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Palisades SD removes curricular requirement from pest-management policy after state standard expires
Summary
The committee updated integrated pest-management policy to align with state regulations: notification time frames and signage requirements were clarified, and a prior requirement to include pest management in curriculum was removed after the related state academic standard expired.
The policy for integrated pest management was revised to align with state regulations: the committee updated definitions, clarified time frames for notification of pesticide applications, and specified how long signage must remain after an application. Committee members noted that a prior requirement to incorporate integrated pest-management instruction into curriculum was removed because the state's academic standard that mandated such instruction expired.
Members discussed that pesticide notifications (for outdoor spraying, for example) remain an important public-safety communication and that the policy should clearly set the notification and signage windows. The committee approved moving the edited policy language forward for further review in the policy process.
