Policy committee debates stricter visitor rules, sends existing draft to full board while legal reviews Romero proposals

The School District Policy Committee spent the bulk of its meeting debating revisions to the district's visitors-to-schools policy, focusing on stricter limits for people with criminal records, where visitors are considered "on campus," and how the district should enforce access and volunteer screening. Committee members agreed to send the version previously vetted by legal to the full Board of Education for action on Aug. 5 and to assemble additional amendments for legal review before that date.

Why it matters: Committee discussion centered on whether tighter, districtwide rules are needed to keep students and staff safe, and how to write enforcement language that avoids unintended legal problems (such as conflicts with federal disability and student-privacy laws). The choice to forward a legal-vetted draft while seeking further legal input was intended to ensure the district has an updated policy in place before…