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Committee rejects amendments to gender‑identity language and paragraph on minor consent; staff to clarify curriculum and grant risks
Summary
Committee members proposed amendments to remove gender‑identity language and to delete a paragraph allowing certain minor consent for health services; both proposals failed for lack of a second. Members requested further information on the district’s health and wellness curriculum and potential federal grant constraints.
A series of amendment attempts to district policies drew the most substantive debate at the Faribault Public School District Policy Committee meeting on Nov. 4, though none succeeded.
Committee member Speaker 4 asked that language referencing gender identity or expression be removed from Policy 401 and replaced with wording defining sex as "male" or "female." That proposed amendment did not receive a second and therefore failed. "Therefore, I'm asking to amend this paragraph to exclude the wording gender, identity, or expression, and add in its place as defined by male or female,"…
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