Kenosha policy committee recommends tightening agenda request language, asks board to decide final wording

A Kenosha Unified School District policy committee on an unspecified date reviewed proposed language changes to the board’s agenda-preparation policy (referred to in discussion as policy 87‑12) and recommended the board adopt a revised requirement that written requests for agenda items come “from three or more of seven board members.”

The committee’s review followed a first reading of the policy at a prior board meeting and discussion from board members and community members during that first reading. Committee members and board colleagues gathered to examine redlined language and whether the policy should use “may,” “shall” or “must” to describe a president’s obligation to place requested items on the agenda.

Why it matters: the wording determines whether a smaller group of board…