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HEB ISD updates student code of conduct to reflect state law changes; board adopts policy
Summary
The Board of Trustees adopted the district'wide student code of conduct for 2025–26 after staff summarized changes required by recent state laws including House Bill 6 and related bills affecting removals, suspensions, IDs and personal communication devices.
The Hirsh Hills Bedford Independent School District Board of Trustees on Aug. 11 approved the 2025–26 student code of conduct with revisions reflecting multiple recent state laws affecting discipline, identification and device use.
Miss Rhodes, the presenter for student conduct, told trustees the code was updated to align with House Bill 6 and several other bills. She said the code now requires a campus behavior coordinator at each campus, reflects changes to teacher removals from classrooms, updates in-school suspension (ISS) and out-of-school suspension (OSS) procedures, and implements new rules for possession of personal communication devices.
Key changes included: campus behavior coordinators designated at every school; secondary students required to wear school-issued ID badges at waist level and visible during the school day; e-cigarette discipline adjustments so a first possession/use offense may result in ISS rather than mandatory DAEP, while sale or delivery of vaping products remains a mandatory DAEP placement; and limitations on OSS (three days maximum) with required 10-school-day reviews for ongoing ISS placements.
The code also incorporates definitions and examples required by law for antisemitism (Senate Bill 326) and updates to the prohibited weapons list (Senate Bill 1569) and related glossary entries. On personal devices, House Bill 1481 requires districts to prohibit device use on school property during the school day and to establish disciplinary measures; the code defines devices, storage expectations and exemptions and lists disciplinary consequences for violations.
Parental involvement: Miss Rhodes explained House Bill 6 allows districts to adopt a policy letting parents request a behavior agreement after DAEP placement or expulsion; trustees were told the district is not adopting that parent-involvement policy immediately and instead will solicit input from its internal student safety task force before deciding.
Discussion vs. decisions: Trustees approved the code as presented. When asked for examples of rare circumstances that might allow a virtual expulsion program, staff cited safety situations and said such programs would be granted only on a case-by-case basis.
Ending: The student code of conduct was approved by motion and vote; staff said they will proceed with required campus-level notifications and implement the updated procedures in the 2025–26 school year.
