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Citizens Participation at School Board Meetings

Our voices matter! Parents and the general public may attend SBISD school board meetings and publicly address the board (up to 4 minutes per speaker) during Citizen's Participation at the beginning of the meeting. Arrive a half hour early to register.

We encourage you attach comments to agenda items at the meetings when registering for Citizen's Participation. If there are numerous speakers, you either risk being pushed to speak at the end of a long meeting or being rescheduled to a future meeting.

If there are numerous speakers, the board may reduce the allotted time to 1 or 2 minutes.

Missed a meeting? You can view prior SBISD board meetings here.

Unless otherwise noted, Workshop and Special Meetings begin at 6 P.M.*, Regular Meetings begin at 7 P.M., and Board Retreats are held at 9 A.M. until 3 P.M.

Did you Know?

School boards hold the highest power over your child's education and yet few people know what they do or who they are. Board members are more than policy makers and administrators. They hire the superintendent, are advocates for students and their parents and entrusted to engineer a better future.

Nearly 14,000 school boards serve 56.6 million students across the U.S. and control more than $600 billion annually.

The National School Boards Association estimates that voter turnout for school board elections is only between 5 and 10 percent, so uncontested candidates and empty school board seats run high.

Three out of every four states hold school board elections “off-cycle,” so they don’t take place at the same time as other state and federal elections. Turnout is also substantially higher when the election aligns with elections for municipal, state or federal offices

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Writing the School Board

There are several reasons parents write letters to the school board. It may be to voice concerns or thoughts on a particular topic or to file a complaint about an event or incident. Communicating with the school board regarding your child’s education, special services, or school functions shows your concern for your child’s well-being and quality of instruction. By using a formal method to communicate with the board, you can expect board members will also respond formally.

Public Information Requests

Texas Government Code, Chapter 552, gives you the right to access government records. All government information is presumed to be available to the public, although exceptions may apply to the disclosure of some information.

You can submit an open records request by mail, fax, in person or using our online FYI Open Records Tool. With this tool you can make requests and track the progress online.