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Petersburg ISD board approves 2025–26 TEA ESL waiver application; one abstention
Summary
Trustee John B. Gicante moved and Trustee Stephen Marquez seconded approval of the district's 2025–2026 Texas Education Agency (TEA) ESL waiver application; the board approved the application 6–0 with Linda Padron recorded as abstaining. No application details were provided in the meeting record.
The Petersburg Independent School District Board of Trustees approved the district's 2025–2026 TEA application for an English as a Second Language (ESL) waiver on Oct. 29, 2025. John B. Gicante, III moved the motion and Stephen Marquez seconded; the motion passed 6–0 with trustee Linda Padron abstaining. The transcript records the vote outcome but does not include the waiver documentation or the board's discussion about the reasons for seeking the waiver.
The motion names the Texas Education Agency (TEA) application as the action item but the meeting record contains no further details such as the terms of the waiver, the populations it covers, or the district's justification. Trustees will likely rely on accompanying written materials (not provided in the transcript) for the formal application record.
