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Board adopts second readings of device and transportation policies; commissioners press on drug testing and leave verification
Summary
On second reading the board approved policies on personal electronic devices and student transportation, and also advanced staff conduct/drug-and-alcohol and staff-leave policies; commissioners raised practical concerns about authorized classroom device use, random drug-testing procedures and whether sick-leave verification triggers after one or three days.
Richland One commissioners approved on second reading a set of operational policies covering student personal electronic devices, transportation, school-bus safety and student conduct on buses, and they also advanced staff-conduct, drug-and-alcohol and staff-leave policies.
During the operations policy discussion, Commissioner Hersey asked why the device policy preserves an "authorized classroom use" exception when state guidance might otherwise restrict cell-phone use.…
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