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Board advances health and family-planning policy after debate on language; attorney review requested
Summary
The board moved policy 24-14, covering health, family planning and instruction, after discussion about wording that some trustees described as prescriptive or value-laden. Staff and an in-house director said they would consult legal counsel and return with clarified language before second reading.
Trustees took a first reading on policy 24-14 (health and family-planning instruction) and debated specific wording that several board members described as expressing opinions rather than stating facts.
Several trustees objected to phrases referencing "mutually faithful, monogamous relationships" and asked whether the language…
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