The Wallingford-Swarthmore School District policy committee on Tuesday advanced several draft policies to the full board for a vote in December while asking staff to finish accompanying administrative regulations.

Committee members said Policy 02/26 will keep its existing text but its administrative regulation (AR) was revised to match state law on student searches. The committee also said Policy 2.27.1 on vaporizers and e-cigarettes will be removed and replaced by a newly approved Policy 2.22 addressing tobacco and vaping.

The committee reviewed Policy 351, the employee controlled-substances policy, and noted edits to align it with related student-policy language still under review. Committee members had no substantive objections and moved the item forward for the board agenda.

Chair and staff emphasized the ARs contain implementation detail and in several cases will be completed after the committee’s second readings. The chair said the ARs are still being drafted and will not be available for the December board packet; staff expects to present ARs in a subsequent meeting.

The committee approved last month’s minutes earlier in the meeting and then proceeded through the second-read agenda. No formal roll-call vote tallies were recorded in the committee transcript for the policy motions; the minutes indicate the items were moved to the full board for vote in December.

The committee scheduled its next policy meeting for Jan. 6 in room B226 at Strathclyde Middle School.