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Joliet Township board reviews proposed changes to student behavior code, flags wording on substance distribution
Summary
The Joliet Township High School District 204 Board received a parent‑teacher advisory committee report recommending leveled behavior infractions and a revised infraction titled "distribution of prohibited substances." Board members requested clearer wording and kept the proposal at first reading for final action next month.
Joliet Township High School District 204 on Wednesday received a first‑reading report from the Parent Teacher Advisory Committee proposing revisions to the district’s student behavior code, including a change to how distribution of substances is described.
The committee presented recommended language to create leveled behavioral infractions in policy 7‑190(e) and suggested renaming a long infraction title to a shorter heading that, with its definition, would cover “sale, purchasing, pretending to sell, distribution or transfer of any controlled substance or non‑controlled substance represented to be a drug, or any drug paraphernalia.” The board discussed concerns that the proposed title as written could be read to include legal over‑the‑counter medicines when those products were…
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