Provo board adopts several policy updates, including medical-referral and services coordination

The Provo City School District Board of Education approved a series of policy updates during its Jan. 27 meeting, adopting revised language on coordinated services, military student admissions, and medical referral and notification procedures.

Staff recommended adopting Policy 31-30 (coordinating services for school-aged youth), which clarifies programmatic costs, plan submission and approval workflows, and the inclusion of special-education and 504 plan accommodations. The board adopted the policy unanimously following a motion by Lisa Boyse and a second from Meg Van Wagonon.

Policy 31-45 (Military and Department of Defense children) received a purpose statement to ensure equitable access for military-connected students; the board adopted the updated policy unanimously.

The board also adopted Policy 34-18, consolidating medical recommendation procedures, clarifying when school personnel notify parents, requiring two staff present in certain sensitive notifications and tightening thresholds for when a DCFS report is appropriate. Board member Lisa Boyse suggested a small wording edit to standardize agency terminology; staff agreed. The board voted to adopt 34-18 and then voted to expunge duplicate Policy 52-65.

District staff noted additional first-reading updates on topics that included student modesty/privacy, period-product provision, communicable-disease procedures and fund-balance clarifications; those items will return to policy committee for further work.

All votes on the policies reported in the meeting were unanimous.