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Board committee reviews policy updates on student-discipline, public records and opening exercises
Summary
Five policy revisions were reviewed to align with state law and PSBA language: student-discipline and behavior-supports policy language updated for special education, a public-records policy revised for online/AI-era requests and third-party appeals, and opening-exercises policy now codifies a Sept. 11 moment of silence; the board will bring the policies forward for approval.
Dr. Mike Godoy reviewed five proposed policy revisions that the governance committee said are largely noncontroversial but important to bring into legal compliance.
Key updates include revisions to policy 113 (discipline of students with disabilities) and related behavior-support policy to reflect school-code changes and to move certain inappropriate aversive techniques into a clarified list. Policy 801 on public records was updated with new procedures for internet and AI-era requests: the draft allows the district to require submissions on an acceptable form, to deny anonymous or repetitive auto-generated requests and to outline an appeal process for third parties when records involve vendors or contractors.
The opening exercises policy (807) was revised to require a moment of silence on the anniversary of Sept. 11 and to clarify classroom flag-display language and students' rights not to participate. Multiple trustees asked for clearer wording in the public-records section, and Dr. Godoy agreed to review PSBA language and propose clarification before the policies are published for the board vote.
The committee agreed to bring the policy revisions to the board for formal action in two weeks. Trustees who spoke supported the Sept. 11 moment of silence and said the public-records edits help address the volume of modern requests; one trustee asked staff to clarify certain legalese sentences before final publication.
