On Monday night the Grapevine-Colleyville ISD board of trustees adopted a district of innovation plan that will begin with the 2017-18 school year and end with the 2021-22 school year.
The district of innovation, or DOI, concept gives independent school districts most of the flexibility available to Texas’ open-enrollment charter schools. Some of that flexibility includes being able to choose the first day of class, minutes of instruction per day, class-size ratios, and teacher certification and experience.
The DOI concept was passed by the 84th Texas Legislature.
In April, GCISD trustees passed a resolution authorizing the district to pursue a DOI designation. After passing a resolution, districts are required to pass a local innovation plan, which identifies the Texas Education Code provisions from which the district wants to be exempted.
