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Board approves optional flexible school day for Success Academy to increase attendance and funding credits
Summary
Trustees approved an optional flexible school day plan for the district’s Success Academy to allow individualized hourly attendance credit and potentially increase ADA‑related funding for students with nontraditional schedules.
The Liberty Hill ISD board approved an optional flexible school day plan for the district’s Success Academy, a state‑supported initiative that allows the district to earn attendance credit in hourly increments for students with nontraditional schedules.
District presenters said many Success Academy students have variable schedules (work, transport or other needs) and can fall short of the two‑hour or four‑hour thresholds used in the traditional ADA calculation. Under the flexible model, the district can document actual hours attended and receive proportional funding, improving funding and incentivizing attendance.
Staff estimated the change could increase attendance rates for the program by about 7–9% and provide additional revenue to the district. The board approved the plan by voice vote; Trustee Dustin Ferguson moved approval and Trustee Wesley Neighbors seconded.
Why it matters: Average Daily Attendance (ADA) funding is a core state revenue source for school districts in Texas. A flexible day plan helps ensure students with nontraditional schedules receive instruction while allowing the district to access state funding proportional to actual attendance.
Discussion and next steps: The plan applies only to the Success Academy and will be individualized for students; staff will submit the formal plan to TEA as required and implement the necessary attendance documentation processes.
Vote at a glance: Optional flexible school day for Success Academy — motion by Dustin Ferguson, second by Wesley Neighbors; outcome: approved.
