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NEISD board adopts updated student code of conduct; new rules for vaping, teacher removal and discipline included
Summary
Trustees approved the 2025-26 student code of conduct implementing changes from recent legislation including revised disciplinary options for e-cigarette possession, updated teacher-removal procedures and a formalized early-review behavioral agreement for alternative placements.
The Northeast Independent School District Board of Trustees voted 7-0 to adopt the 2025-26 student code of conduct, which incorporates multiple statutory changes and new procedures for discipline, teacher removals and alternative placements. Tyler Shoesmith, executive director for pupil personnel services, summarized changes that reflect recent legislative action and Chapter 37 revisions. He highlighted updated mandatory and discretionary placements for serious offenses, an expanded set of mandatory expulsion categories (notably offenses involving firearms or conduct causing bodily injury…
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