The state law first went into effect last year, and some North Texas students are already facing vaping repercussions.
Students found in possession of nicotine e-cigarettes will now be sent to an Alternative Learning Center on a second offense.
A new Texas law, House Bill 114, requires public school districts to send students to a District Alternative Learning Education Program if they are caught having, using or selling an e-cigarette on campus or within 300 feet of a school.that in the first four months of the law, Dallas ISD and Fort Worth ISD respectively reported 238 and 219 students sent to DAEPs for vaping incidents.
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