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Big Sandy ISD board approves initial HB 1481 policy revisions, including student cell‑phone policy
Summary
On July 21, 2025 the Big Sandy Independent School District Board of Trustees voted 7–0 to approve revisions to Board Policy FNCE (Local) and the district's Student Cell Phone Policy in response to HB 1481; the motion was made by Trustee Kabe Murphy and seconded by Trustee Mark Duff.
The Big Sandy Independent School District Board of Trustees on July 21, 2025 approved initial policy revisions related to Texas House Bill 1481, including changes to Board Policy FNCE (Local) and the district’s Student Cell Phone Policy. Trustee Kabe Murphy moved the motion, and Trustee Mark Duff seconded; the board recorded a unanimous vote of Yea: 7, Nay: 0.
The action followed the board’s reconvening from an executive session earlier in the meeting. The approved motion was recorded in the minutes as a formal adoption of the revisions "as presented." The board did not record substantive debate about the specific policy text in the supplied transcript segments. Next procedural steps were not specified in the available transcript.
