Board adopts handbook changes tied to Senate File 24-28, creates oversight committees

The Treynor School Board reviewed and adopted handbook language to implement Senate File 24-28, a state-level directive that distinguishes nonviolent and violent classroom disruptions and prescribes responses. Board presenters described mandatory removal protocols, teacher-administrator follow-ups, and a new oversight-committee structure for each building.

Miss Olsen summarized the changes: nonviolent disruptions (for example, repeated disorderly conduct or bullying) result in a temporary removal and supervision of the student for at least 30 minutes (or a class period for grades 6–12); violent disruptions require mandatory removal, and when a student is violent toward a teacher “no readmission [is] allowed under any circumstances until this teacher does consent,” per the presentation. The handbook language also adds an “IEP at a glance” template and requires special-education staff to review accommodations with classroom teachers and sign the document.

Board members asked for clarification on logistics (who supervises removed students, bus/transport distinctions and administrative burden). Administrators said transportation is explicitly separate from the classroom rules and that the oversight committees—composed of at least two classroom teachers and an administrator per building—will be teacher-selected and will develop building-specific procedures for readmission and supports.