{
  "code": "GKA",
  "title": "Community Relations: Conduct on School Premises",
  "description": "This policy governs conduct on school district property, in district vehicles, and at school-related activities. It includes rules about the use of tobacco products, e-cigarettes, and electronic vaporizing devices in these settings.",
  "last_action_date": "2025-12-16",
  "last_action_result": "adopted",
  "timeline_local": [
    {
      "date": "2025-12-16",
      "school_year": "2025-2026",
      "action": "adopted",
      "result": "adopted",
      "summary": "This update to Conroe ISD's GKA (Local) policy on Conduct on School Premises expands the tobacco prohibition in the \"Tobacco and E-Cigarettes\" section to explicitly include \"electronic vaporizing devices,\" while removing the standalone word \"and\" that previously joined \"tobacco products\" and \"e-cigarettes.\"",
      "changes_added": [
        "and electronic vaporizing devices"
      ],
      "changes_removed": [
        "and"
      ],
      "meeting_notes_url": "https://cisd-meetings.boardmonitor.app/meeting.html?id=2025-12-16_regular",
      "confidence": "high",
      "source_redline": "GKA_LOCAL.pdf",
      "notes": "The red underlined addition appears in the Tobacco and E-Cigarettes section, adding \", and electronic vaporizing devices\" after \"e-cigarettes.\" The red strikethrough removes the prior \"and\" that connected \"tobacco products\" and \"e-cigarettes,\" replacing it with a comma-separated list structure. All other policy text (Access to District Property, Ejection or Exclusion, Off-Campus Activities, Weapons) is unchanged black text.",
      "compliance_assessment": {
        "classification": "Mixed",
        "elements": [
          {
            "element": "Prohibition on tobacco products and e-cigarettes (core statutory mandate)",
            "classification": "Required by Law",
            "statutory_basis": "TEC §38.006(b)(1)–(2) as amended by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 181 (S.B. 97), eff. October 1, 2015",
            "supporting_quote": "The board of trustees of a school district shall: (1) prohibit smoking or using e-cigarettes or tobacco products at a school-related or school-sanctioned activity on or off school property; (2) prohibit students from possessing e-cigarettes or tobacco products at a school-related or school-sanctioned activity on or off school property",
            "verification_method": "verbatim statute text",
            "litigation_status": "None identified",
            "local_additions": "None — the policy's prohibition on tobacco products and e-cigarettes directly mirrors the statutory mandate. The grammatical restructuring (removal of standalone 'and') is an incidental drafting adjustment made necessary by the addition of the third term."
          },
          {
            "element": "Explicit extension of the prohibition to 'electronic vaporizing devices' as a distinct named category",
            "classification": "Locally Discretionary",
            "statutory_basis": "None",
            "supporting_quote": "None",
            "verification_method": "web search confirmed — TEC §38.006 text confirmed unchanged as to enumerated device categories; no 89th Leg. amendment to §38.006 or THSC §161.081 adds 'electronic vaporizing devices' as a separate statutory term compelled in school board policy",
            "litigation_status": "None identified",
            "local_additions": "The district chose to enumerate 'electronic vaporizing devices' as a third, standalone prohibited item beyond the two categories the statute names ('e-cigarettes' and 'tobacco products'). TEC §38.006 uses only the term 'e-cigarettes,' defined by reference to THSC §161.081. That definition may or may not encompass every device a layperson would call an 'electronic vaporizing device,' but the statute does not compel districts to use that specific term or to enumerate it separately. This is a locally chosen drafting expansion for policy clarity."
          }
        ]
      },
      "compliance_summary": [
        "Tobacco and E-Cigarette Ban: State law (TEC §38.006, updated by S.B. 97 in 2015) requires school districts to prohibit tobacco products and e-cigarettes on school property. This policy reflects that existing legal requirement.",
        "Electronic Vaporizing Devices Added: The updated policy adds 'electronic vaporizing devices' as a separately named prohibited item, beyond the two categories the state law specifically mentions. This addition was a local drafting choice by the district, not a state requirement.",
        "Grammatical Restructuring: The word 'and' that previously connected 'tobacco products' and 'e-cigarettes' was removed to accommodate the newly added third category. This was a minor drafting adjustment with no change in legal meaning."
      ]
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-11-18",
      "school_year": "2025-2026",
      "action": "adopted",
      "result": "adopted",
      "summary": "This update to Policy GKA (Local) expands the tobacco prohibition in the \"Tobacco and E-Cigarettes\" section to explicitly include \"electronic vaporizing devices\" alongside the existing prohibition on tobacco products and e-cigarettes on District property, in District vehicles, or at school-related activities.",
      "changes_added": [
        "and electronic vaporizing devices"
      ],
      "changes_removed": [
        "and"
      ],
      "meeting_notes_url": "https://cisd-meetings.boardmonitor.app/meeting.html?id=2025-11-18_regular",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "source_redline": "GKA_LOCAL.pdf",
      "notes": "The red text in the Tobacco And E-Cigarettes section shows two changes: the word \"and\" (before \"e-cigarettes\") appears to be struck through in red and replaced, and the phrase \"and electronic vaporizing devices\" is added in red underline after \"e-cigarettes.\" The resulting sentence reads: \"...tobacco products, e-cigarettes, and electronic vaporizing devices...\" The strikethrough of \"and\" is a minor grammatical restructuring to accommodate the new addition. Document is black-and-white scan so colour distinction is inferred from context and underlining/strikethrough formatting visible on page 3."
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-10-21",
      "school_year": "2025-2026",
      "action": "first_reading",
      "result": "first_reading",
      "summary": "This update to Conroe ISD's GKA (Local) policy on Conduct on School Premises expands the tobacco prohibition under the \"Tobacco And E-Cigarettes\" section to explicitly include \"electronic vaporizing devices\" in addition to the previously listed e-cigarettes.",
      "changes_added": [
        "and electronic vaporizing devices"
      ],
      "changes_removed": [
        "and"
      ],
      "meeting_notes_url": "https://cisd-meetings.boardmonitor.app/meeting.html?id=2025-10-21_regular",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "source_redline": "GKA_LOCAL.pdf",
      "notes": "The redline on page 3 shows the Tobacco And E-Cigarettes section with red underlined text adding \", and electronic vaporizing devices\" after \"e-cigarettes.\" The word \"and\" before \"e-cigarettes\" appears to have been changed (the old standalone \"and\" is struck through and replaced with a comma + \"and electronic vaporizing devices\" appended after \"e-cigarettes\"). The colour rendering in the PDF scan is somewhat ambiguous — the strikethrough on \"and\" is faint — but the addition of \"and electronic vaporizing devices\" is clearly underlined in red. Board action determined from cover page title \"Discuss Revisions to Board Policy GKA (Local)\" → first_reading."
    }
  ],
  "timeline_legal": [],
  "policy_connect_url": "https://policyconnect.org/policy/conroe-isd/GKA"
}