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Katy ISD proposes wide discipline-code changes after 2025 legislation; board debates DAEP, antisemitism definition and fighting rules
Summary
Katy ISD staff presented an extensive update to the district's discipline management plan and student code of conduct at the July 21 work study, saying the changes respond to multiple bills passed in the 2025 legislative session.
Katy ISD staff presented an extensive update to the district's discipline management plan and student code of conduct at the July 21 work study, saying the changes respond to multiple bills passed in the 2025 legislative session and to the commissioner's rules.
Sherry Ashbourne, Director of Student Affairs, summarized the principal changes she will present for board adoption: renaming telecommunications-device language to "personal communication devices" and aligning to House Bill 1481; implementing new teacher-removal and suspension provisions added by House Bill 6; adding a statutory definition of antisemitism under Senate Bill 326; clarifying permissible DAEP reasons and expanding off-campus DAEP placements for elementary students under certain conditions; and adding academic dishonesty language that references artificial intelligence misuse.
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