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Concord board votes to sign federal ‘general assurances’; superintendent to send cover letter
Summary
After debate over broad language tying future non‑regulatory guidance and executive orders to district obligations, the Concord School District Board authorized the superintendent and board chair to sign federal general assurances and to submit a cover letter clarifying the district’s legal position.
The Concord School District Board voted to sign the U.S. Department of Education’s general assurances and to submit a cover letter clarifying the district’s legal position on broad or unsettled federal guidance.
Superintendent Tim Herbert told the board he had concerns about one section of the assurances that could require compliance with “any other statute, administrative rule, executive order, [or] dear colleague letter” over the coming year; he said legal counsel advised attaching a cover letter that conditions compliance on whether guidance is lawful and enforceable.
“I would recommend that we sign the assurances,” Superintendent Tim Herbert said, adding that the…
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