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    The Round Rock Independent School District Board of Trustees passed a resolution to censure Trustee Mary Bone for disrupting their September 14, 2021 meeting. The resolution states that Trustee Bone repeatedly argued with the Board President and voted against social distancing rules, despite them not being on the agenda. This undermined governance and brought negative attention. As a result, Trustee Bone will be referred to as "Censured Trustee" in communications, prohibited from certain duties without approval, and banned from district properties except for Board meetings. The censure will only be removed by majority Board vote.

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    The Round Rock Independent School District Board of Trustees passed a resolution to censure Trustee Mary Bone for disrupting their September 14, 2021 meeting. The resolution states that Trustee Bone repeatedly argued with the Board President and voted against social distancing rules, despite them not being on the agenda. This undermined governance and brought negative attention. As a result, Trustee Bone will be referred to as "Censured Trustee" in communications, prohibited from certain duties without approval, and banned from district properties except for Board meetings. The censure will only be removed by majority Board vote.

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    F1.Censure Resolution - Mary Bone

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    The Round Rock Independent School District Board of Trustees passed a resolution to censure Trustee Mary Bone for disrupting their September 14, 2021 meeting. The resolution states that Trustee Bone repeatedly argued with the Board President and voted against social distancing rules, despite them not being on the agenda. This undermined governance and brought negative attention. As a result, Trustee Bone will be referred to as "Censured Trustee" in communications, prohibited from certain duties without approval, and banned from district properties except for Board meetings. The censure will only be removed by majority Board vote.

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    RESOLUTION OF THE ROUND ROCK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF

    TRUSTEES TO CENSURE TRUSTEE MARY BONE

    WHEREAS, the Round Rock ISD and Texas Education Code entrusts the Round Rock ISD Board of
    Trustees with effective, lawful, and ethical governance of the District to further the District’s mission
    and goals; and

    WHEREAS, Round Rock ISD Board Policy BBE (LOCAL) states that although there may be
    dissenting votes or opinions, which are a matter of public record and are protected by law, each Board
    decision shall be an action by the whole Board binding upon the District; and

    WHEREAS, state laws, including Texas Penal Code Sections 38.13, 42.01, 42.02, and 42.05 and
    Texas Education Code Section 37.105, establish that disruptions of meetings or on public property are
    criminal offenses that permit law enforcement to remove individuals who continue to disrupt a public
    meeting after being warned to cease their disruption; and

    WHEREAS, the Texas Open Meetings Act only permits a board to deliberate on items posted on
    an agenda; and

    WHEREAS, Trustee Bone’s repeated failure to follow the Board President’s ruling and the
    decision of the Board of Trustees regarding social distancing led or contributed to the disruption of the
    September 14, 2021 Board Meeting; and

    WHEREAS, Trustee Bone repeatedly insisted on calling for a vote on spacing rules for the
    September 14, 2021 Board Meeting even though this matter was not on the agenda; and

    WHEREAS, these actions by Trustee Bone undermined the orderly governance of the District;
    and

    WHEREAS, given her position as a District Trustee, Trustee Bone’s disruptive actions at the
    September 14, 2021 Board Meeting brought unwanted and negative media and public attention to the
    District.

    NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that due to the urgency caused by Trustee Bone’s disruptive
    conduct of repeatedly arguing after rulings by the Board President and a vote by the Board of Trustees
    regarding the conduct at the September 14, 2021 Board Meeting, the Board of Trustees waives Board
    Operating Procedures steps K(1) & K(2) related to the process to censure a Trustee; and

    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, as a public censure is the only option available to the Board to
    reprimand a Trustee and to make clear for the record that the Board in no way condones her actions as
    described above, the Board of Trustees does hereby publicly censure Trustee Mary Bone for leading or
    contributing to the disruption of the September 14, 2021 Board Meeting in violation of Texas Penal Code
    Sections 38.13, 42.01, 42.02, and 42.05, Texas Education Code Section 37.105 and potentially causing
    the Board to violate the Texas Open Meetings Act; and
    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees does hereby publicly state that Trustee
    Bone’s disruptive conduct as described above is in no way representative of the standards of conduct
    that the Board expects of its members and is a disappointment to the Board; and

    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees does hereby publicly admonish Trustee
    Bone that she will be referred to as “Censured Trustee Bone” on all District communication and on the
    Round Rock ISD website; and

    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Trustee Bone shall be prohibited from holding a Board officer
    position, having her name appear on high school diplomas, using District funds for the performance of
    her official duties without Board approval, and visiting all Round Rock ISD properties in her official
    capacity as a Trustee without Board approval with the exception of Board meetings; and

    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any reference to “Censured Trustee Bone” shall only be removed
    by a majority vote by the Board of Trustees; and

    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board determines that each action and matter described
    above is sufficient basis for this censure.

    Dated this __ day of September, 2021

    Round Rock Independent School District

    By: _______________________________

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