School Committee and Policy Subcommittee // October 20, 2026

The Marshfield School Committee Policy Subcommittee met on October 20, 2026, to review legally required school policy updates. For policy JKAA on physical restraint and time out, members favored using the MASC model policy and keeping the district’s detailed procedures in a separate document, while retaining local practices and requirements in those procedures. The revisions address Massachusetts requirements for restraint, seclusion, time out, staff training, documentation, and reporting. The committee also reviewed a Protect Act policy requiring district procedures for responding to civil law enforcement activity at schools, including contacting district counsel, documenting interactions, and notifying families; members noted that the district should also establish a separate KI visitors-to-schools policy.

The subcommittee passed motions to present JKAA, ECL, and KI to the full School Committee; all three motions passed. These were referrals for consideration, not final adoption votes. The discussion concerned statutory and policy compliance; no procurement, contract awards, vendor selections, or spending decisions were identified.