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INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. BEFORE WE CONTINUE, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TO TO OFFER TO MICHAEL MIKE PATTON ON THE ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND EVERY EMPLOYEE IN V ISD AND THE BOYS. OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES ON THE LOSS OF THEIR MOTHER AND THEIR WIFE. PLEASE KEEP MIKE IN HAYS AND RICK'S IN YOUR PRAYERS AS THEY GO THROUGH THIS TRYING TIME. THANK YOU. THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING, AND THAT NOTICE OF THE MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN THE TIME AND MANNER REQUIRED, AND THAT THERE IS A QUORUM PRESENT. WE NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR, PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND OPEN FORUM. WE WILL BEGIN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF OUR MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.007. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD SINCE THIS IS A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOARD POLICY BED LOCAL TOPICS ARE LIMITED TO ITEMS ON THE POSTED AGENDA. BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE OF THE PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES. ALL SPEAKERS MUST BE REGISTERED PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN ORDER THAT THEY SIGNED UP. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOUR TOPIC, WHICH TOPIC YOU ARE ADDRESSING. EACH SPEAKER IS ALLOTTED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. A TIMER WILL BE VISIBLE. PLEASE CONCLUDE YOUR REMARKS WHEN THE TIMER SOUNDS. PLEASE NOTE THAT TEXAS LAW PROHIBITS THE BOARD FROM DELIBERATING ON TAKING ACTION ON ANY ISSUE RAISED DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. IF APPROPRIATE, THE BOARD MAY DIRECT THE ADMINISTRATION TO INVESTIGATE OR PLACE THE ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA. WE ASK THAT ALL COMMENTS REMAIN RESPECTFUL AND WE DO NOT PERMIT COMPLAINTS DIRECTED AT SPECIFIC STUDENTS OR INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT PERSONNEL IN THIS PUBLIC FORUM. IF WITHIN YOUR COMMENTS YOU INCLUDE COMPLAINTS OR CHARGES AGAINST A V ISD EMPLOYEE, YOU WILL BE STOPPED BY THIS CHAIR IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOARD POLICY B E LOCAL. PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE. AND TONIGHT WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS. THE FIRST IS MR. JOHN SWANSON. GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE Y'ALL AND TO SUPPORT YOU IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING. YOU'VE GOT A BUDGET. IT ISN'T PERFECT. NOTHING EVER IS. IT'S HUMANLY DONE. BUT IT IS PRETTY DARN GOOD. AND I USE IT TO I PREFER TO DEAL WITH NUMBERS BECAUSE I CAN UNDERSTAND THEM BETTER THAN ALL THE VERBIAGE. AND IT. IT TELLS ME WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE AND WHERE WE'RE FOCUSED ON TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. AND SO I'M, I'M INTERESTED IN THIS PARTICULAR MEETING MORE SO THAN MOST OF THE OTHER MEETINGS, WHICH COVER A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU GET POLITICAL GETS OUT OF MY JURISDICTION OF THE BUDGET, THE BUDGET IS. I UNDERSTAND. SO THE THING THAT I TRY TO KEEP FOCUSED IN MY HEAD THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO ME IS THE FOURTH AND EIGHTH GRADE READING, MATH AND WRITING SKILLS. I, I, THE BUDGET TELLS ME WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE TO MAKE THOSE GOALS HAPPEN. AND WE'RE ENABLING THE TIP OF THE SPEAR, THE TEACHERS TO MAKE THAT MAKE THAT HAPPEN. Y'ALL ARE DOING A DARN GOOD JOB OF IT, I THINK. AND YOU OUGHT TO BE. YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED THERE NOW. AND THAT'S MY POINT. AND I DO WANT TO TALK. WHEN WE GET TO THE BUDGET, WE'LL GET INTO MORE, MORE SPECIFIC THINGS ON, ON, ON THAT. BUT I'M ENCOURAGING YOU. YOU DID GOOD. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. I THINK IT REFLECTS A LOT OF TOUGH DECISIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE TO MAKE. IT'S NOT A SIMPLE, EASY, JUST RUN UP THE BILL. IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS WE'RE GOING TO BE THE CHEAPEST SCHOOL IN THE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE AND WE'VE GOT CHALLENGES, TOO. BUT YOU ALL ARE PROFESSIONALS, AND I THINK YOU ALL KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO KEEP SUPPORTING THE TIP OF THE SPEAR, THE TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM. THANK YOU. I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE. THANK YOU, MR. SWANSON. SECOND PERSON TO SPEAK TONIGHT WILL BE MR. MIKE SHOCKLEY. AFTERNOON. MIKE SHOCKLEY BEEN PAYING VISD PROPERTY TAXES SINCE 1976. UNLIKE THE LAST SPEAKER, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. IT'S IT'S THE BUDGET IS ANOTHER INCREASE ON TAXES HERE IN VICTORIA. LET ME REMIND EVERYBODY WE OUR TAXES JUST WENT UP. WE GOT SIGNED ON TO A
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30 OR 40 YEAR BOND DEBT BOND. EVERY PROPERTY TAX OWNER IN VICTORIA GOT SADDLED WITH THIS WHETHER THEY WANTED IT OR NOT. AND HERE, LO AND BEHOLD, THE BUDGET COMES UP. UP AGAIN. MORE TAXES. DIG INTO THE BACK POCKET AGAIN. AND, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO FIGURE OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE HAVING A TOUGH TIME AND Y'ALL. AND, AND THE SOLE FOCUS MAY BE FOR ALL THE KIDS AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THE KIDS AND ALL OF THAT. BUT LET ME REMIND YOU, IF THE PARENTS ARE BROKE, YOU'RE NOT DOING THE KIDS MUCH GOOD. AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A CONTINUING PROBLEM. AND IT JUST GETS WORSE. YOU KNOW, THERE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS GOT TO LIVE WITHIN A BUDGET. YOU GOT TO FIX STUFF WHEN THEY'RE BROKE. BUT IT IT APPEARS THAT THIS DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THE CASE ON THE EVERYDAY RUNNING OF THE V I, S D THE EVERYBODY ELSE WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA CUT BACK. YOU KNOW, YOU IT MAY BE $5, IT MAY BE 100, MAYBE 200. DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. THE PUBLIC HAS TO HAS TO LIVE WITHIN A BUDGET. AND IT'S QUITE OBVIOUS IF YOU'VE GOT TO RAISE TAXES AGAIN, Y'ALL ARE AS FAR AWAY FROM LIVING ON A BUDGET AS THERE IS. IT SOUNDS MORE LIKE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE. I'M NOT TRYING TO BE UGLY, BUT I'LL JUST CALL IT LIKE IT IS. AND THIS IS THIS IS HAPPENING EVERY SINGLE YEAR, THE LAST 25 YEARS, 30 YEARS. IT'S BEEN ONE THING RIGHT AFTER THE OTHER. AND NOW IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, IT'S ABSOLUTELY GONE TO AN EXTREME. AND I'M I'M NOT I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT ON TOP OF WHAT THE THE COUNTY AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THIS COUNTY JUST GOT SADDLED WITH THAT TO COME AND ASK AGAIN OR TO PROPOSE YOU UNANIMOUSLY LIKE THE LIKE THE BOND DEBT. IS PRETTY TOUGH, PRETTY HARD TO STOMACH. THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU, MR. SHOCKLEY. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC TESTIMONY, OPEN FORUM. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC MEETING. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PUBLIC MEETING IS TO DISCUSS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S PROPOSED BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE TO BE ADOPTED, MISS YATES. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT JONES. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT KOLEOSO. SO TONIGHT WE'RE LOOKING AT REVIEWING OUR BUDGETS AND PROPOSED BUDGETS AND TAX RATES AS A RESULT OF OUR SUMMER BUDGET WORKSHOPS. THE SUCCESSFUL MAY BOND ELECTION AND YOUR GUIDANCE. AND I DON'T THINK I GRABBED THE. FIRST. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT FUND 199, WHICH IS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. THAT'S OUR LARGEST BUCKET THAT PAYS MAINLY OUR PAYROLL. AND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS BUDGET, I'LL GO THROUGH WHEN YOU HAVE THE AT A GLANCE PAGE, THAT'S THE FIRST PORTION OF THE AT A GLANCE. AND THEN THE SECOND PAGE SHOULD BE THE 199 WITH ALL THE FUNCTIONS BROKEN DOWN, SINCE THAT'S HOW YOU APPROVE BUDGETS IS BY FUNCTION. SO THE REVENUES AND THE EXPENDITURES WE HAVE BALANCED FOR YOU TODAY $135,373,099. AS A REMINDER, THIS BUDGET IS NOT DETERMINED BY VISD. IT'S DETERMINED BY STATE FUNDING FORMULAS. SO IT'S LOOK, LOOKING AT DISTRICT CHARACTERISTICS, YOUR ENROLLMENT, YOUR ATTENDANCE OF STUDENTS. AND THAT'S HOW THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS ALLOWED TO BE GENERATED IS SET UP. THAT'S TRUE OF EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL ACROSS THE STATE. THERE'S ALSO SOME LOCAL REVENUE THAT ADDS ON TOP OF THAT BUCKET, SUCH AS PRE-K TUITION PROGRAM, INTEREST FROM OUR ACCOUNTS,
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RENTALS, GATE RECEIPTS, SO LOCAL REVENUE LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S HOW THAT NUMBER IS DETERMINED. AND THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE EVERYTHING FIT INTO THAT BUCKET FOR THE TAX RATE. IT'S 0.61. SIX NINE WHICH IS OUR MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE WAS JUST FINALIZED TODAY BY TEA. AND THAT HAS NOT CHANGED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. AND THAT IS BASED ON PROPERTY VALUES. SO IF PROPERTY VALUES INCREASE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE, THE TEA LOOKS AT IT AND THEN THEY WILL COMPRESS VALUES WHICH WE HAVE SEEN DONE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR EIGHT PENNIES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED IN PRIOR YEARS, ADDING TO 0.6969 FOR THE TAX RATE PER $100 OF TAXED APPRAISAL VALUE, NOT APPRAISAL VALUE. TAX VALUE, BECAUSE THERE'S HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS IN THERE. BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, THIS RATE HAS NOT INCREASED. WE'VE BEEN AT 0.6969. ON FUND 599. THIS IS OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND THIS IS THE MONEY THAT PAYS OUR DEBT. JUST LIKE A HOME MORTGAGE. THIS IS OUR BOND DEBT. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT SECTION TWO RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AT A GLANCE PAGE, PLUS THE BROKE OUT BUDGET BY FUNCTION FOR FUND FIVE NINE, NINE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES ARE BALANCED AT 18.5 MILLION A LITTLE OVER THAT. AND THOSE ARE OUR BOND DEBT PAYMENTS AND FEES THAT WE PAY. IN ORDER TO GENERATE THE TAX RATE. FOR THIS, IT'S 0.2211 WILL GENERATE 16 A LITTLE OVER 16.4 MILLION, WITH A LITTLE OVER 2 MILLION COMING FROM ASAHI FUNDING. THE ADDITIONAL STATE AID HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FUNDING. SO WITH THE HOMESTEAD. SO WE USED TO HAVE HOMESTEAD. COMPRESSION THAT ACTS NOT COMPRESSION, BUT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS THAT WERE AT 25000. THEN IT BUMPED UP TO 40 AND IT BUMPED UP TO A HUNDRED. IT BUMPED UP TO. NOW WE'RE AT 140. SO THE STATE OFFSETS PRIOR BOND PAYMENTS TO HELP LOCAL DISTRICTS TO PAY THE DIFFERENCE FROM THE COMPRESSION FROM THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. SO THAT'S WHERE THAT 2 MILLION COMES IN. SO WE ARE NOT UTILIZING NOT PROPOSING TO UTILIZE ANY OF FUND BALANCE. THIS YEAR. WE HAD USED EXPECT IT TO USE A JUST A COUPLE HUNDRED 000 IN PRIOR YEARS. SO WE COULD KEEP THE INS RATE DOWN FOR OUR HOMEOWNERS THIS YEAR. WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT WHAT'S MAKING THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS WE ALWAYS TRY TO RETAIN HALF OF OUR BOND PAYMENT IN CASE THERE ARE SLOW COLLECTIONS, IN CASE THERE'S AN EMERGENCY IN THE WORLD THAT THE COLLECTIONS DON'T COME IN. WE DON'T WANT TO BE DELINQUENT ON THAT PAYMENT. AND AS A NOTE FROM THE 23, 24 AND 2425 YEAR IN 2526, OUR INS TAX RATE ACTUALLY THREE YEARS HAS BEEN 0.1066. WE'VE HELD THAT RATE STEADY. THE DIFFERENCE HERE THIS YEAR IS MAKING UP THE THE NEW BOND DEBT. SO TOTAL WHEN YOU PUT THE TAX RATE DETERMINED BY TEA AND THE INS TAX RATE FOR THE BOND DEBT TOGETHER, IT GIVES US 0.9180 OF $100 OF ASSESSED TAXABLE PROPERTY. THE INCREASE HERE IS 0.1145 PER $100 OF TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR, AND THAT'S REFLECTIVE OF THE BOND THAT PASSED THIS PAST YEAR. FUNDS FOR 240 AND 242 THAT'S CHILD NUTRITION, AND THIS IS FEDERALLY FUNDED. THIS IS OUR REGULAR SCHOOL PROGRAM AND OUR SUMMER PROGRAM ADDED TOGETHER TO SHOW YOU THAT THEIR BUDGETS, BOTH REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES, ARE ALSO BALANCED AT 9.3, A LITTLE OVER 9.3 MILLION. ALL MEALS ARE FREE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY PROVISION, WHICH IS FEDERAL FUNDING. CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT? HOW MUCH WAS THAT LAST YEAR? THE CHILD NUTRITION, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT STAYS ABOUT THE SAME. IT IT WENT DOWN THIS YEAR AND IT'S BASED ON OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED,
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IDENTIFIED. SO REMEMBER, WE HAD A REDUCTION ACROSS OUR DISTRICT WITH PARENTS NOT RETURNING THE SURVEYS TO LET US KNOW THAT THEIR FAMILY WAS AT A LEVEL WHICH WOULD QUALIFY AS ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED. AND THAT HAS IMPACTED BOTH THE LOCAL 199 BUDGET. BUT IT'S ALSO IMPACTED THE 240, WHICH IS CHILD NUTRITION'S FEDERAL FUNDING. THANK YOU. SO BOTH BUDGETS HAVE GONE DOWN. IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, WE STARTED THIS YEAR FOR 199 AT 139, AND THAT HAS BEEN COMPRESSED TO 135. AND THEN IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY, CHILD NUTRITION WAS 9.7, IT SHOULD BE ON THAT PAGE. AND NOW WE'RE AT 9.3. WHEN WE LOOK IN THE HANDOUT REAL QUICK. IT WAS ACTUALLY 9.9 LAST YEAR, 10% DROP. SO OUR NEXT STEPS IS WE'RE LOOKING AT ADOPTING THE 2627 PROPOSED BUDGETS FOR GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE AND CHILD NUTRITION, AND ADOPTING THE 26 TAX RATE. AND NOW WE'RE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD FOR MISS YATES? IS THERE A PLAN THAT'S GOING TO BE GIVEN TO GET THOSE APPLICATIONS FROM PARENTS? IS THERE A STRATEGIC PLAN? YES, THAT IS ALREADY IN MOTION. OKAY. BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S A LOT. JUST YES, FOR PARENTS TO RETURN THE PAPER AND IT AND IT'S HELPING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND. SO THE, THE TRICKY PART IS THEY SEE THAT WE HAVE COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY PROVISION AND ALL MEALS ARE FREE. SO THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT THAT NOT HAVING THAT INFORMATION IMPACTS OUR, OUR DISTRICT, BOTH FOR TUTORING SERVICES, FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION FUNDING, BUT ALSO FOR CHILD NUTRITION FUNDING. THANK YOU MA'AM. I DON'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION, MICHELLE. WELL, I GUESS I DO. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT PROPERLY. YOU GUYS HAVE REDUCED THE BUDGET BASED ON SO FAR THIS YEAR'S CURRENT ENROLLMENT, WHICH IS THE PROJECTED ENROLLMENT, BECAUSE IT'S LOWER THAN WE ANTICIPATED. AND THAT'S WHERE THESE ADJUSTMENTS HAVE COME FROM. CORRECT. THAT IS PART OF PRESENTING A BALANCED BUDGET. YES. AND THE BUDGET HAS ACTUALLY DECREASED BY $4 MILLION VERSUS LAST YEAR. CORRECT? CORRECT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE ARE NOW MOVING INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THE MEETING. STATE LAW AND DISTRICT POLICY REQUIRES US TO CONDUCT AN ORDERLY MEETING. PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED, SCHEDULED AND ADVERTISED TO GATHER FEEDBACK ON THE EXACT MATTER. EACH SPEAKER IS IS NOT LIMITED TO TIME. HOWEVER, WE ASK THAT OUT OF COURTESY TO OTHER SPEAKERS, YOU LIMIT YOUR TIME TO 3 TO 5 MINUTES. A TIMER WILL BE VISIBLE. PLEASE CONCLUDE YOUR REMARKS WHEN THE WELL YOU DON'T. COMMENTS ARE STRICTLY LIMITED TO THE PUBLIC HEARING TOPICS. THE BOARD IS LEGALLY PROHIBITED FROM TAKING ACTION AT THIS TIME. SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE PROPER DECORUM AND REFRAIN FROM NAMING INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT STAFF OR STUDENTS IN A DEROGATORY MANNER. WHEN I PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE AS YOU SEE FIT. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC SESSION, MR. SWANSON? I OFFER YOU, IF YOU WANTED TO BE FIRST, MR. SHOCKLEY, I'M SORRY. NO. GO AHEAD. OKAY. THE THE PRIORITIES. I WANT TO CAUTION ONE THING ON THE. THE BOND WAS PASSED BY AN EXTRAORDINARILY SMALL NUMBER OF VOTERS. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE PROBLEM IS, BUT YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL OF GOING WITH A SMALL GROUP REPRESENTING THE. BECAUSE THAT MEANT. AND IT WAS PRETTY DARN CLOSE. SO YOU GOT TO BE. BE CAREFUL WITH THAT. BUT WE. IT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOND WAS APPROVED BY THE PEOPLE. AND Y'ALL TOOK IT ON YOURSELVES TO PRODUCE THE BEST RESULTS. USING THAT MONEY AND GETTING US THE BEST SCHOOL RESULTS. AM I ON THE CLOCK? NO. ARE. THANK YOU. SO GIVEN THAT THE THE. SO SO Y'ALL, I THINK, HAVE BEEN PRETTY RESPONSIBLE ABOUT TRYING TO MEET THE NEEDS THAT ARE REQUIRED. BUT BE CAREFUL BECAUSE YOUR PROFESSIONALS, YOU KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN OUR
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SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE NEED TO DO IT. BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE FEDS TELLING YOU STUFF TO DO. BE CAREFUL ABOUT. AND YOU KNOW THAT YOUR PROFESSIONAL. YOU, YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE CREATING ALL KINDS OF CHALLENGES FOR YOU. BUT GIVE Y'ALL CREDIT, Y'ALL STEP UP TO THAT CHALLENGE. AND, BUT SOMETIMES YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO POKE THEM IN THE EYE THERE TO GET THEIR ATTENTION. OKAY? BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT EDUCATING IMPORTANT PEOPLE, THE VICTORIOUS STUDENTS, OKAY. AND WE, WE NEED THEM. WE NEED TO DO A GOOD, AS GOOD A JOB AS, AS WE CAN GET AS GOOD AS RESULTS AS WE CAN. AND I GOT PRETTY GOOD CONFIDENCE THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING THAT. AND I DON'T WANT TO JUST BE POSITIVE ALL THE TIME. OKAY. I THERE'S A TIME AND PLACE FOR NEGATIVITY. THIS IS THE BIG PICTURE. THIS IS A RUBBER MEETING THE ROAD. I GOT ONE SPECIFIC QUESTION THAT HAS ALWAYS BOTHERED ME. OKAY. AND THAT IS THE SIBS PROGRAM, THE SOCIAL WORK SERVICES. AND I NOTICE THAT THE BUDGET IS DROPPING FOR THE SIBS. AND YET I HEAR THERE'S MORE SIBS, THERE'S MORE STUDENTS, MORE PROBLEMS. IT'S THE PROBLEMS AREN'T BEING SOLVED AND RESOLVED. IT'S NOT LIKE AS THE STUDENTS GET OLDER, THEY'RE GETTING LESS AND LESS. IT SEEMS TO COOK. AND SO I JUST ASK THE QUESTION THAT YOU ALL THINK YOU HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN IT AND IT REFLECTS YOUR PRIORITY. THE PRIORITY IS TO GO DOWN. MAYBE YOU'RE BEING OPTIMISTIC OR YOU'RE BEING POLLYANNAISH THAT, HEY, BAD KIDS ARE GOING TO WANT TO LEAVE THE DISTRICT. MAYBE. MAYBE NOT. OKAY, SO IS THERE. THE OTHER QUESTION I MIGHT ADDRESS I ASK YOU, IS THE STATE SHARE DROPPING TWO? WHY? WHY IS THE STATE SHARE DROPPING FROM 84 DOWN TO 79? THAT SEEMS TO BE RATHER EXCESSIVE FOR THE STATE. SO I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE GOTTEN TO SEE THE THE BUCKET ANALOGY. WHENEVER WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS, THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS, WE'VE HAD. SO. 199 OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION FUND, WHICH IS 80% PAYROLL. SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT, IT IS BASED ON YOUR DISTRICT CHARACTERISTICS. IT'S BASED ON STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND IT'S BASED ON STUDENT ATTENDANCE. SO THE STATE DETERMINES HOW LARGE THAT BUCKET SHOULD BE. THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGES IT IS IF YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT COME IN SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING ON TOP OF THE STATE, SUCH AS I SHARED EARLIER, LIKE ATHLETIC GATE RECEIPTS, PRE-K, TUITION INTEREST THAT'S RECEIVED ON YOUR ACCOUNT. SO THERE'S SMALL AMOUNTS THAT GET ADDED ON TOP OF THAT. BUT FOR THE MAJORITY OF THAT, IT'S BASED ON THE FORMULA SET IN STATE STATUTE. SO IF AS ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN DECREASING, YOU WILL CONTINUALLY SEE THAT DECREASING UNTIL WE PLATEAU OR SOMETHING HAPPENS IN VICTORIA AND WE HAVE AN INFLUX OF NEW STUDENTS THAT COME IN, THEN YOU WOULD SEE THAT INCREASE. OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW THE STATE'S GETTING BY WITH $5 MILLION LESS REDUCTION TO US. YEAH, YEAH, THAT AIN'T GOOD. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. WELL, WE HAVE WE HAVE ON THEIR OWN, THEIR OWN SHOW. WE HAVE WE HAVE LESS STUDENTS. SO AS YOU HAVE LESS STUDENTS, THEN YOU HAVE LESS IN THE FORMULA. YEAH. BUT THIS LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE TAKING AN INORDINATE AMOUNT BECAUSE THE LOCALS ARE BUMPED UP A TOUCH FROM 54 TO 55. SO I MEAN, WE'RE IT'S LIKE WE'RE COVERING FOR THE STATE. SO THE DIFFERENCE SO SO THINK ABOUT THE, THE BUCKET AGAIN. OKAY, SO AS YOU HAVE THE AMOUNT OF THE ENTIRE SORRY, I TALKED WITH MY HIM AS YOU HAVE THE ENTIRE BUCKET DETERMINED HOW MUCH FUNDING WE HAVE COMING IN LOCAL FILLS IT UP FIRST. AND THAT'S BASED ON PROPERTY VALUES. SO WE DON'T CONTROL PROPERTY VALUES. BUT THE STATE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE DOES OVERSEE THAT. AND SO AS THEY DETERMINE WHAT APPRAISAL VALUE SHOULD BE YEAH LOCAL MIGHT HAVE MORE. AND THEN THAT MEANS THE STATE'S GOING TO PAY A LITTLE BIT LESS BECAUSE THE BUCKET DOESN'T CHANGE. SO ON MOST ENTITIES LIKE THE CITY, THE COUNTY, WHEN THEIR BUDGETS ARE DECIDED, IF THEY HAVE MORE MONEY TAXED, MORE APPRAISAL COMES IN, THEY DO RECEIVE MORE MONEY. BUT FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHAT HAPPENS IS THE
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BUCKET SIZE IS THE SAME. IF LOCAL FILLS IT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE THEIR APPRAISALS ARE UP, THAT JUST MEANS THE STATE'S GOING TO PAY LESS. THE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WE DON'T SEE ANY EXTRA REVENUE COMING IN. SO WE ARE AN EXCEPTION TO THE OTHER CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS. AND THAT'S WHAT'S HARD TO GET EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND. DOESN'T SOUND FAIR, DOES IT? NO IT DOESN'T. THE STATE GETS AWAY WITH THAT BECAUSE IT PUTS A BURDEN ON ON US. OKAY. AND THE SEB'S IS GOING TO BE PRETTY STABLE. OR IS IT GOING UP OR GOING DOWN OR WHAT. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE SEB'S PROGRAM? IT SHOWS LESS IN THE BUDGET. WE'VE ACTUALLY REDUCED THE NUMBER OF FTES FOR SEB'S. OKAY ONE FTE BECAUSE WE CLOSED A CAMPUS. OKAY. AND WE ALSO RIGHTSIZED A COUPLE OF OTHER POSITIONS, FULL TIME EQUIVALENT FTE, FULL TIME EQUIVALENT, FULL TIME EQUIVALENT LIKE ONE PERSON, ONE PERSON. OKAY. AN EMPTY OKAY, GOOD. GOOD TO KNOW THE LANGUAGE. OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES MY, I WISH YOU ALL, ALL THE LUCK IN THE WORLD. I WANT THIS TO BE A SUCCESS. YOU ALL HAVE A OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN GRADUATION RATE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH TO KEEP THAT ONE GOING. BUT I THINK IF IT CAN BE DONE, YOU ALL ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THE OTHER SCORES, WHILE ACCEPTABLE, OFFER OPPORTUNITIES, I HOPE WE'RE AND I RELY ON YOUR PROFESSIONAL. IT'S NOT THE PROFESSIONALISM TO TEACH, NOT TO. NOT THAT WE'RE GOING TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM WITH MONEY. AND I'M GLAD YOU GOT THE TEACHERS SOMETHING OUT OF IT TOO. THEY'RE HELPFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MR. SWANSON. CAN I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME? THANK YOU. MR. SHOCKLEY. DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? ABSOLUTELY. AND I WAS GLAD TO HEAR HIS REFERENCE TO THE BOND. I THINK IT WAS, WHAT, 125 THAT IT PASSED BY IN THAT AREA? YES. THAT AIN'T NO MAJORITY. AND IF MAYBE THOSE VOTING MACHINES HADN'T BEEN PARKED IN BOTH HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES FOR, I THINK, THE FIRST TIME, AND I WONDER IF THERE'S A STAT ON HOW MANY ACTUAL VOTES THERE WERE IN THOSE MACHINES. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET TONIGHT. SO IF YOU COULD. OH, OKAY. MY BAD, MY BAD. THE 2627 PROPOSED BUDGET, THE LOCAL TAXES YOU SAID HAVE GONE FROM THE 7000 TO THE 16 OR THE 7 MILLION TO THE 16 MILLION. IS THAT ALL ON THE APPRAISED VALUES THAT SKYROCKETED ALL OVER THE COUNTY? THAT IS, ON THE CURRENT VALUES. YEAH. YEAH. WE WE CAN THANK CAD AND THE IT'S, IT'S AMAZING THAT THE STATE GIVES US IT GIVES US A LITTLE HAIR OF BREATHING ROOM IN THE WAY OF OUR HOMESTEAD GOING UP. LO AND BEHOLD, IT GETS SHOT AWAY AS SOON AS IT HITS BECAUSE PERSONALLY, MINE DOUBLED OR IT DIDN'T DOUBLE MY, MY APPRAISAL WENT UP CLOSE TO $100,000, AND I READ A LOT OF POSTS FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THIS WAS THE CASE WITH THEM. I REALIZE IT'S THE BUDGET. YES, SIR. AND WE. AND WE DON'T CONTROL THAT PART, SIR. NO, BUT THE CAD SURE. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. CATS GOT A FEW EXTRA TRUSTEES IN THERE ALSO IN IN THE IN ON THE CAD BOARD TOO, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. AND THERE'S THERE'S A PRIORITY THERE ISN'T THERE? AND WAS I CORRECT IN HEARING THAT THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS HAS DECREASED? IS THAT CORRECT? THE PLAN? YES, SIR. OKAY. THE THE PROJECTED ENROLLMENT. AND YET WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT INCREASE. WELL, THE BUDGET FOR THE OPERATING HAS DECREASED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT, SIR. THE THE INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE IS DUE TO THE BOND THAT PASSED. OKAY. I SAW THE AMOUNT ON THE ON ON THE FOOD SERVICE AND ALL OF THAT. THERE WAS AN INSTANCE IN THE SUMMER THAT I ASKED MY REPRESENTATIVE AND NEVER GOT A RESPONSE, THAT THE SCHOOL CAFETERIAS WERE OPENED UP AND THE VISD EMPLOYEES WERE USED. FORGIVE ME. AT MY AGE IT'S HARD TO REMEMBER, BUT THEY BASICALLY
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THEY WERE TAKEN CARE OF HANDOUTS OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT, I DON'T KNOW. AND AND I JUST QUESTION WHY IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER VISD EMPLOYEES ARE BEING PAID THAT THAT IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT WE ADMINISTER, SIR. OH, OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT THAT CLEARS THAT UP. THAT THAT GETS ME OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THAT ONE. OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S ALL I CAN THINK OF RIGHT NOW. I WISH I HAD MORE, BUT I DON'T. THANK YOU, MR. SHOCKLEY. MISS KEELING. A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOU DO. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON A BALANCED BUDGET. BUT A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS. WHAT IS OUR ANTICIPATED THIS BUDGET? AND THIS IS JUST ASSUMPTIONS THAT THE BUDGET IS BASED ON. WHAT IS THE ANTICIPATED TAX COLLECTION COLLECTION RATE THAT YOU ARE BASING THE BUDGET ON. AGAIN, IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE. I DON'T HAVE IT MEMORIZED. 96, 94, 9500. YES, WE'RE BASING ON 95%. AND LAST YEAR IT WAS SO NO DECREASE THERE IN ANTICIPATION OF INCREASED TAX RATE OR DIFFICULTY PAYING THE BILLS. OKAY. I, I DID CATCH IN THE LAST MEETING THAT YOU'RE LAGGING A LITTLE BIT IN THE ENROLLMENT YOU DISCUSSED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND THAT YOU'VE NOW LOWERED IT. WHAT IS THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT WITH THIS BUDGET IS BASED ON BASED ON 12,240. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THAT WAS IN OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP. AND IS THAT ALLOW FOR THE 200 SOME ODD. YOU'RE STILL SHORT OR AS OF AS OF TODAY, OUR ENROLLMENT IS 12,032. SO 12,032. THAT WAS THE QUESTION MISS MARSHALL ASKED IS THAT THAT THE ENROLLMENT PROJECTION HAS NOT BEEN DECREASED. IT'S FOR THE 200 SOME ODD. IT'S STILL AT 12,240. SO LAST YEAR WE. I THINK THAT WAS YOUR QUESTION I WAS SPEAKING ABOUT FROM OUR ORIGINAL ONE OF THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WORKSHOP, THE ORIGINAL PRESENTATION. SO IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, MICHELLE, THIS THAT IS DOWN FROM THE ORIGINAL FROM ENROLLMENT THAT WE WERE GIVEN, BUT NOT ACCOUNTING FOR THE 200 SOME ODD WE'RE STILL SHORT AT, WHICH IS EARLY. I MEAN, IT'S EARLY STILL. OKAY. WE ALWAYS ANTICIPATE THAT AFTER LABOR DAY AND WE ALWAYS HAVE IT. THOSE NUMBERS GO UP. SO WE ARE SHORT JUST ABOUT 200 STUDENTS. WE'LL SEE THAT GO UP A LITTLE BIT. WE ALSO HAVE TALKED ABOUT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD THE BUDGET BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY WE BUILT IT. ALSO, KNOWING THAT IF WE NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS DURING THE YEAR, WE WILL MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. AS WE'RE CLOSING OUT THIS CURRENT YEAR, WE ARE IN EXCESS BECAUSE WE DID CUT BACK AGAIN THIS YEAR. EXCESS. I THINK I'M GOING TO ASK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE. OKAY. AND BASED ON AN ATTENDANCE RATE OF 93%, AM I CORRECT THERE? YES. AND WE LANDED WITH 93.7 AT THE THIS PAST YEAR, THE BUDGET WAS BASED ON 94 THEN I BELIEVE. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT SHY OF PROJECTION THERE. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLL IS NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD? 15,000,000,016 BILLION GUYS. I'VE SEEN THE NUMBER. I DON'T HAVE IT MEMORIZED. I I'VE SEEN THE NUMBER. I DON'T HAVE IT MEMORIZED. I'M SORRY, BUT IT'S IN THAT BALLPARK. COULD YOU PLEASE ADD THAT TO THE WEBSITE OR MAKE IT AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING, AS WELL AS THE MIX OF THE TAX BASE THAT IS PERSONAL AND COMMERCIAL, AND WE'LL GET A CURRENT TAX ROLL ONCE AROUND. SO IF YOU COULD, PLEASE, SO THAT WE CAN TELL WHETHER OR NOT THE TAX BASE IS GROWING AND IN WHICH SECTOR OR PERSONAL OR COMMERCIAL, WHERE THE CHANGES ARE, THE SHIFTS OF THE TAX BASE CHANGES, ARE YOU ARE YOU ASKING THE TOTAL APPRAISED VALUE OF ALL PROPERTY? YEAH, IT'S $13.12 BILLION FOR VICTORIA, 13.12 BILLION. THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE THE SHEET HERE. YES, MA'AM. SORRY THAT THE BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE, THE QUICK DESCRIPTION. YES. THE ONE THAT WAS IN THE NEWSPAPER. OKAY. SO I DON'T HAVE THAT. AND IT'S NOT PART OF THIS MEETING FOR INFORMATION OUT THERE. SO AND TAMMY, I'LL TELL YOU THE PAD OFFICE, WHEN YOU GO INTO THEIR WEBSITE, THEY HAVE EVERYTHING BROKEN DOWN BY EACH SECTOR. THEY DO. I JUST, I MEAN, WHEN I COME TO A PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT THE TAX RATE AND THE TAX BASE THAT IS WITH THIS GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, IT'S NICE TO HAVE THE INFORMATION AND NOT HAVE TO GO DO MY HOMEWORK AND PULL IT FROM A BUNCH OF PLACES.
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NICE TO HAVE IT IN FRONT. SO THAT'S AN INCREASE OR A DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR IN THE TOTAL VALUE INCREASE. AND ANY IDEA OF HOW THE MIX IS RUNNING, IS IT LIKE 50, 50, 45, 60 OF THE TAX BASE PERSONAL VERSUS COMMERCIAL? I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IS THE NEW BUSINESS, PERSONAL EXEMPTIONS THAT AFFECT PROPERTY TAX. SO THAT'S WHY I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THE MIX OF THE TAX BASE IS. AND SO KIND OF CURIOUS THERE. OKAY. WOULD BE GREAT IF THAT COULD BE ADDED. JUST A COUPLE MORE IF YOU'LL INDULGE ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE LAST YEAR, YOU'RE ANTICIPATING THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO OWE THE STATE ANY MONEY. COME AUGUST 31ST. IF YOU BASE THE BUDGET ON, SAY, 12,000 AND YOU HAD 11,800 AND YOUR ATTENDANCE WAS JUST A LITTLE SHY, YOUR AVERAGE ADA, WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW THE STATE MONEY COME AUGUST 31ST. NO. OKAY, GREAT. THIS ONE, THESE LAST 2ND MAY BE A LITTLE OFF TOPIC, SO IF THEY ARE, PLEASE, PLEASE FORGIVE ME AND JUST TELL ME THAT THEY'RE NOT ON BUDGET. WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE UNFUNDED MANDATE IN THIS BUDGET? IS IT TRES CHER? IS IT SECURITY OR SOMETHING ELSE? I SEE A DROP IN IN THERE. SO SO ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE INCREASED IN THE LAST SESSION, SOME OF THE FUNDING FOR CAMPUSES, IT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH TO COVER ALL THE MANDATES. SO NUMBER ONE, DO YOU THINK UNFUNDED MANDATE IS FOR SECURITY. YES. AND KNOWING HOW MANY VOUCHERS WERE AWARDED IN THIS AREA, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE SOME ESTIMATE ABOUT WHAT THE LOSS IN REVENUE TO ANY STUDENTS WHO WOULD HAVE TAKEN A VOUCHER AND LOST AND LEFT. THE ISD IS WE'D LOVE TO KNOW THAT NUMBER. WHAT WE SAW WAS THERE WERE ABOUT 247 VOUCHERS ACCEPTED IN IN THE VICTORIA ISD BOUNDARIES. WHETHER THEY ACCEPTED THOSE OR DID NOT, WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY WERE ALREADY IN A PRIVATE SCHOOL OR NOT. WE DO NOT KNOW HOME SCHOOL OR NOT. WE DO NOT KNOW. SO WHAT WE DO KNOW IS OUR NUMBERS ARE ABOUT 200 STUDENTS SHY OF WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR. WE'RE HOPING SOME OF THOSE COME BACK AFTER LABOR DAY, WHICH WOULD OFFSET THAT ORIGINAL NUMBER THAT WAS THAT WAS PUBLISHED. BUT THERE IS NO WAY FOR ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHICH STUDENTS WENT TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND OR HOME SCHOOLS AND ACCEPTED A VOUCHER. NOT YET, NOT YET. I MEAN, WE KNOW WE KNOW ROUGH NUMBERS. WE DO. AND WE KNOW THAT THE STATE AVERAGE IS RUNNING THIS. 70% OF THE VOUCHERS ARE AWARDED WERE ALREADY IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS. SO YOU JUST TOOK THE WRONG NUMBER OF VOUCHERS AWARDED WITHIN THE CONFINES, AND YOU TOOK THAT BASIC ALLOTMENT, 5% OF THAT AS POTENTIALLY OR MAYBE LESS, YOU'D GET A BALLPARK OF WHAT YOU THOUGHT THE REVENUE LOSS MIGHT BE FOR VOUCHERS. AS A AS A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE. AND I THINK I THINK THERE WERE OVER A THOUSAND APPLICATIONS WITHIN THE VIC ENVIRONS AND OVER 558 VOUCHERS AWARDED. SO I'M WONDERING IF THE NUMBERS FROM ODD NUMBER IS NOT FROM ANOTHER. SO IF YOU LOOK AT JUST BASIC ALLOTMENT, NOT ANY WEIGHTED NO PROGRAMS. ET CETERA. AND TAKE THAT NUMBER, YOU'RE AT 1.5 MILLION. YEAH THAT'S WHAT I HAD. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON A BALANCED BUDGET AND BEST WISHES FOR A SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU, MISS KEELING. YES. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC MEETING, MR. BALDWIN? WELL, THANKS FOR HAVING ME UP HERE. BOARD SUPERINTENDENT. AND DIDN'T GET CAUGHT BY A TRAIN THIS TIME, WHICH IS GOOD. MY NAME IS BRETT BALDWIN, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, AND I WANTED TO ENCOURAGE YOU ON A COUPLE OF FRONTS. AS FAR AS THE BUDGET'S CONCERNED ON SOME AREAS THAT I FEEL ARE BE WOULD BE UTILIZED IN A GREAT WAY TO HELP OUR STUDENTS. THE FIRST ONE IS A MORE CTE ROBUST COURSE LIST. I FIND THAT A LOT OF THE MAIN INDUSTRIES THAT WE HAVE HERE ARE NOT FULLY SUPPORTED BY THE CTE, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE AND INCREASE OR SHIFT FUNDING, WHATEVER WAY IS BEST. NEXT, I WOULD ASK FOR YOU TO CONSIDER A HEALTH CARE PLAN THAT RAYMONDVILLE ISD HAS IMPLEMENTED, THAT I HAVE FOUND
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OVER THE YEARS, HAS TO BE ONE THAT WOULD HELP DECREASE SOME OF THE PREMIUM COSTS FOR THE ISD. EMPLOYEES. MAY NOT BE RIGHT, BUT AT LEAST LOOK AT IT. NEXT, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT COMPENSATION INCENTIVES ON A CAMPUS WIDE BASIS AND USE THE LONGVIEW ISD LIFT MODEL THAT THEY HAVE THAT REWARDS FOR CREDENTIALS, PERFORMANCES AND DISTINCTIONS OF CAMPUSES. NEXT, I'D ASK YOU, IF I MAY, MR. BALDWIN, TRYING TO GET IT DOWN. I'M SORRY. YOUR HEALTH CARE PLAN FROM WHICH RAYMONDVILLE ISD. OKAY. THANK YOU. SORRY. AND THAT LAST ONE WAS LONGVIEW ISD ON THEIR LIFT. THE NEXT ONE IS AN INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM, WHICH IS A FULLY DEVELOPED FOR STUDENTS COLLEGE READINESS AND INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED. AND ONE OF THE PREMIER ISDS THAT I THINK THAT WE COULD LOOK AT WOULD BE MCALLEN ISD. NEXT. STRENGTHEN OUR QUESTBRIDGE CONNECTION FOR V ISD AND THEIR HIGH ACHIEVING STUDENTS FOR THEIR FOUR YEAR FULL SCHOLARSHIP RIGHTS AND UNIVERSITIES. AND OF COURSE, LOOK AT WAYS TO HAVE SOME FUN, ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY MORE. AND I'VE GOT SOME IDEAS. BUT TONIGHT, MAYBE NOT THE BEST TIME TO DO THAT, BUT AT LEAST THINK ABOUT MAYBE HOW WE COULD FUND SOME OF THOSE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE MORE ENGAGING IN OUR COMMUNITIES FOR THE PTO LEVEL, PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION, PTA, ETC. LASTLY, I WANT TO COME BACK TO ONE OF THE THE FIRST ONES THAT I MENTIONED, AND THAT IS A MORE ROBUST CTE COURSES. IT WAS THIS PAST MARCH THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SEVERAL OTHER EDUCATORS PARTICIPATED IN A CITY HOSTED SUMMIT, WHICH CALLED WAS THE GROWING VICTORIA SUMMIT. AND I FEEL THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN REALLY, REALLY WORK WITH OUR MODERNIZATION OF STEM. THAT YOU'VE STATED, THE INCREASING INCREASING THE ACTIVITIES, THE OPPORTUNITIES, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE IN THE AVIATION GRANT AREA FOR K THROUGH 12 THAT STANDS OUT THERE. I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE OF THAT. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THAT WOULD BRING THIS. THE DIFFERENT EDUCATION ENTITIES TOGETHER WOULD FOLLOW UP GREATLY WITH WHAT THE PANEL HAD IN THEIR DISCUSSIONS. AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT KEEPING WITH WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE INTERNATIONALLY, AS WELL AS WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN AVIATION AND PARTICULARLY IN STEM. SO THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATIONS. I'D HAVE YOU LOOK AT THOSE AND AS YOU LOOK BACK AND SEE, AND BASED UPON SOME OF MY EXPERIENCES OVER THE YEARS, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. BALDWIN. ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? IF NOT, THIS CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC MEETING, SECTION FIVE. WE NOW MOVE ON TO SECTION SIX ACTION ITEMS ITEM A DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION TO ADOPT THE 2026 2027 BUDGET AND OH CHILD NUTRITION AND INS. WHERE'S MY. QUESTIONS? ARE YOU READY? IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS YATES OR OR OR MISS SUPERINTENDENT? ALL RIGHT. IF NOT, WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT THE 2026 2027 CHILD NUTRITION AND INS BUDGETS AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU, MISS MARSHALL. IS THERE A SECOND I SECOND? THANK YOU, MR. COSTELLO. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE FROM MISS MARSHALL, A SECOND BY MR. COSTELLO. ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSED? NONE. MOTION CARRIES. FIVE ZERO. ITEM B DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION TO ADOPT THE 2026 2027 TAX RATE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS YATES OR MISS SUPERINTENDENT? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME. MISS JONES. YES, MR. COSTELLO, PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 0.9180, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY AN 18.39% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE. THANK YOU, MR. COSTELLO. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, MISS NELSON. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE FROM MR. COSTELLO, A SECOND BY MISS NELSON. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. MOVING ON TO ACTION ITEM C, DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE THE 2025 2026 FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENTS. ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? IF NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FROM THE BOARD. MR. JONES. MR. COSTELLO, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENTS AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND, THANK YOU, MISS MARSHALL. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE BY MR. COSTELLO, A
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SECOND BY MISS MARSHALL. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. ITEM NUMBER D CONSENT AGENDA. ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS, ANYTHING FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE LIFTED OUT? IF NOT, THE BOARD WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME. MR. JONES MR. COSTELLO RECOMMEND THAT WE APPROVE THE 2026 2027 M OH, YOU KNOW, I'M READING THE WRONG ONE. SORRY. HERE IT IS. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. THANK YOU, MR. COSTELLO. IS THERE A SECOND, MISS BELL? THANK YOU. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE FROM MR. COSTELLO TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA. SECOND BY MISS BELL. IS THERE ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? IF NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. THAT CONCLUDES THE ACTION ITEMS. THERE IS NO NEED FOR A CLOSED MEETING TONIGHT. THEREFORE, OUR BUSINESS IS CONCLUDED AT THE TIME IS