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Ross Local board discusses wide-ranging policy updates tied to biennial budget; vote set for next month
Summary
Superintendent Doctor Rice reviewed multiple policy revisions connected to the biennial budget and House Bill 96, including updates on health-education opt‑outs, gifted screening (WEPs), athletics participation (ice hockey and nonresident/homeschool protections), graded-weight rules, constitution‑day timing, release time for religious instruction and records retention; trustees will vote on the package next month.
Doctor Rice led the board through a package of policy revisions the administration is recommending as part of the district's biennial budget work. Rice said the updates are intended to reconcile district language with state law and to clarify parent rights and program participation.
On health education (policy IGAE), Rice said the changes "solidif[y] the parents' rights to opt out of curriculum or materials for their children," citing a recent lawsuit in a neighboring county where an opt‑out process was removed. On gifted and talented screening (IGBB), Rice described a significant rewrite aimed at screening practices and parent notification,…
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