Policy committee approves Title IX policy update, replaces named HR contact with position title

The Bridgeport School District Policy & Personnel Committee on March 4 approved an amendment to a proposed Title IX harassment policy that replaces a named human-resources director with a generic position contact and moved four other draft policies to a March 12 meeting.

The change came after committee members and staff said a January district-court ruling invalidating the 2024 Title IX regulations prompted the district to revert to earlier guidance while adopting a more detailed model policy. "In January, our district court said that the regulations were illegal, and they suggested going back to 2020 policies and regulations," Dominique, the policy presenter, said. Dominique described the recommended document as "a little bit more in-depth and a little bit more descriptive than what we currently have in our policies and…