Sam Rayburn Independent School District
The October 13, 2026 agenda listed a resolution to amend district policies on interdistrict transfers, which decide whether students who live outside Sam Rayburn ISD can enroll.
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Deweyville Independent School District
At the August 17, 2026 meeting the superintendent reported 274 students at the high school and 272 at the elementary, and said the district has had to turn people away for two years.
The 2026-27 student handbook bans personal devices (phones, smartwatches, tablets) on school property during the school day, following state law. Devices must be off and kept in a non-see-through backpack, vehicle or locker. Students who use one face discipline, and the phone is taken for a parent to pick up. Exceptions apply for IEPs, 504 plans and medical needs.
In August 2026 the JH/HS principal told the board the school is cutting back on technology, including cell phones and Chromebooks. He said the change surprised students and parents and will take time to work.
Detroit Independent School District
The 2026-27 student handbook bans phones, tablets and smartwatches on school property during the school day. A sixth offense brings 30 days in the disciplinary alternative program.
Roma Independent School District
Students may not use phones or other personal devices on campus during the school day. Devices must be stored the way the district says. In middle and high school, penalties grow with each offense. A first offense means a parent picks up the phone. A sixth offense means 15 days in an alternative school (DAEP). The board kept the rules the same for 2026-27.
Woodson Independent School District
Woodson ISD's 2026-27 handbook keeps last year's phone rule. Students in grades 4-12 lock phones and smartwatches in labeled pouches in hallway lockers by 7:40 a.m. Younger students hand them to their teacher. A student caught with a device pays a $15 fee to get it back and gets three days of detention.
The 2026-27 student handbook, following state law, bans students from using phones, tablets and smartwatches on school property during the school day. Confiscated devices are returned to a parent after one school day for a first offense, five days for a second and ten days for a third.
Fort Worth Independent School District
Starting with the 2026-27 school year, every Fort Worth ISD student must keep phones, smartwatches and tablets powered off and out of sight for the entire school day, under a revised Student Code of Conduct the board considered on July 21, 2026. The new code also requires every PreK-12 student to wear a visible ID badge.
Guthrie Common School District
On July 20, 2026, the board voted 5-0 to let qualified personnel carry concealed handguns at school. The agenda referred to an attached list of staff, but that list is not in the posted documents.
Guthrie Common School District
The 2026-27 student handbook and code of conduct, approved on July 20, 2026, bar students from using phones, tablets and smartwatches on school property during the school day. Devices must be stored the way the district directs.
Sam Rayburn Independent School District
Under the 2026-27 handbook, junior high and high school students may not use cell phones, smart watches or headphones at school. Devices must be turned off and put away from arrival until the 3:30 p.m. bell. After a first warning, a phone goes to the office, and from the third time a parent must pick it up.
Eagle Pass Independent School District
Under state law (TEC 29.022), the board voted 7-0 on July 14, 2026 to request video cameras in special education classrooms, including Early Childhood through 18+ Life Skills rooms. Staff said about 29 classrooms would get cameras, costing about $280,000, installed by December.
Eagle Pass Independent School District
The 2026-27 Student Code of Conduct, approved July 14, 2026, follows the new state law (HB 1481). Personal communication devices, including earbuds and smart glasses, must be powered off and kept out of sight for the whole school day, including on buses. Every violation means confiscation and a parent conference, and only a parent may pick up the device.
Deweyville Independent School District
In July 2026 the board updated policy so trained staff can give emergency epinephrine on buses, at away games and on field trips, even without a doctor's order for that student. It also moved report cards from six-week to nine-week grading periods.
Haskell Consolidated Independent School District
The May 2, 2026 election for Single Member Districts 2 (Cliff McGuire) and 3 (Rusty Stocks) was canceled because no one ran against them. Trustee Wesley Alsabrook was absent from every meeting from November 2025 through May 2026 and was listed 10.5 hours short on required training. On June 23 the board appointed former member Joel Torres III to finish the Single Member District 5 term.
Katy Independent School District
The board raised breakfast from $1.25 to $1.50 and increased lunch by $0.50, to $2.75 at elementary schools and $3.25 at junior high and high schools.
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