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Policy committee approves a package of Ouachita Parish school policy updates, including emergency mapping and DCFS registry compliance
Summary
Committee approved multiple policy changes covering emergency‑management mapping, surplus device buybacks with data‑erasure requirements, federal purchasing compliance, engineering selection rules, DCFS registry employment limits, behavioral‑health screening options, and a recommendation to prohibit campaign signs in gyms/fields despite state law.
The Ouachita Parish policy committee approved a slate of policy revisions that it will forward to the full school board for final action. The package included revisions tied to recent state and federal requirements and several district choices the committee said aim to balance legal compliance, student safety and operational practicality.
Among the items the committee approved were:
- JDA (corporal punishment): clarified language to remove physical restraint from the definition of corporal punishment and to show the policy language reflects Louisiana state statute; the committee said this update originated from a request by Rep. McCoy.
- JDE (expulsion): clarified that possession of marijuana and related derivatives is not an automatic expulsion on first offense; automatic expulsion is triggered only on the second or subsequent offense under the policy.
- EBBC (emergency/crisis management): adopted…
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