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Crowley ISD board approves waiver to allow remote homebound instruction after parent seeks public explanation
Summary
After a parent requested that the item be removed from consent for public explanation, the Crowley ISD Board approved a waiver allowing the district to submit a Texas Education Agency waiver to count remote homebound instruction for attendance and funding. Trustees sought details on eligibility, oversight, and teacher compensation before voting unanimously.
Crowley ISD trustees approved a waiver authorizing the district to submit a Texas Education Agency request to count remote homebound instruction for attendance and state funding after a parent asked the board to pull the item from the consent agenda for public explanation.
Parent and district volunteer Liz Pignon told the board she was speaking on agenda item 6.5 and urged trustees to pull it from the consent agenda so families could hear how many students the change would affect and how bilingual and special-education services would be delivered and audited. "When something that directly affects medically fragile students and students with disabilities is handled through consent, families can feel like it's just a routine checkbox when in real life it shapes whether a child receives instruction,…
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