Board approves Title IX policy revisions and related appointments; trustees flag small wording fixes

The Fayetteville-Manlius Board of Education approved a set of revised policies intended to comply with recent federal changes to Title IX regulations and took action on Title IX coordinator appointments.

The board motioned to waive a second reading and approve several revised policies in first reading to meet the federal timeline. During discussion, board member Dan noted a stylistic change across policies (from "Board of Education shall" to "the district shall") and pointed out two typographical references that should be corrected (policy 115 referenced by the wrong title order). Dan also flagged a substantive drafting point: paragraph 5 of the proposed nondiscrimination policy cites a U.S. Department of Agriculture nondiscrimination statement that, as of the meeting, did not match the text on the USDA website. Trustees agreed to adopt the policy package on first reading but to ask district counsel to confirm whether the USDA quotation should be updated or removed for consistency and funding eligibility.

The board then approved the Title IX appointments as presented. No specifics of the appointment slate were discussed in detail during the public record beyond the motion to approve.

The board recorded voice votes for the actions. Trustees requested clerical corrections to the policy language (replace "board" with "district" in specified paragraphs and fix the internal policy-title references) and asked legal to confirm the nondiscrimination language linked to USDA guidance before final publication.