At a meeting of the Duncanville Independent School District Board of Trustees, the board unanimously approved an outside-service contract between Dr. Sam Nicks and the Region 10 Assistant Principal Leadership Academy to provide one day of professional development for assistant principals across the region. Jacqueline Colton, president of the board of trustees, opened the meeting and noted compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act.

Superintendent Goree presented the contract to the board and described the district's review under recently changed law governing external employment for district employees. Goree said the district applies three questions to such contracts: whether the contract would harm Duncanville ISD, whether it presents a conflict of interest, and whether services would be performed on the employee's personal time. He told the board the contract would not harm the district, would not present a conflict of interest and that "all services will be performed entirely on Dr. Sam Nicks's personal time," adding that Region 10 had contacted Dr. Nicks to provide one day of professional development.

Colton moved to approve the contract and the motion was seconded; the board voted and "the vote carries unanimously," according to the meeting record. The transcript does not record a roll-call tally or the number of trustees voting.

The board then recessed into closed session. The approval allows Dr. Nicks to proceed with the one-day engagement as described in the presented contract; no additional conditions, funding details or implementation dates were included in the public discussion recorded in the transcript.