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Board advances multiple policy revisions, will revert to 2020 Title IX guidance; discipline matrix tabled
Summary
The Clear Creek Amana district board approved a broad set of policy revisions and 2025–26 handbooks and decided to revert to 2020 federal Title IX guidance for operational procedures while the state updates its civil rights code guidance; the board tabled Policy 50308 (discipline matrix) to allow principals more revision time.
The Clear Creek Amana Community School District’s policy committee reported on a forthcoming webinar with the U.S. Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services that may affect the district’s abuse‑by‑employee policy. The committee recommended, and the board agreed, to temporarily rely on 2020 federal Title IX guidance while awaiting updated state or federal direction.
The board approved a package of policy revisions and reviews affecting multiple student‑facing and personnel policies, including anti‑bullying/harassment, open meetings, abuse of students by school district employees, licensed and classified employee recruitment and selection, compulsory attendance, chronic absenteeism and truancy, student use of personal electronic devices (and a related regulation), graduation requirements, student health and immunization certificates, the basic instruction program, health education, and a policy addressing artificial intelligence in the educational environment.
The policy committee and board discussed several specifics raised during the review: - Title IX: The committee was advised to revert to the 2020 federal Title IX guidance for operational procedures until the state provides updated direction following recent civil rights code changes. The committee will incorporate clarifying training for school secretaries on attendance coding and exceptions (for example, certain bereavement or family events noted in the updated guidance). - Graduation requirements: The board noted a new requirement that students pass a civics test beginning July 1 (the transcript states the requirement starts July 1); the district will determine how to administer and record the test to meet the state requirement. - Discipline matrix (Policy 50308 and accompanying regulation): Principals are revising the district discipline matrix and the board agreed to table adoption of Policy 50308 and its regulation to allow principals additional time to finish their updates.
The board also approved 2025–26 handbooks for elementary, middle, high school, preschool, athlete parent and coach/sponsor handbooks, while noting that handbook language may be updated once policies are finalized. The board discussed clarifying operational items such as senior citizen passes (65 and up) and how they are distributed and marketed to the public.
Why it matters: Policy changes and handbook approvals shape day‑to‑day operations in district schools, from attendance coding to graduation criteria. Reverting to 2020 Title IX guidance is a stopgap that aims to reduce legal uncertainty while state guidance is updated.
What’s next: The policy committee will attend the DOE/HHS webinar, incorporate its guidance into the district policy revisions as needed, and return an updated discipline matrix once principals complete their revisions. The administration will also clarify how the civics test requirement will be administered and recorded for graduation.
