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11.B • Action ItemsDESOTO ISD (Dallas County)

Consideration and Possible Approval of the Agreement for the Purchase of Attendance Credit (Option 3 Agreement) and Authorization for the Superintendent to Execute the Agreement Presenter: Saundra Scott, Director of Financial Operations Description: Discussion: 10:08 PM - 10:11 PM For the 2026-2027 school year, we delegated contractual authority to obligate the school district under Texas Educatio

Presented in: DESOTO ISD Board of Trustees Regular Meeting on 2026-08-24
Meeting Agenda PDF

Official Roll-Call Vote

Expands Gov't • 4.7/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (4 - 0)
“Action on Consideration and Possible Approval of the Agreement for the Purchase of Attendance Credit (Option 3 Agreement) and Authorization for the Superintendent to Execute the Agreement Presenter: Saundra Sco”
CM
Chasiti Mckissic
Trustee, Place 1 (Place 1)
YES
RA
Reverend Abe Cooper, Jr
Trustee, Place 2 (Place 2)
YES
TM
Traci Mcnairy
Trustee, Place 3 (Place 3)
YES
CW
Cynthia Watson-Banks
Trustee, Place 4 (Place 4)
YES

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

11.B. Consideration and Possible Approval of the Agreement for the Purchase of Attendance Credit (Option 3 Agreement) and Authorization for the Superintendent to Execute the Agreement Presenter: Saundra Scott, Director of Financial Operations Description: Discussion: 10:08 PM - 10:11 PM For the 2026-2027 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, the Agreement for the Purchase of Attendance Credit (Netting Chapter 48 Funding) or the Agreement for Purchase of Attendance Credit and Netting Chapter 48 Funding. Discussion: 10:11 PM - 10:12 PM Moved to approve made by Trustee DeAndrea Fleming / 2nd by Trustee James Durham Vote passed 7/0 Trustee Karen Lacy - YES Trustee Cynthia Banks - YES Trustee Tracy McNairy - YES Trustee Chasiti McKissic - YES Trustee Eboni Mitchell - YES Trustee DeAndrea Fleming - YES Trustee James Durham

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 4.7/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).