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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 September 8, 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 September 26, 2008 Meeting

1. Call to Order

2.  Introduction of Audience

3. Public Comments/Open Forum

4. Recognition of Students Achieving Commended Status on the TAKS Test

5. Award of Certificate of Appreciation (Debbie Louder)

6. Consideration of Approval of Minutes of August 1, 2008 Board Meeting

7. Report from the Finance and Audit Committee (Michelle Goodwin)

1. Consideration of approval of Investment Report
2. Approval of receipt of gifts and donations of over $500
3. Approval of request for expenditure of gifts and donations
4. Report on book sales
5. Review of budget reports
8. Report from Wells Fargo on the Bert E. Broday Trust Fund
9. Report from the Program Committee 
   1. Report from Comprehensive Program Principal
      • English as a Second Language annual evaluation report
      • Report on TAKS results and methods for improving the TAKS program
      • TSBVI Performance Indicator results
      • Consideration of approval of a School Health Advisory Council
   2. Report from Special Programs Principal
      • Report on summer school enrollment
      • Home school versus public school attendance
   3. Report from Outreach Director
      • New Outreach Program initiatives
10. Report on Implementing Videotaped Training of Abuse and Neglect Reporting Procedures and Compliance with Annual Training Requirements
11. Report from the Personnel Committee
    1. Consideration of approval of Board policies
       • DEC          Compensation and Benefits:  Leaves and Absences
    2. Consideration of amending Internal Auditor’s flex time and consideration of Internal Auditor’s job analysis for possible promotion or reclassification
12. Consideration of Training Dates Regarding the Superintendent’s Appraisal Process and Goal Development
13. Consideration of Approval of Request to Exceed FTE Cap
14. Consideration of Approval of TSBVI Organizational Chart
15. Report from Internal Auditor
    1. Consideration of approval of amending the Fiscal Year 2008 Audit Plan
    2. Fiscal year 2009 risk assessment and consideration of approval of 2009 Internal Audit Plan
    3. Consideration of approval of Annual Internal Audit Report
    4. Discussion of requirement for quality assurance review in fiscal year 2009
    5. Status report of prior year internal audit recommendations
16. Final Update on Completion of Action Plans in the 2007-2008 Annual Improvement Plan
17. Report from the Superintendent
    1. Update on campus construction
    2. Legislative update
    3. Superintendent's travel
    4. Campus visitors and activities
    5. Enrollment update 
    6. Progress report on procedures required in policy 
    7. Use of facilities by outside groups
    8. Efforts to seek external funding
18. Report of Consultants' Contracts Approved at the Administrative Level – Contracts Greater than $600 and Equal To or Less Than $10,000,
19. Discussion of Future Board Meeting Topics
20. Announcements
21. Adjournment    

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 September 8, 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
2. Adjournment