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Committee declines to waive second reading on overhauled student-discipline policy
Summary
The Madison School District policy committee withheld a recommendation to waive the second reading for the substantially revised student-discipline policy (5110.4), citing extensive changes tied to Connecticut law, federal IDEA requirements and new procedural mandates for suspension and expulsion hearings.
The Madison School District policy committee unanimously agreed that the district's revised student-discipline policy (5110.4) requires further review and should not be advanced without a second reading. Speaker 1 described the policy as "lengthy" with many substantive changes tied to statutory updates.
Speaker 1 said the 2023 General Assembly changes codified at Connecticut General Statute Section 10-2a prompted broad revisions to the district's discipline approach: the policy updates the definition of bullying and introduces a definition…
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