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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired shall be held on January 27, 2006 beginning at 10:00am in the Superintendent’s Conference Room of the Administration Building, 1100 West 45 th Street, Austin, Texas and on January 28, 2006 beginning at 8:00am at Summerfield Suites, 7685 Northcross Drive, Live Oak/Pecan Room, Austin, Texas.

If, during the course of the meeting, any discussion of any item on the agenda should be held in closed session, the Board shall convene in such closed session in accordance with Texas Government Code, Sec. 551.001, et seq. Before any such session is convened, the presiding officer shall publicly identify the section or sections of the Code authorizing the closed session. All final votes, actions, or decisions shall be taken in open session.

The subjects to be discussed or considered, or upon which any formal action may be taken, are as follows (items do not have to be taken in the same order as shown on this meeting notice):

BOARD AGENDA for January 27, 2005 Meeting

Introduction of Audience

1. Call to Order
2. Introduction of Audience
3. Public Comments/Open Forum
4. Award of Certificates of Appreciation (Frankie Swift)
5. Consideration of Approval of Minutes of November 18 & 19, 2005 Board Meeting (Frankie Swift)
6. Report from the Program Committee (Debbie Louder)
   1. Consideration of approval of board policies:
   • GKB Community Relations: Advertising and Fund Raising in the Schools
   2. Report from Comprehensive Program Principal
   3. Report from Special Programs Principal
   4. Report from Outreach Director
7. Report from the Personnel Committee (Donna Clopton)
   1. Consideration of approval of board policies:
      • DEA Compensation and Benefits: Salaries, Wages, and Stipends
      • DEF Salaries: Merit Salary Increases; One-Time Merit Payments
      • DEH Compensation and Benefits: Career Progression Programs
      • DFE Termination of Contract: Resignation
      • DHC Employee Standards of Conduct: Sexual Harassment/Sexual Abuse
      • DHE Employee Standards of Conduct: Searches and Alcohol/Drug Testing
      • DIA Employee Welfare: Freedom from Harassment
      • DK Assignments and Schedules
   2. Discussion of superintendent performance appraisal process and performance appraisal training
8. Report from the Finance and Audit Committee (Toby Galindo)
   1. Consideration of approval of Investment Report
   2. Consideration of adoption of a resolution regarding the review of the investment policy and strategies of TSBVI
   3. Consideration of approval of receipt of gifts and donations valued over $500
   4. Consideration of approval of request for expenditure of gifts and donations
   5. Consideration of Internal Auditor’s performance appraisal
9. Consideration of Approval of Revised Organizational Chart (Phil Hatlen)
10. Presentation from Architectural Firm for the Bond Projects (James Lambert)
11. Public Discussion of TSBVI’s 2004-2005 Annual Report (Frankie Swift)
12. Consideration of Approval of Proposed Vision, Mission and Philosophy Statements for TSBVI (Phil Hatlen)
13. Update on Actions Taken on Recommendations from the Internal Audit on Campus Security (Phil Hatlen)
14. Report on the Personnel Budget and the State Classification System (Debra Nesbitt)
15. Report on All Blind Children of Texas Charity (Mary Sue Welch)
16. Discussion of Sesquicentennial Activities (Mary Sue Welch and Phil Hatlen)
17. Report from the Superintendent:
    1. Superintendent's travel
    2. Campus visitors and activities
    3. Enrollment update
    4. Progress report on procedures required in policy
    5. Use of facilities by outside groups
    6. Monthly reports of web site visitors
    7. Efforts to seek external funding
18. Report of Consultants' Contracts Approved at the Administrative Level – Contracts Greater than $600 and Equal To or Less Than $10,000 (Phil Hatlen)
19. Report of Completion of Board Member Training Requirements for the Past Year and New Training Requirements Required in Senate Bill 286 (Frankie Swift)
20. Discussion of the January 28 Board Retreat (Frankie Swift)
21. Discussion of Future Board Meeting Topics (Frankie Swift)
22. Election of Board Officers (Frankie Swift)
23. Consideration of Approval of Board President’s Recommendations Concerning Board Committees and Nomination of Committee Members (Frankie Swift)
24. Announcements
25. Recess

BOARD AGENDA for January 28, 2006 Meeting

Summerfield Suites, 7685 Northcross Drive
Live Oak/Pecan Room, Austin

8:00am 1. Call to Order and Introduction of Audience

8:10am 2. Strategic Planning (Cindy Martin, M.Ed. – Director of Special Education. Eanes ISD)

12:00 Noon 3. Adjournment