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Octorara Area SD board approves multiple policy updates on second reading
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The Octorara Area School District board on May 18 approved second readings of policies on discrimination/harassment, exemptions from instruction, and tax collection, adopting PSBA-recommended wording changes including replacing 'compliance officer' with 'Title IX coordinator' and adding monthly enrollment reporting for charter schools.
The Octorara Area School District Board of School Directors approved second readings of several district policies at its May 18 meeting, adopting wording changes recommended by the Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA).
Joellen, reporting for the policy committee, said the committee met earlier and reviewed the policies on the agenda. "Policy committee met at 06:00 in this room, to go over the second reading of those policies just named, details available in the minutes," she said. She described specific edits: in Policy 103 (discrimination/harassment affecting students) and Policy 104 (discrimination/harassment affecting staff) the committee removed references to a "compliance officer" and substituted "Title IX coordinator"; Policy 105.2 (exemption from instruction) was revised following PSBA recommendations to add notice and an opt-out opportunity for parents for certain science activities such as dissection and incubation; Policy 3332 (working periods) received minor wording changes to increase scheduling flexibility; and Policy 606 (tax collection) was updated to reflect current tax-collection processes.
Chair moved that "the Octorara Board of School directors approve the following policy, second reading" and called for a voice vote. The board approved the measures on the second reading.
Joellen also noted a first reading of a policy related to charter schools that would require charter operators to submit monthly enrollment reports to the district and flagged a modest clarification to the district audit policy to explicitly include state-level audit language.
The board indicated the committee minutes will include details of the recommended edits and that the revised policies will be incorporated as adopted. No implementation dates beyond standard board policy adoption procedures were provided at the meeting.
