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ISTD Board adopts policy change disqualifying candidates convicted of certain school-ground assaults or harassment
Summary
The ISTD Board of Education voted to adopt changes to policy G250P (aligned to the board manual G250B) that add candidate-qualification language disqualifying individuals convicted of first- or second-degree assault or harassment occurring on district grounds; the board also approved handbook updates expanding extracurricular eligibility for homeschool and virtual students and removing durags from prohibited dress items.
The ISTD Board of Education on Tuesday adopted revisions to policy G250P to align the board manual with recent state legislation and add a new qualification disallowing candidates who have been found guilty of, or pleaded guilty to, first- or second-degree assault or harassment where the offense occurred on school district grounds.
Board members read and discussed the statutory language before the vote. A board speaker read the added sentence as follows: "[A candidate must] not have been found guilty of or plead guilty to…
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