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Trustees approve TASB Update 127; changes include educator-misconduct notifications and counselor 80/20 guidance
Summary
Outside counsel summarized TASB-recommended Update 127 and trustees approved it. The update adds statutory-based reasons for nonrenewal (including prohibited DEI duties), clarifies superintendent accountability language, requires parent notification for certain educator misconduct categories under SB 571, and establishes guidance that counselors spend 80% of duties on counseling.
Shelley Smith, representing the district's legal/consulting services and summarizing TASB recommendations, walked the board through Update 127 and its practical effects on local policy.
Smith summarized that updates add two causes for superintendent nonrenewal tied to intentionally assigning or engaging in programming prohibited by law and to assigning DEI duties that state law now restricts. She explained the change is grounded in legislative updates and TASB's role in translating those changes. "TASB is kind of like an interpretation service for all those legal changes," Smith said, describing why districts adopt TASB-recommended language.
Smith also highlighted Senate Bill 571 changes specifying categories of educator misconduct that now trigger parent notification timelines (including sexual contact, inappropriate communications, solicitation of a romantic relationship, and failure to maintain boundaries). Update 127 also reorganized DP-series job descriptions and introduced a requirement that counselors spend at least 80% of their time on counseling duties, not ancillary tasks.
Board discussion focused on implementation details (how to track counselor 80/20 time, whether to raise capitalization thresholds from $5,000 to $10,000) rather than rejecting the update. The board voted to approve Update 127 in open session.
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