The Vidor Independent School District Board of Trustees on July 28 adopted the district’s 2025–26 student code of conduct, which reflects changes from the recent legislative session and implements updated discipline procedures for certain offenses, including vaping.

District staff said changes were driven largely by the 80th (transcript: “80 ninth”) legislative session and specifically cited House Bill 6 among laws affecting discipline. Under prior law, a first vaping offense required placement in the district alternative education program (DAEP). Staff explained recent changes remove an automatic DAEP requirement for a first vaping offense but that districts must assign in‑school suspension (ISS) for a minimum of 10 days if they do not use DAEP. The district plans to adopt a consistent approach and meet with campus principals to finalize procedures.

Staff cautioned that DAEP placement bars students from campus activities and practices while ISS may not automatically do so, meaning the choice affects extracurricular eligibility. “If they're placed in DAEP, they can't participate, they can't practice, anything like that. ISS doesn't prevent them from losing that eligibility to participate,” staff said. The presenter noted that offenses involving THC or other controlled substances still require DAEP.

Trustee Harrington moved to adopt the 2025–26 student code of conduct; Trustee McPaine seconded. The motion passed 5‑0 with two trustees absent.

What happens next: district administrators will meet with campus principals to finalize and communicate site‑level disciplinary procedures, including how DAEP and ISS will be applied for vaping and related offenses.