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Board delegates contractual authority to superintendent under Texas Education Code, 7–0
Summary
Trustee Ryan Pitts moved and Trustee Kim Kriegel seconded a motion delegating contractual authority under TEC §11.1511(c)(4) and related TEC provisions to the superintendent for 2024–25; the motion passed 7–0.
As an action item, Trustee Ryan Pitts made a motion "to approve the action to delegate contractual authority to obligate the school district under Texas Education Code (TEC) §11.1511(c)(4) to the Superintendent, for the 2024-2025 school year, solely for the purpose of obligating the district under TEC, $48.257 and TEC, Chapter 49, Subchapters A and D, and the rule adopted by the commissioner of education as authorized under TEC, $49.006, including approval of the Agreement for the Purchase of Attendance Credit (Netting Chapter 48 funding)." Trustee Kim Kriegel seconded the motion and it passed 7–0.
The motion delegates limited contracting authority to the superintendent for the 2024–25 school year tied to the cited Texas Education Code sections and references a district agreement related to attendance-credit purchases. The minutes record the statutory citations and the unanimous board vote but do not reproduce the underlying agreement or monetary totals beyond the phrasing in the motion.
