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Bullhead City school board begins multi-section ASBA policy review in workshop
Summary
At a workshop Oct. 13 the Bullhead City School District board began first readings of ASBA policy advisories and set a schedule for subsequent sections; board members were told to expect homework and choices on items that require selection before second reading.
Board President Melinda called a workshop to order Oct. 13, where staff outlined a multi-month plan to review updates from the Arizona School Boards Association (ASBA) and complete first readings of policy advisories.
Superintendent Dr. Carolyn Stewart told members the district had received ASBA updates to the master policy list and that the workshop would cover only the most immediately relevant items from section A; sections B–E and larger sections such as G and E will be scheduled for later meetings. She said the staff would place drafts on the agenda early to give board members “lots of time” to review and indicated some items would require board decisions (for example, choosing between an exhibit or a regulation for board self-evaluation).
Staff walked the board through specific advisories. For policy AB (district boundaries), ASBA’s advisory suggested deleting a detailed latitude/longitude description and instead referencing the county school superintendent’s office as the repository for legal boundary information; board members noted the district’s boundaries have not changed since 1947 and asked staff to bring the AB policy back for a decision at next month’s meeting. On DJE (bidding/purchase procedures), staff said ASBA removed several paragraphs that previously allowed purchases from certain government agencies without bidding; staff did not have background on the removals and left the text for board review.
The board was also advised that some grievance and Title IX language previously in GBK is redundant because harassment and Title IX language is already captured in policies ACA and ACCA following 2024 changes. Support-staff qualifications were updated in advisories; staff explained that some bus-driver language was relocated because it is covered elsewhere and that fingerprint/IBP clearance language is now more explicit in parts of the advisory.
Superintendent Stewart emphasized that some district policies are unique and were vetted by the district attorney; she warned members to look for copyrighted district language that ASBA advisories do not change. She said staff would highlight differences in the drafts to help board members focus on choices that require action at the first reading versus items suitable for second reading consolidation.
The workshop adjourned and the board convened a regular meeting; board members were asked to complete the assigned review as homework prior to future meetings.
