Dallas College

The meeting included an RCHS update on student enrollment, student success, employee success, budget, and TEA update on RCHS expansion proposals. The board considered and approved bids, consent agenda items, and individual items. The board also discussed informative reports, questions and comments, and follow-up information about percent payments to M/WBEs relative to the bond program. An executive session was held to deliberate on personnel matters, real property, and legal advice.

The meeting included recognition of student achievements at Richland and Cedar Valley Colleges, specifically Mr. Matthew Detweiler and Ms. Jennifer Wisdom for their accomplishments in Phi Theta Kappa. Updates were provided on Richland Collegiate High School of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, as well as planning updates for Richland Collegiate High School for Visual, Performing and Digital Arts. The Board also discussed and approved bids and consent agenda items. Additionally, the board went into an executive session to seek legal advice on a settlement offer from Liberty Mutual Insurance.

The meeting included a public hearing on the budget for 2010-11, during which no citizens desired to speak. A Richland Collegiate High School status report was presented. The Board considered and approved various bids, with one abstention on bid #10. Recommendations in the Consent Agenda were approved, with items #16 and #17 handled separately; #17 was tabled. Individual items were also approved. Dallas TeleCollege's designation as a 2010 "Military Friendly" school was presented. The Board went into an executive session to deliberate on personnel matters and seek advice from its attorney.

The meeting included recognition of special visitors from the Mountain View College Student Government Association. The Board considered bids and approved items in the Consideration of Bids section of the agenda. The Board also approved items in the Consent Agenda. Trustees were informed that the chancellor will provide the pay-back plan for replacing chillers at Brookhaven, Mountain View and Richland Colleges. The chancellor also provided an elaboration on the explanation of tuition for continuing education courses, a report of active military enrollments and completions, and a special presentation about student services for veterans. A citizen asked the Board to make an exception to the requirement to provide transcripts of all prior college work for students 65 years of age and older.

The meeting included recognition of a student for saving an injured woman's life, presentations by student delegates to a legislative seminar, and presentations on student retention and success by Brookhaven College professors. The board reviewed a status report from Richland Collegiate High School on an open-enrollment charter contract renewal application and proposed amendments to the charter. Additionally, the board discussed and approved bids, and went into an executive session to seek legal advice and deliberate on personnel matters, including the annual evaluation of the chancellor.