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Caldwell board adopts multiple KASB model policies, tables several for further review
Summary
The Caldwell Board of Education voted 7-0 to adopt a package of Kansas Association of School Boards model policies and tabled several policies—including those on religion in curricular activities and use of artificial intelligence—for additional discussion.
The Caldwell Board of Education voted unanimously on Jan. 12 to adopt a package of model policies from the Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB), approving policies ranging from executive session rules to graduation requirements. The motion to adopt the policy package was made by Kordell Kattenberg and seconded by Andrea Palmer.
The approved list included policy codes such as BCBK (Executive Session), BG (Membership), IHF (Graduation Requirements), IKB (Controversial Issues), and several student- and personnel-related policies. The minutes list the adopted codes without additional public amendments.
The board also tabled several KASB model policies for further review and discussion: IKD (Religion in Curricular or School-Sponsored Activities), IKDA (Activity Participation Opt-Out Form / Religious Objection to Activities), and IIBE (Use of Artificial Intelligence). The minutes do not record detailed reasons for tabling; members chose to defer those policies for additional discussion at a future meeting.
Board members and staff did not record specific substantive changes to adopted policies in the public minutes; the action records adoption of the package as presented. Where policies were tabled, the minutes retain the policy codes for further consideration.
