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Seguin ISD board codifies temporary hiring authority in policy revision
Summary
The board approved a revision to board policy DC(LOCAL) to codify the superintendent's temporary final hiring authority for contractual personnel below Director and Campus Principal level. The change formalizes authority previously granted in July 2025.
The Seguin ISD Board of Trustees on March 24 approved a revision to Board Policy DC(LOCAL) to codify temporary final hiring authority previously granted to the superintendent for contractual personnel below the level of Director and Campus Principal.
Trustee Grace Mueller moved the revision, and Trustee Joshua Bright seconded. The minutes state the July 2025 authorization that allowed temporary final hiring authority was intended to speed hiring during peak recruiting; the policy revision now places that authority in local policy and requires contractual personnel hired under that authority to be reported to the board at the next regular meeting. The minutes cite alignment with the district strategic objective to "Decrease the fill time for positions from an average of 60 to 30 days by 2030." The motion passed unanimously.
The revision does not specify which specific positions would be hired under this authority on an ongoing basis; the implementation note in the minutes indicates such hires will be reported to trustees at the next regular meeting.
