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CFISD board votes to remove health as a graduation requirement and offer it as elective
Summary
Trustees voted to remove high‑school health as a required course and to offer it instead as an elective; the decision followed extensive public comment and a district survey that showed 75% of respondents favored keeping health required.
The Cypress‑Fairbanks ISD Board of Trustees voted Jan. 16, 2025 to remove high‑school health as a required course for graduation and to make the course an elective.
Board discussion and public comment before the vote focused on two competing priorities: the district’s academic calendar and GPA concerns for students versus the public‑health, mental‑health and sexual‑health content contained in the health curriculum. A district survey cited repeatedly during public comment reported that 75% of respondents preferred health remain a graduation requirement; several parents, teachers and SHAC (School…
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