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Board reviews state-driven policy changes: suspension rules, special-ed reporting and menstrual-product access
Summary
At a policy committee first reading, the superintendent summarized legislative changes to student-discipline and special-education policies, new reporting duties, and plans to provide menstrual products in school restrooms beginning at the high school and middle school.
The Cheshire Board of Education’s policy committee reviewed four policy updates driven by recent legislation, including limits on suspensions for very young students, new reporting requirements for special-education program evaluations, obligations for military-connected students, and implementation plans for free menstrual products in school restrooms.
"They require behavior intervention meetings... They put in place protections for kids that are homeless," Superintendent Doctor Solon said while describing the suspension/expulsion and homelessness protections included in the revised language. He said the changes largely codify practices the…
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