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PSJA ISD updates Student Code of Conduct to reflect 2025 legislative changes
Summary
The board adopted revisions to the district’s Student Code of Conduct adding protections describing antisemitic-motivated conduct, tightening rules for personal communication devices and e-cigarette procedures, and clarifying teacher removal and in-school/out-of-school suspension protocols.
The Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District board unanimously adopted updates to its Student Code of Conduct at the Aug. 18 meeting to align with recent changes to the Texas Education Code.
Assistant Superintendent for Student Services Dr. Orlando Noyola summarized the changes: the Code now explicitly lists mistreatment of others motivated by antisemitism as a conduct violation; it clarifies permitted and prohibited uses of personal communication devices on campus while allowing exceptions required for health or safety; and it updates disciplinary responses for nicotine delivery products and e-cigarettes, including in-school suspension minimums if an alternative placement is not used. The revisions also restate teacher authority to initiate formal classroom removal for repeated or severe disruptive behavior and require parental notification in those cases.
Board members asked questions about procedural safeguards for special education students and the frequency of in-school suspension reviews; staff said in-school suspensions must be reviewed every 10 school days to evaluate educational progress. Trustees adopted the revised Code of Conduct unanimously.
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