Board approves student handbook updates adding restorative-practices language and clarifying device rules

Aug 20, 2026

Board approved course and handbook updates for 2026-27 that strengthen restorative-practices requirements and clarify rules about electronic devices and responsibility for lost school-issued devices.

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A staff presenter summarized final course updates and the 2026–27 student handbook, which the board approved at the meeting. The handbook strengthens restorative-practices language to align with state law and requires documentation that an evidence-based restorative intervention be attempted before certain suspensions for elementary students unless a statutory exception applies.

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