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Governance committee previews major revisions to suicide-prevention policy and updates to school-calendar rules under Act 56
Summary
The governance committee described wide-ranging changes to Policy 8.19 on suicide awareness, prevention and response to align district practice with state code and PDE guidance; the committee also reviewed edits to Policy 803 to reflect Act 56 (option of hours vs. 180 days). Both items will be brought to the board for approval.
The district's governance committee previewed two substantive policy updates set for board consideration.
On Policy 8.19 (suicide awareness, prevention and response), Nader Gojo said the revisions are designed to bring district language up to school code and to formalize existing practices. "There are 4 big sections that really carry you through the policy: suicide awareness and prevention…
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