The Manatee County School District announced a package of updated trainings and operational changes aimed at preventing abuse, improving reporting and strengthening Title IX compliance.

Dr. Christina Britton, the district’s executive director of human resources, told the board the district purchased the full Vector Solutions training suite. The modules will replace older videos and include interactive content and quizzes on child‑abuse awareness, sexual‑harassment prevention and short “micro‑learning” modules on signs of grooming and setting boundaries.

Britton said the district will stagger the video rollout to fit professional‑development days and will require leadership teams to attend an all‑day Title IX investigative and decision‑making workshop in October led by attorney Kirsten Doolittle. "All school leadership and district director‑level teams will receive face‑to‑face training," Britton said. The district also plans repeated annual training for applicable staff.

Operational changes described to the board include a new one‑page checklist for administrators to record immediate steps when a child‑safety concern arises and a binder at each school where staff store the incident form that names who called DCF, who called law enforcement and the dates and times of those calls. District staff said the binders create a local record that helps with follow up, cross‑checks and accountability.

Officials demonstrated coordination between the district and law enforcement during a real‑time test of the Syntegix alert system: school staff activated a badge alert; district and sheriff‑office phones both received the alarm, deputies responded and the district said the system gave rapid situational awareness including camera access at the school.

Ending: The district said it will return to the board in the spring with an update on training completion rates and the effect of the new procedures on reporting and case handling.