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Rantoul board packet proposes new RISE Academy rules, tightened treats policy and expanded weapons ban in student handbook
Summary
The proposed 2025–26 Student and Family Handbook adds a RISE Academy section, bans parent-supplied birthday treats (allowing only pre-packaged items), expands weapons policy to cover toy/projectile items, and introduces Safe2Help Illinois reporting and formal threat assessment procedures.
The Rantoul City Schools 2025–26 Student and Family Handbook submitted for board approval includes several substantive changes intended to clarify student placement, safety and conduct. The agenda packet adds a detailed RISE Academy section outlining assignment and procedures for students placed in the district’s alternative learning environment, and it revises the birthday parties/class treats policy to prohibit parent-supplied treats and allow only pre-packaged items for select school celebrations.
The handbook also expands the weapons policy to explicitly ban toy weapons (examples listed in the packet include Orbeez and Nerf guns) and other devices designed to launch projectiles; violations are listed as disciplinary matters that can lead to suspension or expulsion. The packet further adds Safe2Help Illinois procedures and formalized threat assessment teams, plus updated nondiscrimination and harassment complaint handling steps and new appendices such as a kindergarten early entrance appeal form.
