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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 September 26, 2008, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in Conference Room 202 of the Silverrain Building 544, 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 June 4, 2008 Meeting
3. Report from Comprehensive Program Principal, Miles Fain
   1. English as a Second Language annual evaluation report
   2. Report on TAKS results and methods of improving the TAKS program
   3. TSBVI Performance Indicator results
   4. Consideration of approval of a School Health Advisory Council
4. Reports from Special Programs Principal, Dr. Lauren Newton
   1. Report on summer school enrollment
   2. Home school versus public school attendance
5. Report from Outreach Director, Cyral Miller
1. New Outreach Program initiatives
6. Adjournment