Committee agrees to remove explicit Confederate-flag example from handbook and rely on disruption standard
Following debate, the committee directed staff to remove the sentence listing Confederate flags and swastikas as specific examples in the student handbook and to align the handbook language with the policy standard that discipline is allowed when imagery "creates a substantial disruption."
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Committee members debated whether the student handbook should list specific offensive symbols (Confederate flag, swastikas) or rely on a general disruption standard rooted in case law.
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