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Goose Creek CISD board approves Senate Bill 12 compliance certification and operating procedures 1:14:12
- Speakers at public comment addressed the district's dress code, including a provision on clothing and grooming tied to social transition. 4:41
- A staff member said 4 items would be discussed: the student code of conduct, AP on-ramps and dual credit, strategic plan goals and the monthly financial update. 26:05
- The board approved its board operating procedures 7-0 with amendments and approved the 2026-27 student code of conduct 6-0 with 1 abstention. ~1:21:52
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Item by item (15)
- Opening of the meeting 0:01
- Public comment on dress code 1:43
- James Campisi said 4 people had signed up to speak. 1:43
- A speaker at public comment questioned a dress code provision on clothing tied to social transition and asked how staff would enforce it. 4:41
- Other speakers said the dress code could threaten safety, suggested solid-colored pants and hair kept out of students' faces, and cited petitions signed by 3,100 people. 7:48
- Senate Bill 12 public hearing 14:21
- District staff said Senate Bill 12 prohibits assigning diversity, equity and inclusion duties and requires a board-approved certification of compliance submitted to TEA by September 30th. 15:21
- No member of the public spoke during the hearing. ~21:41
- One board member asked how employees would receive hard copies of the policy and said a verbal notification was warranted; a staff member said supervisors would hand out a memo. 22:36
- Approval of minutes 25:13
- Correction to dropout data 26:05
- Student code of conduct changes 29:20
- AP, OnRamps and dual credit report 33:16
- A staff member said 762 students were enrolled in 1,018 AP classes, with a 64% pass rate, and that the OnRamps college algebra pass rate was 29%. 34:48
- A speaker said 1,018 AP seats were filled but 504 tests were taken, and a staff member said this was the first year students paid for their AP exams and the second year they could opt out. 41:23
- Jessie Martinez asked whether the district captured data on students who did not test for financial reasons. 46:33
- Strategic plan goals 53:31
- Monthly financial update 1:01:03
- A staff member said preliminary general fund revenues were about $280.5 million and the projected ending fund balance was $127.7 million. 1:03:46
- A staff member said a bond refunding would save taxpayers nearly $7 million and the tax rate was expected to remain $1.07. 1:07:25
- One board member said they voted against buying a church the district bought for $1 million. 1:11:28
- Senate Bill 12 compliance certification 1:14:12
- District of Innovation amendments 1:14:48
- Board operating procedures 1:15:24
- One board member proposed removing board goals from the item on superintendent performance goals and adding it under the self-assessment workshop. 1:17:01
- The original motion failed, and a new motion was made with the amendment. 1:19:21
- Board discussion distinguished board goals from district goals, and the motion was changed to list district goals beside the superintendent performance goals. 1:20:44
- The procedures with the amendments passed 7 for, 0 against. 1:22:15
- Consent agenda 1:23:03
- Student code of conduct approval 1:24:04
- Jessie Martinez pointed to an incomplete bullet point, and a staff member said it was a typo to be deleted. 1:24:23
- A staff member said the district hired 6 behavior management interventionists to run the boot camp. 1:25:42
- Richard Clem amended the motion to include the edit. 1:27:06
- The motion passed 6 for, 0 against, with 1 abstention. 1:27:17
- Board business, closed session and new hires 1:27:17
- A staff member said accountability information should arrive August 12th, allowing workshops to be scheduled. 1:28:17
- James Campisi said the next board meetings would be September 8th, October 5th and November 2nd. 1:30:28
- James Campisi said no action was taken in closed session. 1:31:18
- Administrative new hires were approved 7 for, 0 against. 1:32:11
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