Joe's Commentaries
Last Week's Commentaries (March 31- April 4, 2008)
By sally
Apr 11, 2008, 05:00

To obtain access to these commentaries, contact Vickie (vickie@texasisd.com or 936.622.3411).  Subscription costs are $200 plus $25 for each additional memberships.   (Friday)  "Expenditure Targets" by Joe Smith - Good Morning - April 4, 2008 Joe rants about the 65% Rule and increased cost of diesel Link:  Correspondence from Lisa Dawn Fisher regarding Expenditure Targets Link:  Expenditure Targets (TEA) Hints on how to use the TEA menu (Thursday)  "House Committee on Pensions and Investment Meets Today" by Joe Smith - Good Morning - April 3, 2008 ·         It is every educators responsibility to monitor the Committee on Pensions and Investments for accountability ·         Link:  (“live” link is dead; see Friday’s commentary for link to “archived” meeting) (Wednesday)  "State Mandate Requirements Should be Based on Science and Nutrition Research" by Joe Smith - Good Morning - April 2, 2008 Child Nutrition programs struggle with unfunded mandates, costs increases (Tuesday)   Plea from TASN executive director to industry partners to get involved (Tuesday)  "Canceling Elections" by Joe Smith - Good Morning - April 1, 2008 Alert!  District having bond election CANNOT cancel school board election Link:  Related Q&A document from Secretary of State Link:  November election calendar   (Monday)  "What is a Portal?" by Joe Smith - Good Morning - March 31, 2008 Joe commends TEA for its new web portals

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