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Policy Committee recommends reverting Board Policy 2:265 after federal Title IX ruling
Summary
On Feb. 10, 2025, the Sesser-Valier CUSD 196 Policy Committee voted by unanimous consent to recommend that the Board revert Board Policy 2:265 to the version adopted Feb. 13, 2023, citing a recent federal court decision and the district’s alignment with the federal Title IX 2020 regulations.
The Policy Committee of the Sesser-Valier Community Unit School District No. 196 Board of Education voted by unanimous consent on Feb. 10, 2025, to recommend that the full Board revert Board Policy 2:265 to the version previously adopted on Feb. 13, 2023. The committee said its recommendation follows discussion of a recent federal court decision affecting Title IX policies and the district’s reliance on the federal Title IX 2020 regulations.
District Superintendent Jason Henry briefly described the committee’s policy-review process before members debated the implications of the court decision for the district’s Title IX procedures. Committee members Kirk, Lance and Sample participated in the discussion; Committee member Garner was recorded absent. The committee’s action was recorded as a unanimous-consent recommendation to the Board rather than a final policy change, meaning the full Board will consider the recommendation at a subsequent meeting.
The minutes record the motion as: “recommend that the Board revert Board Policy 2:265 to the version previously-adopted on February 13, 2023 (based on the federal Title IX 2020 Regulations).” The document does not identify the specific federal court decision by name or citation. The committee did not record a formal roll-call vote (the action was approved by unanimous consent).
