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[Call to Order]
2025 AT 6:00 PM. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT A QUORUM OF BOARD MEMBERS IS PRESENT, THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED, AND THAT NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 551. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT TRUSTEES PULLIAM, SANCHEZ, WRIGHT, GUYTON, LOCKHART, CHARLES ARE PRESENT. WE MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO.PUBLIC COMMENTS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? I'M GUESSING NOT. OKAY. COMMUNICATION/ACTION NUMBER 3.A.
[Consider and/or Approve District of Innovation (DOI) Amendments ]
CONSIDER AND OR APPROVE DISTRICT OF INNOVATION (DOI) AMENDMENT, MR. DAVISON. GOOD EVENING. BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT.MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT ON AN UPDATE OF POTENTIAL EXEMPTIONS APPROVED BY BOTH OUR DOI COMMITTEE AND DAC COMMITTEE IN REFERENCE TO ELIGIBLE POLICIES AND LAWS FROM THE 89TH LEGISLATURE.
SO JUST A REMINDER ABOUT OUR LOCAL GUIDELINES.
THE PROCESS FOR APPROVING FUTURE CHANGES TO THE DOI PLAN INCLUDES COMMITTEE MEMBERS MADE UP OF TEACHERS, DISTRICT STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. ANY NEW CHANGES PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE NEEDS TO GO TO THE DAC, WHICH WE DID, AND THEN TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT FOR A VOTE.
FUTURE POLICY CHANGES, WHICH IS IN THE PLACE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WITH SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT CAME FROM THE LATEST LEGISLATURES, MUST BE APPROVED BY TWO THIRDS AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE POTENTIAL POLICIES? MOVE ON. OKAY, SO THE LIBRARY ADVISORY COUNCIL, I'LL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ THROUGH THIS.
BUT JUST TO SUMMARIZE, IT WOULD ESTABLISH A SEPARATE COUNCIL TO REVIEW ACQUISITION POLICIES AS WELL AS LIBRARY MATERIALS. ANY QUESTION? NO.
SO BOTH THE DOI AND DAC COMMITTEES VOTED TO EXEMPT OUT OF THIS.
I'VE ALREADY EXPLAINED THE ACQUISITION POLICY.
NEXT IS PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES, SB-12. SO THIS IS ASKING US TO ADOPT A POLICY THAT PROVIDES AN ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO BOTH PARENTS OF A CHILD.
THEY ALSO WANT TO, THEY ALSO MENTIONED ANYTIME A PARENT ASKS FOR A CONFERENCE THAT THOSE CONFERENCES CAN BE HELD, AND TEACHERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK FOR CONFERENCES WITH PARENTS ALSO FOR BOTH POSITIVE OR ANYTIME A STUDENT HAS ACADEMIC GAPS.
SO DOES A NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK FOR A CONFERENCE? THEY DO NOT. SORRY. THE RIGHT TO ASK, YES. YES.
THE RIGHT TO HOLD ONE, NO, NOT A NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT OKAY.
ANY QUESTIONS TEAM? NO. THE NEXT ONE IS GRIEVANCES.
SO THIS WOULD CHANGE THE TIMELINE OF BEING ABLE TO GRIEVE FOR A PARTICULAR ACTION, AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT A PARENT CAN ENGAGE IN BOTH THE GRIEVANCE AS WELL AS RESPONSE. BOTH THE DOI AND THE DAC COMMITTEES AFTER A REVIEW OF THE POLICY.
LEVEL TWO IS A TEN DAY PROCESS TO HOLD A LEVEL TWO GRIEVANCE, TO RESPOND TO IT, TO SET UP A NEW ONE, AND THEN LEVEL THREE IS BEFORE THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
SO I KNOW BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU GOT A LETTER FROM WASH GAGGLE THURSDAY OR FRIDAY, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE MIGHT BE MORE TO THIS THAN WHAT WE KNEW AT THE TIME, SO THERE MIGHT BE MORE ADDED TO THIS LATER. OKAY.
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NEXT IS INSTRUCTIONAL INFORMATION. SO THIS SB PART, THIS PART OF SB-12 IS SAYING THAT WE MUST INCLUDE AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH SEMESTER. AND THIS IS FOR K THROUGH 12 OF COURSE SYLLABUS OR AN INSTRUCTIONAL PLAN.ANY QUESTIONS TEAM? SO THE PURPOSE WE'RE ADDING THIS TO OUR DOI SO WILL BE EXEMPTED FROM THESE. RIGHT. CORRECT. RIGHT. SO I ASKED THAT THERE'S AN APPROVAL FOR THE DOI EXEMPTIONS FOR THESE POLICIES.
SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 6 TO 0. ITEM 3.B.
[Consider and/or Approve Amendment to EI (Local): Academic Achievement]
CONSIDER AND OR APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO EI (LOCAL) ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS.GOOD EVENING BOARD. AND I MUST SAY THIS I'VE NEVER SAID GOOD EVENING.
AND IT WAS THIS BRIGHT OUTSIDE. SO THIS IS JUST I'LL MAKE THIS ONE QUICK.
WE HAVE, THE CLASSES THAT WE OFFER RIGHT NOW ARE SPANISH, GERMAN, AND AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE.
AND SO WHAT THIS IS ALLOWING US TO DO OR PUTTING IN POLICY OF THE PRACTICE WE ALREADY HAVE, IS THAT A STUDENT COULD COME IN FROM MEXICO OR ANOTHER COUNTRY ON THE LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE, AND WE HAVE THEM IN SPANISH TOO. AND THEY PASSED THE CLASS.
THAT COULD BE THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED A SPANISH ONE PASSING AS WELL.
AND SO THAT'S, THEY'LL WORK WITH THE FORMER LOTE TEACHER AND THEY WILL LOOK AT THEIR.
WHERE THEY CAME FROM AND WITH THEIR TRANSCRIPT, AND THEY'LL MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.
SO, AND IT DOESN'T COUNT TOWARDS YOUR GPA BECAUSE IT'S JUST THE P FOR PASSING.
ANY QUESTIONS? BOARD. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE EI AMENDMENT AS PRESENTED.
SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 6 TO 0. ITEM 3.C.
[Consider and/or Approve Lockhart ISD 2025-2026 Student Code of Conduct]
CONSIDER AND OR APPROVED LOCKHART ISD 2025-2026 STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.DR. CAMARILLO. SO MR. DAVIDSON PRESENTED ON WHAT WE COULD DOI OUT OF, AND I'M GOING TO PRESENT WHAT WE COULD NOT, DO DOI. OUR STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, THERE WERE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE, THE BOOK THAT WAS SENT TO YOU, THE BOOKLET. SO I'M JUST GOING TO HIT JUST VERY HIGH LEVEL THINGS THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES AS THEY TOOK THIS WORD OUT, THEY PUT THIS WORD IN. SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO INTO WHAT THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION HAS REQUIRED US TO PUT IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT.
NOT LATER THAN THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, TEA WAS TO PROVIDE US A REPORT IDENTIFYING ALL THE LAWS THAT WERE AMENDED REGARDING SCHOOL DISCIPLINE, AND THEN WE HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND GIVE IT TO OUR STUDENTS AND PARENTS.
SO WE'RE TWO DAYS AWAY FROM SCHOOL AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING, SO WE'LL HOLD TIGHT ON THAT.
IT'S JUST WHENEVER WE DO GET IT, WE WILL HAVE TO SHARE IT WITH OUR PARENTS AND OUR STUDENTS.
AND IT DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT US HAVING TO TRACK OR MONITOR THAT THEY RECEIVED IT OR NOT.
JUST WE HAVE TO SHARE IT. SO CAMPUS BEHAVIOR COORDINATOR, THIS IS WE USED TO DOI OUT OF THIS WHERE YOU HAD ONE PERSON LISTED PER CAMPUS WHO HANDLED ALL THE DISCIPLINE AND ENSURING THAT ALL THE LAWS ARE BEING FOLLOWED AND THE RULES WERE BEING FOLLOWED, AND SO WE HAD EXEMPTED OUT OF THAT, BUT THEY PUT THIS BACK INTO THE REQUIREMENTS.
SO EVERY DISTRICT HAS TO LIST WHO IS THEIR CAMPUS BEHAVIOR COORDINATOR ON THE WEBSITE AND IN OUR HANDBOOK TO IDENTIFY THE PERSON THAT WILL BE MAINTAINING ALL THE STUDENT DISCIPLINE. HAVE THOSE ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED? YES, MA'AM. LET ME INTERRUPT FOR A SECOND. IT IS 6:09 AND TRUSTEE RENE RAYOS HAS ARRIVED.
WE ADDED IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION AS ONE OF THE LIST OF SUBSEQUENT SECTIONS THAT WAS LISTED DUE TO SOME OTHER LAWS THAT WERE KIND OF GIVING US SOME AUTONOMY ON PUTTING A STUDENT IN DAEP. SO IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION IS ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THEY REQUIRED SB 326 REQUIRED US TO HAVE A DEFINITION FOR ANTI-SEMITISM.
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POSSESSION OF PROHIBITED ITEMS. THEY REMOVED THE SHORT BARREL FIREARM FROM THE DEFINITION OF PROHIBITED WEAPONS IN THE PENAL CODE.SO THOSE FIREARMS ARE NOW SPECIFICALLY LISTED ON PROHIBITED WEAPONS HERE IN THIS SECTION.
NICOTINE POUCHES WERE ADDED AS AN EXAMPLE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE WERE GIVEN WHERE THEY AMENDED THE MANDATORY PLACEMENT THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR OF ANY STUDENT WHO HAD A VAPE PEN, EVEN IF IT WAS JUST NICOTINE, WE HAD TO PLACE THEM IN DAEP.
THEY'VE CHANGED THIS NOW TO AMEND THAT. WE STILL HAVE TO DO THAT WITH THC AND MARIJUANA, BUT WITH THIS, IS WE CAN ALSO HAVE THE OPTION OF JUST PUTTING THEM, I ASSESS AND I'LL SPEAK TO THAT IN A BIT.
POSSESSION OF PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICES, AS YOU KNOW.
HB 1481 PROHIBITED THE USE OF THESE PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICES WHILE ON SCHOOL PROPERTY.
SO IS THERE A PROCEDURE ABOUT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE STORED, OR IS THAT GOING TO BE UP TO THE TEACHER? I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THE DEFINITION, THE REQUIREMENT TELLS US THAT WE HAVE TO STORE THE DEVICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE METHOD OF STORAGE THAT WE HAVE. SO, AND BEFORE I GET TO THAT, A REMINDER, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE STUDENTS WHO HAVE AN IEP THAT THEY NEED TO USE THE PHONE. IF THERE'S A DIRECTIVE FROM A DOCTOR THAT TELLS US THAT THEY HAD TO USE THEIR PHONE FOR DIABETES CHECK, OR ANYTHING THAT THEY MONITOR ON THEIR PHONE, OR COMPLYING WITH THE HEALTH OR SAFETY ENVIRONMENT IMPOSED BY THE LAW.
THE STORAGE IS GOING TO BE, THEY CAN HAVE IT IN THEIR POCKETS, THEY CAN HAVE IT IN THEIR PURSE, OR THEY CAN HAVE IT IN THEIR BACKPACK AS LONG AS IT'S NOT BEING UTILIZED. AND THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW THE CLEAR BAG POLICY THAT WE HAVE ALREADY IN PLACE.
AND AS FAR AS THE CONSEQUENCES THAT RESULT IN DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
YOU CAN SEE HERE WE HAVE LISTED UP TO SIX OFFENSES AND THEY ESCALATE AS THEY GO ON.
WE HAVE THE FIRST ONE IN ALL OFFENSES. OBVIOUSLY WE CONFISCATE THE PHONE.
SO WE'LL COLLECT THE $15 FEE AND THEN IT STARTS ESCALATING ON THE THIRD OFFENSE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY GET SATURDAY SCHOOL, FOURTH OFFENSE IN SCHOOL SUSPENSION.
FIFTH, THE FENCE CAMPUS TECHNOLOGY BAN. SO WE'RE GOING TO BAN THEM FROM BRINGING IT TO THE SCHOOL.
AND THEN SIX OFFENSE WILL BE A DAEP PLACEMENT.
SO QUESTION ABOUT THE MEDICAL NECESSITY. WE'RE LOOKING FOR A DOCTOR'S EXCUSE OR WHATEVER.
SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO HANDLE THAT? WE, ACTUALLY MR. DAVIDSON WAS WORKING WITH OUR SECONDARY PRINCIPALS ALREADY IDENTIFYING WHO ARE THOSE STUDENTS.
AND MOST OF THEM LIKELY ALREADY HAVE IT IN THEIR 504 PLAN.
I'M ASSUMING SOMETHING WOULD BE LIKE, IF YOU'VE GOT DIABETES AND YOU KIND OF MONITOR THAT, YOU NEED YOUR PHONE TO SHOW YOU IF YOU'RE LOW OR HIGH. THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST FREQUENT ONE EXAMPLE. WHAT FEEDBACK OR QUESTIONS HAVE PARENTS BEEN GIVEN OR ASKED FOR, FROM LEADERSHIP HERE ABOUT PHONES IN GENERAL? THEIR CONCERNS OR ANYTHING? I PERSONALLY HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT WE'RE SEEING PLACE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
I THINK THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, PARENTS THAT AGREE WITH WHAT THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE.
STUDENTS MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION. RIGHT.
BUT WE HAVE AN EYE AS FAR AS GETTING PARENT COMPLAINTS.
I'VE NOT HAD ANYBODY CALL ME THIS SUMMER OR ANYWHERE ELSE.
I THINK THE INITIALLY THERE WAS A LOT. ONCE WE CLARIFIED THAT, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE IT ON THEIR PERSON AND THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO USE IT, YOU KNOW, WORST CASE SAFETY THREAT. I HAVEN'T HEARD MUCH.
I THINK THAT WAS THAT WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST QUESTION THAT I HAD FROM PARENTS.
SO THERE MAY BE CERTAIN SCENARIOS WHERE IT WOULDN'T BE SAFE TO DO SO.
BUT IF THEY'RE ABLE TO, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR PHONE.
THAT WAS THE BIG QUESTION THAT WE HAD INITIALLY.
AND THAT'S WE'VE CLARIFIED THAT. SO I'M JUST THINKING OF A HYPOTHETICAL.
YES, MA'AM. AND THEN WHERE AM I GOING TO GET IT? I MEAN, I GET IT LIKE AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL DAY OR.
THEY'VE HAD A PROCESS FOR YEARS ABOUT CONFISCATING PHONES.
SO THEY'LL GET IT IN THE FRONT OFFICE AND WE'LL BE THERE TO SUPPORT.
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IN ADDITION TO THE HIGH SCHOOL STAFF, WILL BE WILL BE SENDING PEOPLE FROM CENTRAL OFFICE TO KIND OF HELP TAKE CARE OF THAT IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF SCHOOL.IT'S NO LONGER ABOUT A PHONE ISSUE, AND THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION WILL HANDLE IT APPROPRIATELY.
I THINK THAT WHILE LAST YEAR WE HAD THIS POLICY IT WASN'T ENFORCED.
THERE HAVE BEEN YEARS WHERE THIS POLICY HAS BEEN ENFORCED.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS LUNCH. YOU KNOW, SO I THINK THAT IN THE PAST, OUR KIDS AND STAFF AT TIMES HAVE SHOWN THAT WE CAN HAVE A VERY SIMILAR POLICY. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS GOING TO BE NOW WITH THIS LAW IS GOING TO BE LUNCH AND HALLWAYS.
YOU KNOW, THAT'LL BE THE THING THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD IN THE PAST.
YOU KNOW, PROBABLY FIVE YEARS AGO WE HAD A GOOD YEAR.
AND THEN WE'VE HAD SOME YEARS WHERE IT WASN'T ENFORCED, BUT IT WAS STILL OUR POLICY.
AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE HERE IS NOT ANYTHING THAT'S NECESSARILY NEW OTHER THAN THE LUNCHTIME.
WILL THERE BE A METHOD OF PROCESS IF A STUDENT HAS THESE RESTROOM AND DO WE TAKE THE PHONE AWAY? BUT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT USE IT OR JUST TRUST THEM? I WOULDN'T THINK THAT. I MEAN, THEY HAVE IT IN THEIR POCKET. THEY USED IT IN THE BATHROOM UNLESS THEY GET CAUGHT WITH IT, YOU KNOW, OR THEY CAN PROVE THAT THEY USED IT IN THE CLASSROOM, THEN, YEAH, THERE WOULD BE DISCIPLINE AND WE WOULD TAKE THE PHONE AWAY.
WE JUST SAY THAT CANNOT BE USED DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GOOD QUESTIONS. CONTINUE.
MISUSE OF TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES AND THE INTERNET.
HAVE WE SEEN ANY OF THIS LIKE IT THIS PAST YEAR? JUST CURIOUS. THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY CASES WHERE A STUDENT HAS RECEIVED DISCIPLINE FOR USING AI IN AN APPROPRIATE MANNER.
BUT NOT [INAUDIBLE]. WE WORKED THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHAT TO DO WITH THAT ASSIGNMENT.
I THINK ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT MAY COME UP THIS YEAR.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF HIGH SCHOOL KIDS BRINGING THEIR OWN PERSONAL DEVICES AND LAPTOPS.
WITH THIS CHANGE, NOW EVERYONE WILL HAVE TO USE OUR DISTRICT CHROMEBOOKS.
AND I THINK WE CAN, NOW THAT WE CAN MONITOR THAT USAGE, MAY SEE SOME CHANGES WITH AI, BUT BECAUSE SO MANY KIDS WERE BRINGING THEIR OWN DEVICES.
OH, I GUESS WE HAVE SOFTWARE THAT WILL DETECT IF THEY'RE GOING TO CERTAIN SITES OR AI SITES.
OKAY. OKAY. CONTINUE, PLEASE. THE, THIS IS WHERE I WAS MENTIONING EARLIER WHERE WE'VE BEEN GIVEN THE AUTONOMY NOT TO HAVE TO MANDATORILY PUT A STUDENT IN DAEP FOR NICOTINE PRODUCTS.
AND THERE'S REQUIREMENTS AROUND HOW YOU EVALUATE THAT.
BUT INSTEAD OF SENDING THEM TO DAEP IT WOULD LOOK LIKE MAYBE TEN DAYS OF ISS INSTEAD.
DISCIPLINE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES WITH STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. THEY ADDED THAT A STUDENT WHO RECEIVED SED MAY NOT BE DISCIPLINED IN A MANNER THAT RESULTS IN A CHANGE TO THE STUDENT'S EDUCATIONAL PLACEMENT FOR ANY OF THESE THINGS BULLYING, CYBER BULLYING, HARASSMENT OR MAKING HIT LISTS.
DISCIPLINE PARENT MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES, PARENT INVOLVEMENT.
I THINK A LITTLE BIT TO IT. MR. GUYTON, YOU TALKED ABOUT LAST MONTH, THIS ALLOWS US TO GIVE GIVE A CHOICE IN ADOPTING A POLICY FOR PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN STUDENT DISCIPLINARY PLACEMENTS.
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MIGHT LOOK LIKE TAKING A VAPING CLASS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT WE CAN TELL THE PARENTS TO ATTEND, AND THEN WE CAN REDUCE THE NUMBER OF DAYS FOR A STUDENT, IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO THAT, BUT THEY'VE GIVEN THE DISTRICTS THE OPTION TO DO THAT.REMOVAL FROM THE REGULAR EDUCATIONAL SETTING FOR FORMAL TEACHER REMOVAL OF A STUDENT.
SO THE STANDARDS HAVE KIND OF CHANGED AND WHY A TEACHER CAN REMOVE A STUDENT.
THE HOUSE BILL 6 NOW SAYS THAT IT CAN RESULT FROM ONE SINGLE INCIDENT OF STUDENT BEHAVIOR.
SO TEACHER CAN REQUIRE THAT STUDENT TO BE REMOVED FROM HER CLASS.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE THREE REASONS WHY THEY COULD BE REMOVED FROM THE CLASS.
WE HAVE TO NOTIFY THE PARENT TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE IS A TEACHER WHO WOULD LIKE THE STUDENT TO BE REMOVED, AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON WHY THEY WOULD BE REMOVED? YES.
SO NOW YOU'RE SAYING ONE INCIDENT CAN TRIGGER THAT REMOVAL.
YES, SIR, AS LONG AS IT FITS THIS DEFINITION OF THE INABILITY TO TEACH A CLASS.
OKAY. SO THERE'S NOT AN OUT FOR THE KID. IF HE'S 500 FOR SPECIAL ED, THAT HE CAN CONTINUE TO ATTEND THAT CLASSROOM AND HARASS THE TEACHER JUST BECAUSE HE'S ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS. WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DISABILITY AND KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT THE REASONS WERE, BUT SHE COULD, A TEACHER COULD ASK TO REMOVE A STUDENT THAT WAS DOING THAT, BUT THEN THEY'D HAVE TO DO THE ARD MEETING AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO BEFORE THEY MOVE. THAT'S PROBABLY WORTH IT FOR SOME TEACHERS SOMETIMES.
OKAY. SO RETURNING THE STUDENT TO THE CLASSROOM HOUSE BILL 6 THAT THERE HAS TO BE A MODEL PLAN TO RETURN THE STUDENT THAT'S GOING TO BE ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR USE BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT EITHER, BUT. SO THE MODEL PLAN IS NOT, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE MODEL PLAN? NO, SIR. SO MAYBE IT'LL COME IN TOMORROW. BUT REGARDLESS, WE HAVE TO HAVE WRITTEN CONSENT ABOUT THE STUDENT RETURNING TO CLASS.
AS FAR AS UPDATES THAT WILL BE COMING UP NEXT MONTH OR SO, BUT THE STUDENT MAY APPEAL THE TEACHERS REMOVAL OF THE STUDENT FROM THE CLASS TO THE SCHOOL'S PLACEMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE OR THE CAMPUS THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAM AND TO DETERMINE IF WE GRANT THE APPEAL OR NOT.
SO IS THERE ONE ALREADY IN PLACE THAT SCHOOL PLACEMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE? WE WOULD HAVE TO PROBABLY JUST GO THROUGH THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT THEY WHAT TASB PUTS AS FAR AS THEIR REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT, FOR THE APPEAL. AND SCHOOL SUSPENSION. THIS WAS ONE THAT THEY'VE REALLY GIVEN US SOME PARAMETERS AROUND IS NOT THE SCHOOL SUSPENSION, IS NOT IN SCHOOL SUSPENSION, EXCUSE ME, IS NOT SUBJECT TO ANY TIME LIMIT.
AND IT'S THE AMOUNT OF TIMES THEY WERE THERE.
HOUSE BILL 6 CLARIFIES THAT THERE IS NOT ANY TIME LIMIT ON THAT ANYMORE.
CAVEAT IS THE PRINCIPAL NEEDS TO REVIEW THE SUSPENSION OF A STUDENT EVERY TEN DAYS.
AND THEY NEED TO EVALUATE IF THE STUDENT'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS.
DURING IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION, THEY HAVE TO RECEIVE APPROPRIATE BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT SERVICES AND COMPARABLE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES THAT THE STUDENT WOULD HAVE RECEIVED IF THEY WERE IN THE REGULAR CLASSROOM. SO, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE PROCESS.
AND THEN THEY'LL DETERMINE THE DAYS OF THE SUSPENSION.
THEY'VE ADDED CONDUCT THAT THREATENS THE IMMEDIATE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OTHER STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM. AND THEY'VE ADDED THAT DOCUMENTED CONDUCT THAT RESULTS IN REPEATED OR SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTION TO THE CLASSROOM. ON THAT ALTERNATIVE ASSIGNMENT.
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SO HOUSE BILL 6 PROVIDES FOR ALTERNATIVE PLACEMENT WITH SUFFICIENT DOCUMENTATION FROM THE PARENT.PRETTY MUCH STATING THIS NEXT PART THAT SAYS A PARENT MAY SUBMIT A WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE PRINCIPAL OR APPROPRIATE ADMINISTRATOR TO REASSIGN A STUDENT PLACED IN OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION. THAT WOULD BE IF THE PARENT CAN SHOW THAT THEY CANNOT WATCH THE CHILD WHILE THEY'RE AT HOME.
SO WHERE WOULD THEY REASSIGN THEM TO? BACK TO SCHOOL, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE OUT.
SO THEN IT WOULD BE IN SCHOOL SUSPENSION. CORRECT.
BECAUSE THE PARENTS NOT ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR KID.
AND THE GOOD THING HERE IS THAT THEY DID PUT LIKE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.
THEY DIDN'T SAY WHAT THOSE WERE. THE DISTRICT WOULD DETERMINE IF THEY'RE GOING TO ALLOW THAT OR NOT.
OKAY. I DIDN'T MAKE THESE LAWS, I'M JUST IMPLEMENTING THEM.
GET INSTRUCTION HERE AT THE SCHOOL. DAEP PLACEMENT, FOR THIS ONE THEY ADDED REVISIONS TO IT AS FAR AS THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS TO CONSIDER INFORMATION INCLUDING NOTIFICATION FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OF A STUDENT'S ARREST.
WE GET THOSE ARRESTS, NOTIFICATIONS. NOW, THEY'RE IN ADDITION, SAYING THAT WE CANNOT USE ANY OF THAT TO DETERMINE IF THE STUDENT WE BELIEVE ENGAGED IN THE FELONY OFFENSE OR FOR DISCIPLINE PURPOSES.
MISCONDUCT THAT REQUIRES DAEP MANDATORY. THEY'VE THEY'VE ADDED SELLING, GIVING.
AND THEN ANY ASSAULT AGAINST A SCHOOL EMPLOYEE OF VOLUNTEER IS NOW MANDATORY EXPULSION DUE TO HOUSE BILL 6, IT WASN'T MANDATORY BEFORE. VIRTUAL EXPULSION PROGRAM, THIS IS AN OPTION THEY'VE GIVEN US THAT WE CAN ADD A VIRTUAL EXPULSION PROGRAM IF WE DO NOT HAVE. THE FIRST PART DOESN'T NECESSARILY PERTAIN TO US, EVEN THOUGH SOMEBODY COULD REJECT THEM.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT HAS A JJAEP AND WE HAVE LOOKED AND OTHER COUNTIES AROUND AND THEY'RE FULL AND THERE'S JUST NO, THERE'S NOT MANY SEATS OPEN FOR THAT. SO THEY GAVE US THIS, THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DO A VIRTUAL EXPULSION PROGRAM.
SO HERE JUST KIND OF WITH THE WHAT WE ADDED. AND THERE WAS BEFORE A DISTRICT MAKES A STUDENT, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THE APPROPRIATENESS AND FEASIBILITY OF ALL OF THE ALTERNATIVES FOR THAT, INSTEAD OF JUST EXPELLING HIM TO THE STREETS, AS YOU WERE SAYING, MR. WRIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? I'M CURIOUS. HOW DO YOU, WHERE DOES ALL THIS INFORMATION COME FROM? AND, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL SMART PEOPLE, BUT I'M GUESSING YOU'RE NOT READING EVERYTHING THAT THE LEGISLATURE PUTS OUT AND COMING UP WITH THIS.
WHO PROVIDES THIS INFORMATION TO US? THAT LADY WHO JUST WALKED IN.
OKAY. THEY, SHE PRESENTED ABOUT 170 SLIDES TO US AT THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP ORIENTATION, WHERE SHE TALKED ABOUT EVERY LAW AND REQUIREMENT THAT WAS CHANGED. SO THEY SPENT ALL THE TIME LOOKING THROUGH ALL THE THE ENROLLED LAWS THAT WERE DONE.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION. AND WHERE CLARITY IS SOMETIMES A CONCERN.
ON THE ONE ABOUT THE PROHIBITED ITEMS, IT SAID SB 1596 REMOVES SHORT BARREL FIREARMS FROM THE DEFINITION OF PROHIBITED WEAPONS IN THE PENAL CODE. SO THOSE FARMS ARE NOW SPECIFICALLY LISTED AS PROHIBITED WEAPONS HERE.
SO THEY REMOVED IT FROM THE LIST, BUT IT'S ON THE LIST.
SO IT'S NOT A PROHIBITED WEAPON IN THE PENAL CODE ANYMORE.
NOT ACCORDING TO THE LAW THAT WAS PASSED ON THAT.
BUT THEY'RE OKAY NOW IN THE PENAL CODE. YOU CAN'T YOU DON'T GET IT. IF YOU HAVE A SHORT THING, YOU DON'T. YOU DON'T GET IN TROUBLE FOR USING A SHORT BARREL FIREARM ANYMORE, WHICH FOR ME WOULD BE A PISTOL.
NO, IT'S PROHIBITED. YOU DO? LET ME GO BACK TO THE SLIDE.
SEE HOW CLEAR THAT IS? LET ME GO BACK. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL CODE AND PENAL CODE, RIGHT? LET ME GO BACK. BUT IF IT'S BAD AT THE SCHOOL, IT SHOULD BE BAD OUT ON THE STREET, I WOULD THINK.
I'M CONFUSED ABOUT HOW THEY CAN REMOVE A WEAPON FROM THE PENAL CODE WHEN IT STILL KILLS PEOPLE.
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IT'S LIKELY BECAUSE GUNS ARE LEGAL IN TEXAS BUT CAN'T BRING THEM TO SCHOOL.THAT'S HOW I'M READING IT. I MEAN, JO, JO, YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
OKAY, OKAY, SO SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CARRYING AS OPPOSED TO USING THEM.
YEAH, OKAY. AT SCHOOLS, YES. OKAY. IF YOU'RE GOING TO TALK JOEY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAY IT MUCH, YOU NEED TO GO TO THE MICROPHONE.
I COULD HEAR IT. I MEAN, SO WE CAN. SO THE RECORDING CAN PICK IT UP.
RIGHT? FOR EXAMPLE, A VAPE PEN. VAPE PEN. THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF IT.
NOT A CRIME TO WALK AROUND WITH A VAPE PEN, BUT YOU CAN GET IN TROUBLE AT SCHOOL.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE SAME CONCEPT HERE. IF SOMETHING CAN COME OFF A LIST AND PROHIBITED WEAPONS ARE SPECIFIC, DOESN'T MEAN IT'S AN ILLEGAL WEAPON. PROHIBITED WEAPONS IN THE PENAL CODE ARE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT LOCATION.
KIND OF LIKE A LOCATION RESTRICTED SOMETIMES, RIGHT? BUT DOESN'T MEAN Y'ALL STILL CAN'T SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THIS AT OUR SCHOOL.
OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. OTHER THAN SAM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. DO I HAVE A MOTION. I MOVED TO APPROVE THE LISD 2025-2026 STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AS PRESENTED.
THANK YOU. WE HAVE A SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 7 TO 0. THE TIME IS 6:32. AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.