Dripping Springs ISD updated the student code of conduct for the 2023-24 school year, which included a state-mandated disciplinary action requiring the district to place students caught with vape devices in a disciplinary alternative education program.
House Bill 114, which will go into effect Sept. 1, was passed during the 88th legislative session and changed the punishment for students caught an e-cigarette or other vaping device.
Per DSISD’s 2023-24 student code of conduct, a student will be placed into a disciplinary alternative education program, also known as a DAEP, if the student:
- Possesses or gives another student an e-cigarette
- Is in possession of, under the influence of, or gives another student marijuana or THC with the exception of students with valid prescriptions
- Is in possession of, under the influence of, or gives another student alcohol
Additionally, a student can also be placed in the DAEP for committing an assault or a a felony, is publicly lewd or indecent, creates a false alarm or makes a threat, or if the student harasses a district employee.
