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Board approves nondiscrimination and several policy updates; votes recorded as 'motion carries'
Summary
The board approved multiple policy updates Feb. 11, including a nondiscrimination policy, board budget procedures, student computer use updates, personnel workplace-discrimination policy, and a Title IX student policy (reverting to 2020 federal guidance). Votes were taken and motions carried; transcript does not provide named roll-call counts.
MIDDLETOWN, Feb. 11 — The Middletown Board of Education voted Feb. 11 to approve a series of policy updates covering nondiscrimination, budget procedures, student internet safety, workplace discrimination for personnel and a Title IX policy for students.
The policy committee presented the revisions, which the board moved and approved in succession. Committee chair Deb Kaye introduced the items and asked for motions to advance them; the board voted on each and the clerk announced “Motion carries.”
Nut graf: several votes referenced new or changed legal guidance. One item — the board budget procedure policy — was updated to reflect Public Act 24-25, which allows boards to deposit unexpected education funds into a non-lapsing account under specified conditions. The Title IX student policy was updated to align with federal court direction to revert to the 2020 Title IX rule.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in the meeting transcript): - Policy 1001 — Nondiscrimination (first and final reading): motion moved by the policy committee; outcome: approved (motion carries). - Policy 3110 (board budget procedures / line-item transfers): committee moved to approve; outcome: approved (motion carries). The committee noted the change is driven by Public Act 24-25. - Policy 5131.81 — Student use of district computer systems and Internet safety (first reading): committee moved to advance; outcome: approved (motion carries). - Policy 4118.111 — Workplace discrimination and harassment (personnel) (first and final reading): committee moved; outcome: approved (motion carries). One board member stated they would vote against this item on principle during the discussion. - Policy 5145.5 — Title IX (students) (first and final reading): committee moved; outcome: approved (motion carries). Administrators said the district is reverting to the 2020 Title IX framework after a Jan. 29 federal district court decision vacated the 2024 rule.
The transcript records verbal agreement and repeated “Aye” responses on each motion; it does not provide a named roll-call tally for each vote. Where members spoke during debate, their remarks were limited to points of clarification and a single member announced an intention to vote against two of the personnel/student Title IX items on principle.
What this means: the district will move forward implementing the approved policies. The board signaled it will circulate additional materials on policy changes, and the policy committee scheduled a follow-up meeting tied to the next board calendar.
Speakers: Deb Kaye (policy committee chair), Chair Daniels, Dr. Vasquez Matos (superintendent).
Clarifying details: the board referenced Public Act 24-25 (effective July 1) for board budget procedures; the Jan. 29 federal district court decision vacating the 2024 Title IX rule was cited as the reason to revert to 2020 guidance.
Provenance: policy discussion and votes began during the action-items segment and concluded before the board moved to executive session.
