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Board adopts handbooks and approves annual Section 500 policy revisions tied to new state laws
Summary
Trustees approved preschool-through-high-school handbooks for 2025-26 and adopted revisions to Section 500 policies; administrators outlined state-driven requirements for cell-phone, dress-code, behavior-intervention and parental-access policies.
At its June 9 meeting the Bennington Public Schools Board of Education approved the preschool, elementary, middle-school and high-school handbooks for the 2025-26 school year and approved revisions to Section 500 of district policies following the recent legislative session.
The board—s annual policy review followed a summary by administration of several state requirements that will need local policy language. Administrators explained a new state requirement…
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