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Duncanville ISD board approves waiver request to align Collegiate Academy schedule with Dallas College
Summary
The Duncanville ISD Board of Trustees voted 4–2 to approve submitting a waiver to the Texas Education Agency that would allow dual‑credit hours earned at Dallas College to count toward the state’s required instructional minutes so some Collegiate Academy students would not be required to attend on Fridays if the waiver is approved by TEA.
The Duncanville Independent School District Board of Trustees voted to submit a waiver to the Texas Education Agency asking that instructional minutes earned by Collegiate Academy students at Dallas College be counted toward the state requirement so those students will not have to be on the Duncanville High School campus on Fridays if the waiver is approved.
The request, presented by Mr. Graham, sought board approval “to submit a waiver to the Texas Education Agency for Duncanville High School Collegiate Academy.” Graham said the waiver is intended to align the district calendar with Dallas College’s Monday–Thursday schedule and “ensure full state funding for our students in the dual credit program.”
The waiver responds to a Texas Education Code attendance-accounting rule that requires districts to document 75,600 minutes of instruction per school year. District staff told trustees that Dallas College operates a Monday–Thursday schedule that already provides the college course…
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