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Votes at a glance: Laredo ISD board actions, July 24, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal votes and consent‑agenda actions taken by the Laredo ISD Board of Trustees on July 24, including bond approval, budget amendments and several district agreements.
LAREDO, Texas — The Laredo ISD Board of Trustees conducted a regular meeting July 24 and took formal action on multiple consent‑agenda and regular‑agenda items. This summary lists each item presented with the recorded outcome.
Consent agenda (selected items)
- Item 1 — Approval and ratification of unaudited financial statements, donation report, tax collection report and monthly distributions: Approved by voice vote. - Item 2 — Approval of minutes (regular meeting 06/24/2025; special called meetings 06/26/2025 and 07/15/2025): Approved by motion and second; voice vote. - Item 3 — Budget amendments (3a–3L as listed in agenda): Approved by motion and second after brief clarification; voice vote. - Item 4 — Approval of Laredo ISD $11,600,000 unlimited tax refunding bonds, series 2025: Approved by motion and second; voice vote. - Item 5 — Child Find/Child Serve agreement between Laredo ISD and Region 1 Education Service Center for the 2025–26 school year: Approved by motion and second; voice vote. - Items 6 and 7 — Shared services agreement with Texas School for the Deaf and MOU with Ninos Community Action Corporation of South Texas for early childhood intervention (effective 09/01/2025–08/31/2028): Approved together by motion and second; voice vote. - Item 8 — Removed from consent agenda at the board president’s request and taken up as a regular‑agenda matter (no vote recorded on consent docket). - Item 9 — Proposed amendments to FD Local (admissions) and FM Local (student activities) to address Senate Bill 401 (2025 legislative session): Approved by motion and second; voice vote. - Items 10–12 — Additional consent items referenced in the meeting materials: Approved by motion; Trustee Perez announced an abstention on item 12 in the record but the items otherwise passed.
Regular agenda and other actions
- Item 13 — TASB local policy updates (multiple policy references): Motion to table; approved by voice vote. - Item 14 — Adoption of the Laredo ISD 2025–26 student code of conduct: Approved by motion and second after discussion; voice vote. - Item 15 — Presentation on USDE message regarding federal grant allocations and district contingency planning (no formal vote on the presentation itself; trustees directed staff to plan and report back). - Item 16 — House Bill 2 (TRS surcharge) presentation: Motion to table; approved by voice vote. - Item 17 — Resolution to provide three wellness leave days to full‑time employees for 2025–26: Approved by motion and second; amendment accepted (language change from "shall" to "may" in one administrative sentence); final approval by voice vote. - Item 18 — Additional TASB local policy updates: Motion to table; approved by voice vote. - Items 19 & 20 — Discussion of TEA District Vulnerability Assessment (DVA) and superintendent search consultant matters: Trustees entered executive session on these items; after returning to open session trustees approved item 19 (DVA full report) by motion and voice vote; no board action was required on item 20 after executive session.
How votes were recorded
Most items were decided by voice vote following motions and seconds; the meeting record shows verbal "aye" and a few recorded abstentions (notably Trustee Perez on item 12). No roll‑call tallies listing each trustee's vote were read into the public record for most consent items.
Ending
Trustees closed the meeting at approximately 8:29 p.m. and directed staff to bring follow‑up reports and implementation details for several approved items, including budget amendments, the student code of conduct, wellness‑day administrative regulations, and contingency planning related to federal grant uncertainties.
