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SHARYLAND ISD board reviews handbook changes: reporting, dress code and DEI restrictions highlighted
Summary
Administration presented handbook updates that set CPR certification deadlines, clarified parent notification when uncertified staff serve 30+ days, tightened dress-code language, clarified TEA reporting procedures (superintendent files misconduct reports), and noted prohibition on DEI activities; board accepted updates as informational and will bring final policy revisions back for action when required.
SHARYLAND ISD administration presented proposed updates to the employee handbook during the June 22 meeting, citing legislative changes and TASB model-policy recommendations. The review covered training deadlines, parent-notification rules, misconduct-reporting procedures, dress-code standards and local adjustments to reflect state guidance.
Administration described a specific deadline for CPR and health-safety documentation: coaches, nurses and fine-arts staff must submit proof by July 31 to the designated campus or director. Officials also explained a clarified parent-notification rule: parents must receive notice if an uncertified, inappropriately certified, or long-term substitute serves in a classroom for more than 30 consecutive instructional days.
On misconduct reporting, the presenter reported that alleged incidents of educator misconduct — including arrests — must be reported to TEA and that the superintendent is responsible for filing those reports. “They just added that alleged incidents of misconduct of educators, including arrests, need to be done by the superintendent,” the presenter said.
Other handbook changes addressed employee dress code standards (including when jeans are permissible), added explicit e-cigarette prohibitions for employees, updated DWI-reporting timelines, and removed an early-resignation incentive. Trustees heard the updates and acknowledged staff input from advisory committees; the board approved the related policy updates later in the meeting where action was needed.
Administration said the handbook remains a living document and will be updated again if additional legislative or model-policy changes occur.
