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Policy committee restarts first reading of controlled-substances policy, debates suspension discretion and equity
Summary
At a first reading of Policy 2.27, administrators said the policy text is unchanged but ARs will define consequences; committee members queried off-campus jurisdiction, suspension ranges (up to 10 days in AR), and equity risks from principal discretion.
The Wallingford-Swarthmore School District Policy Committee reopened Policy 2.27 (controlled substances) as a first reading, with administration saying the policy language is unchanged from earlier drafts and that the accompanying administrative regulation (AR) will set disciplinary consequences.
Speaker 3, who presented the policy, said definitions in the draft "track the definitions in state law" and that the AR will outline consequences. When Speaker 1 asked about language…
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