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Keller ISD adopts revised 2025–26 student code of conduct with major discipline changes
Summary
The board approved a revised Student Code of Conduct aligning district discipline rules with recent changes to Texas law: teacher removal can now be based on a single incident, in-school suspension limits removed, e-cigarette punishments increased, and new virtual expulsion and antisemitism definitions were added.
The Keller ISD Board of Trustees on July 24 approved the district’s 2025–26 Student Code of Conduct, implementing changes required or enabled by recent state legislation and model language from the law firm Walsh Gallegos.
Key changes described by student-services staff include: a teacher may remove a student from class based on a single incident (teacher removal no longer requires documentation of repeated behavior); in-school suspension (ISS) assignments are not subject to the prior time limit and placements over 10 days must be reviewed every 10 days; first-time personal e-cigarette possession is now shown as at least 10 days of ISS (while selling or delivering an e-cigarette remains a DAEP placement); expanded out-of-school suspension options for pre-K–2 and homeless students; strengthened mandatory placements (including JJAEP or expulsion) for assaults on employees; a virtual expulsion program if JJAEP will not accept a student; and inclusion of a statutory definition of antisemitism for discipline purposes.
Trustees asked how the district will notify parents and staff about the more significant disciplinary consequences; administration said campus assemblies, parent communications and revised website banners are planned before school starts. Board members emphasized the district relied on the Walsh Gallegos model to ensure compliance with Chapter 37 of the Texas Education Code.
Why it matters: The changes expand administrators’ disciplinary options and adjust procedures for special-education and younger students; the district plans specific communications and training to reduce surprise when the school year begins.
