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El Paso ISD board delays decision on 90% attendance exemption, asks administration for fuller recommendation by Jan. 20
Summary
Administration will return to trustees with a fuller recommendation on whether to keep the District of Innovation exemption to the 90% attendance rule after trustees voted to extend the review deadline to Jan. 20, 2026 to allow more stakeholder input and additional data analysis.
El Paso Independent School District trustees voted Nov. 18 to push back a board deadline and asked administration to return with a fuller recommendation by Jan. 20, 2026 on whether to keep the district’s District of Innovation exemption to the Texas 90% attendance rule.
Maribel Macias, chief organizational transformation and innovation officer, told trustees the exemption — adopted in EPISD’s DOI plan in 2016 and renewed in 2021 — lets the district award course credit based on content mastery even…
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