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Board refers employee‑speech policy back to superintendent after trustees raise concerns
Summary
Trustees voted 4‑2 to send the proposed rewrite of Board Policy 4,500 (district employee speech) back to the superintendent for additional drafting after trustees said the current redraft lacked substantive policy content and relied too heavily on administrative regulations.
Trustees on July 29 declined to adopt the proposed rewrite of Board Policy 4,500 (district employee speech). After debate, the board voted 4‑2 to send the draft back to the superintendent for further revision and to return with a version that provides clearer policy guidance rather than relying primarily on administrative regulations.
Chief General Counsel Neil Lombardo and labor counsel Kevin Pick presented the redraft, saying the existing…
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