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Board approves policy revisions for volunteer screening and behavioral health; committee flags budget concerns
Summary
St. Mary Parish School Board approved policy revisions to incorporate DCFS registry checks for volunteers and to clarify behavioral health screening obligations; the policy committee recommended deferring any district-funded mental-health screenings until budgets are reviewed.
The St. Mary Parish School Board voted Feb. 5 to adopt a set of policy revisions recommended by its policy review committee to align district policy with recent state legislation.
Policy changes tied to Act 409 amend recruitment, dismissal and employee-conduct policies to account for the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) central registry. Policy language now defines volunteers for the purposes of screening (excluding…
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