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Board briefed on Policy Update 125; local changes target board committees, attendance and extracurricular eligibility
Summary
Administration summarized Policy Update 125 changes that clarify board vs. advisory committees, adjust officers' duties language, and propose local revisions to attendance credit and data tracking; the board was also briefed on two near-term policy decisions affecting extracurricular eligibility for private and home‑schooled students.
WAXAHACHIE — District administration briefed trustees on Policy Update 125 and two additional local policy items that require near‑term board action on student eligibility for activities.
What changed in Policy Update 125
Mr. Cagle (district counsel/staff presenter) and Miss McCutcheon summarized recommended local changes. Key points included:
- BDAA (board officers): Minor language edits to remove a provision that allowed the board to assign a district employee to provide clerical assistance; the superintendent noted staff assignments are an administrative function.
- BDB / BDF (board committees and advisory committees): BDB local will clarify the distinction between board committees and advisory committees and set formation and dissolution processes for board committees. BDF local will be added to house provisions about advisory committees, including formation, purpose and dissolution.
- EI local (partial credit): Language clarified how partial credit is awarded for a semester in which a student does not earn a passing grade; specifics move from a combined grade approach to an averaging method.
- FDE local (data and discipline): Bullying will be added to tracked offense types for required reporting; the presenter said this is largely a formalization of data already tracked by the district.
Near‑term policy items
Cagle and the superintendent noted two policy changes not technically part of Update 125 that the district must address before Sept. 1: whether students enrolled in private schools (including home schools) are eligible to participate in district extracurricular or curricular activities. The recommended draft would make non‑district private/home‑schooled students ineligible for WISD activities; administration indicated it would present final language for board action at the next meeting.
Ending: Trustees were briefed and asked to review the packet materials; administration expects to return with proposed policy language for formal approval at the next meeting cycle.
