Trustees review multiple policy updates and student-handbook changes, including guidance on pronouns, homeschools and dress code

The board considered several policy- and handbook-related items in a first review, including local policy update 01/25, draft parental-rights language for student records and pronoun requests, the student and campus handbooks for 2025'26 and a proposal tied to Senate Bill 401 about homeschool student participation in UIL activities.

Policy staff presented a seven-policy local update (labeled 01/25) that included administrative clarifications on board duties, advisory committees, attendance committees, partial-credit clarifications and wellness updates. Several trustees asked for time to submit questions in writing and to review legal-policy changes that appear in the packet; staff noted legal policies are developed externally (for example, TASB/legal policy) and that the board's action applies only to…