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Board adopts revisions to five personnel and instruction policies
Summary
The Rockford Board approved revisions to five board policies — reasonable accommodation, family and medical leave, migrant student instruction, home and hospital instruction, and grading and promotion — by roll call vote.
The Rockford Public Schools Board of Education approved revisions to five district policies covering reasonable accommodation, family and medical leave, migrant student instruction, home and hospital instruction, and grading and promotion. The board voted to adopt the changes by roll call, recording four yeses and three absences. Board policy items were presented as a package (items 7a through 7e) and approved on a single motion. Board members did not record extended debate on each policy during the motion; the meeting transcript shows a procedural roll call to adopt the proposed revisions. The adopted items are listed in the meeting agenda as revisions to: board policy 5.25 (reasonable accommodation); 5.185 (family and medical leave); 6.145 (instruction: migrant students); 6.15 (home and hospital instruction); and 6.28 (grading and promotion). The transcript does not include the text of the revisions or detail specific changes; the board approved the package and will incorporate the revised policies into district policy materials per normal process.
