These changes to the Student Code of Conduct were unanimously approved by the NBISD board of trustees during a regular meeting on Aug. 11. The 2025-26 Student Code of Conduct factors in the required updates passed into law following the 89th Texas Legislative session, according to board documents.
The background
House Bill 6 gives public school teachers more discretion to remove students who are repeatedly disruptive or threaten the safety of others from the classroom, as stated in previous Community Impact reporting. The change comes after nearly half of Texas public school teachers cited discipline issues as a top workplace challenge in 2022, according to the Texas Education Agency.
In accordance with HB6, an NBISD teacher may now initiate a student’s formal removal from class based on a single incident of behavior.
Diving in deeper
Julia Grizzard, director of advocacy at MoakCasey, an Austin-based educational consulting company, said that prior to HB6, teachers had to document repeated disruptions by the student over time before removing them from the classroom.
“Now that's not required,” Grizzard said. “A teacher can make that judgment call, and the new part of that is that the student is only allowed to return to the same classroom with the written permission of the teacher.”
Also of note
Another new item on the student Code of Conduct includes restrictions around using artificial intelligence in a way that constitutes academic dishonesty.
Next steps
The board will meet to approve the second reading and final approval of the 2025-26 Code of Conduct during a special meeting on Aug. 25.
