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Board gets first reading of multiple policy updates including Act 20, class rank and financial literacy requirement
Summary
District staff presented first‑reading revisions to multiple policies, including a new policy to implement Wisconsin’s Act 20 on third‑grade promotion, updates to class rank and graduation requirements to match UW System timelines, and language addressing AI and academic honesty.
District staff (presenter identified in the transcript as Mr. Kopernick) presented a packet of policy revisions for first reading. Key items highlighted to the board included:
- Attendance (Policy 5200): updated to add excused absences recommended by state law.
- Medication and emergency care (Policy 5330): revised to allow provision of certain nonprescription drugs consistent with parental and health‑care provider instructions.
- Third‑grade promotion and retention (Policy 5411): a new policy to implement Act 20 (2023) to strengthen early literacy; districts must adopt a policy by July 1, 2025 though enforcement may be delayed to September 2027.
- Class rank (Policy 5430) and graduation requirements (Policy 5460): updated to align with the University of Wisconsin System guaranteed admissions program and to reflect the new half‑credit financial literacy requirement effective for the class of 2028 (students entering 2024‑25).
- Academic honesty (Policy 5505): revised to address the emergence of artificial intelligence and its impact on academic integrity.
- Suspension/expulsion (Policy 5610) and alternatives (Policy 5610.03): updated language to encourage non‑exclusionary discipline and to formalize reentry plans as an alternative to expulsion where appropriate.
- Search and seizure (Policy 5771): revised for clarity and to note searches may be directed by an administrator other than the principal; board members asked whether family notification appears in administrative guidelines and staff confirmed notification procedures are handled in administrative guidelines.
- Assistive technology (Policy 6610), social media use (Policy 7544), student mental health services (Policy 8395), food services (Policy 8500) and multiple transportation policies were also reviewed; some older transportation policies were rescinded and consolidated into Policy 8600.
Board members identified a few editorial or consistency items (for example, volunteer language appearing in some paragraphs but not others in the social media policy) and asked staff to clarify administrative guidelines referenced in the search and seizure policy. The packet was presented for first reading; no final votes were taken.
