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Committee debates language tightening for student‑discipline policy over off‑campus conduct

Kutztown Area School District Policy & Curriculum Committee · March 11, 2025
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Summary

Members discussed proposed wording changes to Policy 218 addressing conduct that 'involves, threatens, or makes more likely violence' and language covering conduct that 'interferes with or threatens to interfere with the rights of students or school staff.' The committee asked staff to redraft with clearer nexus and rights definitions.

Committee members examined proposed revisions to Policy 218 (student conduct), focusing on two clauses administrators flagged for potential ambiguity: a clause about conduct that "involves, threatens, or makes more likely violence" and a separate clause that would permit action when conduct "interferes with or threatens to interfere with the rights of students or school staff."

The Chair raised concerns that…

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