Policy committee advances three items: community use, information security and new advisory council
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Summary
The Detroit Public Schools Community District policy committee voted by voice to advance three items: amendments to the community-use policy, a change to information-security reporting to every two years, and creation of an eight-member Strategic Advisory Council to support Project 2027. Vote recorded as voice assent; no roll-call tallies were recorded.
The Detroit Public Schools Community District policy committee approved a bundled motion to advance three policy items for board consideration.
The motion, moved and seconded during the meeting, covered the following items:
• 4.01 — Amendment to Policy 75.10 (Community Use of School Facilities): Staff described the amendment as streamlining K–12 fees into a single schedule, linking an annual labor fee to the city market rate, and retaining a special exemption for Detroit School of the Arts (DSA) to keep modest auditorium revenue for upgrades.
• 4.02 — Amendment to Policy 83.05 (Information Security): Staff recommended changing the information-security reporting cadence from annual to a two-year cycle to give staff time to implement audit recommendations.
• 4.03 — Adoption of a new Strategic Advisory Council policy: The council would begin with eight members (parents, educators, a district employee, community leaders, business or nonprofit representatives and students when appropriate). Terms are staggered (four one-year terms and four two-year terms) with quarterly meetings aligned to the district strategic planning calendar (Project 2027); the committee will provide quarterly reports to the board.
A board member moved to approve items 4.01–4.03 and the motion was supported. The committee recorded unanimous oral assent ('Aye') and carried the motion; the transcript does not show a roll-call or named vote tallies.
Next steps: each item was advanced for a first reading at the full board meeting. Staff committed to provide follow-up details in writing on operational questions raised during the committee discussion (e.g., bathroom access for outdoor events and digitization status of student records).