This podcast is a visit with one of Bryan ISD's school leadership directors, Brian Merrell, and WTAW's Bill Oliver.

A new state law starting September 1 involves public school students who are caught with a vaping device.

Bryan ISD school board members on Monday approved an exemption to senate bill 2428, where students who are found with a vaping device containing nicotine will go through additional wellness education and remaining on campus with appropriate but unidentified consequences.

BISD will follow SB 2428 when students have a vaping device containing a controlled substance, such as marijuana and THC, by sending students to DAEP, which stands for disciplinary alternative education program.

Brian Merrell, one of Bryan ISD's three school leadership directors, says the exemption, which was created through BISD's district of innovation plan, was approved by the Texas Education Agency.

Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the August 21, 2023 Bryan ISD school board meeting.