The

passage of House Bill 1187, known as the

Governor's Education Reform Bill, has triggered

the need for a host of policies to be formally

adopted by the Fayette County School System.

School

Superintendent John DeCotis introduced six of the

proposed policies during Monday night's board

meeting. He said they were drafted with the help

of the school board's attorney and were intended

to fulfill the new law.

While

the school system has a version of most of the

policies in place, it added one involving parent

notification of "issues, actions and

activities" for review. According to the

policy, administrators will "develop

procedures to establish protocol and guidelines

to keep parents and citizens informed of issues,

actions and activities during the operation of

the Fayette County schools."

Efforts

to inform parents about school issues, actions

and activities will be conducted through PTO,

leadership teams, newsletters, advisory councils,

parent and citizen information meetings and

letters.

In

the case of a death of a student or staff member,

act of violence, threats, inappropriate student

conduct, school emergency procedures and

behavioral codes of conduct, the same methods

will be used to inform parents when authorized by

federal and state law, especially when involving

a minor. The ultimate decision on how and when to

release information will be left to the

discretion of the school administrator in charge.

DeCotis

said the policies are available for study,

comment and review.

The

other five policies involved the establishment of

school advisory boards, community input in policy

planning, nepotism, school motor vehicle

identification, communication devices on school

buses and the school health nurse program.

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