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Spring ISD board approves revisions to optional flexible school day application
Summary
Trustees unanimously approved revisions to Spring ISD's 2025-26 Optional Flexible School Day Program application after edits requested during Texas Education Agency review; district officials said the program can generate full ADA funding while allowing flexible schedules at Momentum High School and the Early College Academy.
The Spring Independent School District Board of Trustees unanimously approved proposed revisions to the district's 2025-26 Optional Flexible School Day Program (OFSDP) annual application during Monday's special call meeting.
Dr. Matthew Perret, chief of innovation and student success, told trustees the OFSDP application is an annual process that permits flexible scheduling at Momentum High School and the Spring Early College Academy to align school schedules with college partners. He said the Texas Education Agency (TEA) has a 60-day review process for the application and that TEA requested three adjustments this year. The district presented those adjustments to trustees and highlighted them in a blue folder distributed at the meeting.
Perret explained that under a traditional 240-minute school day the district receives funding differently than under OFSDP, which calculates at 45 minutes per day for certain attendance accounting purposes. He said the program "generates funds for us" by allowing the district to receive full average daily attendance (ADA) funding while giving students flexible scheduling options such as morning, afternoon or evening sessions at Momentum.
Trustees asked whether OFSDP provides other flexibilities beyond scheduling. Administration said the program can allow additional models, including virtual options, and that the district files the application annually to maintain options for middle and high school levels; the district is not currently offering elementary OFSDP options but files annually to retain the flexibility if needed.
A motion to approve the proposed revisions to the 2025-26 OFSDP application was made by Trustee Adams and seconded by Trustee Jensen; the board voted unanimously to approve the revisions.
Administration said the requested TEA adjustments involved clarifications in application questions two and three and a per-teacher adjustment for question one; no changes to program scope were stated. The board called for the vote after discussion and recorded the unanimous approval.
