Round Rock ISD board approves 2025–26 student code of conduct, new phone and discipline rules after busy legislative session

Round Rock Independent School District trustees on Aug. 14 approved a rewritten student code of conduct for the 2025–26 school year and adopted several local-policy changes to implement new state laws affecting student discipline, personal communication devices and parental notices.

The board unanimously approved the student code of conduct and related local policies governing extracurricular eligibility and personal communication devices; administration said the votes were 6–0 for those items and that the administration will publish updated procedures and training materials for campuses and families.

Administrators and legal counsel told the board the 2025 Texas legislative session produced dozens of education-related bills and a set of immediate requirements trustees needed to address. "The bill is very, very clear. It requires the board to adopt a policy prohibiting student use of cell phones, watches, smartwatches, other personal communication devices," Cindy, an administration policy lead, said while summarizing House Bill 1481. The district's local policy (FNCE local) implements that mandate by prohibiting device use on campus during the school day and authorizing staff to confiscate devices under defined circumstances.

District staff said they will hold devices securely, try to return property to…