Wichita Falls ISD board approves TEA waiver for April flood-related low attendance
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The Wichita Falls Independent School District Board of Trustees unanimously approved a Texas Education Agency waiver to excuse April 30, 2025 attendance after widespread flooding disrupted bus routes and closed streets.
The Wichita Falls Independent School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve a Texas Education Agency waiver excusing April 30, 2025, from average daily attendance calculations after flooding forced route cancellations and closed streets.
Superintendent Donnie Lee presented the administrative recommendation and said the district had documentation ready to submit to TEA. "On 04/30/25, multiple bus routes were canceled and many streets closed due to flooding," the superintendent said during the meeting.
Under TEA rules cited at the meeting, a district may request that instructional days with attendance at least 10 percentage points below the prior year be excused for inclement-weather or safety reasons; WFISD said its attendance on April 30 was 71.98 percent while the district’s cumulative ADA for 2023–24 was 93.12 percent.
Board members moved and seconded the recommendation and recorded a 5-0 vote to approve the waiver. The district staff will file the documentation with TEA as described by staff.
The decision affects state attendance-based funding calculations for the district and the campuses identified in the waiver request. The board did not set any additional district policy changes during the motion.
The board took the action as part of its regular meeting after presentations and public comment. The superintendent said staff had the documentation TEA requires and only needed board approval to transmit the request.
