Katy Independent School District board

13 meetings on our record, 5 of them from the past year and 8 with unconfirmed dates · 94,785 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 21, 2026: Katy ISD board approves class size waiver application for elementary campuses Play 3:12:13
Newest meeting we have: Sep 21, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Lance Redmon, President · Dawn Champagne, Vice-President · James Cross, Secretary · Jim Davidson, Member · Rebecca Fox, Member · Nathan Shipley, Member · Cicely Taylor, Member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 3 h 15 minMonday, September 21, 2026Katy ISD board approves class size waiver application for elementary campusesReading and test scoresSpeakers: Lance Redmon, Dawn Champagne, James Cross, Cicely Taylor and 2 more

Play 3:12:13

Board meeting · 2 h 26 minMonday, July 27, 2026Board approves 2026-2027 Student Code of ConductChronic absenteeismSpeakers: Lance Redmon, Dawn Champagne, James Cross, Cicely Taylor and 2 more

Play 2:11:38

Board meeting · 3 h 22 minMonday, June 22, 2026Katy ISD board approves breakfast and lunch price increases in 4-3 voteChronic absenteeismAI in schoolsEnrollmentSpeakers: Lance Redmon, Dawn Champagne, James Cross, Jim Davidson and 2 more

Play 3:18:35

Board meeting · 2 h 03 minTuesday, January 20, 2026Katy ISD board approves 2026-2027 instructional calendar with Option CSpeakers: Lance Redmon, Dawn Champagne, Rebecca Fox

Play 1:53:34

The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 5 board meetings, Dec 8, 2025 – Sep 21, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatAbout 58% of members' speaking time here is named; we rank at 60%.

Coverage: about 58% of members’ speaking time named (43%–67%)

Minutes = time we heard them speak per meeting, from the speech we have named so far, so each is a floor: at least that much.

Runs the meeting

Lance RedmonPresident · Position 2 · runs the meeting, not ranked11.3min, at least5 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart1.1questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

James CrossSecretary · Position 1 · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 83.8min, at least4 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Cicely TaylorMember · Position 3 · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.1min, at least2 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Jim DavidsonMember · Position 4 · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.3min, at least2 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Nathan ShipleyMember · Position 5 · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 83.4min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked6.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Rebecca FoxMember · Position 6 · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 87.4min, at least4 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.6questions asked per meeting, at least

Dawn ChampagneVice-President · Position 7 · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 86.5min, at least5 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.3questions asked per meeting, at least

Minutes speaking per full board meeting held while seated; a meeting they missed or stayed silent in counts as zero · bar = minutes named so far · talk time only, never tone or stance · Hamlet

Meetings on our record

All 13 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Public comment17%13%–23%

Ceremony and recognition9%5%–15%

Budget and finance6%1%–11%

Safety and discipline0%0%–2%

The two readers didn’t agree on 19% of the time; it counts toward no topic, so every share above is a floor.

Not shown: facilities, closures and enrollment, curriculum and instruction, student services and special education, labor and personnel, governance and policy, routine business, other subjects, whose checks haven’t passed

Public comment

Of the 13 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 11; 10 had at least one.

16 speakers8 speakers9.3 a meeting on average

Federal district ID 4825170 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district