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Sesser-Valier Community Unit School District 196 Board Policy Committee met July 14.

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 July 14, 2025, at 7:45 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 thirty-eight (38) board policies). Superintendent Henry and board committee members reviewed two (2) PRESS policy manual updates (Issue # 118 dated April, 2025, and Issue #119 dated June, 2025), including the District’s bullying policy (7:180). 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 discussed a recent federal court decision regarding Title IX policies. 

The Committee agreed by unanimous consent to recommend the revised policies to the full board for approval at its regular August, 2025, meeting. 

Adjournment 

The meeting adjourned by unanimous consent at 8:17 PM.

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