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Committee updates student‑fees language and discusses animals‑in‑schools policy to allow therapy/comfort dogs
Summary
The committee agreed to add language defining inability to pay and to give the superintendent authority to waive certain student fees; it also reviewed the animals‑in‑schools policy to align it with a proposed Bridgewater Police therapy dog program and moved to waive the first reading of the animals policy for a September second reading.
The school committee discussed two district policies at the Aug. 20 meeting: policy JQ (student fees) and the animals‑in‑schools policy (identified as IMG/ING in meeting materials).
Why it matters: Changes to fee policy affect family access to activities and services that may carry charges; the animals policy governs whether therapy or comfort dogs may be present in schools for outreach or crisis response.
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