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7.B • Action ItemsPAWNEE ISD (Bee County)

Consideration and/or action to approve an Agreement for the Purchase of Attendance Credit (Option 3 Agreement) and to delegate contractual authority to the Superintendent. For the 2025-2026 school year, we delegated contractual authority to obligate the school district under Texas Education Code (TEC) 11.1511(c)(4) to the superintendent, solely for the purpose of obligating the district under TEC,

Presented in: PAWNEE ISD Board of Trustees Regular Meeting on 2026-01-13
Meeting Agenda PDF

Official Roll-Call Vote

Restrains Gov't • 4.5/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (7 - 0)
“Action on Consideration and/or action to approve an Agreement for the Purchase of Attendance Credit (Option 3 Agreement) and to delegate contractual authority to the Superintendent. For the 2025-2026 school yea”
LG
Lisa Gill
Trustee, Place 5 (Place 5)
YES
LH
Laurie Hernandez
Trustee, Place 6 (Place 6)
YES
JT
John Tollackson
Trustee, Place 7 (Place 7)
YES
JC
Jennifer Card
Trustee, Place 1 (Place 1)
YES
RV
Raquel Villarreal
Trustee, Place 2 (Place 2)
YES
GH
Gwen Hesseltine
Trustee, Place 3 (Place 3)
YES
DE
Dane Elliott
Trustee, Place 4 (Place 4)
YES

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

7.B. Consideration and/or action to approve an Agreement for the Purchase of Attendance Credit (Option 3 Agreement) and to delegate contractual authority to the Superintendent. For the 2025-2026 school year, we delegated contractual authority to obligate the school district under Texas Education Code (TEC) 11.1511(c)(4) to the superintendent, solely for the purpose of obligating the district under TEC, 48.257 and TEC, Chapter 49, Subchapters A and D, and the rules adopted by the commissioner of education as authorized under TEC, 49.006. This included approval of the Agreement for the Purchase of Attendance Credit or the Agreement for the Purchase of Attendance Credit (Netting Chapter 48 Funding).

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 4.5/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.