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San Marcos CISD board approves signatory resolution, reviews tax rate options 2:16:42
- A district staff member presented three tax rate options ahead of a planned September 21 adoption: a defeasance, a refunding, or reducing the I&S rate to only what is needed to pay current debt. 2:16:42
- The board approved a resolution updating its authorized financial representatives and signatories 7-0. 2:28:47
- Board members also discussed how search firms for the superintendent search would present to the board. 2:32:13
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Item by item (9)
- Opening and closed session 27:10
- Finance update on tax rate options 2:16:42
- A district staff member said certified values rose about 9%, lowering the M&O rate from 0.6969 to 0.6428, a reduction of 5.41 cents, and said keeping the rate at the higher level would require a supermajority of 5 votes. 2:16:42
- Asked for a recommendation, the staff member recommended the refunding option. 2:24:01
- A speaker asked for more information on what would be refunded and how it would work, and the staff member said an executive summary would be sent. 2:24:56
- Authorized financial signatories resolution 2:26:27
- A district staff member said the resolution would remove one signatory and add another for the bank depository, bringing the number of signatures from 2 to 3. 2:26:41
- Miguel Arredondo asked whether adding signatories not explicitly listed on the agenda would be a TOMA violation, and clarified the motion included adding another signatory if allowed. 2:27:50
- Anne Halsey announced the motion carried 7-0. 2:28:48
- Agenda preparation for upcoming meeting 2:28:48
- A staff member listed planned items including the interim superintendent's report, a cabinet 90-day report, board policy update 127 and budget amendments. 2:29:08
- A staff member listed an ordinance setting the 2026-2027 tax rate, and a staff member said a refunding resolution would have to be added. 2:31:13
- Superintendent search firm presentations 2:32:13
- One board member said the board needed to add an item to consider proposals from search firms for the superintendent search. 2:32:13
- Anne Halsey summarized that the 3 search firms that applied would give presentations with board questions, with a closed session item for further questioning, and later set 5-minute presentations. 2:34:54
- One board member said a community member had asked about the process and that a public-facing presentation would help explain the selection. 2:35:36
- Upward Communities project timing 2:36:02
- Class size and special education data 2:36:55
- Miguel Arredondo asked for a memo with classroom counts and special education co-teacher caseloads by campus. 2:36:55
- A staff member said a budget amendment would allocate an additional special education position to Mendez after staff assessed the campus needs. 2:39:23
- One board member said of the proposed budget amendment, I'm supportive of it. 2:41:15
- Artificial intelligence use policy 2:41:15
- A staff member said the district has an AI policy developed over the summer that tells staff not to put student PII into artificial intelligence and said it is still being refined. 2:43:22
- Miguel Arredondo asked what policies exist for employees uploading student images to create graphics. 2:44:38
- A speaker asked staff to send the existing policy and said the item would go on the October agenda. 2:47:23
- Adjournment 2:47:32
- A motion to adjourn was made and seconded. 2:47:32
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