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Alvin ISD

• Wrong Place at the Wrong Time
  

• Foul Language
  

Aransas County ISD

• Food Fight equals ticket, DAEP
  

• Curse word equals citation, court date
  

Azel ISD

• Terroristic Threat
  

Belton ISD

• Misled Student Receives 80-day DAEP as Dad is Stationed to Iraq
  

Borger ISD

• Student sent to Saturday detention because he had to use the restroom; parent threatened and physically pushed
  

• Child questions teacher, receives disorderly conduct ticket
  

Brazosport ISD

• Self-defense receives expulsion, ticket, DAEP
  

Canton ISD

• Found Bullet
  

Carrollton Farmers Branch ISD

• Self-defense ends with a ticket and 30 days in the DAEP
  

Clear Creek ISD

• Special Ed student accused of alcohol consumption
  

• Class C for Curse Word
  

Cranfills Gap ISD

• Tussle between Valedictorian and Salutatorian keeps Valedictorian from walking stage - Sentenced to DAEP (Bosque County News - Pg1 & Pg2)
  

Comal ISD

• Leg Irons for setting off a sprinkler as prank
  

Conroe ISD

• Alleged indecency = JJAEP despite court decision of Not Guilty
  

• Boy Scout Pocket Knife
  

• False Fire Alarm
  

• Sharing asthma inhaler leads to arrest
  

• Remote control prank leads to arrest, charges
  

• Conroe ISD Code of Conduct on questioning
  

Copperas Cove ISD

• Student Suspended After Answering Call From Father Stationed in Iraq
  

Cy-Fair ISD

• From student: Frustrated utterance leads to prosecution, DAEP
  

• Another case of planted drugs - Cy-Fair, you have a problem
  

• Curse word from special ed student equals ticket
  

• Pocket knife ruins college dreams
  

• Beer vial
  

• Drug Scam
  

• Planted Drugs
  

• 10 year-old Special Education student continually punished without district working within behavior plan
  

Dallas ISD

• Fear of bullies leads student to bring throwing stars and pocketknife to school for self-defense - ends in JJAEP
  

Del Valle ISD

• Verbal altercation leads to 30-days in DAEP
  

Garland ISD

• Prop knife leads to 35 days in DAEP, criminal prosecution
  

Grand Prairie ISD

• Despite other students' piercings, new student finds academic career in ruin
  

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD

• Off-Campus Beer Consumption
  

Groveton ISD

• Swats for no homework
  

• More on Groveton ISD's use of corporal punishment
  

Fort Bend ISD

• Lack of intent not considered - JJAEP
  

• Pocket knife equals jail time, JJAEP
  

  Grade Tampering Scandal (Summary)

• Alleged Grade Tampering (Student)
  

• Alleged Grade Tampering 2 (Student)
  

Fort Worth ISD

• Mini Bat deemed more threat than real bat
  

Friendswood ISD

• Alarm clock equals terroristic threat
  

Houston ISD

• Terroristic Threat
  

Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD

• Bread Knife in Truck Bed
  

Karnes City ISD

• Bullied child charged with making terroristic threat
  

This page provides links to reported cases of alleged abuse of disciplinary codes by individual Texas public school districts. These reported incidents are submitted by the parents or children and should always be weighed by this fact. Some have been reported in the media.

The policy of TZT is to never publish specific names of individuals involved in these reports to protect the identity of children, parents, and public school officials unless it is a media story. More on our policies...

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Incidents are reported by school district as received:

Reported Cases of Alleged Disciplinary Policy Abuse in Individual Texas Independent School Districts

Katy ISD

• Graffiti Gets Girl 4 month stint in the Gulag
  

• Discretion overruled by central administration
  

• Flashing a "W" sign equals 3 month DAEP
  

• No action in bullying case
  

• Empty rum bottle equals DAEP
  

• Tennis ball as a deadly weapon
  

• Suicide Attempt
  

• No Due Process
  

• Intimidation
  

• Bullying
  

• False Accusation
  

Klein ISD

• Alleged Theft = Class "C"
  

• Girl protecting herself was issued ticket
  

• Time honored prank results in charges of sexual harassment, 30 days in DAEP
  

• Aledged personal display of affection (PDA) leads to 3-day OSS
  

La Vega ISD

• 4-year-old Hug of Teacher is Sexual Harassment
  

• More: Hug Heard 'Round the World
  

Lake Travis ISD

• Marker incident results in 9-weeks in DAEP
  

Leander ISD

• "Terroristic Threat" ends with Special Education student sent to DAEP
  

Lubbock ISD

• Silly String = DAEP
  

• Wearing a Red Shirt
  

Marble Falls ISD

• Curse Words result in DAEP
  

New Deal ISD

• Mooning incident leads to DAEP
  

North East ISD

• Indecency with a child?
  

• Martial Arts Star in Car Means Expulsion
  

Northside ISD

• Waving during Graduation Ceremony earns removal of student
  

Pasadena ISD

• Political Correctness earns 9-year-old a Reprimand
  

Pearland ISD

• (1)The Fight for Parental Rights; (2)Zero Tolerance as a Weapon
  

• Pipeline to Prison
  

Pittsburg ISD

• Charges of abusing the disciplinary system might have district reeling
  

Plano ISD

• Party Bus Incident leads to Charges of Inequity in Punishments
  

Round Rock ISD

• "Hit List" Yields 45-day DAEP, no charges filed by law enforcement
  

• Self-defense is punished
  

Santa Fe ISD

• Unknown knife possession lands boy in JJAEP
  

Silsbee ISD

• Bullying victim becomes the punished
  

Sinton ISD

• Second Grader accused of slapping rear-ends treated as Sexual Predator
  

Soccoro ISD

• Prank in welding class ends with JJAEP
  

Spring ISD

• Girl handcuffed after defending herself
  

Student's Corner - Children's essays describing how the current disciplinary system in Texas has affected their lives

Tomball ISD

• Public schools promote lying over honesty in charge of racism
  

• Accusation of alarm tampering lands ten-year-old in the courts - DAEP
  

Wichita Falls ISD

• "Sexual harassment" by a Six-Year-Old
  

Winona ISD

• Male student holds girl's arms as she attacks him, receives punishment as if he had hit her
  

Woodville ISD

• Cursing equals fine
  

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