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Gatesville ISD updates student code of conduct to reflect recent state law; board also adopts several TASB-recommended policy changes
Summary
The board approved a districtwide student code of conduct incorporating recent legislative changes (including reinstated ISS limits removal, vaping and AI-related academic-dishonesty language) and consented to four TASB-recommended local policy updates covering cell-phone rules, homeschool references and library-materials review.
Unidentified Speaker 7 summarized statutory changes that required updates to the district's single, districtwide student code of conduct and recommended the board approve the revised document. Speaker 7 highlighted three primary changes: the reinstatement of in-school suspension (ISS) without the previous three-day limit imposed by the last legislative session; more detailed cell-phone and telecommunications language as required by policy; and expanded, tiered consequences for vaping and nicotine offenses.
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