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Cheltenham policy committee advances multiple policy updates to first reading; administrators to clarify procedures on volunteers, recess and residency
Summary
The policy committee moved a package of policies and administrative regulations to first reading — including volunteer TB testing guidance, device rules, enrollment/residency procedures and nondiscrimination alignment — and directed administrators to refine AR language and circulation plans.
Cheltenham School District’s policy committee reviewed a broad set of policy updates on Wednesday and moved most items forward for a first reading or consideration at the next legislative meeting.
Administrators presented changes to a cluster of policies that they described as housekeeping or regulatory alignments. They said Policy 259 would expand coverage from homelessness to include students in foster care and other forms of educational instability. The committee also agreed to advance homebound instruction language (allowing virtual or in-person support), updates to bullying (Policy 247) and hazing (Policy 248) procedures, and minor revisions aligning gender-expansive student…
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