IN-DEPTH: Top Texas School District Removes LGBTQ Terms, Returns Religion to Nondiscrimination Policy Language

Carroll ISD, a top-ranked school district in North Texas, has removed LGBTQ terminology from its student code of conduct and handbook and reintroduced religious protections to its nondiscrimination policy. It also adopted a policy that requires students to use bathrooms based on their biological sex.

Carroll ISD administration building in Southlake, Texas, on July 25, 2023. Jana J. Pruet/The Epoch Times

School board trustees in a top-ranked Texas school district voted to approve revisions to language in its nondiscrimination and harassment policies to align with state and federal definitions of protected classes.

The Carroll Independent School District (CISD) in Southlake, Texas, passed several revisions to its 2023-24 student code of conduct and student handbooks, including updated language that adds religion and removes LGBTQ-related terms from its nondiscrimination and harassment policies, as recommended by the district’s Policy Review Committee at its regular board meeting on July 24.