October 6, 2022 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Policy Committee Meeting

Rationale: 

There was legislation passed in the last session requiring BOE to update their administration of medications policy to address the use of Narcan.  Just a side note, our admin team, and nurses have been trained twice.  Once in 2018 and last spring.  

We updated it based on a model policy from our attorney's office.  We are open to any suggestions you might have. 

In addition, apparently, we are supposed to annually provide parents with the opportunity to refuse the administration of EpiPen or Narcan.   There is language at the end of the document which we could implement as part of our demographic updates in the Fall.  On the written refusal you will see that we have to list our medical advisor. 


Policy 5141.21 - Administration of Student Medications in the Schools

Rationale:  Per legislation, this policy and regulations need to be updated.  
Attendance and Truancy Policy - I only updated the legal references
Attendance and Truancy Regulation - Added Mental Health Days & changes to the definition of truancy.

Policy 5113 - Student Attendance and Truancy

Regulation 5113 - Student Attendance and Truancy

Rationale:  This is a NEW policy.  We are proposing to use Shipman's model policy.  This is specifically a Personnel Policy.  This is in response to recent legislation and the incident in Plymouth regarding the arrest of school staff for not reporting an incident.   I believe moving forward we are also responsible for providing professional learning based on the new curriculum being developed by DCF.  

Series 4000 - Reports of Suspected Abuse or Neglect of Children or Reports of Sexual Assault of Students By School Employees

Rationale:  Public Act No. 21-199 directs boards of education, not later than July 1, 2022, to adopt a policy to improve completion rates of the FAFSA by students enrolled in grade twelve or an adult education program maintained by the board.  We have drafted a policy that meets statutory requirements.  The suggested procedures are not required by law.

Policy 6148 - FAFSA    (New)

Rationale:  No recommended changes..This policy was reviewed as part of the 2000 series review.  

Policy 2150 - Administrative Staff

Rationale:  This policy was reviewed in conjunction with the new legislative requirement on weighted grades.   The policy itself is more general in nature. The details are provided for families as part of the school handbooks and/or programs of study.    As a result,  it is recommended that the regulation be deleted as it is significantly outdated (2001).   Links to the Bethel Middle School grading system and the Bethel High School program of studies are included for your reference.  

Policy 6146.1 - Grading/Assessment Systems

Regulation 6146.1 - Grading/Assessment Systems (Recommended for deletion)

Bethel High School Program of Studies
Bethel Middle School Grading 

Rationale:  In the last legislative session, Boards of Education were required to adopt a policy for weighted grading and calculation of grade point averages.  The weighted grading policy is the model suggested by Shipman and Goodwin.  The scale outlined in the policy is the one Bethel High School has always used and published in the program of studies.   

Policy 6146.11 - Weighted Grading and Calculation of Grade Point Averages