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Committee recommends statutory correction to early-childhood policy to reflect 437-hour requirement
Summary
The Mineral Point Unified School District policy committee recommended updating Policy 342.9 to remove an extraneous "(2)" from Section 121.02(1)(f)(2), noting the statutory detail of "437 required hours of instruction each school year"; recorded unanimous support (3-0).
The Policy Committee recommended a technical update to Policy 342.9 (Early Childhood Programs) intended to align the policy language with current statutory numbering. The minutes state the recommendation as: "Update the state statute by removing the (2) from Section 121.02(1)(f)(2) (437 required hours of instruction each school year)." The committee recorded the recommendation as unanimous for full-board support (3-0).
The minutes identify the statutory phrase "437 required hours of instruction each school year" in connection with the update. Trustees listed as present were Christie Johnston (chair), Rachael Bergstrom (vice chair), Matt Austin and Aaron Dunn. The minutes do not specify which committee member moved or seconded the recommendation. The committee directed the item be forwarded to the full board for formal action and verification of the statutory citation.
