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Instructional Committee reviews policy updates including nondiscrimination, Title IX rollback effects, student discipline and library reconsideration process
Summary
Committee reviewed a set of policy updates: nondiscrimination edits to add assault and human-trafficking victims per Public Act 25-139; Title IX-related changes tied to a federal court rollback; student-discipline revisions to reflect Public Act 25-93 and IDEA service requirements; and a consolidated library-materials reconsideration process required by Public Act 25-168.
The Instructional Committee spent the latter portion of its Jan. 21 meeting reviewing a package of policy revisions and taking questions from board members.
The committee's policy lead explained the three-step review process (policy committee first read, instructional committee second read, full-board final read) and said nondiscrimination policy updates reflect legislation passed in 2025 (Public Act 25-139) that adds "assault victim" and "human trafficking victim" to protected classes and updates contact information for the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for…
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