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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 June 4, 2008, beginning at 10:00am in the Superintendent’s Conference Room of the Administration Building, 1100 West 45th Street, 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 June 4, 2008 Meeting

1. Call to Order
2. Introduction of Audience
3. Public Comments/Open Forum
4. Recognition of TSBVI Food Services Department
5. Recognition of Former Human Resources Director, Debra Nesbitt
6. Consideration of Approval of Minutes of March 28, 2008 and March 29, 2008 Board Meetings
7. Report from the Finance and Audit Committee
   1. Report from the Internal Auditor
   2. Consideration of approval of board policies:
      • CO Food Services Management (Amend)
      • CV Facilities Construction (Amend)
   3. Consideration of approval of Investment Report
   4. Approval of receipt of gifts and donations of over $500
   5. Approval of request for expenditure of gifts and donations
8. Report from the Program Committee
   1. Consideration of approval of board policies:
   • GKG Community Relations: School Volunteer Program (Amend)
   2. Reports from Instructional Program Directors
   1. Outreach Director Cyral Miller
   • Pilot attempts to offer assessment of students not on the TSBVI campus
   2. Special Programs Principal Lauren Newton
      • Report on survey of special education directors regarding transportation to Short-term Programs
      • Enrollment information for school year 2007-08 for Short Term Programs
   3. Comprehensive Programs Principal Miles Fain
      • Update on TSBVI Awareness Day activities and announcement of Graduation Day activities on June 5
9. Report from the Personnel Committee
   1. Consideration of approval of board policies:
      • DEA Compensation and Benefits: Salaries and Wages (Amend)
      • DF Termination of Contract (Amend)
   2. Discussion of process for developing the Superintendent’s evaluation
10. Consideration of Approval of the Internal Audit of the Policy and Procedure for Reporting and Investigating Allegations of Student Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation
11. Report from Wells Fargo on the Bert E. Broday Trust Fund (David Tawil)
12. Consideration of Approval of Appraisers for the Teacher Appraisal Process,
13. Consideration of Approval of Dates for 2008-2009 Board Meetings and Discussion of Summer 2008 Board Meeting
14. Status Report on Action Plans in the 2007-2008 Annual Improvement Plan
15. Consideration of Approval of 2008-2009 Annual Improvement Plan
16. Consideration of Approval of the Agency Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2009-2013,
17. Report on TSBVI Athletics Program Staff
18. Facilities Master Plan Update
19. Status of All Blind Children of Texas Charity (Gloria Bennett)
20. Report from the Superintendent,
    1. Superintendent's travel
    2. Campus visitors and activities including E-Rate audit
    3. Enrollment update
    4. Progress report on procedures required in policy
    5. Use of facilities by outside groups
    6. Efforts to seek external funding
    7. Update on dress code
21. Review of Consultants’ Contracts Approved at the Administrative Level – Contracts Greater than $600 and Equal To or Less than $10,000
22. Discussion of Future Board Meeting Topics
23. Announcements
24. Recess

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a meeting to provide training on the Texas Open Meeting Act to members of the Board of Trustees of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired shall be held on June 4, 2008, beginning at 3:30pm in the Superintendent’s Conference Room of the Administration Building, 1100 West 45th Street, Austin, Texas.

Board Agenda

1. Training Session on Texas Open Meetings Act (Carol Vaughan, School Attorney)
2. Adjournment