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O'DONNELL ISD board approves plan to reduce uncertified teachers and delays HB2 certification to 2029–2030
Summary
Trustees approved a plan to reduce uncertified teachers and delay House Bill 2 certification requirements until the 2029–2030 school year. The motion was moved by Trustee Landry Barton, seconded by Trustee Jerry Castro, and passed 6–0.
The O'Donnell ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve a plan intended to reduce the district's number of uncertified teachers and to delay the implementation of House Bill 2 teacher certification requirements until the start of the 2029–2030 school year.
"A motion was made by Barton and a second by Castro to approve the plan to reduce the number of uncertified teachers and to delay implementation of House Bill 2 certification requirements until the beginning of the 2029-2030 school year," the meeting record states. The motion carried with all six trustees voting yes; no trustees recorded a dissent or abstention.
The transcript records the board's approval but does not include details in the public record about the contents of the reduction plan, anticipated timeline for lowering uncertified teacher counts, or whether the plan relies on particular hiring, training or budget measures. Those implementation details were not specified in the meeting record.
