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Trustees adopt revised library behavior policy with tiered suspensions and appeal process
Summary
The Board of Library Trustees approved an edited library behavior policy at its June 16 meeting that adds first/second/third-offense suspension lengths tied to California Penal Code and city code references, and directs staff to post expected-behavior signage and provide appeal information to suspended users.
The Mountain View Board of Library Trustees on June 16 approved a revised Library Behavior Policy that adds explicit offense levels and corresponding suspension lengths and ties behavior categories to state penal code and city code citations.
Library Director Tracy Gray told trustees the city attorney’s office consolidated and reformatted the policy, adding first-, second- and third-offense suspension lengths for certain violations. Gray said, for example, that a physical altercation would carry a one-year suspension for a first offense and progressively longer suspensions thereafter under the new structure. “They added…
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