DougCo School Board to vote on resolution recommending changes to educational equity policy

The newly-elected Douglas County School District Board of Education is expected to vote on a resolution Tuesday night that would recommend changes to an educational equity policy implement by the previous board.

Last year, the old board approved an Educational Equity policy, which would take an approach to the curriculum with diversity and inclusion in mind.

Under that policy, the district would create and implement a system to identify and fix practices that disproportionately impact particular groups and has appointed an equity advisory committee that would be in charge of things like approving textbooks and novels and providing feedback about equity in the district.

The resolution the board is discussing Tuesday, called the Culture of Individual Excellence and Inclusion, says that the board "fully supports" the goal of this policy but that because questions have arisen about its underlying assumptions and implementation, they would recommend potential changes.

If the resolution passes, the recommended changes would be presented to the board no later than September.

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