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Board approves optional Flexible School Day Program application to fund night school
Summary
Corsicana ISD trustees approved an optional Flexible School Day Program application Oct. 22 that allows combining night‑school hours to generate full‑time funding for students; staff said the district received about $25,000 from the program last year and expects 25–40 nightly participants.
The Corsicana ISD Board of Trustees approved an optional Flexible School Day Program application at its Oct. 22 meeting to fund night school by combining attendance hours across multiple evenings.
Miss Howe (Speaker 8) described the program mechanics: students who attend on multiple nights (for example, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings) can be combined to equal one full day for funding purposes. "So basically, they come in on a Tuesday night, and then they come in on a Wednesday night, that equals 1 day," the presenter said, adding that the district received roughly $25,000 last year through the program and nightly attendance typically ranges from 25 to 30 students.
Miss Howe (Speaker 6) stated she would approve the optional Flexible School Day Program application during the meeting. Board Member (Speaker 1) confirmed the action was permitted under the Texas government code as spoken in the record: "permitted by the Texas government code section 5 5 1 dash 0 1." The transcript does not include a written roll‑call or a named tally for the vote.
The board’s approval allows the district to pursue funding for night‑school programming under the optional application; the transcript does not record further budget appropriation or a specific implementation schedule.
