03. Policy: Fall 2023 PLS Custom Updates

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Submitted by jenny_hunter on Fri, 05/17/2024 - 11:48am

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Excellent Educators	X	Information	X
Healthy, Safe and Responsible Students	X	Discussion
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Dr. Brian Weaver will present the second set of NCSBA Fall 2023 PLS (Policies to Lead the Schools) Custom Updates as first-read information. These 18 policies contain substantive changes as summarized below. Dr. Weaver will also present an update to policy 2310, Public Participation at Board Meetings, as recommended by the school board attorneys. He will answer any questions you may have. The board may take action to accept the 19 policies as first-read information at the next regular meeting on June 3.

1310/4002, Parental Involvement. Updates information about parental consent for student participation in protected topic surveys to reflect new state law exceptions. Includes minor editorial changes.

2310, Public Participation at Board Meetings. Updated to strengthen and enhance the rules regarding personal attacks on staff and the legal extent and scope of complaints that may be made during public comment.

3610, Counseling Program. Adds new Section C to reflect statutory requirement to have peer-to-peer student support programs in schools with grades 6 and higher. Adds language regarding early graduate scholarships. Updates the legal references.

4040/7310, Staff-Student Relations. Modifies subsection C.4 to reflect legal requirements in new state law. Updates the legal references.

4110, Immunization and Health Requirements for School Admission. Removes reference to the Governor’s Commission on Early Childhood Vision Care, which no longer exists.

4130, Discretionary Admission. Includes substantive changes throughout. Updates legal references.

4240/7312, Child Abuse and Related Threats to Child Safety. Modifies Section D to reflect legal requirements in new state law. Updates legal references.

4342, Student Searches. Includes changes in first paragraph and Section A based on new state law. Updates legal references.

4720, Surveys of Students. Updates the parental consent information in subsection A.2 to reflect the new statutory exception.

5210, Distribution and Display of Non-School Material. Adds language based on new statutory provisions regarding the display of farm signs on state highway rights-of-way.

6220, Operation of School Nutrition Services. Adds a provision based on a new statutory requirement that prohibits the use of administrative penalties on a student for unpaid meal charges. Updates legal references.

6401/9100, Ethics and the Purchasing Function. Adds new statutory requirement that employees who are involved in making or administering contracts receive conflicts of interest training. Updates legal references.

7100, Recruitment and Selection of Personnel. Clarifies the age discrimination standard. Updates a timeframe in Section D regarding criminal history checks of child care providers to comply with statutory changes. Eliminates unnecessary language in Section D. Updates legal references.

7130, Licensure. Adds new subsection B.6 to address new licensure requirements for service members and their spouses relocating to North Carolina. Other minor editorial changes. Updates legal references.

7510, Leave. Adds new Section D about paid parental leave. Updates legal references.

7520, Family and Medical Leave. Adds reference to paid parental leave in Section M.

7730, Employee Conflict of Interest. Adds new section to include the new statutory requirement that employees who are involved in making or administering contracts receive conflicts of interest training. Updates legal references.

8325, Daily Deposits. G.S. 115C-445, which governs daily deposits, has increased the threshold from $250 to $1,500. The board may keep the dollar amount currently listed or choose a different amount up to $1,500.

9125, Participation by Minority Businesses. Modifies first paragraph to reflect statutory changes to the definition of “minority business.” Corrects a typo in subsection B.6.

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