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Sweet Home board pulls multiple health and safety policies after debate over menstrual-product wording
Summary
Board members questioned proposed health-policy language about menstrual-product dispensers and administrative-rule citations, then voted to remove a package of E-series health and safety policies from third-reading consideration for further review.
The Sweet Home School District 55 board voted to remove a set of health- and safety-related policies from third-reading consideration after members raised concerns the district template could go beyond state requirements for menstrual products and other health provisions.
At the Sept. meeting, a board member said proposed language in the student-health-services packet would put dispensers “in every student bathroom,” language that prompted questions about whether the draft exceeded Oregon law. Another member pointed the board to a state statute and administrative rules and said they wanted more time…
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