The Pasadena ISD Board of Trustees on June 24 approved revisions to multiple instruction‑related local policies recommended by the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) and district administration, and added a new local policy on academic achievement and class ranking (EIC local).

Sandra Garcia Hun, general counsel, presented five policies in the E (instruction) series and explained the notation used in the board book: red strikethroughs for deleted language, blue for additions and comment boxes identifying whether changes were TASB or administrative recommendations. "On this particular policy all changes were recommended by TASB," she said as she walked trustees through redlines and regulations.

Key changes the board approved include:
- Gifted and talented (EHBB local): new language recommending the district schedule a gifted and talented program awareness session for parents and administrative code-based changes including renaming selection committees as placement committees.
- Academic achievement / grading and progress reporting (EI, EIA local): clarified district grading practices; allowed a student who meets criteria a reasonable opportunity to redo assignments or retake tests; specified progress‑report timing (report cards every nine weeks for pre‑K through sixth grade and every six weeks for grades 7–12; progress reports at the third and sixth week within each grading period, with supplemental reports as needed).
- Academic dishonesty provisions: updated policy language to allow a grade penalty in addition to disciplinary penalties, with regulations to define appropriate grade penalties.
- New EIC (local) — Academic achievement and class ranking: the board added a local policy detailing how class rank is calculated (grades counted begin in grades 9–12), weighted course categories (advanced, honors, regular), transfer‑grade treatment, and local graduation honors. The policy lists eligibility criteria for valedictorian and salutatorian (examples cited in policy text include consistent enrollment in the same district high school for four semesters immediately preceding graduation, graduation after eight semesters of enrollment, and completion of a foundation program with distinguished level of achievement).

Hun told trustees the new class‑ranking policy is intended to align written policy with long‑standing district practice previously captured in the student handbook, and she noted pending legislative proposals could require districts to adopt a uniform statewide calculation in the future.

Trustees voted on each item in the E series during the meeting. Motions and seconds were recorded on the transcript for each policy item and the board carried the motions by voice vote. The transcript records motions as "motion carries" for the policy votes; no individual roll‑call tallies appear in the transcript.

Hun said some policy changes will require district administrative regulations and that administrators will return with those regulations as needed.

Board members thanked the legal and curriculum teams for preparing the materials and noted the volume of policy work reflected in the presented series.