The attached draft of Policy IGN, Preventing Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Abuse in Montgomery County Public Schools, includes the required technical amendments in order to comply with recently passed Maryland law.  The scope of the presentation and discussion will be focused on these changes.

4.1  Policy ACA, Human Relations:

1. Draft 2 of renamed Policy ACA, Nondiscrimination, Equity, and Cultural Proficiency
2. Summary of public comments received on draft Policy ACA
3. Public Comments received on draft Policy ACA

4.2 Current policies that will be rescinded with adoption of Policy ACA:

• Policy ACB, Nondiscrimination
• Policy ACE, Gender Equity
• Policy GBA, Workforce Diversity
• Policy GMA, Human Relations Training of MCPS Staff

       Drafts of policies with technical amendments needed with the adoption of Policy ACA:

• Policy ACH, Workplace Bullying
• Policy BMA, Board of Education Advisory Committees
• Policy IEA, Framework and Structure of Early Childhood and Elementary Education
• Policy IEB, Middle School Education
• Policy IED, Framework and Structure of High School Education
• Policy JEB, Early Entrance to Prekindergarten, Kindergarten, and First Grade
• Policy JHF, Bullying, Harassment, or Intimidation

5.1 Policies IEA, Framework and Structure of Early Childhood and Elementary Education and IEF, Early Childhood Education,  for discussion