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Spearman ISD board adopts policy declining homeschool participation in UIL activities (6–1)
Summary
The board voted 6–1 to adopt local policy FD/FM (LOCAL) to decline non-enrolled students participation in UIL activities under SB 401. The motion was moved by Karla Flowers and seconded by Anne Marie Pearson; Scott Sonnenberg was the lone dissent.
The Spearman Independent School District Board adopted a local policy June 17 that declines to grant non-enrolled students — including homeschooled students — the opportunity to participate in University Interscholastic League (UIL) activities.
Karla Flowers moved the policy change and Anne Marie Pearson seconded it; the motion passed 6–1, with Board Secretary Scott Sonnenberg recorded as voting against the adoption. The minutes record the board's action as a LOCAL adoption under FD(LOCAL) and FM(LOCAL) to conform with UIL-related policy updates following Senate Bill 401.
The minutes do not record extended debate or statements explaining members' votes; the motion text as entered in the minutes reads: "Motion made by Karla Flowers and seconded by Anne Marie Pearson adopts a policy that declines to grant non-enrolled students the opportunity to participate in UIL activities." The board did not record language of proposed policy revisions verbatim in the minutes; those policy documents are expected to be published separately or appended to the district policy manual.
Because the minutes do not include the full policy text, district staff will need to publish the LOCAL FD/FM policy language and notify families and coaches about eligibility rules and any transitional procedures that apply to current students and activities.
