Prior to its expansion, the district’s limited open enrollment program allowed students who reside outside of the district’s attendance boundaries to attend CCISD schools if they met a certain criterion, according to district documents.
If a student’s previous academic history, attendance and discipline criteria was met, a student would qualify if their parent or guardian met one of the following requirements:
- Nonresident peace officers who live within 10 miles of the district
- Nonresident military service members who live within 10 miles of the district
- Nonresident federal employees who live within 10 miles of the district
- Nonresident grandchildren of grandparents who live within CCISD’s attendance boundaries
- Students of nonresident CCISD employees
By the numbersThe expansion was approved with hopes of increasing student enrollment. Since the 2019-20 school year, CCISD’s student enrollment has declined by over 6%, according to data from the Texas Education Agency.
While district officials did not disclose how many students enrolled in the district based on the open enrollment program, nearly 300 interest forms were filled after the program's expansion with many coming from private and charter schools, CCISD’s Chief Communications Officer Elaina Polsen said.
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