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Policy committee adopts state-mandated revisions on bullying, expulsions, child-abuse reporting and mental-health screening (Act 504)
Summary
The policy committee approved revisions required by recent Louisiana laws: changes to bullying/hazing language, a reduction in mandatory expulsion terms for certain offenses, updates to school-resource-officer reporting, and a new process to offer voluntary mental-health assessments for students in grades 3–12 per Act 504. Board members raised questions about costs and parent notification.
The policy committee on Sept. 8 voted to adopt several state-required updates to district policies. Committee staff explained the changes are driven by recent Louisiana legislation and include: removing a training requirement from the bullying/hazing policy in compliance with the legislature; revising the expulsion policy to reflect new state statute changes that reduce mandatory expulsions from four semesters to…
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