Date and Time-Tuesday, July 30 at 5:30 PM CST
Location-Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts’ Conference Room
3901 S Hulen St.
Fort Worth, TX 76109
In-person Meeting Return: Governor Abbott’s March 2020 order temporarily suspending certain provisions of the Open Meetings Act due to the COVID-19 pandemic disaster expired August 31, 2021. Consequently, TCA+A Meetings will return to in-person meetings at Texas School of the Arts and Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts.
Agenda
Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 5:30 PM
Opening Items
A. Call the Meeting to Order Anika Perkins 1 m
B. Record Attendance and Guests Anika Perkins 1 m
II. Public Comments 4:32 PM
A. Public Comments Anika Perkins 15 m
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• Public Comments should be submitted prior to 1:00 PM on the day of the Meeting.
• You must be present during the meeting to have your comment heard.
• You will have 3 minutes to present.
• No presentation shall exceed three minutes.
III. Consent Agenda 5:45 PM
A. Recap Spring Meeting and Discuss New Business Anika Perkins 15 m
IV. Closed Session
Pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.074 for the purpose of considering the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee or to hear complaints or charges against a public officer or employee, and Section 551.071 to consult with school’s attorney, in person or by phone, on a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the school under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code; and Section 551.072 to deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property if deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the governmental body in negotiations with a third person.
V. Return to Open Session
VI. Action Items
• Consider and take possible action on any items discussed in closed session.
VII. Closing Items
A. Adjourn Meeting Anika Perkins 1 m
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The subjects to be discussed or considered or upon which any formal action may be taken are listed above. Items do not have to be taken in the same order as shown on this Notice. If, during the course of the meeting covered by this Notice, the Committee should determine that a closed meeting of the Committee should be held or is required in relation to any item regarding the Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts (FWAFA)* or Texas School of the Arts (TeSA)* included in this notice, then such closed meeting is authorized by Texas Government Code Section 551.001, et. seq., including for any of the following reasons:
• Section 551.071 – For the purpose of a private consultation with the Board’s attorney on any or all subjects or matters authorized by law.
• Section 551.072 – For the purpose of discussing the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property.
• Section 551.073 – For the purpose of negotiating contracts for prospective gifts or donations.
• Section 551.074 – For the purpose of considering the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee or to hear complaints or charges against a public officer or employee.
• Section 551.076 – To consider the deployment, or specific occasions for implementation, of security personnel and devices.
• Section 551.082 – For the purpose of deliberating in a case involving discipline of a public school child or children, or in a case in which a complaint or charge is brought against an employee of the school by another employee and the complaint or charge directly results in a need for a hearing.
• Section 551.0821 – For the purpose of deliberating in a matter regarding a public school student if personally identifiable information about the student will necessarily be revealed by the deliberation.
• Section 551.084 – For the purpose of excluding a witness or witnesses from a hearing during examination of another witness. Should any final action, final decision or final vote be required in the opinion of the Committee with regard to any matter considered in such closed meeting, then such final action, final decision or final vote shall be at either:
A. the open meeting covered by this notice upon the reconvening of this public meeting, or
B. at a subsequent public meeting of the Committee upon notice thereof, as the Committee shall determine.
B. CERTIFICATE AS TO POSTING OR GIVING OF NOTICE Anika Perkins
On or before July 27, 2024, by 5:30 pm., this notice was posted online and at a place convenient to the public at the main entry to Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts, 3901 S. Hulen St., Fort Worth, TX 76109, and at the main entry to Texas School of the Arts, 6025 Village Parkway, Edgecliff Village, TX 76134, and is readily accessible to the general public at all times for 72 hours preceding the scheduled time of the meeting.
Submitted by: Anika Perkins, CEO, President, Texas Center for Arts + Academics