Board approves first reading of revised policy 6.3 (Code of Conduct) after TSBA audit change
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The Clay County Board of Education placed a revised Code of Conduct (Policy 6.3) on first reading to restore language flagged by a TSBA policy audit; board members noted the insertion responds to a state-law requirement identified in the audit.
The Clay County Board of Education on Nov. 13 placed a revised Policy 6.3 (Code of Conduct) on first reading after staff and board members identified a required line omitted from the prior policy text during a TSBA audit.
A board member noted that the Tennessee School Boards Association (TSBA) audits the board’s policies and that the omitted line is required by state law. “The TSBA audits our board policies. That line was omitted. It’s a state law that that particular line has to be in there,” a board member said during discussion.
Board members discussed a handful of specific edits on page 2 (lines 12–14) and confirmed the remainder of the policy remains unchanged; the motion to place the revision on first reading was made by Mister West and seconded by Mister Ashlock and passed by voice vote.
During the exchange a board member asked whether vaping and similar behaviors were captured in the tobacco-use language; another board member confirmed the revised policy does include vapor- and tobacco-related usage language.
Because the action was a first reading, the board did not adopt the policy at this meeting. The revision will return for subsequent consideration consistent with the board’s policy-adoption process.