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El Paso ISD delays recommendation on DOI 90% attendance exemption to Jan. 20, 2026

El Paso Independent School District Board of Trustees · November 19, 2025
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Summary

Administration presented a multi-data review of the districtofinnovation 90% attendance exemption and asked for more stakeholder input; the board voted unanimously to extend the deadline for a recommendation to Jan. 20, 2026.

Administration told trustees on Nov. 18 that a stakeholder committee has been reviewing the District of Innovation (DOI) exemption to the Texas Education Code 90% attendance rule and will return in January with a formal recommendation.

Maribel Macias, chief organizational transformation and innovation officer, said the DOI attendance-exemption review used multiple datasets (10-year attendance trends, correlation of attendance and course passing, loss-of-credit analyses, transfer patterns and a review of policy/procedures). She described a planning team of roughly 20 stakeholders representing 15 departments that had met eight times and an advisory…

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