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Votes at a glance: Policy committee moves several policies toward first reading, consent and action
Summary
At its March 18 meeting the policy committee voted to approve minutes, send a professional learning policy to first reading, send student-staff relations to first reading, place discrimination policy on April 8 action, and to route other consent items as noted.
The Wake County Schools Policy Committee took several formal votes during its March 18 meeting to advance multiple district policies. Key outcomes, as recorded in the meeting transcript, are below.
Approve minutes: The committee approved minutes from the Feb. 25 meeting by voice vote.
Professional learning (policy 1610-7800): The committee voted to send the revised professional learning policy, which includes an added sentence requiring a program of cultural competency training, to first reading. Motion and second were made and the committee voted in favor.
Student-staff relations (policy 4040-7310): Committee members moved and seconded to send the policy revisions (technical corrections plus added recording language) to first reading; the motion carried by voice vote.
Tobacco and nicotine products (policy 5026-7200) and related items: Committee members initially listed reaching consent for several items but a subsequent motion by a committee member separated item 3 (tobacco and nicotine products) to action while items 4 and 5 were sent to consent. The committee voted to put item 3 (tobacco/nicotine) on the full-board action agenda and to place the other two items on consent for April 8.
Discrimination, harassment and bullying (policy 1710) and complaint process (policy 1720): The committee voted to place the 1710 nondiscrimination policy on the April 8 action agenda and to send the complaint-process policy (1720) back to first reading.
Procedure: Several votes were voice votes and the transcript does not record a roll-call tally for each motion. Where a mover or seconder was not explicitly named in the transcript, the record below marks mover/second as "not specified." All motions reported here passed by voice vote unless otherwise noted in the transcript.
Full action list (as recorded in committee discussion): - Approve minutes (Feb. 25) — outcome: approved (voice vote). - Send professional learning policy (1610-7800) with Rice language to first reading — mover: not specified; second: Tracey Rice; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Send student-staff relations policy (4040-7310) to first reading — mover: not specified; second: not specified; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Send tobacco/nicotine policy (5026-7200) to action; move related items 5016-7800/4040-7310/others as determined — mover: Miss Mahaffey (proposed separating item 3 to action); second: not specified; outcome: item 3 to action, items 4 & 5 to consent (voice vote). - Place discrimination policy (1710) on April 8 action agenda — mover: not specified; second: not specified; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Send complaint-process policy (1720) to first reading — mover: not specified; second: not specified; outcome: approved (voice vote).
Speakers and staff indicated they will prepare revised drafts, clarifying materials and suggested implementation language for the board work session and the April 8 full-board meeting as appropriate. The committee also asked staff to prepare communications for families and to track pending legislation that could affect district rules on devices.
