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Board approves 2025-26 student handbook and updates policies that ban daytime cellphone use
Summary
The school board voted 7-0 to adopt the 2025-26 student handbook and related policy updates, including a state-driven ban on student cellphone use during the school day, clarifications on impoundment procedures and an opt-out stance on a new instructional-resources committee and UIL participation by homeschool students.
The school board voted unanimously to approve the 2025-26 student handbook and two revised local policies addressing personal electronic devices and instructional resources.
Board members approved the handbook and board policy updates after staff said the Texas Association of School Boards model handbook had been updated following recent legislation and the district had inserted local provisions. "TASB puts out the model student handbook. They try to incorporate all the new laws," a staff member said during the meeting.
The changes staff highlighted include a new state law that prohibits students from using cellphones on school grounds…
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