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Auburn School Committee approves first readings of homeless‑student policy and regulations
Summary
The Auburn School Committee approved first readings of policy AUBJFABD, "Education of Students Experiencing Homelessness," and its regulations, aligning local language with the McKinney‑Vento federal statute; members discussed definitions and mandated‑reporter implications.
The Auburn School Committee on Jan. 8 approved first readings of policy AUBJFABD, “Education of Students Experiencing Homelessness,” and AUBJFABD‑R, the regulations implementing the policy.
The first readings, each moved and seconded during the meeting, passed by voice vote. The policy rewrite replaces terminology such as “homeless students” with “students experiencing homelessness,” updates legal references to cite the McKinney‑Vento statute and adopts gender‑neutral language.
Committee members said the changes were largely technical and intended to align district policy with federal language. Dan Poisson, a school committee member, described work done by staff to align the policy’s legal‑reference section. Corinne McGuigan raised a question about the policy’s definition language that lists…
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