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Board begins first reading of discipline policy change to allow short‑term suspensions for discriminatory acts with administrative approval
Summary
The board held first reading Oct. 14 on proposed revisions to Policy 3241 (student corrective actions) that would create a narrow exception to a district‑wide ban on short‑term suspensions for incidents involving discriminatory language or acts, if the building leader obtains approval from a central administrator; the policy revision triggers
The Bellevue School District Board of Directors conducted a first reading Oct. 14 on a proposed revision to Policy 3241 (Corrective Actions and Interventions) that would permit a narrow, controlled exception to the district’s previously adopted limits on short‑term suspensions.
District staff said the amendment responds to an increase in reported incidents involving discriminatory language and conduct and to feedback from students, families and affinity groups that schools lacked an effective, consistent tool to address those incidents. The…
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