Policy committee approves multiple policy referrals to school board, tables social-media policy for attorney review

The Faribault Public School District Policy Committee on March 4 voted to refer several revised and new policies to the full school board and tabled a proposed social-media policy for attorney review.

The committee approved sending revisions or newly numbered policies for student attendance (Policy 503), school resource officers (Policy 507.5), graduation requirements (Policy 6‑13), testing accommodations and exemptions (Policy 6‑15), and a new information‑security policy (Policy 598) to the school board. The committee then voted to table proposed Policy 599 (use of social media) until the May 6, 2025 meeting and asked district attorneys to review it for First Amendment concerns.

Committee members said most of the referred policies involved clerical or cross‑reference changes. On Policy 507.5, the committee noted a correction in the legal reference — replacing an obsolete citation with Minnesota Statute 123b (previously cited as 120b) — and recorded no substantive content changes before referral. When the committee considered Policy 598, information security, district staff described the policy as a step to…