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JEFFERSON ISD board invokes budget-based exception under Senate Bill 546, recognizes students and confirms personnel actions

JEFFERSON ISD Board of Trustees · April 14, 2026
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Summary

Trustees unanimously approved a resolution invoking the budget-based exception related to Senate Bill 546, recognized seniors earning associate degrees and other staff, and later approved personnel recommendations after executive session.

At the meeting, district staff requested that the board approve a resolution stating the district's current budget does not permit full compliance with the statutory requirement of Senate Bill 546 and to invoke the budget-based exception under 547.701(e)(1). Trustee Rusty Mauldin moved approval, Trustee Kirstin Johnson seconded, and the motion carried 6-0.

During regular reports the board recognized high school seniors who will graduate with associate degrees from Panola College and honored other staff and students (teacher of the month Charmaine Love; students of the month Scarlett Verzal, Ariel McCord, Lillian Lee, Bronx Johnson and Maybreigh Lindley). The board later convened an executive session (7:11–7:48 p.m.) and, on reconvening, approved personnel recommendations as presented by district staff; the personnel motion carried 6-0.