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School Committee adopts 2025–26 student handbook after revisions on Title IX, pregnancy protections and phone-recording language
Summary
After legal review and debate, the committee approved the updated handbook 4–1, retaining pregnancy-related nondiscrimination wording, restoring a Title IX procedure consistent with current federal court guidance, and adding a prohibition on unauthorized video/audio recording in school facilities.
The School Committee approved the 2025–26 Student Rights and Responsibilities handbook at its Aug. 28 meeting after making two explicit amendments: restoring language that lists pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions among protected categories and adding a sentence prohibiting audio or video recording of others in school spaces without consent.
Attorney William McEvoy (counsel) advised the committee about recent federal regulatory changes affecting Title IX procedures and how those changes intersect with state law. He explained that the district must now revert to the…
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