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Harper Creek board adopts wide-ranging policy updates, adds lice/bed-bug exclusion and expands concussion requirements
Summary
At its Aug. 11 meeting the Harper Creek Board of Education approved multiple policy updates recommended by the policy committee, including new lice/bed-bug exclusion language, expanded concussion awareness requirements applying to physical-education courses, and procedures to implement a recent Supreme Court opt-out ruling.
The Harper Creek Board of Education on Aug. 11 approved a package of policy updates reviewed by the district’s policy committee that administrators said align district procedures with recent legal and federal requirements and add new public-health and parental-notification measures.
The updates passed unanimously. Board president Best called for the motion and the board voted 7–0 to adopt the policies as presented.
Administrators said key changes include: a new requirement to distribute guidance to families about safe storage of firearms; broadened Title I parent- and family-engagement procedures; updated references to the state earned-sick-time rules (formerly referenced as the Michigan Paid Medical Leave Act); revised discipline/termination language to explicitly cover extracurricular positions (including athletic coaches); a…
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