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Rice ISD Board approves routine items, tables financial audit
Summary
At its Nov. 19 meeting the Rice ISD Board approved consent items, budget amendments, an ESL waiver and a TASB policy update; it cast 162 votes for an appraisal-district director and tabled the 2024–2025 financial audit to December. Enrollment reported at 1,109.
The Rice ISD Board of Trustees met Nov. 19, 2025, and approved a series of routine items, including the consent agenda and budget amendments, while tabling the district's 2024–2025 financial audit until the December meeting. Board attendance was six members present and one absent; motions passed unanimously by recorded vote where shown.
Board actions recorded in the public minutes included approval of the consent agenda (motion by Jason Blake, seconded by Holly Ellington; vote: Yea 6, Nay 0, Absent 1), approval of budget amendments (motion by Holly Ellington, seconded by Kim Hrnjak; vote: Yea 6, Nay 0, Absent 1), approval of an ESL waiver/bilingual exception (motion by Scott Black, seconded by Holly Ellington; vote: Yea 6, Nay 0, Absent 1), approval of TASB Policy Update 126 (motion by Jason Blake, seconded by Scott Black; vote: Yea 6, Nay 0, Absent 1), and a motion to table the 2024–2025 financial audit until the December board meeting (motion by Jason Blake, seconded by Kim Hrnjak; vote: Yea 6, Nay 0, Absent 1).
The board also cast 162 votes for A.L. "Buster" Atkeisson to serve on the Navarro Central Appraisal District Board of Directors for the 2026–2027 term (motion by Kim Hrnjak, seconded by Holly Ellington; vote recorded Yea 6, Nay 0, Absent 1). The meeting adjourned at approximately 6:54 p.m.
Next steps: the financial audit will be on the December agenda and the district plans a December board workshop for Team of 8 training; the public transcript contains no additional detail about the audit or the workshop agenda.
