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Board approves multiple policy second readings, confirms corporal punishment prohibition
Summary
On second reading the board approved a slate of policy updates and clarified that the version of policy 6.314 under consideration states the district will not use corporal punishment; the board approved that version after noting two versions had been circulated in error.
The Fayetteville City Schools board approved several policy updates on second reading at its December meeting, and explicitly confirmed the version of the corporal-punishment policy being voted on prohibits corporal punishment.
A policy committee member moved and the board approved second readings for a package of policies, including 4.301 (interscholastic athletics), 5.303 (personal and professional leave), 5.307 (physical assault leave), 6.309 (tolerance offenses), 6.4001 (student surveys, analysis and evaluation), 6.319 (alternative education), 6.402 (physical examinations and immunizations), and 6.5 (special education students).
When policy 6.314 (corporal punishment) was called, the chair and committee clarified there had been an administrative error that circulated two different drafts. A board member noted: "You were accidentally sent two versions of this policy. So the copy you have is the version that we are voting on." Another board member stated that one of the versions "says there will be no corporal punishment," and the board confirmed the no-corporal-punishment version was the one being approved. The motion to adopt that version on second reading carried by voice vote.
All policy votes were recorded in the public meeting as voice votes; the transcript does not include a roll-call tally. The policy committee said its monthly review and the board’s monthly second-reading schedule are part of the system’s required annual policy review process.
Board members thanked the policy committee for the workload of reviewing policies monthly and moved on to other business.
