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Huntsville ISD board votes to opt out of allowing non-enrolled students in UIL activities
Summary
Trustees voted unanimously to keep district policy barring non-enrolled students, including homeschoolers, from representing Huntsville ISD in UIL and other extracurricular activities after administrators recommended opting out of a new state default rule.
The Huntsville Independent School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously to opt out of allowing non-enrolled students to participate in district curricular and extracurricular activities, including University Interscholastic League (UIL) competitions.
The board’s action implements the administration’s recommendation to keep board policies FD(Local) and FM(Local) unchanged and to prevent students who are not enrolled in Huntsville ISD from representing the district in competitions and activities. The motion to opt out was made by Trustee Langley and seconded by Trustee Stout; the motion passed with all trustees present voting in favor and one trustee absent.
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