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Board pauses changes to suspension policy, reviews homeless-education wording after state monitoring

Schenectady City School District Board of Education · May 7, 2026
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Summary

The board’s policy advisory committee recommended pausing proposed edits to student-suspension policy (Policy 7313) to align with a broader code-of-conduct stakeholder review and suggested minor wording updates to education-of-homeless and Title I funding policies following a New York State coordinated monitoring review.

The Schenectady City School District Policy Advisory Committee reported to the board on May 6 that it will hold off on adopting changes to Board Policy 7313 (student suspension) until that work can be synchronized with a larger code-of-character, conduct and student-support stakeholder process.

At the April 21 advisory meeting, committee members said combining the…

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