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Board reviews multiple first-read policy updates on attendance, safety, homeless/foster education and fiscal rules
Summary
The Tahoe-Truckee Unified board received first-read briefings on proposed policy updates covering excused absences, seclusion and restraint, foster and homeless student protections, deletion of the district COVID policy, bond measure ballot language, emergency preparedness (including cyber-threats) and fiscal/fraud reporting.
Trustees heard first readings of several proposed revisions to district board policies and administrative regulations on Feb. 19; no approvals were requested — each item was presented for information and will return to the board for action at a future meeting.
Student absences and excused reasons: Executive Director of Student Services Dr. Anna Marie Cohen presented a proposed revision to Board Policy 5113 (Absences and Excuses) to reflect state law changes (Senate Bill 955 and Assembly Bill 181). The draft adds participation in civic or political events as an excused absence for middle- and high-school students and clarifies that absences taken for mental or behavioral health, or to receive religious instruction, can be excused. Cohen said that for absences taken for religious instruction to count for average-daily-attendance funding, the governing board must…
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