Goodwill Education Board Meeting

GOODWILL CENTRAL TEXAS GOODWILL EDUCATION BOARD MEETING December 15, 2016

PRESENT: Ted Delisi, Jon Eddison, Les Gage, Jamie Lagarde, Kim McMath, Sheila Wojcik

ABSENT: Yvonne VanDyke

STAFF: Traci Berry, Heather Briscoe, Paula Campbell, Lisa Dennis, Kelly Kamerer, Matt Williams

CHAIR STATED A QUORUM HAS BEEN REACHED, THE MEETING WILL PROCEED AS SCHEDULED

I. CALL TO ORDER Ted Delisi called the meeting to order at 8:30am. Attendees were reminded that a quorum of Goodwill Education Board directors constitutes a meeting and as such, discussions are subject to the Texas Open Meetings Act (TOMA) and are considered public record. This session is open to the public. Agenda incorrectly shows October 4th; that meeting was cancelled. The minutes to be approved include The Goodwill Education Board approved the August 17, 2016 and September 28, 2016 meeting minutes as presented. Which were not posted, and will be on the next GEB meeting agenda.

II. SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS, TRACI BERRY TEA reduced the budget cut from $2.5M to $1.5M to the Legislative Appropriations Request (LAR). Our academic progress report recommended expanding and more funding. TEA is required to submit a 4% reduction and charter schools live in the discretionary portion of the budget. The budget is in the legislative process right now and we should know the outcome by March. GCT needs to put together a contingency plan for the adult charter school in case the funding is not approved. We are well positioned with legislators and in an effort to support Goodwill, board members are encouraged to attend advocacy day on March 7th.SB 276 has been filed, this bill strikes the 150 student cap and allows up to 1000 students in the next session. TWC has one exceptional item and it is expansion of adult charter schools; they are fully supporting our bill. We are working all angles to get additional funding. It was recommended to expand the GEB meeting quarterly to allow for a deep dive focusing on risks, financials, and legislative efforts. TB to make a recommendation for the meeting schedule for the next year. TB also to review recommendation to change the school year to a June 30 fiscal year. There will need to be a called GEB/GCT meeting in mid-January to approve the financial audit. The report was not finalized in time for today’s meeting; however to be in compliance with TEA the approval needs to be submitted no later than January 27th. III. ADMINISTRATOR REPORT(S), MATT WILLIAMS PIEMS (attendance report) report has been submitted successfully and timely. We are the only school in the district that manually enters time by the minute which is complicated and can cause delays in reporting. Being that we are unique and follow the optional flexible school day we switched to Skyward and they are assisting us with setting up an automated report. We are working with ACC on regulations for duel credit. Lockhart prison school program is going well with 19 women enrolled. We are expected to have our first graduation in January. MW will coordinate a tour of the Lockhart facility for GEB. MW is working with the Warden to expand the program which is a little difficult as inmates are sent there during the last two years of a long sentence. There is a chance that other inmates could transfer if they want to participate in the program; however they must be under the age of 25. Night School attendance has increased to 105 students. There has been an increase in construction, IT, and healthcare classes, however we must meet the requirements of TEA to meet the CTE strand. Data shows that 81% graduates over the age of 19 have positive outcomes. We are the largest second chance recovery school and we have high success rates. The board would like to know what companies are interested in our graduates; invite Robyn Householder to the first deep dive meeting to talk about the business relationships. Ellen Bettis will include GEB in funding/donation announcements for the school so that board member can send a thank you note.

IV. FINANCE REPORT(S), LISA DENNIS Income Statements for September 1 through October 31, 2016 was reviewed. Successes:  ADA (Average Daily Attendance)has increased over prior year by 6 in 227827 and 38 in 227828 o 227827 FY16 ADA: 91.8, FY 17 ADA: 98.5 o 227828 FY 16 ADA: 117, FY ADA: 155  Current Summary of Finances has district 227827 on pace to exceed budgeted FSP (Foundation School Program) revenues by $40,000 o 227827 Budgeted FSP: $896,905 o Calculated FSP after 2nd term: $935,725  Districts received 3 significant contributions: $20,000 donation from Applied Materials to support the Life Coach program, $20,000 from KLE Foundation to fund a high quality PreK curriculum and $62,500 to fund an onsite Mental Health worker from the St. David’s Foundation.  (ADA’s have increased, though not all the way to budgeted levels. However, we were able to certify a significant portion of our students as ESL, qualifying them for a 10% bump in ADA value) Challenges:  3rd term ADA numbers are expected to drop as students accept seasonal employment opportunities.  Current Summary of Finances has district 227828 on pace to fall short of budgeted FSP revenues by $48,000 (Lockhart opened one term late) o 227828 Budgeted FSP: $1,783,075 o Calculated FSP after 2nd term: $1,735,226  (The districts are in a really good place financially going into the New Year. It’s hard to speak to challenges in the financials, the challenges are mostly programmatic – attendance – enrollment-backfilling early grads)

V. OPEN FORUM/PUBLIC COMMENT No comments were made.

VI. ADJOURN Meeting was adjourned at 9:38am