Maybe one you you teachers can enlighten me- why are the kids not being punished for skipping school?

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/austin-isd-updates-protest-protocols-for-campus-police-as-walkouts-continue/

Austin isd updated their policy to:

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If the protest moves more than 300 feet away from the building, administrators and staff will stay on campus, while police will follow the students to monitor safety. Once students leave campus, local law enforcement will monitor them, rather than AISD police, Segura said.

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It says nothing about curbing the actions of the students

I've read where a school cannot force students to stay in a classroom or campus. So, if a student decides to go protest, or leave, the school lets them, apparently without punishment.

in an email I recently received, Round rock isd basically said if you wait until attendance is taken, then leave, you're good to go

They say students have a 1st amendment right to speech. They quoted in their email

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Students do not shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.

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They conveniently left out the next part

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Student expression that is protected by the First Amendment may not be prohibited absent a showing that the expression will materially and substantially interfere with the operation of the school or the rights of others.

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I can think of few less disruptive things to the operation of a school than mass walkout over the federal govt enforcing the laws its has already passed.

Why are students who participate in such walkouts not be punished for walking out? Do kids not get punished for skipping school anymore?

Because conservatives have no balls.

I think TEA is mandating 3-day suspensions. That's what my wife told me and they are doing that in her district.

Now whether they have any teeth to enforce, that's another thing. I can see AISD ignoring it.

ts5641 said:

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Because conservatives have no balls.

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What do you want conservatives to do about Austin ISD not punishing kids that do walk out protests?

BadMoonRisin said:

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I think TEA is mandating 3-day suspensions. That's what my wife told me and they are doing that in her district.

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Excellent. rrisd sounded like, per the email, they weren't going to punish any students for any walkout, unless they were counted absent too many times.

Here is what TEA says. I don't see the suspensions rule. That elsewhere?

https://tea.texas.gov/about-tea/news-and-multimedia/correspondence/taa-letters/district-attendance-policies-complaints-and-educator-responsibilities

Austin isd is surely one of the ones that will continue to suffer from falling enrollment numbers by continuing to make decisions that lead to poor outcomes for their students

BadMoonRisin said:

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I think TEA is mandating 3-day suspensions. That's what my wife told me and they are doing that in her district.

Now whether they have any teeth to enforce, that's another thing. I can see AISD ignoring it.

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Excellent. They can protest on their own time.

Conservatives don't control Texas.

BadMoonRisin said:

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I think TEA is mandating 3-day suspensions. That's what my wife told me and they are doing that in her district.

Now whether they have any teeth to enforce, that's another thing. I can see AISD ignoring it.

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Oddly enough AISD is terrible, majority of schools get a D or F rating.

Mindless sheep, engineered by social media. Most of them can't even vote, but they're being primed by the leftists to step in line in 2028. Their machine never stops. They murdered our machine.

BadMoonRisin said:

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I think TEA is mandating 3-day suspensions. That's what my wife told me and they are doing that in her district.

Now whether they have any teeth to enforce, that's another thing. I can see AISD ignoring it.

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This thread is making me wonder, since by the time these kids go to college, it'll be a few administrations from now, if their doing these walk-outs/protests won't actually be a bonus for their college applications.

State funding is based on average daily attendance among other things. If TEA would require the protesters to be counted absent, even if they don't walk off until after 10am, then the districts don't get funded for those students for that day.

Watch how quickly it stops when their funding takes a hit.

Ag87H2O said:

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State funding is based on average daily attendance among other things. If TEA would require the protesters to be counted absent, even if they don't walk off until after 10am, then the districts don't get funded for those students for that day.

Watch how quickly it stops when their funding takes a hit.

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I like this.

Make a student walking out at ANY time count against attendance numbers.

I'm puzzled as to why they can't ""protest" at the end of the school day.

Each school district can do what it wants. Talk to your school board if you want real answers.

Conroe ISD is treating kids who walk out just like any other skipper.

Yep. Our district is bringing the hammer down and making it clear that this won't be tolerated.

District is just north of Dallas

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ts5641 said:

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Because conservatives have no balls.

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What do you want conservatives to do about Austin ISD not punishing kids that do walk out protests?

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I know!

Stage a walkout!

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Pura gringa y pendeja

We talked about this before. Just reduce funding for districts based on kids out of class during the school day for this ***** Or out for anything. Hit the funding and they'll change the policies.

ts5641 said:

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Because conservatives have no balls.

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For any/every protest. Do it on your own time.

Parent: "Where is my kid?"
Principal: "I don't know"

Responsibility is so over.

Bucketrunner said:

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I'm puzzled as to why they can't ""protest" at the end of the school day.

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Because it's not about the "protest", it's about getting out of school. Once school is over, they want to go home and play video games…not walk around in the streets.

Funny, if they wanted to go protest something liberal, they wouldn't let them.

Bucketrunner said:

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I'm puzzled as to why they can't ""protest" at the end of the school day.

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As a taxpayer this is the message I would like to see put out. No one is infringing on First Amendment rights by telling the kids this. We taxpayers have paid for the facilities and the staff to teach these kids specific subjects, and by skipping class to "protest" they and their parents are basically giving us the middle finger

Texas public schools are an embarrassment. As mad as this makes me it's not like they're missing out on education.

They can protest. They can also take zeros and all other repercussions for unexcused absences, including suspension. Same for being a disruption on campus. Welcome to equality - you protesting ICE should be treated the same as anything else. Protesting ICE by walking out should be treated no differently than some kid who walks out to protest the DH rule.

I don't know about other school districts, but Austin ISD exists for the sole purpose of creating future democrat voting bots. Education is pretty low on the list of things they care about.

It's one of the reasons their enrollment keeps declining every year.

I'm sure taking attendance 3-4 times a day would be highly inconvenient for these teachers, in order to receive the $$$ from the state.

This would also possibly show these dumb kids how to respect authority more, which over time has gone by the wayside (thanks, crappy parents). Take away extra-curricular activities etc as well.

Do that, TEA.

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There is a lesson to be "leared" here. You do not need to spell to be a fraud.

My school had like 25 kids go protest on the side of the road. They were just counted absent like normal. More kids were signed out by parents who thought this was going to be bigger than it was and of course there were rumors of guns and other weapons.

It was a nothing burger.

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rocky the dog said:

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There is a lesson to be "leared" here. You do not need to spell to be a fraud.

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They could be Skyping class while skipping class.

Walk out of my classroom?
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