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Staff attorney Morrissey told the committee that school improvement plans are required by law and serve as the mechanism to carry district strategic goals into school-level actions. He said the policy revision under review includes a clarification that safety components of school improvement plans should be handled in closed session in the same way other safety-sensitive information is treated under the open meetings law: “Those safety components … are closed session because as with your meetings, the school improvement team meetings are also open meetings and have to file the open meetings law,” Attorney Morrissey said.

Dr. Houlihan, identified in the meeting as a district official, told the committee the plans are effective only if actively used: “If it's put in a binder and put on the shelf and no one ever reviews it, then it's worthless,” Houlihan said, adding that principals and site-based teams are expected to continuously monitor and review the plans as part of the district’s improvement cycle.

Committee members moved and approved by voice vote to forward the policy for first review at the board’s April meeting. Staff characterized the change as a clarification to ensure staff know which portions of improvement-team discussions and records should remain confidential for safety reasons.

The committee also reviewed policy 1-10 (board meetings) for first review and voted to forward that item to the April meeting; discussion of policy 1-10 was brief and no substantive details were recorded.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Union County Board of Education Policy Committee Meeting (March 19, 2025)","oneSentenceSummary","At first review of policy 5-10, the committee heard that school improvement plans are legally required, function as the mechanism to implement strategic goals, and contain safety components that should be handled in closed sessions to protect security details.","taxTitle","Union County Public Schools, School Districts, North Carolina","taxId",14185,"location","North Carolina","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_46":80,"_48":81,"_50":82,"_52":83,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":84,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":85,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":55,"_73":55},6117333,"Union County policy committee advances four personnel and visitor policies to April board meeting",211,58700,269715,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2730541-32b952703d2cafd5a8ea608b72f41cfc&start=58&end=269","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2730541-32b952703d2cafd5a8ea608b72f41cfc/thumbnail_58700.jpg","/articles/6117333/North-Carolina/Union-County-policy-committee-advances-four-personnel-and-visitor-policies-to-April-board-meeting","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6117333-feb4a5d96f62ed2ee88e6ebb78de9c13/orig.mp4?Expires=1775404720&Signature=RL30UqHrf37q7-qOE6F5PjQjguIUmnEyjIwHOMW3yBcLNW-iC8zX8w04VEiBmue02-bZIf34cYnO7fA31PjgiN8Xqt6LJx66KPVp38rvZaf9D-7ITcHyYcYIIiQTeJPOOVgu~hMc54gHKJxD3HlzoAF2Jof4t69KrDZ2j7dPxO~9X56suR1fMRmK4jguCaZbqYDJ1MDcXLyIZyYHonGr4wJES6z3Yzw9joaopazCtTWV9OWZN0akQpYl0XH-YKYXvJZkiw-d4t~vyZ~qxl2bQoC7iJHGH4niZQY5ljN555s-X4tf~RJaSJK0-134BBwwGaqSXNx5z-0vs8d95K6IVg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Union County Public Schools Policy Committee voted March 19 to send four district policies to the full school board for consideration at the April meeting.

The policies moved together were 3-02 (certified employees: contracts, dismissal and nonrenewal/resignation), 3-02D (classified personnel: suspension and dismissal), 3-10 (employee grievance procedure) and 6-03 (visitors to schools). Committee members voted by voice to forward the policies after staff said each had been reviewed in February by the committee and in March by the full board with no stakeholder input since those reviews.

The committee chair asked for a single motion to take the four policies to the board’s April meeting; the motion was made, seconded and approved by voice vote with committee members responding “aye.” The policies were presented by district staff as part of the regular review cycle of the policy manual; staff advised there had been no new stakeholder input since prior reviews.

The committee did not record substantive debate or amendment to any of the four policies during the meeting. Staff recommended each policy be scheduled for final approval by the board at its April meeting.

The committee also approved the meeting agenda and the previous open-session minutes by voice votes early in the session.

The committee’s next meeting was announced for April at 8 a.m.","The Union County Public Schools Policy Committee voted March 19 to forward four policies — two personnel dismissal policies, an employee grievance policy and a visitors-to-schools policy — to the full school board for approval at its April meeting.","actionData","errors"]

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Policy committee reviews school improvement plan policy, emphasizes confidentiality of safety components

Union County policy committee advances four personnel and visitor policies to April board meeting