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NOTICE OF MEETING

BOARD OF TRUSTEES COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMS

TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular meeting of the Program Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired shall be held on January 25, 2008, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in Room 123 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 Committee on Programs 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):

1. Call to Order
2. Consideration of Approval of Minutes of the January 25, 2008 Meeting
3. Consideration of Approval of Board Policies:
• COD     Canteen Operation and Control (Amend)
4. Consideration of Approval of the School’s Calendar for 2008-200
5. Consideration of Approval of Recommendations of the Textbook Committee
6. Report from Outreach Director, Cyral Miller
   1. Update on interveners and certificatio
7. Reports from Special Programs Principal, Dr. Lauren Newton
   1. Status report on Summer 2008 Programs and application process
   2. Report on results of transportation survey for Short-term Programs
8. Report from Comprehensive Program Principal, Miles Fain
   1. Career education program updat
9. Adjournment