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Votes at a glance: Uvalde CISD board actions, Jan. 24, 2025
Summary
Trustees approved the consent agenda; course additions for 2025–26; T‑TESS appraisers; adoption of reproductive‑health curricula; budget amendment including inclement‑weather pay; GMP for vestibules; AEAP award acceptance; 10 nonbusiness PIA days; and extended the superintendent's contract.
During the Jan. 24, 2025 regular meeting, the Uvalde CISD Board of Trustees recorded the following formal actions. All motions listed below carried unanimously unless noted.
1) Consent agenda — approved Motion: Approve consent agenda (minutes, information items, accounts payable, monthly financial and operational reports). Mover: Trustee Suarez. Seconder: Trustee Perez. Outcome: Approved unanimously.
2) Course additions for 2025–26 — approved Motion: Add courses including Algebraic Reasoning (OER), Entrepreneurship pathway levels, CTE capstone, Business Management level 4 and statistics/business decision making to the 2025–26 course catalog. Mover: Trustee Suarez. Seconder: Trustee Flores. Outcome: Approved unanimously.
3) T‑TESS appraisers (amendment to appraisers list) — approved Motion: Add newly certified appraisers (Miranda Dvorak, Cassandra Hernandez/Lopez and others) to the district T‑TESS appraiser list for 2024–25. Mover: Trustee Suarez. Seconder: Trustee Perez. Outcome: Approved unanimously.
4) Adoption of reproductive‑health curricula — approved (see separate coverage) Motion: Adopt Real Essentials Starting Point and Real Essentials Advanced and LoveNotes 4.0 per SHAC recommendation. Mover: Trustee Suarez. Seconder: Trustee Rizzo. Outcome: Approved unanimously.
5) General fund budget amendment No. 2 and inclement‑weather pay — approved Motion: Approve budget amendment No. 2 and include lost wages for the Jan. 21 inclement‑weather closure for paraprofessionals and maintenance/operations staff. Mover: Trustee Jacqueline Gonzales. Seconder: Trustee Jesse Rizzo. Outcome: Approved unanimously.
6) GMP Amendment No. 1 (security vestibules) — approved Motion: Approve guaranteed maximum price Amendment No. 1 with Broadus Construction for district‑wide security vestibules ($2,276,964) and authorize the superintendent to finalize negotiations and execute the amendment in a form approved by legal counsel. Mover: Trustee Suarez. Seconder: Trustee Quinones. Outcome: Approved unanimously.
7) Accept AEAP grant (Anti‑Terrorism Emergency Assistance Program) — approved Motion: Adopt resolution to accept AEAP grant funds for recovery services in response to May 24, 2022 events. Mover: Trustee Perez. Seconder: Trustee Suarez. Outcome: Approved unanimously.
8) Designate 10 nonbusiness days for Public Information Act requests (calendar year 2025) — approved Motion: Designate specified nonbusiness days (including portions of spring break and December dates) so PIA timelines exclude those days. Mover: Trustee Flores. Seconder: Trustee Flores. Outcome: Approved unanimously.
9) Superintendent contract extension — approved Motion: Extend the superintendent’s contract by one year following closed session evaluation. Mover: Trustee Suarez. Seconder: Trustee Perez. Outcome: Approved unanimously.
Ending: Administration will implement the board’s directives and report back where tasks require further detail (payroll mechanics for inclement‑weather compensation, contract finalization for GMP, implementation plans for adopted curricula).
