Basis for Student Discipline in Texas Public Schools
I. STUDENT CODES OF CONDUCT
Each public school district in Texas must have a properly adopted student code of conduct that includes the following: (1) established standards for student conduct; (2) the circumstances under which a student may be removed from a classroom, campus, or alternative education program in accordance with the provisions of the discipline law; (3) the conditions that authorize or require a principal or other appropriate administrator to transfer a student to an alternative education program; and; (4) the conditions under which a student may be suspended or expelled from school.
Any change or amendment to the student code of conduct must be approved by the board of trustees. The board of trustees may adopt the student code of conduct without any involvement from the county juvenile board, even in those counties where the county juvenile board is required to create a juvenile justice alternative education program for expelled students.
Student codes of conduct should include the provisions required by Chapter 37 as well as local provisions adopted at the board’s discretion. Listed below are examples of issues that the school board and district-level committee might consider when developing or amending the district’s student code of conduct.
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