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Board hears legal updates on Internet safety policy and mental-health opt-in changes to comply with state law
Summary
Board attorney reviewed updates to the district Internet safety policy to comply with the FOCUS Act (blocking unsafe platforms and restricting social media access), and explained Alabama Act 2022-442 amendments that require parental opt-in for mental-health services for students under 16, with exceptions for suspected abuse or urgent grief counseling.
The board received two legal-policy briefings from district counsel on internet safety and student mental-health services.
Internet safety: Attorney Erica Powell told the board that the FOCUS Act requires an Internet safety policy for school districts and that the district’s updated draft revises the acceptable-use policy to block unsafe and unsecure…
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