Board notifies public of policy renumbering and first reading to shorten comment time

The policy committee informed the board of three administrative policy actions: a recodification, a removal, and a first reading of an amendment to public-comment procedures.

Board staff said Policy 9001 (voting method after board meetings) will be renumbered as Policy 1370 to move it into the governance section of the policy manual; staff said this is a reclassification only and that "nothing is changing with the actual policy." The committee also recommended removing Policy 9100 (school corporation general goals) as outdated and redundant with the district strategic plan; the board approved that removal by motion.

Staff presented a first reading of proposed changes to Policy 1350 to reduce a speaker's allotted time from five minutes to three minutes; no action was taken and a second reading is scheduled for Nov. 24, 2025. A board member cautioned that changes should remain consistent with relevant court cases and public-meeting law.

The board received the notifications and the first reading; the policy committee will return on the scheduled second reading for final action.