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Fairfax County Public Schools committee meeting, Sep 15, 2026

1 h 49 min · 0 public speakers

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FCPS governance committee discusses reorganizing governance manual 1:38

  • The Governance Committee discussed reorganizing the governance manual, and the presiding member said a revised table of contents and a section on staff would be brought back. 1:38
  • A speaker said the requested changes would be brought back for the next meeting as long as there was consensus. 49:37
  • A motion to move the policy to consent received a vote announced as unanimous for all board members present. 1:35:31
  • A speaker said the timeline aimed for a February vote, with February 11th as the board vote, and a speaker later said all were in agreement on the timeline. 1:39:38
Item by item (10)
  1. Opening and approval of minutes 0:04
    • The meeting was called to order at 4:32 PM, and a motion was made to approve the minutes. 0:04
    • A speaker said only the 17 policies discussed at the last meeting were posted on new business. 1:18
    • The minutes were approved, with the vote announced as unanimous for all board members. 1:38
  2. Governance manual revision plan 1:38
    • The presiding member presented a tentative outline and said the conversation was about organizing the information, not changing content. 1:56
    • Speakers suggested moving board self-governance sections toward the front and linking to items such as the strategic plan rather than reproducing them. 3:10
    • A speaker asked whether the revision notes starting on page 114 needed to remain in the document. 15:21
    • The presiding member said a revised table of contents and a section related to staff would be brought back. 25:00
  3. Superintendent responsibilities policy 24:15
    • The committee discussed changing a section header to present progress so that it would begin with a verb like the others. 30:14
    • A speaker read revised language calling for developing procedures and regulations necessary to ensure the efficient and safe operation of the school division. 41:31
    • The presiding member said the changes would be brought back for the next meeting. 49:37
  4. Policy 1310 philosophy changes 50:01
    • A suggestion was presented to change the word principals in the philosophy section to the division superintendent. 50:01
    • A speaker asked whether the philosophy should refer only to policy, and another speaker said it needed to refer to both policy and regulation. 50:35
    • After a motion and second to move it to consent, the presiding member said the committee was good for 1310 with those changes. 52:50
  5. Charity drives policy 52:50
    • Proposed changes replaced references to principals with the division superintendent. 52:50
    • Speakers debated language on system-wide charity fundraising drives and whether they must relate to children. 1:04:20
    • The presiding member said that, without objection, the deletion of the phrase on supporting business partners would be added. 1:07:12
  6. Data collection and research policy 1:08:28
    • A change to the purpose statement was presented on regulating data collection by internal and external parties. 1:08:47
    • A speaker said researchers may ask to access existing data that is not publicly available or to collect new data such as surveys, and both go through an approval process. 1:12:41
  7. Procurement policy 5010 1:14:09
    • The presiding member said procurement plans to offer a combined policy covering 5011 and 5010. 1:14:09
    • Speakers discussed adding to the greatest extent practicable, and the presiding member said it would be removed from the first location and left in the second. 1:15:13
    • A speaker asked that a date certain for a merged version of the policy be brought by the next meeting. 1:31:05
  8. Public property policy 5029 1:31:25
    • Changes replaced the division principal or program manager with the division superintendent and changed the pronoun wording later in that sentence to their. 1:32:12
    • The wording was revised to say the superintendent shall assume responsibility for all public property within the school division. 1:33:39
    • The motion to move the policy to consent was announced as unanimous for all board members present. 1:35:31
  9. Policy 5030 and new state law 1:34:58
    • The presiding member said 5030 would be brought back next time with requested changes in the red line. 1:36:00
    • A speaker said a phrase on compliance with applicable state and federal law would capture a provision taking effect in 2027. 1:37:04
    • The presiding member asked whether there was objection to adding a legal reference on multi-age classes. 1:38:00
  10. Educational technology policy timeline 1:38:00
    • The timeline included an ETRC meeting on October 21st, a governance review on the 27th, new business January 28th and a board vote February 11th. 1:38:00
    • A speaker said the pre-K and K moratorium on handing out devices remains on hold, and another speaker said student AI use remains blocked. 1:42:18
    • The presiding member said 21 policies would be posted for the 27th meeting, and the meeting was adjourned at 6:20. 1:46:57
    • The presiding member said the committee was in agreement on the timeline. 1:46:40

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Video: posted by the district as “9/15/2026 - FCPS School Board Governance Committee Meeting”