The Resolution of the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees stated that "the Commission has the sole discretion and authority to determine that no Home-Rule School District Charter need be adopted."
This evening the Dallas ISD Home-Rule School District Charter Commission voted 10-5 not to develop or adopt a proposed Home-Rule School District Charter for the Dallas Independent School District.
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Member-At-Large - Bob Weiss - Commission Chair
Member-At-Large - Stephanie Elizalde
District 1 - Kevin Malonson
District 3 - Jeff Veasey
District 6 - D. Marcus Ranger
District 7 - Jerome Garza
District 9 - Shirley Ison-Newsome
Districtwide Advisory Committee (DAC) - Issac Freeman
Districtwide Advisory Committee (DAC) - Ron Oliver
Districtwide Advisory Committee (DAC) - Bonita Reese
Voting "No" against the Resolution not to adopt a Home-Rule School District Charter:
District 2 - Edwin Flores.
District 4 - Ricardo Mendez
District 5 - Lew Blackburn, Jr.
District 8 - Danae Gutierrez
Districtwide Advisory Committee (DAC) - Julie Sandel
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WHEREAS, the Texas Education Code, Section 12. 011 authorizes a school district to adopt a home-rule school district charter under which the district will operate; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Education Code. Section 12.011 states, "The board of trustees shall appoint a charter commission to frame a home-rule school district charter if: (1) the board receives a petition requesting the appointment of a charter commission to frame a home-rule school district charter signed by at least five percent of the registered voters of the district;" and
WHEREAS, on June 19, 2014, the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees nominated and appointed 15 residents of the district to serve on the Dallas ISD Home-Rule School District Charter Commission in accordance with the Texas Education Code, Section 12.015; and
WHEREAS, the Dallas ISD Home-Rule School District Charter Commission has conducted public hearings throughout the geographic area of the Dallas ISD, including at least one hearing in each Trustee district; and
WHEREAS, the Dallas ISD Home-Rule School District Charter Commission has received presentations and information from five (5) of the nine (9) elected Trustees and provided an opportunity for all Trustees to provide information to the Commission; and
WHEREAS, the Dallas ISD Home-Rule School District Charter Commission received a presentation from Superintendent of Schools, Mike Miles; and
WHEREAS, the Dallas ISD Home-Rule School District Charter Commission has received presentations from community groups and organizations, including Support Our Public Schools (SOPS), Our Community Our Schools, Dallas Friends of Public Education, Stop The Takeover, Dallas NAACP, League of Women Voters, Dallas Achieves, Dallas School Administrators Association (DSAA), Alliance AFT, NEA-Dallas, Association of Hispanic School Administrations (AHSA), Dallas Regional National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE), CASE; and
WHEREAS, the Dallas ISD Home-Rule School District Charter Commission has the sole discretion and authority to determine that no Home-Rule School District Charter need be adopted;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the Dallas ISD Home-Rule School District Charter Commission determines not to develop or adopt a proposed Home-Rule School District Charter.
Adopted on this 20th day of January, 2015.
DALLAS ISD
HOME-RULE SCHOOL DISTRICT CHARTER COMMISSION
By________________________________
Bob Weiss
Commission Chair
ATTEST
By________________________________
Shirley Ison-Newsome
Commission Secretary
District 4 - Ricardo Mendez
District 5 - Lew Blackburn, Jr.
District 8 - Danae Gutierrez
Districtwide Advisory Committee (DAC) - Julie Sandel
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Dallas ISD
Home-Rule School District Charter Commission Resolution
WHEREAS, the Texas Education Code, Section 12. 011 authorizes a school district to adopt a home-rule school district charter under which the district will operate; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Education Code. Section 12.011 states, "The board of trustees shall appoint a charter commission to frame a home-rule school district charter if: (1) the board receives a petition requesting the appointment of a charter commission to frame a home-rule school district charter signed by at least five percent of the registered voters of the district;" and
WHEREAS, on June 19, 2014, the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees nominated and appointed 15 residents of the district to serve on the Dallas ISD Home-Rule School District Charter Commission in accordance with the Texas Education Code, Section 12.015; and
WHEREAS, the Dallas ISD Home-Rule School District Charter Commission has conducted public hearings throughout the geographic area of the Dallas ISD, including at least one hearing in each Trustee district; and
WHEREAS, the Dallas ISD Home-Rule School District Charter Commission has received presentations and information from five (5) of the nine (9) elected Trustees and provided an opportunity for all Trustees to provide information to the Commission; and
WHEREAS, the Dallas ISD Home-Rule School District Charter Commission received a presentation from Superintendent of Schools, Mike Miles; and
WHEREAS, the Dallas ISD Home-Rule School District Charter Commission has received presentations from community groups and organizations, including Support Our Public Schools (SOPS), Our Community Our Schools, Dallas Friends of Public Education, Stop The Takeover, Dallas NAACP, League of Women Voters, Dallas Achieves, Dallas School Administrators Association (DSAA), Alliance AFT, NEA-Dallas, Association of Hispanic School Administrations (AHSA), Dallas Regional National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE), CASE; and
WHEREAS, the Dallas ISD Home-Rule School District Charter Commission has the sole discretion and authority to determine that no Home-Rule School District Charter need be adopted;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the Dallas ISD Home-Rule School District Charter Commission determines not to develop or adopt a proposed Home-Rule School District Charter.
Adopted on this 20th day of January, 2015.
DALLAS ISD
HOME-RULE SCHOOL DISTRICT CHARTER COMMISSION
By________________________________
Bob Weiss
Commission Chair
ATTEST
By________________________________
Shirley Ison-Newsome
Commission Secretary
