Board approves student-behavior and residency verification policy updates
Summary
The Pearl River County board voted to reapprove Section J (student behavior) and to adopt administration-recommended clarifications to JBC/JDC residency verification language clarifying which documents verify residency.
The Board of Education of the Pearl River County School District considered several policy items at its March 12 meeting and approved updates to student-behavior policy and residency-verification language.
Board members discussed Section J, which covers student behavior and student rights, and noted the update mostly involves formatting and minor verbiage changes rather than substantive policy shifts. The board voted to reapprove Section J as presented.
The board then considered administration’s recommendation to revise JBC and a related change in JDC to clarify the documentation required to verify student residence. The administration described the change as a simplification of verbiage and an explicit specification of two documents to be used for verification. After brief discussion, the board approved the recommended changes.
Both items were approved by voice vote; no roll‑call tallies were read into the record during the meeting. The board also approved routine financial items and a consent agenda earlier in the meeting.
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