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Marion County board adopts 2026–27 student code of conduct and approves strategic plan, contracts
Summary
The Marion County Public Schools board unanimously adopted the 2026–27 student code of conduct, approved the district strategic plan for 2026–2031 and cleared multiple contracts and purchases — including a $1.33 million therapy-services contract and a $1.7 million turf/track piggyback — during its May meeting.
The Marion County Public Schools Board voted unanimously May 26 to adopt the 2026–27 student code of conduct, approve the district’s 2026–2031 strategic plan and authorize several contracts and purchases.
Superintendent Danielle Brewer told trustees the proposed code "complies with the state statute 1006.07 and board policy 5500," and the board adopted the policy after the public hearing drew no speakers. The motion carried 5–0.
In the business portion of the meeting the board also: - Approved the 2026–2031 strategic plan after staff summarized five priorities built from months of engagement; vote 5–0. Staff member Ben Whitehouse presented the plan. - Approved a $1,333,059 independent contract with Stepping Stones Group LLC to provide six speech-language pathologists, five speech-language therapy assistants, three occupational therapists and one occupational therapy assistant for the 2026–27 school year; the item was pulled for discussion because of its $1.33 million price tag but was approved 5–0. - Approved a Sourcewell piggyback agreement for artificial turf and a rubberized track at Westport High School in the amount of $1,700,000; trustees discussed athletic benefits for students and approved the purchase 5–0. - Renewed a joint gasoline/diesel/biodiesel contract and requested additional encumbrance authority (staff noted $2.8 million already encumbered and an approximate $5 million request for the term); approved 5–0. - Approved a new/used books contract (approx. $700,000), an increase in estimated food-service expenditures (approx. $4.2 million), and an audio-visual products and services contract; all motions carried 5–0. - Approved a consent agenda of routine procurements and personnel items and recorded several expulsions (by student ID) for the remainder of 2025–26 and portions of 2026–27, with services provided; expulsions carried by unanimous vote.
Clerk Martinez Young confirmed the meeting notice had been posted to the district website on 05/19/2026.
The board’s actions follow standard procurement and policy processes; where state law governs (for example, the student code of conduct and charter-school accountability provisions discussed elsewhere on the agenda) staff cited the applicable statutes or administrative code during discussion. The board closed the meeting at 7:25 p.m.
