Sesser-Valier Community Unit School District 196 Board Policy Committee met Jan. 12

Sesser-Valier Community Unit School District 196 Board Policy Committee met Jan. 12.

Here are the minutes provided by the committee:

A meeting of the Policy Committee of the Board of Education of Sesser-Valier Community Unit School District No. 196 was held on January 12, 2026, at 7:28 PM in the Sesser-Valier High School Library. The meeting was called to order and roll for the Policy Committee was recorded by District Superintendent Jason Henry with the following results:

Committee Members Present: Dilliner, Kelly, Rounds

Committee Members Absent: Garner

Staff Present: J. Henry, K. Jones, N. Page

Public Comment/Correspondence

None

Reports

Superintendent Henry briefly described the policy review/committee process.

New Business

Superintendent Henry summarized recommended modifications to the board policy manual (legal compliance updates, substantive modifications, and non-substantive rewrites of forty (40) board policies). Superintendent Henry and board committee members reviewed one (1) PRESS policy manual update (Issue # 120 dated October, 2025). The Committee reviewed and discussed each policy considered for substantive updates and reviewed policies considered for non-substantive updates (revised legal references/cross references/style changes). 

The Committee agreed by unanimous consent to recommend the revised policies to the full board for approval at its regular February, 2026, meeting.

Adjournment 

The meeting adjourned by unanimous consent at 7:45 PM.

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