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Board approves several policy updates; withdraws one policy and discusses private-vehicle transport rules
Summary
The board approved a package of policy updates after the policy committee compared draft language against statutes. The board also approved withdrawal of EEAJ and discussed EEBB (private vehicle use), noting that mandatory drug/alcohol testing statutes apply to school bus drivers only.
The Brentwood School Board approved a set of policy revisions on June 2 after the policy committee reviewed proposed language and aligned it with state statutes. Committee members said they amended wording where necessary so the policies cited the applicable RSA statutes and internal consistency was preserved.
Among the items, the committee and board discussed policy language about private vehicles used to transport students (policy EEBB). The committee noted the statute requiring mandatory drug and alcohol testing applies to school bus drivers and not to private-vehicle users; committee members emphasized that school bus drivers remain covered by the statutory testing requirement.
The board voted to approve the listed policy changes and later moved to withdraw policy EEAJ; both motions carried. Committee members said most edits were technical and intended to match statutory citations and internal district practice.
Board members asked questions about use of private vehicles in specific circumstances, such as community-based worksite travel at the high-school level, and were told such transport can occur in limited, supervised circumstances with appropriate requirements in place. No emergency policy changes were adopted; the vote completed the committee’s scheduled updates to the policy packet.
