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Board receives first reading of nine policy changes; corporal punishment and restraint language updated
Summary
Superintendent Julie Nelson presented nine policy changes for first reading, including changes required by statute to policy 507 (corporal punishment and prone restraint) and a minor addition to policy 407 (blood borne pathogen language). The items were presented for first reading and scheduled for a vote at the next meeting.
The board received a first reading of nine proposed policy revisions at the April 10 workshop. Superintendent Julie Nelson presented the package and said most changes were clerical or required by statute; policy 507 (corporal punishment and prone restraint) will see the most substantive statutory updates.
Nelson listed the policies by number: 407 (employee right to no exposure to hazardous substance—addition of “blood borne pathogen”), 504 (student dress and appearance—minor grammatical change), 507 (corporal punishment/prone restraint—statutorily required revisions), 513 (student promotion, retention and program design—title wording change), 517 (student recruiting—no change), 518 (DNR/DNI orders—no change), 521 (student disability nondiscrimination—no change), 529 (staff notification of violent behaviors—clarifying updates) and 532 (use of peace officers and crisis teams—no change).
Nelson said the policy committee reviewed the changes and that the policies will be returned for board action at the next regular meeting. “I am bringing forward nine different policies, that have been reviewed by our policy committee, and now coming forward to the board,” Nelson said.
A board member asked how the district trains staff to respond safely when a student becomes violent and whether physical restraint options are taught. Erin (special education staff) described the district’s use of the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention model for de‑escalation and said special education staff receive that training. “We use the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention model…there’s a variety of increasingly intensive interventions going from nonverbal to verbal, all the way up to physical when absolutely necessary,” Erin said.
No vote occurred; Nelson said the policies will be brought forward for formal action at the next board meeting.
