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Committee approves addition to disciplinary policy expanding who may initiate referrals
Summary
The committee voted to add language to the disciplinary policy saying 'each teacher and school employee' may take disciplinary action and that principals must not retaliate if a staff referral follows school board policy. The change was read aloud, discussed as reflecting state-legislature wording, and adopted by voice vote.
A disciplinary committee meeting ended with the panel approving an addition to the school disciplinary policy that expands who may initiate disciplinary referrals. The committee read the proposed language aloud and adopted the change by voice vote during a meeting where eight members were present.
The paragraph read into the record states, in part: "Each teacher and school employees may take disciplinary action to correct a student who violates school rules or who interferes with an orderly [educational process]. No principal or administrator shall retaliate or take adverse employment…
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