District 49 board debates changes to bullying policy, keeps restorative-practices preference while adding statutory flexibility
Board members and administrators engaged in extended line-by-line edits to proposed changes to policy JICDE, balancing the district's preference for restorative practices with state guidance and legal considerations; the board directed staff to place procedural details in a linked regulation and to share the district's restorative-discipline matrix with board members.
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The El Paso County Colorado School District 49 board spent the bulk of its work session reviewing proposed revisions to policy JICDE (bullying prevention and restorative interventions), engaging a detailed, line-by-line debate about definitions, parental notification, the role of restorative practices and what belongs in policy versus administrative regulation.
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