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Warren County R‑III board approves multiple policy updates, clarifies device rules and election language
Summary
Board approved a package of policy changes including clearer candidate-filing language for uncontested elections, tightened language on student electronic-device use on campus, and clarified wording on homeschool filing as optional.
The Warren County R‑III School District board on Thursday approved a package of policy updates, including clarified language about uncontested board elections, student use of electronic devices on campus and a clarification about parents— reporting of homeschool enrollment.
Members amended Board Policy BB‑AP1 to make clearer how the district handles uncontested school board races, changing wording to state that if the number of candidates filing does not exceed the number of positions to be filled there will be no election unless the district is also running a ballot issue.
The board also approved revisions to JGR, a student-discipline and electronic-device policy, after discussion with principals. The revised language bars K-5 students from using personal electronic devices for non-instructional purposes during regular school hours and explicitly extends that ban to the time students are on campus waiting before school and after school while waiting for rides, except when a teacher or staff member approves limited, supervised use. Administrators said the change came from elementary principals who reported students using devices to record or make social media content during the school day, which undermined supervision.
The board discussed IGBI, the policy regarding parents who homeschool. Members emphasized that the policy uses "may" to describe the option for guardians to provide the district with a written declaration of homeschool enrollment and an annual September 1 re-submission; the board clarified that the filing is permissive, not mandatory, and explained the filing offers documentation the parent could use if attendance or truancy questions arise.
Board members asked staff to add an acronym expansion and clearer language where needed (for example, expanding the name of the STEP program referenced in a personnel policy) before final publication. The board approved the package of policies as amended.
