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Board reviews textbook policy rewrite and nutrition policy update tied to CEP; several minor policy edits scheduled for approval
Summary
Staff presented a rewritten textbook adoption policy that references Virginia Board of Education regulations and a nutrition policy update to reflect participation in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP).
District staff brought multiple policy items to the board, highlighting a major rewrite of the textbook policy and a federally prompted revision to the nutrition policy, along with several small policy updates.
Textbook policy: Staff recommended replacing the long existing textbook policy with a shorter policy that defers detailed textbook‑adoption procedures to the Virginia Board of Education regulations and local appendices. The new draft requires that “all textbooks that are used as the main resource must be adopted by the school board in accordance with regulations established by the Virginia Board of Education”…
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