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RSU 5 board adopts pregnant-students policy; changes required Title IX notification language
Summary
The board voted unanimously to adopt policy JIE on pregnant students in a second-read action that removes a staff notification requirement and changes mandated language about Title IX coordinator contact from 'must' to 'may'. The administration cited a federal court decision that affected the April 2024 Title IX rule as context for the change.
The RSU 5 Board of Directors on Jan. 22 adopted policy JIE, “Pregnant students,” at second read, eliminating a sentence that had required employees to notify the district Title IX coordinator and replacing a mandatory “must” with “may” in the section on providing coordinator contact information.
The policy clarifies the district’s responsibilities to students who are pregnant or have pregnancy-related conditions and, according to administrators, is intended to restate existing Title IX obligations rather than create new requirements. Board member Colin summarized the legal context: “As some of you may have heard, on January 9th, a, US District Court for the Eastern District of…
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