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Committee asks for clearer definition of 'health' as it forwards pupil‑health and discipline policies
Summary
Committee members raised repeated concerns about undefined language relating to pupil health and mental‑health services in policy 201 and policy 506. An amendment to state that federal law supersedes state and local law failed for lack of a second; the committee forwarded policy 506 6–1.
FARIBAULT, Minn. — During its Oct. 7 meeting the Faribault Public School District policy committee questioned language in policy 201 and policy 506 relating to the district’s duty to “promote the health of its pupils,” with committee members asking for clearer definitions of “health,” particularly in relation to mental‑health and telehealth services.
The committee approved both items and forwarded them to the full school board, but several members said they could not comfortably vote for the policies without clearer language defining…
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