Katy ISD adds discipline rules for e-bikes, scooters and mini bikes

Katy ISD has folded electric dirt bikes, mini bikes and other motorized rides into its student discipline rules, giving campus staff a formal way to respond when those vehicles show up on school property or on the way to class. The district’s new language adds “safe transportation expectations” for students traveling to and from school and operating vehicles on campus.

The practical target is any small motorized ride that can create problems at the front gate, in parent pickup loops, in parking lots and on crowded sidewalks. The updated rules specifically reach high-powered electric vehicles, including electric motorcycles and electric mini bikes, along with the e-bike and scooter habits that have become more common in suburban neighborhoods across Katy and greater Harris County.

Katy ISD approved the change before the 2026-27 school year, and the rules sit inside the district’s 2025-2026 Discipline Management Plan and Student Code of Conduct. That matters because it moves the issue out of the gray area of transportation etiquette and into the district’s formal discipline system, where students can face consequences for violating school rules.

The timing also fits a wider local response to motorized vehicles around schools and neighborhoods. Katy city council held a March 18 workshop to consider changes to ordinances covering non-road vehicles such as golf carts, e-bikes and electric scooters, showing that the same safety concerns are surfacing beyond the classroom. In the Houston area, districts have been adjusting e-bike rules ahead of the new school year as faster rides, tighter curb space and more student commuters collide at the same time.

For Katy families, the new rules set a clearer line before the first bell rings. Students who ride to campus on motorized devices now have to know where those vehicles are allowed, where they are not, and when a school can treat a bad ride as a discipline matter instead of a simple transportation mistake.