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Committee reviews proposed revisions to 500‑series student policies
Summary
Deputy superintendent Amy Ramey walked the committee through proposed edits to the district’s 500-series student policies, including changes to facilities-planning language, chronic-absenteeism guidance, disciplinary-level numbering, school-device policy placement, custody/parental-rights codification, and wellness regulations; no final policy adoptions were recorded.
Deputy superintendent Amy Ramey presented an overview of proposed changes to several 500-series student policies and invited questions from committee members.
On school facilities planning (policy 501.5 g1), Ramey said the district will remove language referencing “balancing ethnicity demographics” to align with recent state changes around AEI and will replace the phrase “equity in education” with “guaranteed and viable.” On chronic absenteeism (501.9), she said updates reflect evolving state law and add flexibility, for example clarifying that college visits can be treated as allowable absences to support a postsecondary focus.
Regarding discipline for students who make…
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