Board clarifies classroom-evacuation and parental-notification language after debate

Jun 23, 2026

Rutherford County Schools amended wording in its interference/disruption policy to align with state statute, setting clearer thresholds for removing students from classrooms and tightening parental-notification language to comply with FERPA.

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The Rutherford County Schools Board of Education amended and approved Policy 6.306 on June 23 to clarify when students may be removed from classrooms for violent, aggressive or severely disruptive behavior and how parents are to be notified.

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