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Board reviews several policy changes addressing civil rights, leave and graduation requirements
Summary
Board members reviewed proposed edits to nondiscrimination/civil-rights procedures, family and medical leave (to align with state law), a new domestic violence/assault/bias/stalking leave policy, graduation requirement revisions including a certificate of attendance, and a medication policy change allowing naloxone in emergencies.
The board reviewed a package of personnel and student policies for first reading and administrative action.
Speaker 3 summarized revisions to the nondiscrimination and civil rights policy to incorporate training requirements and the duties of the civil rights coordinator. "I am the civil rights coordinator for our district," S3 said while explaining the complaint tracking and training responsibilities. The policy change codifies responsibilities that mirror recent legislative requirements.
On family and medical leave, staff explained state law changed on July 1 so family leave no longer runs concurrently with Oregon Paid Leave; the district policy was updated to align with the state change, Speaker 4 said. The board also reviewed a new policy establishing leave for domestic violence, harassment, assault, bias or stalking to help administer employee protections.
Changes to graduation policy (IKF) replace the previous "alternative certificate" category with a certificate of attendance and add 0.5 credits in higher education/career pathway and personal finance while still keeping the 24-credit graduation total. Finally, staff described an update to medication protocols: naloxone delivery to someone experiencing an overdose may be provided without prior training during a medical emergency.
Board members posed clarifying questions about operational details and training responsibilities; no final vote was taken on the policy package during this meeting.
