Henderson ISD’s board policy manual has two kinds of policy. LEGAL policies summarize state and federal law, and the Texas Association of School Boards keeps them current for every district it serves. LOCAL policies are the rules the Henderson ISD Board of Trustees writes and adopts for itself. The manual lists 173 LOCAL policies. As of November 3, 2026, 38 of them have not been reissued in 10 years or more, and 32 carry dates before 2016.
An old date does not mean a policy is wrong. Some rules work fine for decades. But the board is the only body that can update a LOCAL policy, and a policy written in 1980 or 1991 was written for a different district, different laws and a different budget. These are worth a fresh look.
The oldest on the books
- FP, Student Fees, Fines and Charges: issued April 15, 1980. This is the policy that sets how the district handles fees and when a family can have one waived because it cannot afford to pay.
- EHBE, Bilingual Education/ESL: issued July 8, 1991.
- FNE, Pregnant Students: issued July 8, 1991.
- DFD, Hearings Before a Hearing Examiner: issued March 2, 1998. This covers how employee contract terminations are heard.
- BBF, Board Members’ Ethics: issued June 22, 2000. This is the trustees’ own ethics policy.
Policies that govern the board and its money
Several of the older policies cover the board itself or district money. BBG, on board member compensation and expenses, was issued September 30, 2003. BDAE, on the duties of the district’s depository bank, was issued September 18, 2007. DN, on performance appraisal, was issued May 1, 2007. DLB, on required plans and reports, dates to September 30, 2003.
The board has kept other policies current. BE, which governs board meetings, was reissued November 10, 2025, and a batch of policies on safety, contracts, technology and student welfare carry dates from 2025 and 2026. That shows the update process works. The question is why some policies have been left out of it.
Questions for the district
- Has the board or administration reviewed the 38 older LOCAL policies, and if so, when?
- Does the district have a schedule for reviewing LOCAL policies that are not touched by a TASB update?
- Is the 1980 fee policy still how fee waivers are handled in practice, and how are families told about it?
- When was the board’s own ethics policy last discussed in a meeting?
Every LOCAL policy, its issue date and a link to the official text is in the Board Policy Tracker on our Henderson ISD page. The full manual is on the district’s policy site.
Source: Henderson ISD Board Policy Manual, hosted by the Texas Association of School Boards, issue dates as listed on each LOCAL policy, checked November 3, 2026.