Smithville Independent School District Approves Budget, Tax Rate
The Smithville Independent School District board approved its 2025-26 budget and adopted their tax rate at Monday's board meeting.
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Smithville ISD Votes to Store Student Devices Under New State Cellphone Law
By Kristen Meriwether, Publisher
When the state legislature passed House Bill 1481 this session, it made a lot of headlines, claiming the law would ban cellphones in classrooms.
But the law actually gives school districts a choice to ban cellphones entirely, or allow students to store them. And the law