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We'll call this meeting to order. We do have a quorum. Let the record reflect that Regent Moore-Fontenot and Regent Warford are absent tonight and will not be joining us remotely.

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And I will start us off with invocation and pledge to the flag. Please bow your heads. Heavenly Father, please watch over us as we deliberate the business of the college tonight.

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Help us to always keep the needs of our students first in mind and above all else. And see us safely home tonight. In Jesus' name we pray, amen.

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Amen. All right, pledge to the mission flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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To the Texas flag. Texas. On the Texas flag, I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state, under God, one indivisible.

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All right. And first up, we have student spotlight. There we go.

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Good evening, Dr. Villanueva, Board of Regents, and thank you for this opportunity. My name is Zane Mosley and while my job here at the college is as an academic advisor, I also serve as the advisor for our Phi Theta Kappa chapter, Zeta Nu. Phi Theta Kappa is the nationally recognized two years honor society.

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And it was established a little over 100 years ago now with the aim to fill the gap of recognizing two-year college students who are as equally impressive as their university peers. Phi Theta Kappa has as its hallmarks scholarship, leadership, fellowship, and service. As an extension of those hallmarks, Phi Theta Kappa gets to host the nominations and selections for the USA All Academic Team.

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Every year, each school is granted four nominations, two for transfer students, two for our workforce students, to nominate for potentially getting into the academic team. This year, one of our transfer nominations was Simran Singh, a recent graduate of both the college and Goose Creek Memorial High School. Over the last four years as a dual credit student at GCM, Simran has exhibited the four hallmarks of Phi Theta Kappa.

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Through her scholarship, she has received her associate's degree at the same time as her high school degree and has maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA. Graduating summa cum laude. Simran's leadership led her to join the student council and run for senior vice president to work with other students and the school in transitioning back to the classroom following COVID-19.

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Simran is also a member of the Global Business Academy, National Honor Society, National Technical Honor Society, and Future Business Leaders of America. While maintaining her participation in these extracurricular activities and completing rigorous coursework, Simran has been awarded scholarships from the National Honor Society National Math and Leadership Initiative and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, among a number of others. Simran will be continuing her scholarship, leadership, service, and fellowship at Rice University in the fall, where she will be studying political science.

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It is my privilege tonight to present to you our student spotlight, Simran Singh, who will tell you more about her journey and where the path she started here at Lee College and GCM is heading towards. It's time. All right, I should talk into this, shouldn't I? Good evening, everyone.

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As Mr. Moses kind of said, my name is Simran Singh. Very grateful to be here today. I have a presentation, so if y'all could look at that.

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I'm sorry it's not full screen. We're working on what we have so far. As I said, my name is Simran Singh.

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Hopefully you like that nice little picture of me. So I want to first start off with my student relationship with Lee College. So I want to talk about why I chose to attend Lee College.

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I attended Lee College through Goose Creek CISD's dual enrollment program. Through this program, I received multiple college credits at a lower cost and much sooner than your typical student would who is looking forward to attend college and receive their college credits. So while I attended GCM taking my typical high school courses, I also took 21 online Lee College classes asynchronous through Blackboard.

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And additionally, another plus to attending Lee College is that both of my parents also attended and graduated from Lee College. So I'm the third graduate in my household. Thank you.

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Thank you. I appreciate it. So how has Lee College helped me? Aside from the substantial amount of time and money that I have conserved during these past four years, I have also helped my district's dual enrollment program, helping them help other students who will come through GCCISD performing well in their studies.

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Also, it has provided me with crucial soft skills to perform well. I don't think this is... Anyway, to help me further my education. And Lee College has also allowed me to meet many knowledgeable professors who have helped me both in and outside of the classroom.

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And those connections have been incredibly important to me these past four years. So how has Lee College impacted me? One thing that I would like to highlight today is Lee College's Phi Theta Kappa chapter. Back in October, I received an email informing me of the chance to apply for the All-Texas academic team, otherwise known as ATAT.

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After applying, I was notified a few months later that I was selected to represent Lee College at San Antonio at the University of Texas at San Antonio with ATAT. Having been selected for this recognition through the PTK chapter, I was later asked to join the Honor Society, which I gladly accepted. And since joining, I have been provided with a variety of resources to help me with my future job search and scholarships to help me further my education.

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So fun little exciting news to share with you guys. On May 11th, I graduated from Lee College. It was a very exciting moment.

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And I graduated summa cum laude with a perfect 4.0 GPA. Very proud of myself with my AA in general studies. Thank you.

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I appreciate it. And 11 days later, May 22nd, just last night, I graduated from Goose Creek Memorial High School at Stallworth Stadium. So it's been a very hectic 24 hours.

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But happy to have made it here today. And one small thing I wanted to share with you guys is this quote by Mr. Bo Taplin. It says, she was unstoppable, not because she did not have failures or doubts, but because she continued on despite them.

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I wanted to share this quote with you guys today because the past four years has been an incredible journey. It has been tough. It has had its roadblocks.

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It's had its struggles. But compacting six years of education into four has been incredibly rewarding and has been exactly what I needed to do well in high school but also get my associate's degree, which was always the goal for me. So there were many failures.

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There were many doubts. But I'm very proud of myself to say that I continued on despite them. And I'm doing very well now.

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So I'm very grateful for that. I wanted to share that with you guys because that quote was also on my graduation cap when I graduated May 11th. So I wanted to share that with you all.

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And I've talked a lot about what has happened in the past to lead me to this point here today. But I also would like to share what I'm going to be doing in the future. So now that I've graduated from Lee College and high school, I will be attending Rice University, as Mr. Mosley said, as their newest owl for the class of 2028.

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And I'll be majoring in political science on the pre-law track in order to attend law school to become a future lawyer. Thank you again for this opportunity. It's greatly appreciated.

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Thank you for listening to me. Thank you. I really, really do appreciate it.

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Thank you again to Mr. Mosley. Thank you. We have a certificate we'd like to present to you.

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Thank you. We can't do it without our boo-boo. Come on, boo-boo.

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Thank you. All right. I'm so familiar.

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OK. Next, we have disposition of the minutes. Audit and Investment Committee, April 9th.

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Board meeting, April 18th. And Policy Committee meeting, April 23rd. Do we have a motion on the minutes? So moved.

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Do we have a second? OK. I have a motion by Regent Gerald and a second by Regent Cotton. Any discussion on the minutes? OK.

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All in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? OK.

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Report of the chairman. I don't have anything to report tonight. I guess the only thing I will say is that on May 11th, we had a fantastic commencement.

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I don't know if it was our largest ever, but it was quite a few. And it was great. It was a wonderful event.

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So Building Committee report. Yes, Mr. Chair. The Building Committee met May 15th, 2024.

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We hadn't met in a couple of months. It was a pretty full agenda. We reviewed an action item that we'll be looking at a little bit later in this meeting.

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We looked at some proposed projects regarding the Student Resource and Advocacy Center elevator to modernize it. Actually, make it work would be good, but modernize it while we're doing that. That's pretty modern.

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We looked at updates to Tucker Hall, this facility here and improving its looks. And we also looked at some cosmetology improvements, wall demolition and parking lot renovations at 700 West Texas Avenue. We also discussed some of our current actions that we're working on.

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Strategic Facility Master Plan. The RFP is out. Instructional Master Plan follow-up and some ADA Phase 2 projects.

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We discussed the RFP for the Reedus House. We're looking for one being someone to carry it off. And if not, someone to demolish it.

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So we're moving forward with that. We discussed TV10, which is a facility across Pruitt Street and what to do with that. And we looked at some potential property for the college to purchase.

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We did get an update on some current projects. The arena floor replacement project and the ADA Phase 1 projects nearing completion. And a few others that have been going on for the past year or so.

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And those are coming to completion as well. We did discuss some funds that were provided by the Chamber family. Donated to Lee College Foundation and looking at some debate room renovations and how that space can be modified.

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And some other donations for projects that we've not yet completed. So we had a pretty full agenda. We had a great update from Annette and staff.

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John and everyone. So we're moving forward. That's all I have.

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Thank you. Policy committee. Policy committee met.

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Gina was not in attendance. But there's some items on the agenda for your future consideration from update 46. Audit and investment.

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We did not meet. But it is my understanding. I've been in communication with Dr. V and with Annette.

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That there were interviews took place for the internal auditor. All right. Report of the President.

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And I know you're not giving it. So where's Leslie? Is she going to give your report? Thank you, Mr. Chairman. All right.

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Thanks to everyone for making it out to Saturday's commencement ceremonies. I think we would all agree it was a great success. And we're also incredibly proud of all of our students.

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Thank you also to the regents who attended GCCISD graduation ceremonies. It is so meaningful to our partners to be present. Next, I want to share some news about summer enrollment.

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Summer enrollment compared to last year is up 4% for the main campus. Up 7% for Huntsville. And down 4% for dual credit.

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But dual credit enrollment is always very small in the summer. Overall, enrollment is up 4%, which is 140 additional students. Always grateful to our entire team for ensuring registration is as seamless as possible for our students.

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This has been a particularly difficult. This has been particularly difficult given the changes in financial aid. And I'm so proud of our efforts to overcome these difficulties.

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Next, last week, TAC and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice hosted a webinar to provide briefing about providing meaningful, quality post-secondary services to incarcerated individuals. The combination of Pell Grant availability, House Bill 8 funding, and effective TEOG rules have created a new landscape for post-secondary education for incarcerated students and the colleges serving them. Our own Donna Zuniga was a featured speaker.

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And I beamed with pride when the TAC CEO introduced Lee College as the most successful college in the nation operating in this space. We are so honored to serve these amazing students and to be recognized for our efforts. I also want to extend a big thank you to Donna Zuniga for her leadership.

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The Liberty Center celebrated the first graduate of the new GED program this month. We introduced the GED program earlier this year and it has grown steadily over the last few months. Students must pass four tests to complete the program.

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Mathematical reasoning, reasoning through language arts, social studies, and science. We are very proud that adult students trust Lee College to advance their education and careers and we celebrate their success. I want to express my gratitude to Dr. Laura Lane Worley and her team for making the GED program a reality.

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About every 10 years, Lee College has to do an Office of Civil Rights desk audit and this year was our year. I want to extend my gratitude and recognition to Dr. Kaufman and Fran Parent for writing the report and assembling hundreds of pages of supporting documentation. The report was submitted on February 15th and we only had a few minor findings that were quickly resolved such as requiring a Google Translate button on our webpage.

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We received our final approval last week and I'm very proud of our team. Again, very grateful to Fran and Rosemary for their hard work. And finally, we would like to welcome back Scott Bennett.

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He successfully defended his dissertation and we now call him Dr. Bennett. We're very proud of him and we're glad that he's back. This concludes my report.

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Okay, next informational reports. We have report of resignations and or retirements. I'm guessing you're going to want me to read this for you? I can't.

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You want me to read it? Teamwork works. Okay. My computer just went blank.

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Yeah. Okay. All right.

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Resignations include Robert Miller, full-time faculty in Logistics. Leroy Montgomery, full-time faculty in Electrical Technology. And then we have three retirements.

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Victor Martinez, full-time faculty in Drafting. Susan Honeywell, full-time faculty Speech. And Vicky Noblock, full-time faculty Cosmetology.

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Okay, next up we have our financial report. Annette. Okay, so this report will be based on our operating results as of April 30th.

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So we're about 66% through our fiscal year. Our cash remains strong. Um.

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Tuition and fees. So right now we're at about 96% of our budget. And so again, I think we'll probably meet our budget.

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But it's going to be, it's going to be pretty tight. State appropriations. We are expecting one more payment this year and that will come in June.

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And then, and then we'll be done. Our taxes, as we spoke about during our budget hearing, our taxes are exceeding what we had initially budgeted for collection. A big part of that is in the revenue in lieu of tax.

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So that's the good news. Other revenue. We're going to be exceeding what we had budgeted in other revenue as well.

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One of the big payments that we received this month was from TDCJ. And they continue to, to provide us funds. Our restricted funds.

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We've got about $700,000 worth of funds available or will be available to be pulled down. Soon as they are, we will grab that money and pull it down. But we're doing really well as far as keeping up on making sure that it is available.

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I know when I very, very first came here, we had some issues with that. But financial aid's done a really good job on making sure all those funds are readily available. And then as soon as we can, we go out and pull it.

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Our budget versus year-to-date projected actual. Right now, we're looking that we will meet our budget in all categories, meet or exceed our revenue budget in all categories. And we're projecting right now an operating surplus of $4.2 million.

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Our expenses, our expenses are tracking pretty much right with budget. 56% in salaries, 34% operating in debt, about 10%. For the monthly, our costs compared to budget, we are below budget in operating costs and in salary and benefits.

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Our year-to-date, again, we are controlling those costs and our actual is below budget in all areas. And then projected actual, we're projecting salary and benefits to be at about 97% of our budget. Operating costs somewhere around 98%.

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And then debt service, we know what that is. And that is the end of my report, unless anyone has a question for me. Thank you very much.

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Thank you. Thank you. Next up, we have public comment.

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No one signed up, Mr. Chairman. Moving right along. Okay, consent agenda, consideration of new hires.

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The administration recommends that the board approve new hires as presented below. Do we have a motion? Move for approval. Second.

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All right. I have a motion by Regent Santana and a second by Regent Cotton. Any discussion on this item? I have a question about the first one.

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It says Associate VP of Academic Affairs, but we have one already. Is this another one? We have one also that did the personnel, resource personnel. The current Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs submitted his resignation a couple of months ago.

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And so this is the result of a search for a replacement. He's already gone? His contract ends August 31st. Will there be an overlap? There will be an overlap, yes.

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A transition period. So he was part of the hiring of his replacement? No. We had a search committee, as usual.

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Okay. Normally we find out we get resignations when they happen. Is it happening or is it going to be effective August? We'll be notified of it in August.

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So it'll be on the August report? Yeah, I think you get notified when they become effective. Okay. So when did he resign? So there's a point when he submits his intention to resign, and then there is the actual effective date of the resignation.

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So are you asking when was his letter submitted? Yeah. Yeah, I think March. Yeah.

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So I think this is very timely. Now Dr. Norris will come in. And she'll have time to get us prepped.

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Really, it'll be fast and furious, I suspect, with the fall starting. I mean, it's just around the corner. I'll be here before we know it.

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Any other questions? Now, Ms. Norris is involved with our nursing program also, am I correct? How's that going to work? So the nursing program will continue to report to her. So she's going to assume responsibilities for all of academic affairs, including nursing. How much overlap do we have? Three months.

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So he's gone then? June, July, August. So he's still here? Yes. So they'll transition together, help each other.

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That's correct. I have a different question if we're ready to move on. Can we get a little bit of information on what the community engagement program looks like? Coordinator does.

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That's a new position or a partially new or? All right. So historically, our participation in community events such as holiday parades and festivals in our service area has been handled by student services. Going forward, that responsibility has transferred over to the marketing and public affairs department so that student engagement and the belonging staff can focus on our students and their needs.

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Marketing and public affairs had a part-time position that was changed to a full-time role to focus on community engagement, both on and off campus. Let's see if I can read it. Donna Moleman was our halftime person at the time when it reported to the outreach department.

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And we want to expand recruitment efforts and our athletic brand. And so to do that, this new strategic approach will allow the college to be more fully engaged in the community events in which we participate throughout our service area and perhaps give us the ability to participate in additional ones. Any questions? Not on that.

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So of this list, how many are new positions? Just that one? I don't know. Yeah, I can't see it. I'm sorry.

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Let me look. Do we have? The safety is up. Oh, yeah.

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The emergency and safety manager is a new position. And that one. And this one kind of, but not really because we had it in a halftime position before.

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And so we've just expanded the role from half to full-time. Any more discussion? All right. All in favor say aye.

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Aye. Any opposed? Can I just say something as a point of order? Can I please? Yes, go ahead. Just as a point of order.

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So whenever you have something that's on the consent agenda, if there is something on the consent agenda that you want to discuss like we just did, then you have to ask that that one be removed before the motion is taken. So that you take the motion to approve everything. And if there's something that you want to discuss, then you pull that one out and you can vote on it separately.

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But just want to make sure that everybody understands how it works when it's on a consent. It's almost an all or nothing or you pull a piece out. So in order to even discuss one in particular, it has to be pulled? Yes.

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You cannot. So typically we shouldn't discuss it unless we pull it. Right.

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Okay. I just want to make a point of order. Okay, Ms. Mardipas.

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I appreciate that. That's why you're head of the policy committee. All right.

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Next item, consideration of approval of authorized broker dealers as reflected in CAC legal and CAK local. The administration recommends that the board review and approve the list of authorized broker dealers for investment purposes as reflected in CAK legal and CAK local. Do we have a motion on this item? So moved.

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Second. I have a motion by Regent Geralds and a second by Regent Cotton. Discussion on this item.

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I'll start the discussion by saying I will be abstaining from voting on this item since the firm I work for is listed on there. But that's all I have to say about that. Thank you.

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Any other discussion on this item? Okay. All in favor say aye. Aye.

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Any opposed? Let the vote reflect that it was one, two, three, four, five, six in favor and one abstention and two absence. Okay. Next item, consideration of modifications in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice 2023-2024 contract.

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The administration recommends that the board authorize the president or her designee to negotiate final terms and approve the modifications to the contract between Lee College and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. We'll entertain a motion on this item. So moved.

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Okay. I had a motion by Regent Hall and a second by Regent Guillory. Discussion on this item.

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Just a clarifying question. Were most of these changes just wording, naming, or were there any structural changes? I looked at it, but I had a little trouble following it. There were substantial changes to comply with the new requirements for prison education programs, both at the federal level and at the SACS accreditation level.

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These are reporting requirements that are new, as well as sort of declarations within the contract that are now required to qualify for the prison education program. But it does not make a structural on-the-ground change in terms of our faculty are still teaching the same programs to the same students in the same units with the same administration, and the fee structure remains the same. Thinking more along the more work, more effort, or was it just change in reporting that we're already doing, but reporting a different way? The additional reporting is a significant new amount of work.

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Who does that? We are hoping to form a consortium of the Texas colleges that have prison education programs, and to have a shared data analyst do that, since it's the same reporting for all of the Texas colleges. And it just seems to make sense from an efficiency standpoint to have just one person do it all. But the consortium is still being formed, and we're still waiting on approval from all the presidents.

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Okay, thank you. And Dr. V would like you to know that these are unfunded mandates. I was kind of, that's the reason I was asking, is more work, but no change in the financial part of the contract, right? There is no change in the financial part of the contract.

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But if we want Pell Grants... Okay, we'll comply. Then we do what they say. They're federal requirements.

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They are entirely federal requirements, some of which trickle down. Some of the federal requirements impact SACs, which then impact us. Others just directly impact us.

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Some of them impact TDCJ, and then impact us. So it's... Impacting us. Yeah, it's all impacting us.

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It all rolls downhill. We know where we're at, right? It does. The contract is now probably 20 pages longer than it was.

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Thank you for the explanation. Any other questions or discussion on this item? Hearing none, all in favor say aye. Aye.

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Any opposed? Next up, we have consideration of contract with micro-integration for adding DNA door access control to campus locations. The administration recommends that the board authorize the president or her designee to negotiate final terms and approve the contract with micro-integration choice partners number 23036SG-07 in the estimated amount of $150,000. Do we have a motion? So moved.

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I have a second. Second. I have a motion by Regent Geralds and a second by Regent Guillory.

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Any discussion on this item? Yeah, just a question. This is not one of the items we got to talk about in detail at our building committee meeting, but we were aware of it. My question is just looks like it's on a number of doors.

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Why are we doing this at Huntsville? Our offices, our office here in Huntsville? Okay. Yeah, I just thought that, you know, they're a prison already. I think they'd have locked down to a science, right? We're adding locks at a locked place.

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Okay. The only other one that kind of caught my attention, but I know that we've still got to take care of it. It's 909 Decker.

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It's got quite a few. And I mean, I know we're using it, so we have to take care of it. So, but that was it.

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Thank you. Any other discussion on this item? All in favor, say aye. Aye.

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Any opposed? All right. Next item. A consideration of professional services contract with GlobalSource.

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The administration recommends that the board authorize the president or her designee to negotiate final terms and approve the contract with GlobalSource for PeopleSoft Consulting Services for an annual amount not to exceed $295,000. Do we have a motion on this item? So moved. Second.

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I have a motion by Regent Guillory and a second by Regent Cotton. Any discussion on this item? I just, again, I'm sorry, clarifying question. Is this, is this a continued contract, like a renewal type thing? I was looking for that in the details.

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I didn't, it might have said that. But, so this is just a continuation of an existing service? Okay, thank you. Any other discussion on this item? All in favor, say aye.

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Aye. Any opposed? Okay, next up, consideration of approval of Lee College Law and Care Services contract renewal year number three with Rotolo Consultants, Inc. Administration recommends that the board authorize the president or her designee to negotiate final terms and approve the Rotolo Consultants year three renewable option of the five-year contract for the annual sum of $393,498.97. Do we have a motion on this item? So moved.

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Second. I have a motion by Regent Hall and a second by Regent Santana. Any discussion on this item? All in favor, say aye.

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Aye. Oh, any opposed? I'm sorry. I'm just zipping right on through.

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I thought the computer froze up. No, no, no, I'm sorry. My brain froze up, okay? As you were.

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Yes. All right, next item, consideration of adoption of board policy revisions for local policies. The administration and board policy committee recommend that the board approve and adopt the revisions to local board policies as presented and recommended by Texas Association of School Boards update 46 and one other policy.

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Do we have a motion on this item? So moved. Second. A motion by Regent Guillory and a second by Regent Cotton.

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Discussion on this item? All in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Moving right along.

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Consideration of law firm engagement. The administration recommends that the board authorize the president or her designee to engage Fisher Firm for the college in connection with a grievance hearing. Do we have a motion? So moved.

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Second. I have a motion by Regent Cotton and a second by Regent Gerald. Discussion on this item? I think we're having it.

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My question is, do we still need it? Was this a specific for the agreement or in general? It is specific to what we were going to hear tonight, but they've put time in. And so it's basically to be able to compensate them. So this firm will represent the board and our other firm will represent the college.

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Is this to represent the board in grievance processes? Yes, like we have in the past. The former firm that assisted before is not available. So we contracted with Fisher Firm and we've got Jody.

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I'm sorry, I don't know your last name. Who's representing the firm. Yeah.

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Will this not only allow us obviously to pay, compensate them, but does this also give us the ability if we needed to use them in the future for us to be able to do so? Okay. Okay, thank you. Okay.

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Any other discussion on this item? All right, all in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? All right.

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Do we have executive session? Okay, we do not have executive session. And we do and the grievance has been pulled. Okay, so matters of concern for future agendas.

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I have a couple I want to ask about. We received a letter the other day from Dr. B on the from Governor Abbott on I think it's Title IX, the women in sports thing. Could we get a better understanding of where we stand on that and what would happen if that were to be an issue here at our college? And maybe we need to set a policy or something or take action on that possibly.

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And then my second. Hold on, I got to read something here. Read it or she can whisper.

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A response from legal John Hopkins. Yeah, just. But can we discuss it though and determine what we're going to do, right? I guess it depends on what the response is from legal.

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Yeah, we're jumping ahead a few steps. Well, but we got a letter from the governor telling us what we need in our lawyers. Yeah, keep it as a matter of concern.

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Absolutely. Yeah, it's a matter of an email discussion or it could be a board discussion. It's going to be followed up what we get.

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He's writing a book. You can go ahead. Any other matters of concern? We will seek his advice and can ask him a question if we want to invite him.

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John. Thanks, Linda. We can write the governor.

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No, no. Right. Oh, on the MOU for Barbara Seal.

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Curious to win that. You don't know my question yet. When that's going to start and if what input the board's going to have.

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And if we can have some discussion prior to any discussion with Barbara Seal to ensure that we're all on the same page ahead of time. Hold on. When your voice come back, I still want you to do it this way.

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I like it. Yeah, I like it. We're almost done.

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In flux with me, Greg, Annette, and their CFO. Then Maura will come and involve the board. I just would like for us to have an idea of what we expect and what kind of.

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Because I know when we, Dr. V and Daryl and I talked at ACCT, we had a lot of questions that no one had the answers to. And I want to be sure before they get ahead of us, we kind of get ahead of them. Or we at least are on equal paths when we start this.

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I mean, hold on. Nothing gets done until everybody agrees. Yeah, but we've done those before with Goose Creek.

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And once it comes back to us, it's like, hey, here it is. You guys can approve it or else. And we've had to do that before.

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Hold on. Lots more to go through with the four of us, our attorneys. So have you already started talking about the MOU? It feels like charades almost.

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I mean, because I know we talked a long time ago about getting involved early on. So we've already started this. We have not had a discussion with Barbers Hill yet.

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We've reached out. We want to start those conversations now that the tax has passed. And so, no, we have not had those conversations yet.

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I think what I will agree with Regent Hemselon is it might be good for us to have a little bit of broader understanding of what an MOU might include. We don't need to get into the weeds or the details, but how one of these looks. We've never seen one.

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We've never been involved in one. I'm still not real clear on the money and all that kind of stuff. So I think it would be good for us to just have a general discussion or presentation on how the mechanics of these things work so that we kind of understand.

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Who pays for what and how do we all be whole and how do we make money? We know they're responsible for the facilities and all that kind of stuff. But we've talked about, well, we lease them, but they gave us the monies to lease it and whatever, you know, just that big level, sort of the big pieces of an MOU. I agree with that.

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I just don't want decisions to be made or agreements. Then we have to come back and say, sorry, guys, we're not going to do that. And then we look bad.

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That's happened to us with Goose Creek before. Well, just a high level. Let's talk about generally what it is.

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Because you've had prior conversations in order for us to even get to this point. So there has to be some level of knowledge you guys already have that you could share that would give us a better picture. Right.

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And so, I mean, this is kind of where we are. We're at the very first. Right.

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And we're working with Goose Creek. We want to schedule. I mean, sorry.

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But this is for items for future. This is an item for future. Right.

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It's not on the agenda tonight because you can't go in all that. Right. And so we are scheduling time to get with them to start these discussions.

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And as we work with our attorneys and we will be able to present to you guys big picture kind of this is where we are, get everybody's input on where we think we want to go with this whole thing. But, I mean, we're just now getting started on this. So maybe the path forward is after you guys have had your initial discussions with Barbara Seal that we schedule a workshop to inform the board on how those discussions are going.

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We can certainly do that. Long before it ever becomes. I would like to see the preliminary discussions step by step.

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Right. Exactly. Rather than we have a completed document here.

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And oh, by the way, we need you to vote for that. Right. Exactly.

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Yeah. Because we don't want any hardships with those people. You know, we want to.

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Well, absolutely. As soon as possible. We don't want to do anything to mess this up.

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Exactly. And we, you know, we got people we're dealing with that are pretty aggressive. And we want to be sure we take care of ourselves.

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An item for future discussion. Right. So, yes, once we've had that initial icebreaker, if you will.

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And we've gotten some guidance from attorneys. Then we will come back and absolutely bring the board into that into that conversation. Do a workshop.

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Yeah. Okay. Any other items for future agenda? Hearing none.

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This meeting is adjourned.