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EVERYBODY HAD A GOOD FIRST DAY. LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN. EVERYBODY HAVE A GOOD FIRST DAY? [CHEERING] YES. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE BACK IN OPEN SESSION AT THIS TIME.
[D. Open Session – 7:00 p.m.]
IF YOU WOULD MR. ROGERS WOULD YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION?[E. Invocation]
HEAVENLY FATHER WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY. GREAT DAY TO BE BACK AT SCHOOL WITH OUR TEACHERS, STUDENTS, ADMINISTRATORS. JUST THANK YOU FOR THE DAY FATHER PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE WITH OUR CAMPUSES AS THEY GO THROUGHOUT THIS NEW YEAR AND WE JUST PRAY FOR THEM TO BE SAFE PLACES FOR THESE KIDS TO GO. WE PRAY FOR FOR SAFETY FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR STAFF. AND LORD, TODAY WE ASK YOU BE WITH THE YOUNG LADY WHO WAS IN THE ACCIDENT THIS AFTERNOON JUST PRAY FOR HER TO HAVE A COMPLETE RECOVERY AND BE BACK AT SCHOOL AS SOON AS SHE CAN. THANK YOU LORD FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS YOU PROVIDE US EACH AND EVERY DAY. IN YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG.[F. Pledge of Allegiance]
THANK YOU, YOU MAY BE SEATED. [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS[1. Region 17 Elementary Teacher of the Year]
RECOGNITION. AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO MS. EMILY SOLIS. THANK YOU MR. DRAPER AND THANK YOU TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF EXCITING DISTINCTIONS THAT WE GET TO CELEBRATE TONIGHT. AND THE FIRST ONE I'M GOING TO ASK SARA SIMPSON TO JOIN ME UP HERE. SARA SIMPSON IS A SECOND GRADE TEACHER AT OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY AND SHE IS OUR REGION 17 2020 ELEMENTARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR. THIS PAST MAY SHE WAS AWARDED THE FRENSHIP ISD ELEMENTARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR LANDING HER SPOT IN THE REGIONAL COMPETITION THAT SPANS ACROSS 60 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE SOUTH PLAINS. NOW AS THE REGION 17 2020 ELEMENTARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR SHE'LL BE IN THE RUNNING FOR THE TEXAS TEACHER OF THE YEAR ALONG WITH THE OTHER REGIONAL WINNERS. AND SARA HAD TO SAY WHEN SHE FOUND OUT THAT SHE WAS ONE OF OR THAT SHE RECEIVED THIS DISTINCTION. SHE SAID I LOVE BEING A TEACHER. IT COMPLETES WHO I AM AS A PERSON. I HONESTLY CANNOT THINK OF ANYTHING I WOULD RATHER DO AND TO RECEIVE RECOGNITION FOR DOING WHAT I LOVE IS BOTH AN HONOR AND HUMBLING. AND IF YOU ALL HAVE BEEN AROUND SARA ANY TIME AT ALL YOU CAN TELL THAT SHE LIGHTS UP A ROOM. SO HELP ME AS WE HONOR HER EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE IN SERVICE IN THE CLASSROOM.[APPLAUSE] DO YOU WANT TO TELL US WHO YOU HAVE HERE TONIGHT? I HAVE HEATH SIMPSON, MR. SIMPSON. HE'S GOING TO WALK WITH ME IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? [INAUDIBLE] MR. SIMPSON YOU HAVE TRULY OUT KICKED YOUR COVERAGE ON THIS ONE. [LAUGHTER] THE NEXT HONOR THAT WE GET TO
[2. 2019 Honor School Board]
CELEBRATE TONIGHT. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO THIS. IF THEY ALL COME BACK HERE BEHIND ME. IT'S OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES. SO AND WE HAVE THAT TEXAS HONOR BOARD THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS OR TASA IDENTIFIES WHAT THEY CALL HONOR BOARDS EACH SCHOOL YEAR. AND I LOOKED AT TODAY THE FACTS OF HOW LONG THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS AND IT'S SINCE 1971. SO FORTY EIGHT YEARS OF RECOGNIZING SCHOOL BOARDS ACROSS THE STATE. AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT OUR OWN SCHOOL BOARD WAS CHOSEN AS ONE OF THEM. SO THE TOP FIVE OUT OF 1032 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE WHICH IS A HUGE DISTINCTION AT THE TOP FIVE 2019 HONOR BOARD, THE FRENSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE 2019 OUTSTANDING SCHOOL BOARD AWARD THAT WILL BE GIVEN AFTER A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS AT THE TASA CONVENTION IN DALLAS ON SEPTEMBER 20TH. DR. MCCORD HAD TO SAY ABOUT OUR BOARD THAT THEY DEMONSTRATE AN UNSHAKABLE RESOLVE TO ACCOMPLISH THE VISION OF SEEKING PERFECTION AND CAPTURING EXCELLENCE FOR EVERY CHILD EVERY DAY. WHICH IS VERY REPRESENTATIVE. SO[00:05:02]
CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF YOU I HAVE YOUR CERTIFICATE SUITABLE FOR FRAMES. [LAUGHTER] MR. GREG ROBINSON, [INAUDIBLE]. MIKELLA NEWSOM. KYLE ROGERS. MR. DRAPER. JAMEY PHILIPS. [INAUDIBLE] CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO EACH ONE OF YOU. THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING. [APPLAUSE] AND ALSO THE BOARD AND WE HAD OUR PICTURE MADE PORTRAITS. AND SO WE HAVE THAT AVAILABLE. AND BUT THE BOARD WILL INTERVIEW AT BETWEEN 8:00 AND 12:00 ON SEPTEMBER 20TH. EACH OF THE FIVE HONOR BOARDS WILL. AND THEN THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN THE FIRST GENERAL SESSION OF THE TASA TASB CONVENTION AT 3:30 ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AND SO THE OTHER HONOR BOARDS THIS IS IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER EXCEPT FOR THE FIRST ONE. FRENSHIP IS ONE OF THE FIVE. AND THEN THESE OTHERS ARE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER. TYLER ISD, [INAUDIBLE] ISD, PASADENA ISD AND ROCKWALL ISD. SO KIND OF ALL ACROSS THE STATE. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THEY'RE EXCITED TOO BUT THEY JUST DON'T REALLY. [LAUGHTER] THEY ARE KIND OF LIKE TEACHERS. THEY'RE VERY GOOD AT GIVING CREDIT AWAY BUT THEY'RE JUST NOT VERY GOOD AT TAKING IT WHICH IS THE HALLMARK OF AN EFFECTIVE LEADER. WELL I THINK AND I'LL SPEAK FOR THE BOARD AS WE TALKED ABOUT A [INAUDIBLE] IT'S TRULY OFF OF YOUR EFFORTS AND OUR STUDENTS AND THE REST OF THE STAFF AND YOU ALL MAKE US LOOK GOOD. AND FOR THAT WE DO APPRECIATE VERY MUCH Y'ALL ARE. SOMETIMES PEOPLE ASK ME I'LL BET IT'S YOU GUYS ARE JUST ON CLOUD NINE OVER THERE. WELL YOU GUYS KEEP KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK. IT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE TO TRY TO GET YOU TO GO UP TO ANOTHER LEVEL BECAUSE ONCE YOU GET UP TO THE UPPER ECHELON IT SITS BACK TO EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE [INAUDIBLE] AND OUR MISSION STATEMENT WHAT WE STRIVE FOR. AND FOR THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU. [INAUDIBLE] OPEN ENROLLMENT OR ENROLLMENT TODAY IT WAS TEN THOUSAND. TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY. TEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY. SO IT'S LARGEST THE DISTRICT HAS EVER HAD. SO FOR THAT OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS [INAUDIBLE]. [LAUGHTER] AND WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO REPRESENT YOU AS BEST AS WE CAN. SO IT'S REALLY I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S ABOUT IS ABOUT GOING OVER 10000 MARK THAT JUST SEEMS PARTICULARLY HISTORIC. IT'S BIG AND OF THE DISTRICTS THAT SHE'S NAMED, I BELIEVE WE'RE THE SMALLEST DISTRICT, IS THAT CORRECT? THE SMALLEST DISTRICT BY AT LEAST. WELL I KNOW THAT PASADENA HAS OVER 50,000 STUDENTS. AND I THINK THE NEXT CLOSEST TO US IN SIZE IS ROCKWALL. AND I THINK THEY HAVE ABOUT 13000, 13,500. AND YOU HAVE SOMEONE YOU'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE. YES I WOULD. ACTUALLY I'M GOING TO ASK IF, PARDON ME MR. CHIEF BASSETT. WOULD YOU BRING UP OUR CANDIDATE WHO PENDING BOARD APPROVAL ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THIS WILL BE AN OFFICER WITH FRENSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT. HAS IT GOTTEN THIS ROUGH YOU BRING YOUR OWN BODYGUARD.FRONT OF YOU. AT THE END OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR WE FOUND OURSELVES WITH AN OPENING FOR AN OFFICER. AND SO WE SET ABOUT AS WE ALWAYS DO IN FRENSHIP LOOKING FOR THE BEST OF THE BEST. AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO SHAWN INGRAM. SHAWN COMES TO US AFTER SEVEN YEARS WITH LUBBOCK SHERIFF'S OFFICE. HE DID A YEAR AND A HALF IN JAIL, NOT IN JAIL. [LAUGHTER] HE DID A YEAR AND A HALF WORKING IN THE JAIL AND
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HE'S VERY RESPONSIBLE. THREE AND A HALF YEARS ON PATROL AND TWO YEARS FOR TWO YEARS HE WAS THE BREACHER ON THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WARRANTS AND SWAT DIVISION AS HE SAYS HE HAD THE MASTER KEY TO THE COUNTY. SO SHAWN COMES TO US WITH AN IMPECCABLE RESUME. REFERENCES WHO ONLY HAD GREAT THINGS TO SAY OTHER THAN THEY WERE ALL PRETTY MAD ABOUT LOSING HIM WHICH WE COULD NOT BE HAPPIER ABOUT. WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE HIM JOIN US. HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE ALREADY MEMBERS OF THE FRENSHIP FAMILY. HE AND HIS WIFE ASHLEY HAVE THREE KIDS. BRYSON, BOSTON AND PRESLEY ALL OF WHOM ARE FRENSHIP TIGERS. AND WE ARE PLEASED TO WITH YOUR APPROVAL, WELCOME SHAWN AS AN OFFICIAL PART OF THE FRENSHIP FAMILY. [APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] OFFICER INGRAM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE AND CAREER THAT YOU'VE CHOSEN. IT'S A THANKLESS JOB SOMETIMES. WANT TO SAY THANK YOU THERE WE'RE DEFINITELY DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU AS PART OF THE FAMILY. THANK YOU SIR. ANYBODY ELSE? THAT'S IT FOR ME. THAT'S IT FOR YOU. [INAUDIBLE] SO LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WHICH IS ITEM[2. CALLED PUBLIC HEARING]
NUMBER TWO CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. AT THIS TIME [INAUDIBLE] WILL MAKE YOUR WAY, I'LL GET THE PLEASANTRIES OUT OF THIS GOING HERE. WE'RE NOW OFFICIALLY OPENING THIS MEETING AS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET PROPOSED TAX RATE. FARLEY REEVES OUR CFO HAS THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO YOU AND PRESENT THIS INFORMATION IN OPEN MEETING. FIRST WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE CLOSING OUT OF THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. I'M SORRY THE PAST SCHOOL YEAR 18-19 AND SO YOU WILL SEE IN YOUR INFORMATION THERE WE HAD LAST YEAR A 4 AND A HALF PRESENT RAISE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STAFF. IN AUGUST OF 2018 THIS BODY APPROVED RESOLUTIONS SIGNING 2 MILLION DOLLAR OF THE FUND BALANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION UPDATES AND PROJECTS. WITH PENDING APPROVAL OF THE SALARY SCHEDULE AND PAY GRADE SCHEDULE REVENUES WERE INCREASED AND THE FEDERAL FUNDING PROVIDING RESOURCES FOR THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES AS A RESULT OF THOSE. AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'RE CLOSING OUT THE BUDGET FOR THE PAST SCHOOL YEAR AT EIGHTY ONE MILLION NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED NINETY ONE DOLLARS. HERE YOU'LL SEE THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING. WE'LL REFER TO THAT SIMPLY BY STATING THAT THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE SECTION 44.002 THROUGH 44.006 ESTABLISHES THE LEGAL BASIS FOR THIS MEETING AND HOW WE DETERMINE AND DEVELOP THE BUDGET. THE NOTICES WERE OF BUDGET AND TAX RATE MEETING AND THE BUDGET ADOPTION WAS POSTED ON AUGUST 1ST AND AGAIN ON AUGUST 6TH IN THE LUBBOCK AVALANCHE-JOURNAL. THE NOTICE WAS ALSO PUBLISHED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE AND POSTED ON THE EAST ENTRANCE OF THE CASEY PROFESSIONAL BUILDING. YOU'LL SEE THAT NOTICE THERE ON YOUR SCREEN AND THEN AS WE GET TO IT. LET'S LOOK AT THE CONTINUATION OF THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS. THIS WAS A HISTORIC YEAR FOR THE STATE. AS WE GO INTO THEM, THINK OF SOME OF THE THINGS, THE 86TH LEGISLATURE PROVIDED A LOT OF NEW INFORMATION FOR US AND THEY MADE A LOT OF CHANGE STATE WIDE. ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE SEE HERE IS WE HAVE THE POINT FIVE BILLION DOLLARS IN PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. THE 4.5 BILLION DOLLARS IN EDUCATION REFORM AND A TWO BILLION DOLLARS IN TEACHERS, NURSES, LIBRARIANS AND COUNSELORS PAY. THIS INCREASED THE ALLOTMENT THE BASIC ALLOTMENT FROM 5,140 DOLLARS TO 6,160 DOLLARS. WE ALSO SEE THAT DISTRICTS WERE NOW REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PRE-K FULL DAY FOR 4 YEAR OLDS AND UP, THOSE WHO QUALIFY. PROVIDE FUNDING FOR INCREASED TEACHER COMPENSATION AND ACCREDITED[00:15:01]
INDEX FOR COMP ED FUNDING BASED ON CENSUS [INAUDIBLE]. A COUPLE OTHER THINGS WE SEE THE CTE PROGRAM IS EXTENDED TO SEVENTH GRADE. WE SEE THAT TRANSPORTATION ALLOTMENT HAS CHANGED FROM A LINEAR EQUATION TO A PER MODEL ALLOTMENT AND THEN ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGE WE'LL DISCUSS IS PROPERTY VALUES THAT DETERMINE THE FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM OR AS WE SEE OTHER THINGS HAVE BEEN REPEALED. THERE IS NO ALLOTMENTS PROVIDED FOR THIS PARTICULAR SESSION. WE HAVE A NEW DUAL LANGUAGE ALLOTMENT. WE HAVE DYSLEXIA ALLOTMENT AND [INAUDIBLE] RECOVERY ALLOTMENT, FAST GROW SCHOOLS, EARLY EDUCATION, SAFETY AND SECURITY AND COLLEGE CAREER MILITARY READINESS. 86TH LEGISLATURE ALSO ELIMINATED GT FUNDING HIGH SCHOOL ALLOTMENT AND THE [INAUDIBLE] ALLOTMENT. SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS BUDGET THESE ARE SOME IMPACTING FACTORS ON WHAT WE PROVIDE IN THIS BUDGET. THE VARIABLES ARE THIS, OUR ENROLLMENT, FRENSHIP ISD IN 18-19 SNAP SHOT ENROLLMENT WAS NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE STUDENTS. WE PROJECTED WE'VE ALREADY HEARD THIS IS ALREADY BEYOND OUR PROJECTION WE BUILT OUR BUDGET ON A PROJECTION OF TEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY SIX STUDENTS. SO WE'RE ALREADY UP 80 STUDENTS FROM WHAT WE EXPECTED IN OUR PROJECTIONS AND SO WE'LL SEE WHAT WAS PROJECTED AT ONE HUNDRED NINETY ONE STUDENTS. THAT WAS A 1.79 PERCENT INCREASE FOR 19-20 BUT WE'LL SEE THAT WELL OVER 2 PERCENT NOW. AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE. AS WE LOOK AT OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY AND WE [INAUDIBLE] NOT ONLY ENROLLMENT BUT OUR ADA, AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE THIS IS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN FRENSHP AND HOW MANY DAYS THEY'RE PRESENT ONLY STUDENTS THAT ARE IN ATTENDANCE GENERATE FUNDING AND YOU CAN SEE OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET LAST YEAR 18-19 WAS 9,275 AND WE ENDED THE YEAR AT 9,339.266 FOR ADA. WE ARE PROJECTING AN ADA THIS YEAR AT 9527.84 ADA. ONCE AGAIN THE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE SKEWED A LITTLE BIT WITH TODAY'S NEW NUMBER BUT THE PROJECTED INCREASE OF ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE STUDENTS HAD A NINETY FOUR POINT FIVE PERCENT ATTENDANCE RATE LED TO A ONE POINT EIGHT PERCENT INCREASE IN OUR ADA. THOSE ARE THE FACTORS USED IN DETERMINING THE PORTIONS OF BUDGET. PROPERTY VALUES. [INAUDIBLE] PROPERTY VALUES CONTINUE TO INCREASE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS ADDRESSED IN HB 3 THIS YEAR HOUSE BILL 3 WAS LOOKING AT PROPERTY VALUES AND SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THE LEGAL REQUIRED DISCUSSION ON THAT. BUT OUR PROPERTY VALUES THIS YEAR WE WENT UP SIX POINT EIGHTY EIGHT PERCENT FROM WHAT WE HAD IN 18 TAX YEAR. SO THAT'S THREE HUNDRED NINE MILLION ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY THREE. THAT IF WE LOOK AT SOLD PROPERTIES AND A LOT OF DISCUSSION WAS HELD ABOUT HOUSE BILL 3 ABOUT A TWO POINT FIVE PERCENT CAP ON PROPERTY VALUES. THAT'S ON EXISTING PROPERTIES.THOSE NEW PROPERTY IS ANYTHING IN ADDITION THAT WAS NOT TAXED LAST YEAR. THESE ARE NEW PROPERTIES TO DISTRICT. LAST YEAR WE SHOWED ONE HUNDRED NINETY THREE MILLION SIX HUNDRED FOURTEEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED NINE DOLLARS IN NEW PROPERTY WHICH AMOUNTED TO SIXTY TWO POINT SIX PERCENT OF OUR GROWTH AS A DISTRICT AND PROPERTY VALUES. I MENTIONED ONE OF THE NEW REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS YEAR AND IS [INAUDIBLE] FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS HAVING THIS PARTICULAR DISCUSSION WITH YOU AS A BOARD AND [INAUDIBLE]. THAT INDICATOR IS HOW WE'RE JUDGED AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR THEIR FINANCIAL INTEGRITY. THEN THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS DISCUSS THE PROPERTY THAT THE DISTRICT'S PROPERTY VALUES AND THE FUNDING [INAUDIBLE]AT BOARD MEETING THAT TAKES PLACE WITHIN 120 DAYS OF DISTRICT ADOPTING THE BUDGET. THIS HAS AFFECTED THE DISTRICTS PRIOR TO THE HOUSE BILL 3. HERE'S REALLY WHAT DISCUSSION IS. WE ARE NOW BASED ON HOUSE BILL 3 GOING ON CURRENT YEAR VALUES. PRIOR TO THIS TIME WE ALWAYS WENT OFF OF PREVIOUS YEAR VALUES AND THAT'S HOW OUR FUNDING WAS GENERATED FROM THE BASIC ALLOTMENT. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR HISTORY AND HERE WE HAVE A GOOD LOOK OVER THE HISTORY. WE HAVE A CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICTS NET TAXABLE VALUE EXCLUDING VALUE UNDER [INAUDIBLE]. I GAVE YOU FOUR EXAMPLES OUR DIFFERENT LEVELS OF
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TAXES. THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICTS TAXABLE VALUABLE PROPERTY. ONE THING YOU NOTICE OF BOTH OF THOSE GRAPHS IS A CONSTANT INCREASE IN OUR VALUES OF OUR PROPERTY. THE STATE AS WE HAD IN DISCUSSION ALLOTS MONEY TO YOU BASED ON YOUR STUDENT POPULATION YOU'RE ADA. BUT WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT YOUR TAX VALUES THE HIGHER TAX VALUES GO THE GREATER THE LOCAL RESPONSIBILITIES IS AND THE THE LESSER RESPONSIBILITY PLACED ON THE STATE. SO OUR FUNDING WOULD COME FROM MORE LOCAL AS OUR VALUES INCREASE AND THE STATE WOULD DROP. THIS NEW CURRENT YEAR VALUES ARE SUPPOSED TO HELP ELIMINATE THEM. SO A LOT OF TIMES WITH THIS LAG WE WOULD RECEIVE FUNDING AND YOU MAY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE HAVE TO PAY BACK OR NEXT YEAR IS IMPACTED BECAUSE WE RECEIVED MORE FUNDING THAN WE SHOULD HAVE BASED ON OUR PROPERTY VALUES BECAUSE WE EXCEEDED WHAT WAS PROJECTED. SO THAT'S THE PROPERTY VALUE LAG. NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK. YOU'RE GETTING PAID FOR AND ALLOTTED FOR THE NUMBER OF KIDS YOU HAVE AT THE CURRENT YEAR AND YOU'RE BASING YOUR LOCAL REVENUES OFF OF THE CURRENT YEAR. [INAUDIBLE] SO YOU SEE OTHER PARTS OF THE VALUES THERE JUST EXISTING PROPERTY VALUES OVERALL. WE CONTINUE TO CLIMB AND THERE'S NO RELATIVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO CONTINUE TO CLIMB OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. SORRY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? LET'S GO WITH THE BUDGET. HERE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE 19-20 BUDGET. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS COMPENSATION PACKAGES HB 3 HAD SOME CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS IN COMPENSATION THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS. HOUSE BILL 3 SAYS THAT YOU'RE ALLOTTED A CERTAIN AMOUNTS OF MONEY OVER WHAT LAST YEAR'S PROCEEDS WERE. AND YOU HAVE TO COMMIT 30 PERCENT OF THOSE FUNDS TOWARDS TEACHER SALARIES. ALL OF THAT 30 PERCENT WHICH FOR FRENSHIP ISD IS ROUGHLY A LITTLE OVER TWO MILLION DOLLARS. WE HAVE TO TAKE 75 PERCENT OF THOSE FUNDS AND ADDRESS IT TO OUR TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, NURSES AND LIBRARIANS. SO THE ONE POINT FIVE MILLION HAS TO GO TO THAT PARTICULAR GROUP. THE REMAINING GOES TO OTHER STAFF EXCLUDING THE ADMINISTRATION. SO WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AND MAKING SURE AS WE LOOK AT THAT COMPENSATION PACKAGE THAT WE'VE ADDRESSED THOSE THINGS AND WE ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS WHAT WE WERE DOING LOCALLY PRIOR TO HOUSE BILL 3. AND WE'LL SEE THAT HERE IN A MOMENT. WE ALSO INCLUDED BECAUSE OF OUR CONTINUED GROWTH IN OUR DISTRICT. THE FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ACTIVITY BUSES. OUR FLEET IS AGING AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A SAFEST OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUR STUDENTS TO THOSE DIFFERENT EVENTS, WHETHER IT'S ATHLETIC, ACADEMICS UIL, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING OUR STUDENTS A SAFE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THERE WITHOUT BREAKDOWNS WITHOUT SOME OF THOSE ISSUES THAT WE ARE SEEING WITH SOME OF THE BUSES THAT CONTINUE TO AGE. ANOTHER THING THAT WE'VE INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET IS ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS TOWARDS TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES. WE BEGAN THE .5 TO 1 PROCESS SEVERAL YEARS AGO. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE IN PLACE WAS CONTINUE TO REPLACE AND RECYCLE THOSE AS THEY BECOME OF AGE. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TARGET THOSE PARTICULAR DEVICES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO USE THE MOST UP TO DATE MODERN EQUIPMENT WITH OUR CLASSROOMS. AND THEN ALSO SUBMITTED THE ABOVE ALLOCATION REQUESTS WERE INCLUDED AND APPROVED THROUGH THIS BUDGET. YOU WILL SEE IN THIS BUDGET REVENUES BY SOURCE BY MAJOR CATEGORY BY MAJOR OBJECT. AND THEN THERE'S TWO OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO BY LAW IS THESES STATUTORY REQUIRED PUBLIC NOTICES. CODE 6214 IS SPECIFIC TO IDENTIFYING WHERE WE PAY OR WHAT PORTIONS OF OUR REVENUES GOES TOWARDS LOBBYING. SO LIKE FAST GROWTH GOALS COALITION. THOSE ARE SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE TO REPORT THAT WE PARTICIPATE WITH A PARTICULAR GROUP. YOU HAVE TO SHOW ALL THOSE THINGS. THE SECOND OBJECT CODE OF 6491 WHICH IDENTIFIES HOW MUCH PUBLICATIONS WE HAVE FOR ADVERTISEMENTS DEALING WITH OUR BUDGETS. THIS PARTICULAR POSTING WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THAT NUMBER OR ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AND SO THOSE ARE SPECIFICS THAT HAVE TO BE LABELED IN YOUR BUDGET. AND SO THERE THEY ARE FOR YOU TO USE. THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. YOU'LL SEE THERE IS A TOTAL BUDGET FIGURE OF 88 MILLION NINE HUNDRED[00:25:04]
SIXTY NINE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY NINE DOLLARS. WE'LL GET MORE SPECIFIC HERE AS WE LOOK THROUGH THE REVENUES OF THAT 88 MILLION NINE HUNDRED SIXTY NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS. 56 PERCENT OF THAT WILL GO COME FROM THE LOCAL FUND. OUR TAX DOLLARS AND THEY ARE IN 43 PERCENT OF THAT WILL COME FROM THE STATE FROM THE BASIC ALLOTMENT. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE FEDERAL FUNDING OR WE'RE SHOWING A REVENUE OF EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. OUR PER STUDENT FUNDING. THIS IS BASED ON YOU'LL NOTICE THE DIFFERENT COLORS THAT OBVIOUSLY THE TOP COLOR IS ALL FUNDING COMBINED. THE DARK GREY COLOR REPRESENTS WHAT WE HAVE LOCALLY. THE GOLD COLOR REPRESENTS WHAT OUR STATE ALLOTMENT IS. YOU CAN SEE A DEFINITE CHANGE IN THE STATE ALLOTMENT FROM THIS PAST YEAR OF 18 19 TO 19-20 AND SO WE'LL SEE ABOUT, GOES FROM THE 5160 TO 5140 TO 6160. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THE GAP CHANGE THAT YOU'LL SEE THERE IN THAT. AND THEN THE BOTTOM LINE.THAT'S YOUR FEDERAL FUNDING OBVIOUSLY EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OF THE EIGHTY EIGHT MILLION VERY LOW ON THE TOTEM POLE BUT IT SHOWS YOU WHERE THE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES ARE. BUT WE'RE AVERAGING EIGHT THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY SEVEN DOLLARS AND SIXTY CENTS PER KID HERE YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENT MAJOR CATEGORIES. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DISTRICT BUDGET IT'S BROKEN DOWN IN THESE CATEGORIES. YOU HAVE YOUR OBVIOUSLY YOUR LARGEST IS INSTRUCTION YOU GO THROUGH DISTRICT OPERATIONS, [INAUDIBLE] ADMINISTRATION, INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT AND OTHER. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO ASK ME. MOVE ON. MAJOR OBJECTS. THESE ARE THE MAJOR AREAS THAT WE SEE OBVIOUSLY IN ALL BUDGETS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT ANY INDUSTRY PAYROLL IS THE LARGEST. THIS IS 82 PERCENT OF OUR BUDGET COMPARED TO THE 82 PERCENT WE HAD LAST YEAR. SO WE'RE MAINTAINING THE SAME LEVEL OF PERCENTAGES OF WHERE MOST OF OUR FUNDING GOES TO IS PERSONNEL. AND YOU CAN SEE THERE WE HAVE CONTRACT AND SERVICES THE GENERAL SUPPLIES. THOSE ARE THE NEXT TWO BIGGEST AND THEN TRAVEL, MISCELLANEOUS AND OUR DEBT SERVICE WHICH IS SEPARATE. THIS IS SEPARATE FROM THE DEBT SERVICE PART. THIS IS FEES AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE ACTUAL DEBT SERVICES ITSELF. [INAUDIBLE] BREAKS THEM DOWN EVEN FURTHER AND IDENTIFIES A PROGRAM AS LIKE SPECIAL EDUCATION. GIFTED AND TALENTED, BILINGUAL EDUCATION. YOU SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES OF THE PUZZLE THAT REPRESENT ALL THAT.
WE HAVE BASIC INSTRUCTION. AND THEN WE HAVE GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR AUDIT THESE ARE WHAT WAS CALLED THE UNDISTRIBUTED PROGRAMS. THEY DON'T GO TO THE UNIQUE SPECIFIC PROGRAM LIKE ATHLETICS OR [INAUDIBLE] OR DYSLEXIA BUT IT TAKES ALL THE OTHER PIECES LEFT OVER AND COMBINES THEM INTO ONE. FOOD AND NUTRITION. THIS YEAR'S BUDGET YOU CAN SEE IMPROVED NUTRITION THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT A BUDGET OF FOUR MILLION SEVENTY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE. FOUR MILLION SEVENTY TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE DOLLARS. WE'RE PROPOSING A DEFICIT BUDGET THIS YEAR. THE REASON WE'RE PROPOSING THE DEFICIT BUDGET WHICH IN THIS CASE IS $24,000 IS BECAUSE IT'S A FEDERAL PROGRAM. THE FEDERAL PROGRAM PUTS A CAP ON WHAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO PUT INTO YOUR FUND BALANCE. AND WE HAVE EXCEEDED THE CAP BEFORE THIS HELPS US BUY DOWN THE PRESSURE OF THE CAP. AND SO WE AT THE END OF THE YEAR WE SEE THAT WE WILL PROBABLY PUSH IT BACK UP BUT WE'RE GOING TO OPERATE AT A DEFICIT BUDGET OF $24,000. DEBT SERVICE. IN OUR DEBT SERVICE AND 19-20 REVENUES ARE BASED ON PROPOSED INS RATE OF 43 CENTS. AND SO WE WILL LOOK AT REVENUE BY SOURCE THERE. BUT THIS ALLOWS US TO PAY THE PRINCIPLE AND INTERESTS OF OUR 2020 DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT. ALSO GIVES US AND YOU'LL SEE IT IN THE RESOLUTION HERE IN THE ACTION ITEMS [INAUDIBLE] THE REDEMPTION OF A PORTION OF THE DISTRICT'S OPERATING UNLIMITED TAX REFUNDING BOND SERIES 2013. ALLOWS US TO PAY OFF AND BUY DOWN OUR DEBT. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS RESOLUTION ALLOWS TO DO. OUR EFFECTIVE TAX RATE. BECAUSE HOUSE BILL 3 WE NOW HAVE WHAT IS CALLED. WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A ROLLBACK RATE. THE ROLLBACK RATE IS NOW BEING REFERRED TO AS THE VOTERS
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APPROVED RATE. SO YOU HEAR ROLLBACK RATE IT'S THE SAME AS VOTERS APPROVED RATE.AND SO AS WE LOOK AT THAT ONE OF THE THINGS HOUSE BILL 3 DID IT COMPRESSED THE TAX RATE FROM A DOLLAR FOUR TO 97 CENTS. IN NOVEMBER OF 17 WE PASSED THE TRE ALLOWING THIS TO PUSH TWO CENTS UP ON OUR INS RATE AND MOVING IT TO OUR MNO RATE. SO WE ARE ALLOWED TO TAKE THAT TWO CENTS AND WE'RE STILL ALLOWED TO KEEP THAT TWO CENTS SO OUR COMPRESSED RATE WILL BE 99 CENTS ON THE MNO FACTOR. SO AS WE LOOK HERE. AS WE LOOK AT THIS A PROPOSAL TAX RATE OF A DOLLAR FORTY TWO PER 100 DOLLARS OF TAXABLE VALUE YOU WILL SEE OR PASS WE'RE DROPPING THAT SEVEN CENTS OFF THE OVERALL TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE FOR OUR TAX RATE FOR 19-20. TRUTH IN TAXATION WOULD SAY THAT OUR COMPRESSED RATE IF WE LOOK AT OUR COMPRESSED RATE AND OUR EFFECTIVE TAX RATE THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAS IDENTIFIED OUR COMPRESSED TAX RATE, I'M SORRY OUR EFFECTIVE TAX RATE AT THE DOLLAR FORTY FOUR, I'M SORRY, DOLLAR FORTY SIX POINT FIVE ZERO. AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR TAX RATE BELOW THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE ESTABLISHED BY THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. SO IN CLOSING ON THIS PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION, FRENSHIP ISD IS PROPOSING A DOLLAR FORTY TWO PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN TAXABLE VALUE FOR OUR TAX RATE FOR THIS 19-20 SCHOOL YEAR. AND OF COURSE WE WILL SEE THAT WHEN WE GET INTO THE FURTHER PORTIONS OF THE BOARD MEETING. QUESTIONS. I HAVE ONE. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT NEGATIVE BUDGET ON THE FOOD SERVICE. IF I CAN FIND IT. EXPLAIN THAT I DON'T GUESS I FOLLOW COMPLETELY. OUR LOCAL REVENUE ON THAT IS IT DIDN'T DECREASE BUT OUR OTHER REVENUE DECREASED FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR. IS IS THAT NOT BASED ON OUR STUDENT POPULATION. WHY IS THAT? THEY CHANGE THE FORMULAS YEAR TO YEAR THE AMOUNTS IS ALLOCATED BASED ON THE STUDENT POPULATION CHANGES. OK. SO THAT WOULD BE THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THAT. EVEN THOUGH WE WOULD BE OPERATING A PROPOSED DEFICIT BUDGET WE HAVE A VERY HEALTHY FUND BALANCE IN OUR FOOD SERVICE BUDGET. AND SO IT ALSO HELPS US TO AND YOU GET NEGATIVE POINTS IF YOU HAVE TOO MUCH MONEY IN YOUR FOOD SERVICE FUND BALANCE. AND SO THIS ACTUALLY HELPS US TO OPERATE IN A DEFICIT BUDGET TO SPEND DOWN SOME OF THE SURPLUS. THAT SURPLUS CAME FROM PRIOR YEARS. YES. YES. PREVIOUS YEARS. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH REGARDS TO THE PRESENTATION MR. REEVES HAS MADE? IF NOT, THIS PORTION OF THE PUBLIC MEETING IS NOW OVER. MR. REEVES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. A LOT OF HARD WORK WENT INTO THE PRESENTATION. I KNOW YOU. ALL THE NEW INFORMATION THIS YEAR. ISN'T IT ALWAYS.
[3. PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD]
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. WE'VE GOT PRESENTATIONS FOR THE BOARD. WE HAVE A REPORT ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE DR. LEANN FISHER. [INAUDIBLE] HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. A LITTLE WEIRD FOR ME AND I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU THAT. I MENTIONED TO CINDY AND A FEW OTHERS THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS I [INAUDIBLE] ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. IT WAS A LITTLE BITTER SWEET THERE BUT IT WAS NICE. SO I COME TO YOU TONIGHT WITH OUR ANNUAL INFORMATION REGARDING ACCOUNTABILITY. JUST TO START WITH AS A REMINDER ABOUT THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM THAT CAME INTO PLAY BEGINNING OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR. WE LOOK AT THREE DIFFERENT DOMAINS OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL PROGRESS AND CLOSING THE GAPS. WE TAKE 70 PERCENT OF EITHER THE SCHOOL STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT OR SCHOOL PROGRESS WHICHEVER IS THE HIGHER SCORE[00:35:04]
THERE. 70 PERCENT OF OUR OVERALL TOTAL COMES FROM THAT AND THEN THE REMAINING 30 PERCENT COMES FROM THE CLOSING THE GAPS. DURING THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR THE ACCOUNTABILITY CYCLE OF 2018 AND WE ONLY HAD DISTRICT RATINGS WITH THE A THROUGH F SYSTEM. THIS SCHOOL YEAR OR THIS ACCOUNTABILITY CYCLE 2019 OUR CAMPUSES ALSO RECEIVED A THROUGH F RATING. AND JUST AS A REMINDER OF WHAT EACH OF THOSE A THROUGH F RATINGS MEAN THOSE ARE LISTED FOR YOU. AND SO IT IS WITH JUST THE MOST EXCITING NEWS THAT WE HAVE, WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF. WE'RE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE FRENSHP DID EARN EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE, WE'RE AN A RATING FOR THE 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR. DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THAT IS WE ARE ONE OF 19 SCHOOL DISTRICTS THEN THE REGION 17 AND ONE OF 257 DISTRICTS WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT RECEIVE THAT RATING. SO DID AN EXCELLENT JOB THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR. ALSO HAVE OUR RATINGS FOR OUR INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES FOR THE YEAR. YOU CAN SEE THIS ON YOUR SCREEN IN YOUR PACKET. SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED FOR THE HARD WORK THAT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES DID THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR. SO ELEMENTARY AND THEN HERE ALL OF OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES FOR THE YEAR AND THEN JUST AS A NOTE THAT ALTHOUGH WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THESE RATINGS THIS WAS JUST ONE WAY THAT WE MEASURE THE SUCCESS OF OUR KIDS. AS YOU KNOW EACH MONTH WE GET TO HONOR OUR KIDS AND WITH VARIOUS RECOGNITIONS AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE THIS PAST YEAR. SO OUR KIDS DO AN EXCELLENT JOB AND AS WE CLOSE OUT THE 2018 2019 SCHOOL YEAR WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THAT'S GOING TO COME THIS YEAR. SO ANY QUESTIONS? NOBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS I WOULD JUST LIKE TO COMMENT THAT I REALLY, TEXAS EDUCATION CODE REQUIRES THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY GRAPPLE WITH IS HOW MUCH ATTENTION TO PAY. WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT A. THE NINETY THREE, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS, 93. BUT YOU KNOW I STRUGGLE WITH THAT BECAUSE TEACHERS REALLY WANT TO PLEASE. AND THIS A IS PRIMARILY BASED ON STAAR PERFORMANCE WHICH IS ONE TEST ON ONE DAY REDUCED TO PAPER AND PENCIL. THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS IN IT BUT THAT'S WHAT REALLY COUNTS THE MOST IS THE STUDENT PERFORMANCE ON THAT AND THE RELIABILITY AND THE VALIDITY OF THAT PARTICULAR TEST HAS BEEN CALLED INTO QUESTION. AND AND SO I WANT TO CERTAINLY HONOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THAT REPRESENTS ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS AND THE PARENTS AND THE TEACHERS. BUT I DON'T WANT TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT IT A WHOLE LOT OTHER THAN WHAT'S REQUIRED BY TEXAS EDUCATION CODE BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED AT FIRST IS TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WANT TO PLEASE. AND I DON'T WANT THEM TO THINK THAT WE WANT THEM TO TEACH TO THAT TEST BECAUSE WE DON'T BECAUSE KIDS ARE A LOT MORE THAN ONE TEST ON ONE DAY. AND SO WE APPRECIATE AND I KNOW THE BOARD APPRECIATES ALL THE HARD WORK THAT IT REPRESENTS. BUT AGAIN WE LOOK AT THE WHOLE CHILD. AND WE HAVE SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED MINUTES OF INSTRUCTION AND THIS PLACE ONE ROLE IN THAT. SO THANK YOU DR. FISHER FOR PRESENTING THAT AND NOT CASTING ASPERSIONS ON YOUR ROLE. [INAUDIBLE] IT'S VERY COMPLICATED. VERY COMPLICATED. OK. [INAUDIBLE][A. Consent Agenda]
IF WE WOULD GO TO AGENDA ITEM 4A WHICH IS A THE CONSENT AGENDA, BOARD IN YOUR PACKET, SEVERAL OTHERS WERE LISTED FOR YOUR REVIEW. [INAUDIBLE] IF THERE'S NOT ANY DISCUSSION THEN I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME. SO MOVED. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY [INAUDIBLE] SECOND BY KYLE ROGERS. TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS IT'S PRESENTED. CORRECT? CORRECT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WE'RE GOING TO MOVE DOWN TO THE[1. Adopt the 2019-2020 professional hiring schedule and employee pay grades]
ACTION ITEMS. B1. AS PRESENTED BY FARLEY REEVES, WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT THE 2019[00:40:05]
2020 PROFESSIONAL HIRING SCHEDULE AND EMPLOYEE PAY GRADES. I KNOW THIS ONE IS ONE THAT EVERYBODY IS INTERESTED IN. YES SIR. WE'RE EXCITED [INAUDIBLE] PRESENT YOU ALONG WITH THE WHAT THE STATE HAS DONE [INAUDIBLE] ALSO AND THE EFFORTS THAT YOU HAVE MORE TO PUT IN PLACE AS WE WENT THROUGH COMMITTEES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE VALUE THOSE WHO VALUE OUR KIDS THE MOST AND MAKE SURE WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE RESULTS OF LEADING [INAUDIBLE] STUDENTS THE WAY WE DO THROUGH YOU. FIRST THING WE HAVE IS A ADOPTING THE HIRING SCHEDULE AND AS YOU LOOK AT THE HIRING SCHEDULE A COUPLE THINGS YOU'LL KNOW WE DISCUSSED THE HOUSE BILL 3. ALSO ON THIS [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] WHAT THIS SALARY SCHEDULE DOES. WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU IS A SALARY SCHEDULE THAT PROVIDES OUR TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, LIBRARIANS AND NURSES NO LESS THEN A TWO THOUSAND DOLLAR INCREASE IN THE MINIMUM PAY STEP. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE OVERALL INCREASES RANGE FROM TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS TO SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS BY THE MAXIMUM PAY STEP INCREASE. RAISES WOULD RANGE FROM 5.77 PERCENT TO 15.07 PERCENT. THAT'S AN AVERAGE INCREASE OF 10.5 PERCENT SALARY SCHEDULE. BEGINNING TEACHER SALARY WOULD NOW ADVANCE FROM THE THIRTY NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER THE 18-19 SCHOOL YEAR TO FORTY ONE THOUSAND ZERO YEAR TEACHER INTRODUCTORY SALARY. WE ALSO HAVE INCLUDED ALL REMAINING STAFF OUTSIDE OF THIS LIST OF PEOPLE ON THE MIDPOINT FACTOR FOR THE PAY GRADES WOULD BE RECOMMENDED A 4.5 PERCENT INCREASE. YOU'LL SEE THOSE NUMBERS REFLECTED BOTH THE SALARY SCHEDULE AND THE PAY GRADE SCHEDULE. THIS IS MADE POSSIBLE BY DEA LEGAL AND DEA LOCAL AS WE'RE REQUIRED TO PRESENT TO YOU THE BOARD COMPENSATION PLAN FOR ALL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES. COMPENSATION PLANS MAY INCLUDE WAGE AND SALARY STRUCTURE, STIPENDS, BENEFITS AND INCENTIVES AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE PROVIDED HERE. ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION I HAVE A COMMENT. I HAVE A COMMENT, YES. AND SO YOU MENTIONED THIS BUT I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE IT THAT HOUSE BILL 3 PROVIDED SOME OF THE FUNDING FOR THIS BUT WHAT THIS SCHOOL BOARD DECIDED TO DO WAS TO ADD THE HOUSE BILL 3 MONEY ON TOP OF THE RAISE THAT WE HAD ALREADY PLANNED THAT THEY HAD ALREADY PLANNED ON GIVING.SO WE DIDN'T JUST TAKE THE HOUSE BILL 3 MONEY ADDITION WE TOOK WHAT WE WOULD HAVE GIVEN WITHOUT THE HOUSE BILL 3 MONEY THAT RAISE. AND THEN WE ADDED RIGHT ON TOP OF THAT THE HOUSE BILL 3 ADDITIONAL FUNDING. AND SO THEY WOULDN'T BRAG ABOUT IT AND I'M TYPICALLY NOT ONE TO SAY HEY LOOK AT ME BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN SOMEBODY LOOKS AT YOU YOU MIGHT HAVE DONE SOMETHING FOOLISH. BUT THIS TIME IF YOU LOOK AROUND ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS AND I WOULD SAY MOST OF THE THOUSAND THIRTY TWO SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW THAT HAS DONE THAT. AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE RAISES THAT HAS BEEN SEEN ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS. IT'S HISTORIC. BUT APPLAUD THE LEGISLATORS, BUT I ALSO APPLAUD THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENT. [LAUGHTER] THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY OPTIONS AS PRESENTED BY MR. REEVES. SO MOVED. [INAUDIBLE] SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. KYLE ROGERS A SECOND BY MR. BRANDON AUTREY AND [INAUDIBLE] CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG TO APPROVE. YEAH. TO APPROVE THE PROFESSIONAL HIRING SCHEDULE AND EMPLOYEE PAY GRADES AS PRESENTED BY MR. FARLEY REEVES, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, OUR STAFF WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATIVE. [INAUDIBLE]. ACTION ITEM B2 IS ADOPT AN ACCELERATED
[2. Adopt an accelerated instruction budget for the 2019-2020 school year]
INSTRUCTION BUDGET FOR THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR. AGAIN MR. REEVES, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THIS IS A VERY SIMPLE ITEM. [INAUDIBLE] IS REQUIRED FROM TEXAS EDUCATION CODE[00:45:06]
29.081. DISTRICTS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION UNDER SUBSECTION B1 SHALL SEPARATELY BUDGET SUFFICIENT FUNDS INCLUDING FUNDS UNDER SECTION 42.152 FOR THE PURPOSE A DISTRICT MAY NOT BUDGET FUNDS RECEIVED UNDER THAT SECTION FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE AND THAT THE DISTRICT ADOPTS A BUDGET TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION SECTION. THESE FUNDS ARE DESIGNATED TO SERVE THOSE STUDENTS WHO DO NOT PASS THE END OF COURSE EXAM. A COMMON [INAUDIBLE] OF HISTORICAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACCELERATION OF THESE STUDENTS AND COUNSEL FROM HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND AS A RESULT OF THE FOLLOWING BUDGETED REQUEST FOR THIS PURPOSE WE'RE REQUESTING THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO PUT TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TO THIS LINE ITEM TO MEET THESE NEEDS FOR THIS ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION. I DO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION. AT THIS TIME WE'D WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IT MR. REEVES. IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF ADMINISTRATION THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE AND ADOPT THE END OF COURSE ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION BUDGET FOR 2019-2020 FOR TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BY ADMINISTRATION.AT THIS TIME ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME. SO MOVED. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE [INAUDIBLE]. I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. GREG ROBINSON A SECOND BY MS. JAMEY PHILLIPS TO ADOPT THE [INAUDIBLE] ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION BUDGET FOR 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR, IS THAT CORRECT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NEXT
[3. Adopt the district budget for the 2019-2020 school year]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA B 3 IS ADOPTED THE DISTRICT BUDGET FOR THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR. MR. REEVES YOU GOT THE FLOOR AGAIN. THANK YOU SIR. HERE WE HAVE THE GENERAL FUND 180 THROUGH 199.THESE ARE YOUR LOCAL FUNDS ALONG WITH YOUR STATE ALLOTMENT. THE 19-20 EXPENDITURE BUDGET ALLOWS FOR OUR COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION PLAN. FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ACTIVITY BUSES, ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES AND ALSO ALLOCATIONS AS PRESENTED. IN THIS TEA RESOURCE GUIDES SECTION AND TEA 2.6.2 TEA LEGAL REQUIREMENTS BUDGETS FOR THE GENERAL FUND THE FOOD SERVICE FUND AND THE DEBT SERVICE FUND MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE OFFICIAL BUDGETS FOR THE DISTRICT. THESE BUDGETS MUST BE PREPARED AND APPROVED AT LEAST AT THE FUND AND FUNCTION LEVELS TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE'S LEGAL LEVEL OF CONTROL MANDATE. AS WE'VE SEEN EARLIER WE HAVE THE THREE DIFFERENT BUDGETS. THE BUDGET FOR CHILD NUTRITION. WE HAVE A GENERAL FUND BUDGET. THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET ONCE AGAIN TOTALING THE EIGHTY EIGHT MILLION NINE HUNDRED SIXTY NINE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY NINE DOLLARS. THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND BUDGET TOTALING THE FOUR MILLION SEVENTY TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE DOLLARS AND THE DEBT SERVICE FUND BUDGET TOTALING THE NINETEEN MILLION ONE HUNDRED NINETY THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS. THESE CONCLUDED THE BUDGET ITEMS THE THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES FOR THE BUDGET. RECOMMENDATION IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS. FARLEY, PLEASE PROCEED WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION. THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT FRENSHIP ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE 2019-2020 FOR THE FOLLOWING FUNDS PER TEA RESOURCE GUIDE 2.6.2, AT THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS. I MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THE 2019-20 BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL FUND THE CHILDREN NUTRITION FUND THE DEBT SERVICE [INAUDIBLE]. SECOND. MOTION BY MR. [INAUDIBLE]. KYLE ROGERS. YES. [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] TOO MANY CAMERAS TODAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS SUBJECT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE SETTING THE, EXCUSE ME, BACKUP CONSIDERED TO TAKE TO 4B OR B4 CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A
[4. Consider and take action on a resolution approving the redemption prior to maturity a portion of the District’s Unlimited Tax Refunding Bonds, Series 2013, delegating certain responsibilities to District staff and approving all other matters pertaining thereto]
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RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY A PORTION OF THE DISTRICT'S UNLIMITED TAX REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2013 DELEGATING CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES TO DISTRICT STAFF AND APPROVING ALL OTHER MATTERS PERTAINING THERE TO. YOU DIDN'T WRITE THAT DID YOU. NO SIR. [LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE] YES SIR.THE BOARD WILL LEVY PLEDGE AND ASSESS TO COLLECT ANNUAL AD VALOREM TAXES SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE PRINCIPLE OF AN INTEREST ON THE BONDS AS OR BEFORE THE PRINCIPLE AND INTEREST BECOME DUE. IT COMES FROM CCA LEGAL. THE SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION IS PROVIDED THERE FOR YOU. BECAUSE OF THIS I WILL READ IT. FRENSHIP ISD HAS ISSUED AND THERE ARE CURRENTLY OUTSTANDING THE DISTRICT'S UNLIMITED TAX SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS SERIES 2013 MATURING ON FEBRUARY 15TH IN EACH OF THE YEARS 2020 THROUGH 2026 INCLUSIVE AND ON FEBRUARY 15 2030 IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPLE AMOUNT OF SEVENTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. ALSO KNOWN AS THE 2013 BONDS. IN THE ORDER TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS AND THE RELATED [INAUDIBLE] CERTIFICATE COLLECTIVELY THE BOND ORDER THE DISTRICT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REDEEM THE 2013 BOND IN WHOLE OR IN PART ON OR AFTER FEBRUARY 15TH OF 2023 AT A PRICE EQUAL TO THE PRINCIPLE AMOUNT OF THE 2013 BONDS SO CALLED FOR REDEMPTION PLUS ACCRUING INTEREST TO THE REDEMPTION DATE. IT IS NECESSARY AND IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT TO AUTHORIZE THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE APPROPRIATE STEPS TO [INAUDIBLE] AND REDEEM A PORTION OF THE OUTSTANDING 2013 BONDS WITH FUNDS LAWFULLY AVAILABLE FOR SUCH PURPOSE ON FEBRUARY 15TH OF 2020. I DO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION. WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION? ADMINISTRATORS HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT THE FRENSHIP ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REDEMPTION PRIOR TO THE MATURITY OF A PORTION OF THE DISTRICT'S UNLIMITED TAX REFORM REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2013. DELEGATING CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES TO DISTRICT STAFF AND APPROVING ALL OTHER MATTERS PERTAINING THEE TO AT THIS TIME I WILL ENTERTAIN MOTIONS BASED ON WHAT'S BEEN PRESENTED BY MR. REEVES. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MS. JAMEY PHILLIPS. SECOND.HAVE A SECOND FROM MR. BRANDON AUTREY. FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, B5, ADOPT
[5. Adopt an ordinance setting the 2019 tax rate]
AN ORDINANCE SETTING THE 2019 TAX RATE. MR. DRAPER. [INAUDIBLE] BEFORE THE [INAUDIBLE] OF SEPTEMBER 29TH AS YOU [INAUDIBLE] THROUGH YOUR INFORMATION CCG LEGAL. WE ARE EXPECTED TO SET THE PROPOSED TAX RATE. A BOARD MAY NOT IMPOSE PROPERTY TAXES IN ANY YEAR UNTIL IT HAS ADOPTED THE TAX RATE FOR THAT YEAR AND THE ANNUAL TAX RATE MUST BE SET BY ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION OR ORDER. THE VOTE ON THE ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION OR ORDER SETTING THE TAX RATE MUST BE SEPARATE FROM THE VOTE ADOPTING THE BUDGET. THIS COMES FROM THE TAX CODE 26.05 SUBSET B. THE BUDGET SHALL BE ADOPTED BEFORE THE ADOPTION OF TAX RATE EDUCATION CODE 44.004, SUBSET G WHICH WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. I DO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION. WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION MR. REEVES. THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE EFFECTIVE RATE CALCULATED BY THE LUBBOCK COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT IS A DOLLAR FORTY FOUR NINETY SEVEN. THIS REPRESENTS THE RATE IN WHICH THE DISTRICT WOULD HAVE TO TAX TO COLLECT THE SAME AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAXES THAT WERE LEVIED FOR 2018 LESS ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES ARE ADDED FOR 19 THE RECOMMENDED TOTAL TAX RATE FOR 2019 IS A DOLLAR FORTY TWO WHICH IS THREE POINT 0 0 8 PERCENT LESS THAN THE EFFECTIVE [INAUDIBLE]. THAT IS 99 CENTS FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION, 43 CENTS FOR INS. [INAUDIBLE]. YES SIR. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF RECOMMENDS THE BOARD APPROVE THE ORDINANCE TO ADOPT[00:55:01]
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. IN OTHER WORDS MNO TAX RATE AND AN INTEREST IN [INAUDIBLE] INS TAX RATE FOR THE 2019 [INAUDIBLE] AS PRESENTED IS CORRECT? IT WOULD BE MORE CORRECT [INAUDIBLE]. AT THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS. MOVE FOR APPROVAL SECOND. HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY MR. KYLE ROGERS.SECOND BY MR. GREG ROBINSON. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU MR. REEVES. COMMENTS DR. MCCORD? NO SIR. NEXT ITEM ON THE
[A. Tentative Agendas for Upcoming Meetings]
AGENDA IS OTHER BOARD BUSINESS WE HAVE TENTATIVE AGENDAS FOR UPCOMING MEETINGS.UPCOMING MEETINGS SLATED FOR SEPTEMBER 16TH, WE HAVE A WORKSHOP AND A REGULAR MEETING AT THAT TIME. YES SIR. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT ONE. [INAUDIBLE].
[B. Training Opportunities]
AND WE HAVE SOME TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AT THE TASA TASB CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 20TH TO 22ND IN DALLAS WHICH WE ALL PLAN TO ATTEND AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL COME BACK HAPPY. YES. YOU WILL COME BACK THE BIG, I HAVE NO DOUBT. WE HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE THE WINNERS OF THE STATE. GET A FRAME IF WE WIN. [LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE] ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR ANYTHING RELATED TO THE AGENDA TODAY? IF NOT, THANK YOU. IF NOT THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. [INAUDIBLE]