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Board reviews ISBE-driven policy packet: mental-health screenings, SRO limits and cyberbullying updates
Summary
District administration summarized a policy packet required by the state board, including universal mental-health screenings for grades 3'12 starting 2027-28, limits on SRO authority, cyberbullying expansions and a package of curricular and personnel policy updates scheduled for a vote in two weeks.
Superintendent-led administration reviewed a large policy packet that the Urbana SD 116 board is scheduled to vote on in two weeks. The packet consolidates state guidance and proposed local policy language across operations, personnel, curriculum, student behavior and immigration.
The superintendent highlighted a forthcoming Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) mandate that districts provide universal mental-health screenings for students in grades 3 through 12 beginning in the 2027-28 school year. "ISBE is going…
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