East Haven Board approves school-climate regulation, grants and committee appointments; executive session added

The East Haven Board of Education on the evening approved a state-required school-climate regulation, accepted two federal/state grants totaling $131,363, appointed the board to serve as the personnel search committee for the superintendent search and approved several routine administrative items. The board also voted to add an executive-session agenda item and moved into executive session for a collective-bargaining update.

The board voted to adopt Regulation 5131.911, described in the meeting as the Connecticut School Climate regulation that accompanies the district's previously adopted Connecticut School Climate Policy. The regulation was presented to the board as the exact regulation districts are required to adopt. The motion passed on a roll-call vote: Miss DePalma—Yes; Mister Hennessy—Yes; Miss Johnson—Yes; Miss Putney—Yes; Miss Santiago—Yes; Mister Stacy—Yes; Doctor DeLucia—Yes. The board recorded the outcome as "motion carries."

Why it matters: Board adoption of the regulation is the formal step the district must take to align local policy with the state-issued regulation the board was told accompanied the state's school-climate policy.

Grants and budgets: The board approved submission of the Family Resource Center grant, described in the…