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Superintendent pulls proposed change to student code of conduct after legal wording raised concerns; community demands explicit protections for LGBTQ students
Summary
Superintendent Conner removed a proposed revision to section 300.3 of the student code of conduct from Tuesday’s agenda after legal review language appeared to weaken nondiscrimination protections; he directed staff to revise the language and return it in June.
Superintendent Conner pulled item 10.14 — a proposed revision to section 300.3 of the student code of conduct — from Tuesday’s agenda after district review found the legal language could be read as weakening nondiscrimination protections for students.
"That language should have never made it to that point to a public agenda," Conner told the board, saying he had directed staff to return the item in June with language consistent with other district documents, including the student progression plan. "As the superintendent, I am ultimately responsible for what appears on the agenda and what is published. So that was a miss."
Why it matters: dozens of public commenters urged the board to explicitly…
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