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Spring ISD board adopts first-reading policy revisions to opt out of homeschool extracurricular participation under Senate Bill 401
Summary
The Spring ISD Board of Trustees on July 22 approved first-reading interim revisions to FD(Local) and FM(Local) that implement an opt-out of homeschool student participation in district extracurricular activities, citing concerns about enrollment loss and administrative burdens. The board tabled three other policy revisions until August.
SPRING ISD — The Spring ISD Board of Trustees on July 22 approved a first-reading interim revision to district policies FD(Local) and FM(Local) to implement the district's decision to opt out of allowing homeschooled and most private-school students to participate in district extracurricular activities under Senate Bill 401.
The board voted without recorded opposing votes after hearing recommendations from the district's athletic and performing-visual-arts staff and legal counsel. Trustee Adams moved approval; Trustee McDaniel seconded. The motion carried unanimously, with the transcript noting the vote as unanimous but not providing an individual tally.
The revisions respond to Senate Bill 401, a change in state law that requires school districts each year to choose whether to allow or prohibit non-enrolled students to take part in extracurricular activities.…
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