Board adopts multiple policies on second reading and recommits one policy for review

The Jefferson County School Board approved several policies on second reading and agreed to recommit one policy to the policy committee.

A board member moved to recommit Policy 4.1 — the instructional program policy — to the policy committee for further review; the chair accepted the recommit request and the board approved it. The board then considered multiple policies on second reading. Chair described proposed changes to rules of order (moving committee reports into the work session and requiring notice two months before agreement expirations), and presented policy 5.2602 (time schedules) which removes a previously specified minimum daily 30-minute provision to give teachers and administrators greater flexibility. The board also approved policy 5.302 (changes to sick leave incentive amount, increasing the amount referenced in the transcript from $50 to $100) and policy 6.705 (student social events), which adds lines clarifying that students with medical needs who have 504 plans or IEPs are permitted but not required to have a parent or guardian on the premises and that directors must create a process to facilitate requests subject to IEP goals.

The chair moved each policy for adoption on second reading and called for votes; the chair characterized the outcomes as unanimous. The transcript records the policy committee’s earlier passage of certain items in a previous session as “6 to 0.”

These policy discussions began at SEG 144 and continued through SEG 281 in the transcript. The board did not provide detailed fiscal notes or implementation timelines for the policy changes in the excerpt provided.