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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 November 16, 2006, beginning at 10:00am in the Superintendent’s Conference Room of the Administration Building, 1100 West 45 th 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 November 16, 2006 Meeting

1. Call to Order
2. Introduction of Audience
3. Public Comments/Open Forum
4. Award of Certificates of Appreciation to TSBVI Staff (Frankie Swift)
5. Consideration of Approval of Minutes of September 22, 2006 Board Meeting (Frankie Swift)
6. Report from the Finance and Audit Committee (Toby Galindo)
   1. Report from the Internal Auditor (Russell Gregorczyk)
   • Discussion of the TSBVI Internal Audit Annual Report for FY 2006
   2. Consideration of initiating Internal Auditor’s performance appraisal
   3. Consideration of Issues Related to Management of the Bert E. Broday Trust
   4. Consideration of approval of renewal of Nolan County farm contracts
   5. Report on maintenance, annual inspection, and results of annual property inventory of the campus residence
   6. Consideration of approval of Investment Report
   7. Approval of receipt of gifts and donations of over $500
   8. Approval of request for expenditure of gifts and donations
7. Report from the Personnel Committee (Donna Clopton)
   1. Consideration of approval of board policies:
   • DBAA Employee Reports of Criminal Records (Amend)
   2. Consideration of 2005-06 superintendent’s summative appraisal results
   3. Discussion of scheduled training session on appraising the superintendent
8. Report from the Program Committee (Debbie Louder)
   1. Consideration of approval of board policies:
      • BBFB Ethics: Prohibited Acts (Adopt)
      • BE Board Meetings (Amend)
      • EI Academic Achievement (Amend)
      • EIF Academic Achievement: Graduation (Amend)
      • EIF-E Academic Achievement: Graduation (Amend)
      • EKB Testing Programs: Assessment Program (Amend)
      • FEA Admissions and Attendance: Compulsory Attendance (Amend)
      • FNCF Student Activities: Contests and Competitions (Amend – Recoded from FMF-E)
      • GBA Public Information Program: Access to Public Information (Amend)
      • GBAA Information Access: Requests for Information (Adopt)
      • GF Public Complaints (Amend)
      • GF-E Complaints: Members of the General Public (Adopt)
   2. Reports from Special Programs Principal
   • Consideration of approval of 2007 summer programs and calendar
   3. Report from Outreach Director
   4. Report from Comprehensive Program Principal
      • Update on career education
9. Consideration of Nomination of a Board Liaison to the Instructional Planning Council (Ken Miller)
10. Report on Achievement of Objectives for 2005-2006 from the Agency Strategic Plan and the Annual Improvement Plan (Susan Houghtling and Ken Miller)
11. Discussion of Texas Administrative Code Related to Requirements for Local School Districts When Referring Students to TSBVI Comprehensive Programs (Frankie Swift)
12. Status of All Blind Children of Texas Charity (Mary Sue Welch)
13. Report from the Superintendent:
    1. Report on Legislative Appropriations Request hearings
    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. Monthly reports of web site visitors
14. Report of Consultants' Contracts Approved at the Administrative Level – Contracts Greater than $600 and Equal To or Less Than $10,000 (Phil Hatlen)
15. Discussion of Future Board Meeting Topics (Frankie Swift)
16. Announcements
17. Adjournment