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Fort Stockton ISD board approves literacy framework, grant submission, higher purchasing threshold and several routine items
Summary
Trustees voted unanimously on a slate of actions: certification of an unopposed trustee, approval of a literacy framework, authorization to apply for the LASO 4 TEA grant, raising the purchasing approval threshold to $100,000, purchasing four passenger wagons with bond funds, and accepting a donation for the high school band. The board also maintained current UIL participation policy and declined a statutory prayer resolution.
At its Feb. 23 meeting the Fort Stockton Independent School District board approved a package of policy and administrative motions including adoption of a District Literacy Framework, authorization to submit a LASO 4 grant application to the Texas Education Agency, an increase in the board approval threshold for single, budgeted purchases to $100,000, purchase of four 2025 Ford Transit Passenger Wagons using approved bond funds, and acceptance of a donation for the Fort Stockton High School Band.
The board certified and declared elected the unopposed candidate for School Board Trustee Ward 1 by order of cancellation. Trustees voted to maintain the district’s current policy limiting University Interscholastic League participation to enrolled students and to take no action to expand participation under SB 401 at this time. The board also declined to adopt a statutory…
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