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Board weighs wide-ranging policy updates, student board member role and a proposed cell‑phone rule
Summary
Board members reviewed dozens of state-driven policy changes — including the removal of some diversity-related language and new charter, library and threat‑assessment requirements — and discussed implementing a student board member policy and a districtwide rule on wireless devices.
The board reviewed a substantial package of policy updates prepared to reflect recent state law changes and model language from the Tennessee School Boards Association. Several items drew extended discussion: the new requirement to adopt a student board member policy, changes related to diversity language in district personnel and goals, and an emerging proposal to restrict wireless communication devices in schools.
Staff said most of the proposed changes were required by new state law or were updates to TSBA model policies. “These policies...are all policies that relate to because there’s a law change,” Miss Ventura told the board. One high-profile change removes language that previously asked the district to set educator…
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