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Board reviews 400-series personnel policies; committee recommends removing outdated COVID rule and revising notification language
Summary
The board’s policy and governance committee completed a first read of changes to governance and personnel policies, including an employee cell-phone provision, revisions to notice-of-arrest/abuse notification language and a recommended strike of policy 403.7 related to COVID-era OSHA emergency rules.
Director Williams, chair of Policy and Governance, summarized the committee’s work on the 400-series policies during a first reading and flagged several changes for the board to review in a future meeting.
Williams told directors the committee discussed an employee cell-phone policy (referenced as 1.12) that "mirrors the student cell phone policy," with employees expected not to use personal phones during instructional time except for personal or health concerns or when use is part of instruction. He said the committee will bring refined language back to the board.
The committee also discussed policy 401.17 concerning notice of arrest, criminal charges or abuse complaints and agreed to draft additional language clarifying what types of events should trigger notification. Williams said the committee would work on that clarification before the next board review.
On policy 403.7 (COVID-related rule), Williams said the committee recommended striking the policy because "it doesn't really currently apply, because we're not in a OSHA state of emergency," and that the board could reinstate it in the future if needed. Director Williams and others said the item was a first read and would return for formal action.
The committee also reviewed a typographical update to the chronic absenteeism/truancy policy and proposed aligning board travel and reimbursement procedures with employee travel policy for consistency.
Directors asked about a provision related to drug-testing notification that applies to a small number of employees with commercial driver licenses. Williams said the committee was removing only the notification clause (not the drug-testing requirement itself) because notification is now handled through a different channel and the policy language did not reflect current practice.
These items were discussed in a committee first read; no final votes on policy changes occurred at the Jan. 28 meeting.
