Parent urges board to reject discipline changes tied to walkouts and to adopt policy limiting federal school access
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A parent and board candidate warned that proposed edits to policy 6.3 could chill student organizing and asked the board to adopt a formal policy requiring valid judicial warrants before federal agents access schools or student records.
Jason Greathouse, a Williamson County parent and candidate for School Board District 2, used his public comment slot on March 23 to oppose proposed edits to policy 6.3 that would escalate skipping class and leaving campus to higher-level offenses.
Greathouse said the proposed changes appear to be a direct response to student-organized walkouts and argued they would chill organizing and political speech. He urged the board to retain principal discretion for student discipline and to avoid punitive definitions that criminalize organizing or speech.
He also pressed the board to address the root causes for student protests, citing recent national immigration enforcement actions and saying students walked out to express civic concern. Greathouse asked the board to adopt a formal policy that would require valid, targeted judicial warrants before any federal officers access Williamson County schools, students or student records; he said several other districts have enacted similar protections.
The board had placed policy 6.3 on the consent agenda and advanced it on first reading as part of the consent vote earlier in the meeting; Greathouse’s remarks were recorded during public comment and will be part of the public record as the board continues policy committee deliberations.
