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Board reviews OSPI discipline-policy changes and new oath of office requirement
Summary
Staff presented first-reading policy updates from OSPI that narrow expulsions for kindergarten–4th grade (expulsion only for weapons, per the transcript) and add a required oath of office to be filed with the auditor; staff recommended approving the first reading of the policies.
District staff reviewed packet policies drawn from OSPI guidance, calling out two items for board attention: a revised student-discipline policy (transcript reference to policy 3241) and a new oath-of-office requirement. Staff said the discipline update limits removal/expulsion authority for kindergarten–4th grade—according to the staff presentation, expulsions in that age range are limited to weapon possession—and shortens timelines for when students can be kept out of school under the new rules.
Staff also described a new oath-of-office wording that requires newly elected or re-elected board members to swear to “adhere to the constitution and the laws of the state of Washington” and to file that oath with the auditor; staff noted the transcript’s description that failure to take the oath could result in unseating from the board. Staff recommended the board approve the first reading of the two policies in the packet so the district’s policies align with OSPI guidance.
