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Maricopa USD moves to comply with new laws: Jake's Law, directory rules, cell-phone and mandatory-reporting policy updates approved
Summary
Following public hearings and presentations, the board approved policy revisions to implement Jake's Law (Children's Behavioral Health Services Fund), update directory information procedures, tighten student device policies, and change mandatory reporting procedures for suspected child abuse.
The Maricopa Unified School District governing board on July 9 approved a set of policy revisions intended to bring district policies into compliance with recent state laws, including steps tied to Jake's Law and changes to directory, device and mandatory-reporting procedures.
Miss Pastore explained that Jake's Law (passed by the Arizona Legislature in 2020) and more recent statutory changes require districts to adopt specific policies before making school-based behavioral health referrals. Pastore said Jake's Law created the Children's Behavioral Health Services Fund, an $8,000,000 state…
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