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Board reviews CSBA-recommended policy updates on curriculum, records and staff protections
Summary
Trustees reviewed and accepted updates recommended by the California School Boards Association (CSBA) to district board policies on curriculum review, access to district records, governing board elections, filling vacancies, oath of affirmation and staff protections including changes tied to Title IX and cannabis-use protections.
The Daly City School District board discussed a package of board policy updates recommended by the California School Boards Association (CSBA) and agreed to return several for formal consent at a future meeting. Superintendent Toni Presta introduced the policy items as CSBA-recommended updates. Education Services Director Corinne Baca described board policy 6141 on curriculum development and evaluation, saying the policy "authorizes the establishment of a curriculum review committee composed primarily of teachers and as appropriate administrators, parents, guardian students, and community members to evaluate and recommend curriculum for board approval." She said the superintendent or designee will research programs, present options to the committee and ensure recommendations are aligned with state standards, equity and accessibility, cost, implementation needs and program impact. Human-resources-related policies presented by Dana Lujan were updated to reflect legislative changes, including Title IX guidance and an Education Code update that affects employee protections for off-duty cannabis use. "A lot of it had to do with legislative updates from title 9 switching back, the update in California education code that we can't, discriminate against an employee's use of cannabis outside of work, and it brings us in alignment with recommended practices," Lujan said. Trustees and staff characterized many of the proposed changes as codifying current practice or bringing district language into alignment with CSBA model language. Several of the items will return on the consent calendar at the next meeting for formal adoption. Ending: The board agreed the updates were straightforward and will consider them for consent at a subsequent meeting; staff thanked Chelsea Johnson and others for their work preparing the policy revisions.
