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Policy committee reviews 4,000-series student policies and approves multiple updates
Summary
The board—s policy committee received the essential 4,000-series student policies and approved several revisions and a set of updates covering technology, goals, school improvement and disciplinary definitions; the committee rescinded a district—s student-random-drug-testing policy.
Cumberland County Schools— policy committee received a series of board policies touching on student rights and operations and approved several updates on May 6, including changes to technology responsibility language and updates to policy wording to reflect current accrediting bodies and legal guidance.
Attorneys and staff reviewed essential student-focused policies required by state and federal law (equal educational opportunity, Title IX nondiscrimination, child abuse reporting, homeless-student protections under McKinney-Vento, student records and FERPA guidance) as a receipt item. The committee then considered proposed revisions to a bundle of policies that had not been updated recently. Key updates included replacing the old accreditor name with Cognia in the goals and objectives policy, clarifying technology and artificial-intelligence language in the district—s responsible-use policy, adding explicit reference to deepfake AI images under cyberbullying provisions, updating school improvement-plan language to remain consistent with evolving state instruments, and rescinding the district—s random student drug-testing policy (staff recommended removal because the program is not in use).
Committee members indicated they may revisit topics tied to classroom technology and student-phone policies later in a work session if the General Assembly introduces new statutory guidance. The committee approved the proposed revisions as a group.
