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Iowa City CSD reviews broad revisions to 600-series policies, including AI privacy and class-size alignment
Summary
At a Feb. 26 board meeting, Deputy Superintendent Ramey outlined multiple 600-series policy updates — removing an 'equity' reference in curriculum evaluation to comply with state law, incorporating health-education language from Senate File 175, tightening AI vendor privacy language under FERPA, and aligning class-size groupings with current practice.
Deputy Superintendent Ramey told the Iowa City Community School District board on Feb. 26 that the district is proposing a set of revisions to its 600-series policies to reflect recent state law changes and to align written rules with operational practice.
Ramey said the district removed a bullet in policy 602.3 (curriculum evaluation) because "the state changed the law last year" regarding the use of the word equity, and the district must stay compliant even if it would not have chosen the change voluntarily. He described revisions to 603.1 to correct grade levels after recent building-configuration changes.
The board also discussed policy 603.4, intended to better articulate protected characteristics in the district's multicultural and gender-fair education policy. A board member requested a small punctuation…
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