Education
BY PARKS KUGLE
The Texas Education Agency issued a corrective action plan and directed North East ISD to update its cellphone policy to a bell-to-bell ban by Jan. 31. During the Jan. 12 board of trustees meeting, NEISD’s attorney Ricardo Lopez explained the steps the state will take if the district maintains its current cellphone ban, which limits cellphone usage during class time but not the rest of the school day. What happened Lopez said that if the district State mandates cellphone policy change for NEISD
does not comply with the TEA, it could face negative reports, loss of local control via sanctions, potential state-appointed gover- nance and expensive litigation. President David Beyer said TEA has placed the district in a no-win situation. “Because if we maintain our policy, we run the risk of … somebody sitting here in the boardroom making the decisions for us. [If] we do change the pol- icy, [then] ... we upset an entire community of people that have put their trust in us,” Beyer said at the Jan. 12 meeting. On Jan. 26, the board voted 7-0 to maintain its current cell phone policy, and the district notified TEA of the board’s position before the Jan. 30 deadline.
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Potential TEA actions for noncompliance
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Appointment of a conservator to oversee direct parts of the district’s operations
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Appointment of board of managers, effectively stripping the board of its powers
Litigation within 30 days of noncompliance
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The commissioner issuing directives requiring the district to change its policy to match TEA’s interpretation
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NISD to open virtual high school
schedules to earn their high school diploma. “We look at those students that maybe need, or really have a strong desire for [a] more flexible schedule, but they don’t want to lose that high school experience,” Squyres said. NISD intends to roll out a new public-facing website and prereg- istration by the end of January.
The Northside ISD Board of Trustees received an update on its proposed virtual high school pro- gram Jan. 20, including the launch of its website and preregistration. What you need to know Known as the NISD Virtual Academy, Carrie Squyres, director of academic technology, said the new online program will allow students with unconventional
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