Comal ISD trustees are scheduled to consider a bilingual education exception and ESL waiver for 2026-27 because the district says it lacks enough appropriately certified teachers.
The proposed bilingual exception and ESL waiver concern students in 2026-27 and the district's supply of appropriately certified teachers. The regular meeting is scheduled for Nov. 19; the waiver, library purchases and a request involving appraisal district land are proposals. The official regular-meeting agenda gives readers the full order of business.
From the source record
The notice for this meeting was posted in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act on Friday, November 13, 2026, on or before 5:00pm.Comal ISD BoardBook ↗
Teacher staffing and classroom reports
The waiver request appears on the proposed consent agenda. Trustees would be asked to approve a 2026-27 bilingual education exception and English as a Second Language waiver tied to an insufficient number of appropriately certified teachers.
The superintendent's reports include a presentation on Spring Branch Middle School's sixth-grade math collaborative team cycle. Trustees are also scheduled to hear findings from Texas Education Agency intruder detection audits conducted Oct. 14 and Nov. 5 that require corrective actions.
A third superintendent report concerns the district's 2024-25 Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas, or FIRST, rating.
