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Yorktown board adopts revisions to Code of Conduct policy 5,300
Summary
After a public hearing, the Yorktown Central School District Board of Education approved revisions to Policy 5,300 (Code of Conduct), including changing short-term suspension timing from business days to calendar days and clarifying that suspensions are not delayed during appeal pendency.
The Yorktown Central School District Board of Education voted on March 3 to adopt revisions to Policy 5,300, the district Code of Conduct, following a brief public hearing and explanation from district staff.
The hearing and subsequent motion to approve addressed several targeted edits to the code, including a change on the page addressing short-term suspensions to measure time in calendar days rather than business days, a clarification that suspensions are not delayed during the pendency of an appeal, and adjustments to the in-school suspension and appeals language on another page.
During the public hearing, a district staff member identified as Cheryl summarized the changes as “minor adjustments” intended to clarify and expand certain paragraphs of the code of conduct. Cheryl said the changes included the short-term suspension timing switch to calendar days and the addition that suspensions are not delayed during appeal pendency, and noted a separate change to the in-school suspension appeals process.
Board members moved to open and close the public hearing and then moved to approve the first reading and adoption of Policy 5,300. The motions were moved and seconded and the board approved the resolution by voice vote; the transcript records the board responding “Aye” when the question was called. The record in the meeting transcript does not include a roll-call tally of individual votes.
The board did not cite any external statute or regulation during the discussion; the changes described were procedural clarifications within the district’s own policy document. The motion to adopt was recorded as approved in the meeting minutes and under the board’s routine policy-adoption agenda item.
The board chair closed the public hearing and proceeded with the evening’s agenda.
Ending: The revised Code of Conduct as adopted at the March 3 meeting will be part of the district policy manual; the transcript does not state an effective date beyond the board’s adoption at the meeting.
