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San Benito CISD trustees approve consent agenda, tax-rate resolutions and personnel actions
Summary
The board approved a large consent agenda including multiple memoranda of understanding, budget and tax reports, purchases and bid extensions, and passed resolutions setting tax rates; the board also approved employment, resignations, the superintendent employment agreement and a litigation action in closed session.
At its regular meeting, the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees approved a broad consent agenda and several action items including personnel approvals and a litigation-related item following a closed session.
The consent agenda — approved by motion of Trustee (listed in the minutes as) Mister Coronan with a second by Trustee Crystal Hernandez — included academic services memoranda of understanding for the 2025–26 school year (Behavioral Health Solutions; Region 1 Education Service Center child-find and early childhood intervention; Texas State Technical College recruitment; STARS College Network; OmniTrak professional development subscriptions), shared-services and travel-grant agreements, at-risk handbook approval, business-and-finance items such as cash accounts and tax collection reports for August 2025, budget amendments, and purchases over $50,000. The board also approved bid awards and extensions, including cybersecurity pilot procurement (RFCSP 0725) and extensions of districtwide catering and recycling services contracts.
Administrative items on the consent agenda included revisions to the 2025–26 compensation plan, an agreement with UTRGV for a teacher-preparation program, and board-policy revisions. Minutes for prior meetings were approved as part of the consent agenda.
The board approved several finance-related resolutions on the consent agenda: adopting disaster-relief pennies, setting the maintenance-and-operations tax rate, setting the interest-and-sinking tax rate, and authorizing tax-payment discounts.
After a closed session under Texas Government Code Sections 551.071 and 551.074 for attorney consultation and personnel matters, the board returned to open session and approved employment, resignations, retirements and terminations as discussed in executive session (motion by Trustee Crystal Hernandez; second by Trustee Alex Reyna). The board also voted to approve the superintendent’s employment agreement as discussed in closed session (motion by Hernandez; second by Reyna). The board approved action on litigation listed as "20 25 d CL00268 SBCISD versus Davila et al" as discussed in closed session (motion by Hernandez; second by "mister Aina").
All consent and action items on the agenda passed by the recorded motions and subsequent voice votes indicated in the meeting minutes.
The superintendent and relevant administrators will carry out implementation tasks identified in individual agreements and report back to the board as required by each item’s terms.
