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TASB Policy Update 127 overviewed for Godley ISD trustees; changes include principal qualifications and limits on race-based scoring
Summary
Jason Karnes presented TASB Policy Update 127, summarizing local policy revisions including moving principal qualifications to DPA, adding a data-interpretation qualification for principals, reorganizing counselor qualifications, and prohibiting use of scoring values based on race/ethnicity/socioeconomic status or disability for gifted-and-talented selection.
Jason Karnes presented the Texas Association of School Boards’ Policy Update 127 to the Godley ISD board, describing a package of local-policy revisions and housekeeping changes.
Karnes said the update includes about 10 local-policy items and explanatory notes. Among substantive changes, he said principal qualifications were moved to DPA and now include an added item requiring the ability to interpret data; counselor qualifications were separated into DPB; one policy (DP local) is recommended for deletion because the qualifications were split. He also said a section was added clarifying that the use of a scoring value based on race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status or disability in gifted-and-talented selection “shall be prohibited.”
Karnes noted other technical edits and cross-references, and referenced updates connected to Senate Bill 12 and Senate Bill 571 related to employment and misconduct definitions. Trustees asked a clarification about a pagination/labeling typo in the meeting packet (one reference read '125' while the update under discussion was '127'); Karnes said he would ensure the packet reflects correct numbering.
Karnes told trustees this was a first presentation and the board would see the recommended policy changes again at a future meeting before formal adoption.
