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Board adopts policy updates; OSBA advises removing advisory-committee language from policy

Milton-Freewater Unified SD 7 Board · October 13, 2025
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Summary

The board adopted multiple policy changes after staff recommended removing a superintendent-advisory-committee clause on OSBA advice; the board approved policies with an option to exclude the CA (superintendent advisory committee) language to avoid frequent state-driven edits.

The board moved to adopt proposed policy updates after staff discussed technical language tied to Division 22 requirements. The superintendent told the board that after consulting OSBA, the district does not need to enshrine the superintendent advisory committee as policy and can instead simply establish the committee operationally.

"You don't actually need to have that as a policy. You just need to have the committee," the superintendent said, recommending the board approve the policies while excluding the optional CA language to avoid repeated policy revisions when state guidance changes. The motion to adopt the policy changes was moved, seconded and carried.