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Bells ISD amends student handbooks to mark approved extracurriculars as excused absences
Summary
The board unanimously approved a handbook amendment clarifying that approved extracurricular activities will be excused absences and changed notice wording from '60 days notice' to 'prior notice'.
Trustee Jeremy Moore moved and Trustee Dava Washburn seconded an amendment to all student handbooks to treat approved extracurricular activities as excused absences and to replace the phrase "60 days notice" with "prior notice." The board approved the amendment unanimously, 7-0. The minutes state: "The motion was made by Jeremy Moore, seconded by Dava Washburn, and passed unanimously 7-0 to approve the amendment to all student handbooks regarding the approval of extracurricular activities as excused absences, with the change of '60 days notice' to 'prior notice'."
The minutes do not specify how 'prior notice' will be defined in practice (for example, how many days in advance constitutes adequate notice) or whether campus-level procedures will be updated; those items were not recorded in the meeting minutes.
