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Committee advances integrated pest management policy, adds coordinator role
Summary
Committee reviewed revisions to Policy 716 (Integrated Pest Management): updated definition, removal of a curriculum requirement, and delegation of responsibility to an IPM coordinator; the committee forwarded the policy to the full board by voice vote.
Staff summarized proposed updates to Policy 716 to align with PSBA and USDA guidance, including an updated definition of integrated pest management, removal of a curriculum provision, and designation of an IPM coordinator to oversee notifications and compliance.
"There is an updated definition of integrated pest management that's been included," the staff member said, explaining that the curriculum provision was struck because it is not required academically and that the district would name a coordinator to manage notices and compliance with USDA-related expectations.
Committee members asked whether the district already met notification requirements; staff said USDA rules mandate certain notices and that principals and operations staff had been briefed. The chair moved the policy to the full board and the committee approved it by voice vote.
