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Iowa City library board adopts personnel policy updates after debate over ADA-friendly redlines and 'substance use' wording
Summary
The Iowa City Library Board approved updated personnel and related policies while directing staff to make accessibility-friendly redlines and to replace 'substance abuse' with 'substance use' where appropriate; legal counsel will review drug-testing language.
The Iowa City Library Board voted to adopt updated personnel and related policies after members debated how to present redlined edits for accessibility and agreed to change stigmatizing wording in the document.
Executive director (S2) told the board the packet includes a redline showing edits and that “the ADA requirements go into effect tomorrow,” prompting a discussion about how to provide insertions and deletions so screen readers can read them. Committee member (S8) warned, “It would be, I…
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