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Board approves wide policy update; anti-bullying timing debate fails to shift state-centered deadline
Summary
After months of review the board approved a large set of policy revisions and rescissions including updated anti-bullying language. Board debate focused on whether parents should be notified the same calendar day of a bullying report; an amendment to require same-day notice failed and the updated anti-bullying policy passed 6'1.
The West Lafayette school board approved a comprehensive package of policy updates on Nov. 10 that rescinded multiple legacy policies and adopted new or revised policies across attendance, discipline, special education, medical needs, restraint and seclusion, drug prevention and parental access to instructional materials.
Policy committee members presented legal edits and board-recommended language; many updates reflected changes in state law. The most contested single item was the…
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