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Hillsborough board advances tobacco-free policy, asks staff to reconcile vaping sensors with student code of conduct
Summary
The Hillsborough County School Board agreed in workshop to send a revised tobacco-free environment policy (55.12) to public hearing after asking staff to add statutory-compliant buffer language, refine definitions, clarify signage and align consequences with the student code of conduct; board also requested a written plan for classroom deployment of Halo vaping sensors now piloted in high schools.
The Hillsborough County School Board on Dec. 16 directed staff to prepare a revised tobacco-free environment policy for public hearing after extensive discussion about vaping detection technology, disciplinary consistency and signage.
Member Gray introduced Policy 55.12 as a districtwide tobacco- and vaping-prohibition. Member Rendon asked the policy to include a 1,000-foot buffer from any school or Hillsborough County school property and recommended removing the policy’s enumerated disciplinary range so consequences would be set by the student code of conduct. "I would ask that…
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