Del Valle ISD trustees keep Lone Star Governance committee after vote
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Summary
The board debated whether to replace the standing Lone Star Governance committee with three ad hoc committees and voted to retain the standing committee; the motion to form ad hoc committees failed and the motion to keep the LSG committee passed with roll calls recorded in open session.
After several trustees provided committee updates, Vice President Cisneros and district staff summarized the Lone Star Governance (LSG) implementation timeline and the phases ahead (theory of action workshop, policy diet and board operating‑procedures review). Trustees then debated whether to continue the existing standing Lone Star Governance committee or dissolve it and replace the work with three ad hoc committees focused on two‑way communication, policy diet, and board operating procedures.
A motion to form ad hoc committees was moved and seconded; the board voted and the motion failed (the board announced the motion failed in open session; the chair recorded the tally as three in favor, five against and one abstention). A subsequent motion to retain the standing LSG committee was moved and seconded and passed; the chair announced the vote as five in favor, three against and one abstention. Trustees discussed committee size, quorum concerns and how rotating membership and workshops could allow broader participation while preserving the timelines required by LSG implementation.
The board then discussed the LSG committee description and voted to use existing board policy language as the governing description, asking staff and committee members to continue work according to the LSG timeline. The board recessed to executive session later in the evening and returned to adjourn.