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Laredo ISD weighing certified personal trainer IBC after sports‑officiating course found not to count for accountability
Summary
Staff told trustees the 2024 sports-officiating course produced dual-enrollment credit for 49 students but is not on TEA's approved IBC list and therefore does not count for CCMR accountability; district is transitioning students toward a certified personal trainer IBC that TEA recognizes, but the new IBC carries a lower tier weighting.
At the Nov. 6 Laredo ISD Business & Support Committee meeting, staff reviewed the district's College, Career and Military Readiness (CCMR) pathways and discussed changes to how Industry-Based Certifications (IBCs) will be counted for accountability.
Staff recounted the 2024 sports-officiating program: 49 students completed the course and obtained certification through the Texas Association of Sports Officials (TASO) and dual credit via Laredo College (Kinney 13-08). Staff said sports officiating "never counted" toward TEA accountability because it is not on the TEA-approved IBC list. Staff estimated the 2024 cost for 49 students at approximately $22,600 — roughly $9,000 for memberships and $13,600 for uniforms.
Because the sports-officiating certification is not an approved IBC for state accountability, the district is proposing a shift to an approved IBC: certified personal trainer. Staff described the certified personal trainer credential as "high skill, high wage, high demand" and therefore an approved IBC; however, under TEA's newly published tiering (released Oct. 31), certified personal trainer is currently categorized as tier 3. Staff said a higher-weighted option—certified occupational therapy assistant—would be tier 2 but may require additional certified instructors or postsecondary partnerships.
Trustees discussed options to retain officiating as a stackable or embedded credential within a larger pathway and questioned whether the district should continue paying for uniforms and membership fees that supported students through certification if the credential will not count for accountability. "So the Kinney 13-08 is not going away. It's still gonna be...you're gonna see where we embedded it still in a program study," staff said, adding that district-paid expenses (uniforms/memberships) were the bulk of last year’s outlay.
Trustees also pressed staff for follow-up measures: to track how many students who earned the certification actually continue to officiate, to evaluate whether embedding officiating within a bankable career pathway is feasible, and to provide a financial analysis of ongoing district support. Staff said they would provide the requested data and options for making officiating a stackable credential or redirecting funds to IBCs that count for accountability.
