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 October 1, 2025, beginning at 4:00 p.m. in the Board Meeting Room, Building 600, 1100 West 45th Street, Austin, Texas.
If, during the course of the meetings, 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. 551.071, .072, 073, .074, .076, .082, .0821, .083, .084, or .089. 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).
- Call to Order
- Pledge of Allegiance and Texas Pledge
- Introduction of Board Members and Audience
- Recognition of Students for Outstanding Performance on Statewide Assessments (Lee Sonnenberg)
- Recognition of Retiring Employees (Lee Sonnenberg)
- Report from Family Lynx Program (Amy Potts)
- Public Comments/Open Forum
- Consideration of Approval of Minutes of August 7 and 8, 2025 Board Meetings (Lee Sonnenberg), pages 4-13, LP 6-22
- Report from the Audit, Compliance, and Management Review Committee (Ernest Worthington)
- Report from Garza/Gonzalez and Associates, page 14, LP 23-24
- Consideration of approval of TSBVI’s 2025 Internal Audit Annual Report, including the Audit of Outreach Programs and prior year recommendations
- Report from Garza/Gonzalez and Associates, page 14, LP 23-24
- Report from the Finance Committee (Julie Prause)
- Consideration of adoption of a resolution to appoint TSBVI’s alternate Investment Officer, pages 15-16, LP 25
- Consideration of approval of Investment Report, page 17, LP 28
- Consideration of approval of receipt of gifts and donations of over $500, pages 18-19, LP 29-30
- Consideration of approval of request for expenditure of gifts and donations, pages 18-19, LP 29-30
- Review of budget reports
- Operating Budget Expenditure Report, pages 20-22, LP 31-33
- Legacy Revenue Budget Report, page 23, LP 34
- Legacy Operating Expenditure Budget Report, pages 24-25, LP 35-36
- Report from the Program Committee (Beth Jones)
- Report from Comprehensive Program Principal, Miles Fain
- Statewide Assessment results, pages 26-33, LP 37-49
- English as a Second Language (ESL) Program Analysis, pages 34-38, LP 50-59
- Plan to Promote Academic Excellence and Improve Student Performance on the STAAR, pages 39-40, LP 60-64
- Consideration of approval of Student Code of Conduct, page 41, LP 65-66
- Consideration of Membership to the School Health Advisory Council, pages 42-43, LP 67-70
- Library update and consideration of approval of new library materials, pages 44-48, LP 71-78
- Report from Curriculum Director, Angela Wolf
- TSBVI Student Progress Measure Results, pages 49-58, LP 79-97
- Report from Short-Term Programs Principal, Dr. Eden Hagelman
- Summer 2025 Programs
- Short-Term Program update
- Report from Outreach Director, Erica Cairns
- Outreach Program update
- Report from Comprehensive Program Principal, Miles Fain
- Consideration of Approval of TSBVI Organizational Chart (Emily Coleman), pages 59-60, LP 98-99
- Consideration of Approval of Administrator’s Contract with Outside Agency Pursuant to House Bill 3372 (Emily Coleman), pages 61-63, LP 100-103
- Final Update on Completion of Action Plans in the 2024-2025 Annual Improvement Plan (Emily Coleman), page 64, LP 104
- Report from the Superintendent, pages 65-66, LP 105-107
- Campus activities
- Superintendent activities
- Consideration of Superintendent’s Formative Evaluation (Lee Sonnenberg), page 67, LP 108
- Personnel Update (Emily Coleman)
- Discussion of Future Board Meeting Topics and Meeting Dates (Lee Sonnenberg)
- Announcements
- Adjournment