you see the progression
[2:58:25] and the adjustment within the
[2:58:26] fourth and the fifth year. So
[2:58:27] we have that for you.
[2:58:29] >> Thank you.
[2:58:30] >> Are there any other
[2:58:31] questions? Hearing none. Is
[2:58:34] there a motion
[2:58:35] to approve?
[2:58:36] >> Move.
[2:58:38] >> A motion for Ms. Wood? Is
[2:58:40] there a second?
[2:58:41] >> Second.
[2:58:42] >> Second from Ms. Pritchett?
[2:58:43] Is there any discussion?
[2:58:44] Hearing none. All those
[2:58:46] in favor say aye.
[2:58:47] >> Aye.
[2:58:48] >> Any opposed? The motion
[2:58:50] carries. Thank you, Mr.
[2:58:52] Jimenez.
[2:58:56] >> Item 6n. Authorize
[2:58:57] Execution of an Agreement
[2:58:59] with Tarrant County Tax
[2:59:00] Assessor-Collector's Office
[2:59:01] for Tax Collection Services
[2:59:03] for Tax Year 2025. The New
[2:59:04] Agreement will begin on
[2:59:06] October 1, 2025. Dr. Anglin.
[2:59:13] >> Thank you. President
[2:59:14] Deccan, Chancellor LeBlanc,
[2:59:15] trustees. Pam Anglin, Chief
[2:59:17] Financial Officer. The
[2:59:18] Tarrant County Tax Office and
[2:59:20] the Tax Assessor Collector
[2:59:21] collects Tarrant County
[2:59:23] College taxes each year. The
[2:59:26] existing three year agreement
[2:59:27] for collection
[2:59:29] of taxes expires September
[2:59:30] 30, 2025. The new three year
[2:59:32] agreement will increase
[2:59:33] collection rates
[2:59:35] from the existing agreement.
[2:59:37] The current rates have been
[2:59:40] in place eight years. So we
[2:59:42] have been eight years
[2:59:43] without an increase
[2:59:46] in the cost. Rates in the new
[2:59:47] agreement are as follows.
[2:59:49] $1.07 for parcels located
[2:59:51] within Tarrant County, $2
[2:59:52] for parcels located outside
[2:59:56] Tarrant county, and $2
[2:59:59] for PIDs, MUDs,
[3:00:05] BIDs and MMDS. The rate for
[3:00:11] 2024 collection was $0.98, and
[3:00:14] the increase is to $1.07 in
[3:00:16] 2025 for those parcels located
[3:00:18] within Tarrant County. As of
[3:00:21] May 17, we had approximately
[3:00:23] 1.9 million accounts
[3:00:25] to be collected. The tax office
[3:00:27] also provides us monthly
[3:00:29] reports, paid assessment rolls,
[3:00:31] delinquent assessment rolls,
[3:00:35] and current assessment rolls.
[3:00:44] So we're seeking your approval
[3:00:45] of a new three year agreement
[3:00:48] with the Tarrant County Tax
[3:00:49] Assessor Collector.
[3:00:59] >> Are there any questions
[3:01:00] for Dr. England?
[3:01:03] >> Yes. Just
[3:01:06] for discussion. I know we
[3:01:08] talked about this last time,
[3:01:09] that if we were
[3:01:10] to do our own collection,
[3:01:11] which we have that option
[3:01:13] to do,
[3:01:14] that it would cost more. What
[3:01:15] is that analysis and how much
[3:01:17] more would it cost us
[3:01:18] to do our own collection.
[3:01:19] >> Okay. I don't have an
[3:01:21] amount, but based
[3:01:23] on the number of accounts to
[3:01:25] collect and the dollar amount
[3:01:27] collected,
[3:01:29] I think we're saving money
[3:01:31] by using the Tarrant County
[3:01:34] Tax Assessor Collector and just
[3:01:36] paying our proportion.
[3:01:38] >> Are there any other
[3:01:40] questions? Is there a motion
[3:01:42] to approve?
[3:01:58] >> Move to approve.
[3:01:59] >> Ms. Wood approves. Is there
[3:02:02] a second?
[3:02:03] >> Second.
[3:02:04] >> Mr. Hornsby, seconds. All
[3:02:06] those in favor say aye.
[3:02:07] >> Aye.
[3:02:08] >> Any opposed? The motion
[3:02:10] carries. Thank you, Dr.
[3:02:13] Anglin.
[3:02:20] >> We have removed item 6o
[3:02:23] from the agenda. Do you want
[3:02:34] to do this first, though? We
[3:02:36] have to do this. We'll do this
[3:02:40] one. The board concluded its
[3:02:41] closed session, during which it
[3:02:43] discussed the proposed sale
[3:02:44] of college property pursuant
[3:02:45] to Texas Local Government
[3:02:47] Code Section 272.001. The item
[3:02:49] concerns the sale
[3:02:52] of approximately 6.120 acres
[3:02:53] of land located at the corner
[3:02:55] of Harwood road and Highway 26
[3:02:56] in North Richland Hills,
[3:02:59] Texas, on the Tarrant County
[3:03:00] College District Northeast
[3:03:02] campus. The proposed purchaser
[3:03:04] is Covington Brothers
[3:03:05] Property, LLC. And the
[3:03:08] negotiated sales price is
[3:03:10] $2,087,300, with proceeds
[3:03:11] to go to Fund 40.
[3:03:13] At this time,
[3:03:16] the board will consider action
[3:03:22] on this matter. I will now
[3:03:24] entertain a motion.
[3:03:26] >> I move to approve the sale
[3:03:29] of 6.120 acres of land located
[3:03:31] at the corner of Harwood and
[3:03:35] Highway 26 in North Rich
[3:03:37] Hills, Texas, on the Tarrant
[3:03:38] County College District
[3:03:40] Northeast Campus to Covington
[3:03:41] Brothers Property, LLC
[3:03:45] in the amount of $2,087,300 and
[3:03:49] to approve the execution
[3:03:51] of all documents necessary
[3:03:53] to complete this sale,
[3:03:54] with proceeds going to fund
[3:03:56] 40.
[3:03:59] >> There is a motion on the
[3:04:00] floor. Ms. Woods has made the
[3:04:02] motion. Is there a second?
[3:04:04] >> Second.
[3:04:07] >> Mr. Hornsby has seconded.
[3:04:08] Is there any discussion?
[3:04:10] Hearing none. All those
[3:04:12] in favor say aye.
[3:04:13] >> Aye.
[3:04:15] >> Any opposed? The motion
[3:04:16] carries.
[3:04:22] >> Item seven, the monthly
[3:04:23] financial report. Dr. Anglin.
[3:04:28] >> Thank you, President
[3:04:30] Dakim. We're going to look at
[3:04:32] our monthly financial report
[3:04:33] as of the end of May of 2025.
[3:04:34] You'll notice that our total
[3:04:36] revenues at the end of May,
[3:04:40] 395,389,616. And that is up
[3:04:43] 13.7 million from what it was
[3:04:45] at this time one year ago. And
[3:04:46] then our expenses at the end
[3:04:48] of May total 296,845,755. And
[3:04:50] that our expenses are up 9.5
[3:04:54] million from one year ago.
[3:04:57] Which means our revenue
[3:04:59] over expenses is running ahead
[3:05:01] of last year by $4.2 million.
[3:05:03] If we look at our detail
[3:05:05] on our revenue,
[3:05:08] you'll notice that our State
[3:05:11] appropriations at the end of
[3:05:13] May were 47.8 million. And we
[3:05:16] received our final
[3:05:21] appropriation payment in June
[3:05:25] from the state. And we will see
[3:05:27] a bump in our June payment
[3:05:28] of almost 2.5 million because
[3:05:38] of us surpassing the estimate
[3:05:47] on our performance outcomes.
[3:06:00] So we've done really well on
[3:06:01] our performance outcomes and
[3:06:03] that will also impact our state
[3:06:06] appropriations for next year.
[3:06:09] And we did see the numbers last
[3:06:11] night from the coordinating
[3:06:15] board and we should have 1.5
[3:06:17] million more in state
[3:06:19] appropriations next year than
[3:06:23] this year.
[3:06:24] Some very good news there. We
[3:06:27] also still are lacking our fast
[3:06:29] payments. They're expected in
[3:06:33] June also,
[3:06:35] but we've not received anything
[3:06:36] from the state yet
[3:06:38] on our fast payments
[3:06:40] from fall or spring. So there
[3:06:41] will be some additional money
[3:06:43] that will be coming in
[3:06:45] in there. Our tax revenue were
[3:06:47] at 97.6% of what we had
[3:06:50] projected as revenue and tax
[3:06:52] collections. So doing very well
[3:06:57] there. Our credit hour tuition,
[3:07:00] we've already surpassed our
[3:07:02] budget because our enrollment
[3:07:05] has exceeded what we projected.
[3:07:07] And then our non credit
[3:07:10] tuition, we've already exceeded
[3:07:14] our budget
[3:07:17] on the community service side.
[3:07:19] And I think we will hit our non
[3:07:23] credit funded projected amount
[3:07:25] by the end of August. Our
[3:07:27] interest income still lower
[3:07:29] than we had anticipated. And we
[3:07:31] think we will be a little bit
[3:07:33] shy of budget there. And then
[3:07:35] other income, we will most
[3:07:37] probably hit our projection
[3:07:38] there. So we're
[3:07:40] in really good shape overall
[3:07:43] with income. Then we'll look
[3:07:45] at our expenditures. I'll point
[3:07:49] out here that nine months
[3:07:53] through the end of May would be
[3:07:54] 75% of our budget. And so you
[3:07:56] can look at the percentages
[3:07:58] there and you'll see that we're
[3:07:59] doing well being in line
[3:08:00] with budgets. I would point out
[3:08:02] our staff benefits there and
[3:08:04] how close we are to that 75%
[3:08:07] mark and we will be right
[3:08:09] on target there. But all of our
[3:08:11] numbers are looking really
[3:08:14] well. Expenses total
[3:08:21] 296,845,755 or 9.5
[3:08:30] million ahead
[3:08:32] of where we were a year ago.
[3:08:34] And I'll be glad
[3:08:39] to answer any questions you
[3:08:41] have on the financials and
[3:08:44] at your seats there. You have a
[3:08:46] report that we have promised
[3:08:47] you on purchases between
[3:08:53] 100,000 and 250,000. We've
[3:08:55] promised you those once a
[3:08:56] quarter. So this would be
[3:08:58] March 1st through May and give
[3:09:00] you that to look at. And if you
[3:09:05] do have any questions there,
[3:09:10] we'll be glad
[3:09:12] to answer those.
[3:09:15] >> Dr. Anglin, I do have one
[3:09:17] question
[3:09:19] about the expenditures.
[3:09:23] There are just a couple
[3:09:24] of lines that are pretty far
[3:09:26] off of the 75% target in terms
[3:09:27] of money spent, namely the
[3:09:29] learning resources and the
[3:09:31] extension and public service.
[3:09:33] Do you have any rationale
[3:09:36] for why
[3:09:39] those have not yet been
[3:09:40] expended?
[3:09:41] >> On our learning resources,
[3:09:44] those are our libraries. We're
[3:09:47] I think not quite fully staffed
[3:09:48] there and have not spent a lot
[3:09:52] of our budget there. It's the
[3:09:57] learning commons, so it's the
[3:09:59] libraries, tutoring,
[3:10:01] other areas like that.
[3:10:02] >> Not being fully staffed. Has
[3:10:07] that created any issues?
[3:10:09] >> I think I can ask Dr.
[3:10:15] Pearson to address that.
[3:10:16] On staffing in the learning
[3:10:19] commons, it's just kind it's
[3:10:22] just kind of that perpetual.
[3:10:24] >> So tutors
[3:10:26] coming in, tutors going out.
[3:10:28] Our supplemental instructors
[3:10:29] are generally students and so
[3:10:31] they kind of cycle
[3:10:32] in and cycle out. And we
[3:10:37] haven't had as many this year
[3:10:39] as we've had in the past.
[3:10:40] But we're actively trying
[3:10:41] to get them in the door and
[3:10:42] have full staff.
[3:10:43] >> Has that created problems
[3:10:44] though
[3:10:45] from a tutoring standpoint? Is
[3:10:46] there a pent up demand
[3:10:47] for tutors?
[3:10:49] >> No.
[3:10:50] >> Okay, so that could be...
[3:10:51] >> Not that I'm aware of...
[3:10:52] >> I should say. So that could
[3:10:54] be a potential area to review
[3:10:55] what fully staffed should look
[3:10:57] like.
[3:10:58] >> Sure, yeah. And we are
[3:10:59] actually when I met with the
[3:11:01] presidents and other cabinet
[3:11:02] members, we agreed
[3:11:04] to do a number of things. One
[3:11:05] is to review the hours
[3:11:09] of operation for
[3:11:11] those areas. We probably
[3:11:13] need to expand on that based
[3:11:14] on surveys from the students.
[3:11:16] But those are all staffing
[3:11:17] models that take a little bit
[3:11:19] longer than we would like.
[3:11:21] But absolutely we need to look
[3:11:23] at that.
[3:11:28] >> I would say that that's also
[3:11:32] a reason that it is under that
[3:11:35] mark is that we have been
[3:11:37] holding off on some of the
[3:11:39] positions because we are
[3:11:41] reviewing to see what's needed,
[3:11:43] where and what type of
[3:11:45] model we want to pursue
[3:11:46] going forward.
[3:11:48] >> Are there any other
[3:11:52] questions?
[3:11:54] >> I can address
[3:11:57] the extension and public
[3:11:59] service that is our corporate
[3:12:01] solutions is included there and
[3:12:02] our non funded continuing
[3:12:04] education and there is a
[3:12:06] renewed focus
[3:12:08] on building our workload
[3:12:12] in corporate solutions.
[3:12:25] >> If there are no other
[3:12:26] questions. Item 7B, the monthly
[3:12:28] investment report.
[3:12:29] >> In this report will be our
[3:12:34] investment as of the end of
[3:12:37] April. We run a month,
[3:12:39] always actually two months
[3:12:40] from board meeting behind.
[3:12:44] But we'll look at our yield.
[3:12:49] And as of the end of April, our
[3:12:53] core portfolio had an average
[3:12:54] 4.14% return. Our pools 4.43%
[3:13:02] and our weighted average total
[3:13:06] portfolio 4.33%. Our total
[3:13:11] earnings were 4,342,185 and our
[3:13:12] accrued interest
[3:13:14] for the month 3,625,364. And
[3:13:18] then when we look down
[3:13:23] at our book value, I noticed
[3:13:27] earlier that I've included the
[3:13:29] market value. Our book value is
[3:13:32] 1,186,517,276.
[3:13:36] But our market value, our
[3:13:39] general obligation bond series
[3:13:41] 2022 portfolio, we have
[3:13:44] 320,974,269. And as we
[3:13:47] continue our work on the
[3:13:51] Northwest campus and the
[3:13:53] southeast campus,
[3:13:57] we're spending that money
[3:14:03] down pretty quickly. A lot
[3:14:07] of money going into finishing
[3:14:09] out those buildings and the
[3:14:13] renovation on the campuses.
[3:14:16] And Then core portfolio,
[3:14:19] 363,425,249. The core
[3:14:21] portfolio, portfolio liquidity
[3:14:23] buffer, 53,472,886. Our
[3:14:26] investment pools are
[3:14:27] 467,019,245. And our total
[3:14:29] portfolio market
[3:14:30] value is 1,222,987.59. Then
[3:14:31] the breakdown by sector,
[3:14:38] the distribution
[3:14:42] of our funds, 29% of it is in
[3:14:45] U.S. treasuries, 40%
[3:14:48] in investment pools. Corporate
[3:14:50] bonds are 9.5%.
[3:14:53] In federal agency securities,
[3:14:55] 5.5%. Cash and equivalents,
[3:14:57] 13% and other, 2.45%. So that
[3:15:00] is our investment report
[3:15:02] for the month of April.
[3:15:05] >> Are there any questions
[3:15:09] about the investment report?
[3:15:13] Thank you, Dr. Anglin.
[3:15:14] >> Thank you.
[3:15:20] >> Oh, Ms. Locke.
[3:15:24] >> It's in a money
[3:15:26] market.
[3:15:44] >> Thank you, Dr. Anglin.
[3:15:46] Chancellor LeBlanc.
[3:15:52] >> Over here. So thank you. I
[3:15:53] have a special Chancellor's
[3:15:56] report, efforts
[3:15:58] to support victims of human
[3:16:00] trafficking and promote
[3:16:05] community education. So I'm
[3:16:06] asking Dr. Pearson
[3:16:08] to give that report. You have
[3:16:10] the executive summary
[3:16:11] in your packet that you
[3:16:15] received on Friday?
[3:16:19] >> Yes, we do have that.
[3:16:21] >> Making sure. So, Shelly
[3:16:22] Pearson, Vice Chancellor and
[3:16:24] Provost. I'm happy to join and
[3:16:26] give a brief overview of some
[3:16:29] of the work that we've been
[3:16:30] doing around the human
[3:16:32] trafficking and education
[3:16:35] program and efforts. So what
[3:16:38] you have is an executive
[3:16:39] summary document. So we did
[3:16:40] have an event in April. We had
[3:16:41] a breakfast, and thank you
[3:16:42] for Trustee Pritchett
[3:16:43] for supporting that with us.
[3:16:45] There's some great pictures,
[3:16:47] and we talked about it
[3:16:48] previously where we had
[3:16:49] community members, we had our
[3:16:51] presidents, vice presidents,
[3:16:52] some of our district staff come
[3:16:54] together and have discussions
[3:16:55] with survivors and again,
[3:16:58] other community partners
[3:16:59] on essentially where we
[3:17:04] as a college and some of the
[3:17:06] things that we could be doing
[3:17:07] and potential future plans. So
[3:17:10] I know that our student affairs
[3:17:14] folks are very active
[3:17:15] on the communities. I'm sorry,
[3:17:19] on the campuses. So one of the
[3:17:21] first things we did was go back
[3:17:23] and let's look and see, you
[3:17:25] know, what are we doing. And so
[3:17:26] that's where this executive
[3:17:27] summary came about. Our vice
[3:17:28] presidents for student affairs
[3:17:31] along
[3:17:32] with our district director
[3:17:33] for Student affairs compiled
[3:17:35] some of the work that we're
[3:17:36] already doing. So I just wanted
[3:17:38] to hit a few
[3:17:40] of the highlights. We have been
[3:17:41] really involved
[3:17:44] with this work actually since
[3:17:45] 2020 building those
[3:17:47] comprehensive campus wide
[3:17:49] programming. You'll see some
[3:17:51] of the activities with the
[3:17:56] January as the National
[3:17:57] Awareness Month. You'll see
[3:18:00] some
[3:18:02] of the activities appearing
[3:18:03] on the campuses during January
[3:18:05] a little bit into February.
[3:18:07] Table events, information
[3:18:09] sessions, panel discussions.
[3:18:10] So there. And as the picture
[3:18:12] shows, there's a couple
[3:18:14] of always happening tables
[3:18:16] with this type
[3:18:17] of information. So I also
[3:18:19] wanted to highlight some
[3:18:20] of the materials that you see.
[3:18:23] Those are materials that are
[3:18:24] used out with our different
[3:18:26] events as well. So we do have a
[3:18:28] robust ongoing program. What
[3:18:30] I'm excited
[3:18:31] about and actually this is kind
[3:18:33] of fortuitous, the grant gods
[3:18:35] and our fabulous grant team
[3:18:37] found a. Well, not found
[3:18:42] but recently in May there was a
[3:18:45] announcement for the U.S.
[3:18:48] department of Justice Office
[3:18:51] on Violence Against Women
[3:18:53] Federal grant. So they gave a
[3:18:56] an RFP essentially. And so we
[3:18:58] have all
[3:19:00] of this documentation. So we
[3:19:07] were really poised
[3:19:09] to have that ability to put
[3:19:10] forward a strong application.
[3:19:12] And what this does is it awards
[3:19:14] between 500 and 700,000
[3:19:16] over three years. It's designed
[3:19:17] to bolster supports
[3:19:19] for students. Also training.
[3:19:20] We've talked a lot about trauma
[3:19:23] centered training and really
[3:19:27] working
[3:19:31] with our staff that work
[3:19:33] with students
[3:19:34] to identify some. So this grant
[3:19:36] would be useful for that. So we
[3:19:37] hope to. Well, it's due next
[3:19:39] week I believe and we should
[3:19:41] know by October. So very
[3:19:44] excited that that just kind
[3:19:46] of came
[3:19:48] along right as we were looking
[3:19:49] at what we were planning to do
[3:19:51] for the next phase
[3:19:53] of this program. We also want
[3:19:54] to address back to the
[3:19:56] education and the programming
[3:19:57] piece. This grants more
[3:19:59] supports. And so our next phase
[3:20:00] on the other part is looking
[3:20:02] at what type
[3:20:04] of programming and how we go
[3:20:05] about the Education Pathways
[3:20:07] piece. So that's what I have.
[3:20:13] >> Can I make a comment? When
[3:20:19] you have these events, would
[3:20:21] you mind sending us a memo so
[3:20:23] that if we're able we could
[3:20:24] come to some
[3:20:26] of those events?
[3:20:27] >> Sure.
[3:20:28] >> Thank you.
[3:20:31] >> Very nice. Thank you, Dr.
[3:20:33] Pearson. We continuously have
[3:20:35] events for our students and the
[3:20:38] community. This is one example
[3:20:39] of many. On any given day
[3:20:43] there's always something going
[3:20:48] on on every campus. And you see
[3:20:53] in your packets I'm always
[3:20:57] including activities and campus
[3:20:59] accolades. And that's just a
[3:21:02] snapshot picture of all the
[3:21:04] things that are taking place
[3:21:06] on the campuses. So if the
[3:21:09] presidents and vice presidents
[3:21:12] look a little fatigued.
[3:21:14] They're busy people.
[3:21:16] Constantly having
[3:21:20] events and finding ways
[3:21:23] to serve the students. Yes.
[3:21:25] >> Thank you very much
[3:21:28] for that executive summary.
[3:21:29] Sounds like some great work
[3:21:31] that has been done and
[3:21:33] continues to be done. And so I
[3:21:34] look forward to hearing more
[3:21:36] about the programmatic aspect
[3:21:39] of the educational pathway. So
[3:21:40] thank you very much
[3:21:42] for the work that you're
[3:21:43] putting into this.
[3:21:45] Very meaningful.
[3:21:48] >> We appreciate the board's
[3:21:49] support. Trustee Pritchett,
[3:21:52] thank you for the support
[3:21:53] on this endeavor. Very good.
[3:21:55] >> This is a friendly
[3:21:59] reminder that there is a budget
[3:22:01] workshop on August 7. We do not
[3:22:03] have a board meeting in July,
[3:22:07] but we have many opportunities
[3:22:08] in August to make up for the
[3:22:14] fact that you're not meeting
[3:22:16] in July. And the first
[3:22:19] opportunity is August 7th
[3:22:21] budget workshop. So everybody's
[3:22:24] working diligently to bring up
[3:22:25] to date information for you
[3:22:29] to make some decisions at the
[3:22:31] August board meeting. We have
[3:22:34] quite a bit going on there and
[3:22:39] basically you can see that
[3:22:41] people are very busy and our
[3:22:45] students are doing amazing. So
[3:22:49] thank each and every one
[3:22:50] of you for your support.
[3:22:55] >> Thank you, Dr. LeBlanc. We
[3:22:56] have no additional action items
[3:22:57] on closed session items, unless
[3:23:02] there are any announcements or
[3:23:04] further discussion,
[3:23:05] we will adjourn this meeting
[3:23:06] at 9:14 and we'll see everyone
[3:23:08] in August.