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Open‑enrollment options for Leander ISD: staff present costs, comparative data and two paths for board consideration
Summary
The district’s open‑enrollment subcommittee presented regional comparisons, estimated startup costs and procedural lessons from other Texas districts. Presenters said open enrollment could increase net student counts but would not be a silver bullet for parts of the district with structural declines.
Leander ISD staff and the Long‑Range Planning Committee’s open‑enrollment subcommittee presented research and options for how the district might expand enrollment through out‑of‑district transfers or increased recruitment of residents who live inside district boundaries but are not enrolled.
What was presented Mel Maples, Executive Director of the Office of Educational Access, and other staff compared Leander ISD to nearby districts that have enacted transfer or open‑enrollment policies. The subcommittee showed TEA snapshot data for 2023–24 and a sample of comparable districts (Austin ISD, Round Rock ISD, Eanes ISD, Pflugerville ISD and others). Those districts’ post‑policy increases varied widely: some saw average annual gains in the low dozens while others added hundreds in the first years after…
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