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Alice ISD board votes to opt out of new law allowing homeschooled students into UIL activities
Summary
The Alice Independent School District Board of Trustees adopted a resolution to opt out of Senate Bill 401, preventing homeschooled students who reside in the district from participating in AISD-sponsored UIL activities for the 2025–26 school year. District staff cited funding, eligibility and resource concerns.
The Alice Independent School District Board of Trustees on July 21 voted to adopt a resolution opting out of Senate Bill 401, the new Texas law that would otherwise allow homeschooled students residing in a district to participate in University Interscholastic League activities.
District Director of Student Services Diana Vasquez told the board that the district does not receive average-daily-attendance (ADA) funding for homeschooled students and presented a district calculation showing 64 homeschooled students in the last year.…
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