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NEISD board keeps current policy barring non‑enrolled students from UIL activities, asks administration for fall plan
Summary
After a two‑hour discussion of logistics, equity and liability, the Northeast Independent School District Board of Trustees voted 6–0 to maintain its policy declining participation by non‑enrolled (homeschool) students in UIL activities for the coming school year and directed administration to return in the fall with a detailed implementation plan if it recommends a change.
The Northeast Independent School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously to maintain its current policy declining participation by non‑enrolled students in University Interscholastic League (UIL) activities and instructed district administration to return in the fall with a detailed operational plan if it recommends changing that stance.
District staff summarized legislative changes and district research before trustees debated the issue. "What it did is it really shifted it from an opt‑in model to an opt‑out model," said Mr. Jimenez, who briefed the board on the statute and local implications. He described the June 2025 legislative shift that would permit non‑enrolled students to participate unless a district affirmatively opts out and noted a potential state funding allotment of about $1,500 per activity per…
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