The Morgan County Board of Education on Aug. 5 approved on first reading a set of policy updates addressing student progress reports, a student board member, staff and student procedures for questioning and searches, family and medical leave, student records, wireless communication device use, substitute teachers, student wellness, and the threat assessment team.

The board voted, on a motion by Mickey Tucker and seconded by Billy Ward, to approve these policies on first reading. The motion passed 6-0. The policies are identified in the minutes by descriptor codes and include: 4.601 Reporting Student Progress; 1.1021 Student Board Member; 6.303 Questioning Students and Searches; 5.305 Family and Medical Leave; 6.600 Student Records; 6.312 Use of Wireless Communication Devices; 5.701 Substitute Teachers; 6.411 Student Wellness; and 3.204 Threat Assessment Team.

The policy texts in the meeting materials cite state statutes and recent Public Acts where applicable (for example, references to Tennessee statutes and recent Public Acts appear in the policies’ legal references). The minutes record approval on first reading only; final adoption would require subsequent board action per the district’s policy-adoption process. The policy documents included procedural details such as timelines for parent-teacher conferences, conditions for police-initiated interrogations and principal-authorized searches, student privacy and FERPA-related recordkeeping, and wellness and physical-activity expectations consistent with State Board standards.

The board’s first-reading approval advances these documents to the next step in the district’s adoption process; the minutes do not detail public comment on the policies at this meeting.