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Board previews 2025'026 student code changes; debate centers on phone policy and discipline definitions
Summary
District staff previewed proposed 2025'026 student code-of-conduct updates, including clearer definitions separating "insubordination" from "disrespect," revised drug and bullying consequences and a more restrictive electronic-device policy with an off-in-backpack default.
Dr. Jessica Duncan and Chuck Bradley presented proposed updates to the 2025'026 student Code of Conduct at the Jan. 7 workshop, summarizing changes implemented in 2024'5 and proposed clarifications for next year.
Staff recapped recent changes (added unauthorized restroom restriction per Florida statute 553.865; updated telecommunication-device rules; added an explicit prohibition on presenting AI-generated work as a student uthor; added a local "physical harm" category between horseplay and battery; translation into Spanish and Creole; and alignment of level numbering to state tiering). Proposed 2025'6 changes include separating "insubordination" and…
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