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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 March 28, 2008, beginning at 10:00am and on March 29, 2008 beginning at 8:30am in the TSBVI Conference Center, 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 March 28, 2008 Meeting

1. Call to Order
2. Introduction of Audience
3. Public Comments/Open Forum
4. Award of Certificates of Appreciation
5. Consideration of Approval of Minutes of January 25 and January 26, 2008 Board Meetings
6. Report from the Finance and Audit Committee
   1. Report from the Internal Auditor
   • Consideration of approval of Purchasing Audit Report
   2. Consideration of approval of board policies:
   • CNB Transportation Management: School-Owned Vehicles (Amend),
   • CNBA Transportation Management: Bus Maintenance (Delete),
   • COA Food Services Management: Food Purchasing (Review),
   • CS Facility Standards (Amend),
   1. Report from Wells Fargo on Broday Trust
   2. Consideration of approval of Investment Report
   3. Approval of receipt of gifts and donations of over $500
   4. Approval of request for expenditure of gifts and donations
   5. Report on book sales
7. Report from the Program Committee (Jamie Wheeler)
   1. Consideration of approval of board polices:
      • COD Canteen Operation and Control (Amend),
   2. Consideration of approval of the School’s calendar for 2008-2009,
   3. Consideration of approval of recommendations of the Textbook Committee,
   4. Reports from Instructional Program Directors
      1. Outreach Director Cyral Miller
      • Update on interveners and certification
      2. Special Programs Principal Lauren Newton
         • Status report on Summer 2008 Programs and application process
         • Report on results of transportation survey for Short-term Programs
      3. Comprehensive Programs Principal Miles Fain
         • Career Education update
8. Report from the Personnel Committee (Caroline Daley)
   1. Consideration of approval of board policies:
      • DBAA Employment Requirements and Restrictions: Criminal History and Credit Reports (Amend),
      • DC Employment Practices (Amend),
   2. Consideration of approval of proposed renewals and nonrenewals of staff contracts,
9. Lunch with the TSBVI Student Council (11:30am-1:00pm)
10. Mel Dugosh, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Christopher Dugosh, and Richard Dugosh, Plaintiffs, vs. Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired (Betsy Todd, Office of the Attorney General)
11. Discussion of Proposed Goals, Objectives and a List of Action Plans for the 2008-2009 Annual Improvement Plan (Bill Daugherty),
12. Consideration of Approval of Agency Strategic Plan Goals, Objectives, Strategies and Performance Measures (Bill Daugherty),
13. Facilities Master Plan Update (John Daude)
14. Status of All Blind Children of Texas Charity (Gloria Bennett)
15. Report from the Superintendent:
    1. Organizational structure study update including a report on results of the Survey of Organizational Excellence
    2. Superintendent's travel
    3. Campus visitors and activities
    4. Enrollment update
    5. Progress report on procedures required in policy
    6. Use of facilities by outside groups
    7. Efforts to seek external funding
16. Review of Consultants’ Contracts Approved at the Administrative Level – Contracts Greater than $600 and Equal To or Less than $10,000 (Bill Daugherty),
17. Discussion of Future Board Meeting Topics (Debbie Louder)
18. Discussion of March 29 Board Meeting (Debbie Louder)
19. Announcements
20. Recess

A tour of the new duplexes on campus will be available after recess.

BOARD AGENDA
for March 29, 2008 Meeting

8:30am-12:30pm
TSBVI Conference Center

1. Call to Order
2. Governance Development Workshop – Facilitated by Ross Mitchel and Liz Solka with Implementations, Inc.
3. Adjournment