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Policy committee advances redlines for community policies but holds ‘shall’→‘will’ change and flags volunteer fingerprinting conflict
Summary
Committee members agreed to refer most section‑7 language updates and rescissions to the full board for first reading, but deferred a systemic swap of “shall” to “will” pending placement of clarifying language in the policy‑on‑policies and asked staff/legal to reconcile volunteer rules with fingerprinting requirements that reference 'unsupervised contact.'
The Portland SD 1J Board of Education policy committee spent its March meeting reviewing redline edits to community policies (section 7 of the board manual), agreeing to send most non‑substantive language updates and several rescissions to the full board for first reading while pausing on changes that could have legal consequences.
Chair Michelle DePass said staff prepared initial redline drafts focused on formatting, capitalization, department names, and inclusive language, and noted comparable policies at the Oregon School Boards Association and Salem‑Keizer District were used for comparison. The committee agreed to begin with section 7 (community policies) because much of it had not been reviewed in years.
Directors and legal counsel walked through specific edits: replacing the word “district” with “PPS” for…
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