Premont ISD board approves plan to delay teacher certification requirements

Irma M. Johnson, Board President, called the Premont Independent School District Special Board Meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. on Feb. 24, 2026. During agenda item 2.B, Board Member Chris Morales moved to approve a plan to delay teacher certification requirements and to authorize the superintendent to submit the application and plan to the Texas Commissioner of Education; Fred Gutierrez seconded the motion. The motion was recorded as passed unanimously by members present.

The board roll call on the motion listed I. Johnson, F. Gutierrez, C. Morales, R. Martinez and J. Pena as voting in favor; A. Barrera and E. Falcon were recorded absent. The minutes do not include further details about the contents of the delay plan or its proposed duration, only that the board approved submission of the plan to the Texas Commissioner of Education. The minutes identify the action as agenda item 2.B and note that the superintendent is authorized to file the application.

Board President Irma M. Johnson presided; the minutes do not record any public comment on this agenda item. The board did not provide additional timing or implementation details in the minutes. Next procedural steps in the record are limited to the authorization for the superintendent to submit the plan to state officials.