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Board reviews updates to student-services policies including Title IX, neurodiversity resources and dropout prevention
Summary
Director Frank Toussaint presented proposed revisions to the 5000-series student-services policies to align with CSBA and recent state law changes. Updates include non-discrimination language, posting requirements for neurodiversity resources, Title IX complaint procedures, and changes to attendance-recovery rules tied to SB references cited in the transcript.
Frank Toussaint, director of student services, walked trustees through a package of revisions to the district's student-services policies (BP/AR 5000 series). The updates reflect recent guidance from CSBA and new state laws cited in the meeting record, including changes the transcript identifies as "senate bill 11 37 of 2024" and other bills that require broader nondiscrimination language, posting of specific resources related to neurodiversity on district websites, and a Title IX complaint-procedure regulation that the district says it has implemented through recent trainings. Toussaint summarized that policies now clarify protections for actual or perceived characteristics, require posting of standardized incident forms for CIF-participating districts, and include updated language on facility access and all-gender restrooms beginning 07/01/2026.
Trustees asked for clarifications about implementation and training; Toussaint said district managers had already received Title IX training and that the district will expand training to certificated and classified staff. The board was briefed that many of these updates are compliance-driven rather than discretionary and that administrative regulations will return for action on June 23; policy adoption will be scheduled accordingly.
