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Board reviews policy updates including shortened misconduct reporting window to 24 hours
Summary
Trustees reviewed multiple local policy updates; staff highlighted that the required reporting window for employee misconduct/child abuse was shortened from 48 to 24 hours and that reports should be filed online with TEA/CPS as soon as possible.
Board members reviewed a package of HR and legal policy updates proposed for local policies. Staff summarized roughly 26 changes and emphasized a key change to mandatory reporting timelines.
"Employee misconduct is probably the biggest 1. Went from 48 hours to 24 hours," speaker 2 said, describing the requirement to report suspected employee misconduct or child abuse online to TEA and CPS and noting the online system records the timestamp when a report is filed. Trustees asked how after‑hours incidents (for example at a Friday night game) should be handled; staff said the online reporting tool can be used anytime and that districts should enter reports as soon as possible once they are aware of an incident.
Trustees moved and seconded to accept the policy updates as presented.
