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Subcommittee refers updated district handbook and flags student-search language for change
Summary
The policy subcommittee voted to send the revised district handbook to the full committee as a first read after attorney review; members asked for cleanup of formatting and suggested changing a clause to prohibit strip searches of students outright rather than permit them with prior superintendent authorization.
The Fall River City Policy Subcommittee on Jan. 30 voted to refer the district handbook to the full school committee as a first read after a review by outside counsel and an internal line-by-line pass.
Administration said the handbook had not been fully updated on the public website and that a cross‑reference cleanup was…
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