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Uvalde CISD board approves resolution to compensate employees who lost a child at Robb Elementary for trial attendance

Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees · January 30, 2026

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Summary

After a closed session, the Uvalde CISD Board approved a resolution to compensate employees who lost a child in the Robb Elementary tragedy for workdays missed to attend related court trials; the motion was moved and seconded and carried unanimously among trustees present.

The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees on Feb. 6 approved a resolution compensating employees who lost a child in the Robb Elementary tragedy for workdays missed to attend court trials related to the tragedy.

The item was listed for closed session consultation under Texas Government Code Chapter 551; the public agenda identified two closed-session items: a board legal update and to ‘‘deliberate and receive legal advice regarding board options for providing paid leave to employees for attendance at Robb Elementary related trials.’’ The board convened in closed session at about 6:10 p.m. and reconvened at about 8:20 p.m.

Upon reconvening, a trustee moved to approve a resolution to provide compensation to employees who lost a child in the Robb Elementary tragedy for workdays missed to attend court proceedings; another trustee seconded the motion. The chair called the vote and several trustees responded "Aye;" the chair announced the motion carries.

The transcript records the motion language as approving "compensation to employees who lost a child in the Robb Elementary tragedy for workdays missed for attendance at court trials related to the tragedy." The meeting record does not include the full text of the resolution or details such as the duration of compensated leave, the source of funding, or an implementation timeline; those details were not specified in the public transcript and would be available in the board’s formal resolution or administrative directives.