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Fayette County board approves updated student conduct, attendance and device policies
Summary
The board approved multiple policy updates—including a wired-device storage approach for high school phones, AI language in technology policy, expanded attendance intervention rules and updates to safety, procurement and records policies—at second reading June 9.
The Fayette County School Corporation board on June 9 approved a slate of policy updates at second reading touching student safety, classroom technology and attendance.
Superintendent Dr. Summers summarized the changes: policy A301 (wireless communication devices) adopts a secured-storage model for the high school—students will store devices in lockers at school rather than carry them during the day. The board discussed logistics including reintroducing locker use and allowing clear backpacks under specified conditions. Dr. Summers said this choice responds to state law that requires either secured storage or a no-device policy.
Other approved changes included A300 (responsible use of technology, with added language on artificial intelligence), A200 (firearms/weapons policy expanded to address imitation firearms), C175 and C525 (attendance and medical/ AED/sudden cardiac arrest training requirements), F125 (removal of automatic renewals from vendor contracts), G325 (privacy protections for free and reduced-price meal status) and H150 (public records language that allows staff to seek legal review when requests appear to be data scraping).
On attendance, administrators described a shift from a truancy-punitive model to a tiered intervention approach tied to A–F accountability, with meetings triggered when students hit four or five missed days. Staff noted that the state’s A–F model counts excused and unexcused absences alike for accountability, and emphasized using attendance meetings to identify barriers and supports.
Board members asked for clarity on locker capacity, handbook language and communications to families; staff said the high school will publish examples of acceptable clear backpacks and that handbooks will return for a vote next month. The policy packet passed on a voice vote.
