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Delaware Valley board declines to add resolution seeking release from OCR agreement after legal warnings
Summary
Board member Jack Fisher asked to add resolutions seeking withdrawal from an Office for Civil Rights (OCR) agreement. After extended debate and legal advice that unilateral withdrawal could expose the district to litigation and conflict with Boyertown precedent, the amendment failed on a 4–5 roll-call vote.
The Delaware Valley School District board rejected a motion to amend the agenda to add resolutions seeking release from an Office for Civil Rights (OCR) agreement, after a lengthy debate about legal risk and precedent.
Jack Fisher moved to add his resolutions so the board could vote on formally withdrawing from the OCR agreement. Fisher argued the OCR ‘‘is not law’’ and that changing federal executive priorities justified reconsidering the district’s obligations. He urged colleagues to put the question to a vote rather than defer to outside actions.
Multiple board members replied that…
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