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Committee updates student conduct policies: bullying, discipline, and mandated renumbering for dating-violence education
Summary
The Upper Dublin policy committee reviewed changes to the district's bullying and student-discipline policies and the mandated renumbering of the dating-violence education policy, asking staff to harmonize reporting language, reduce duplicative discipline language, and include opt-out language for mandated education programs.
The Upper Dublin policy committee reviewed a suite of student-conduct policies at its April meeting, including the district's bullying/cyberbullying policy (2-49), a mandated renumbering of the dating-violence education policy (to 8-19), the suicide-awareness policy, and Student Discipline (02/18). Committee members requested edits to assure consistency between student discipline, reporting requirements, and special-education protections.
On bullying and cyberbullying (Policy 2-49), the committee sought two principal changes: consistent use of terminology and clarity on where the policy is published for families and students. Members recommended the student code of conduct should reference the board policy explicitly rather than attempt to restate the full policy in handbook text; one committee member asked staff to confirm whether the district must re-submit or re-certify…
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