The commission unanimously adopted Resolution 26-1746 to update the city's purchasing policy, exempt legal services and special assessments from purchase-order requirements, add vendor-evaluation language to align with Senate Bill 1134, and shrink the protest deadline from seven days to two days after posting an award recommendation.

Board members held a first reading to revise Policy 603: removing fixed numerical SOL thresholds and instead aligning with state code for automatic enrollment into accelerated math, while retaining parent opt‑out and reporting requirements; presenters said pass rates held steady after increased enrollments.

The board approved updates to policy 54‑10 to incorporate 3rd‑grade retention language tied to the Success Act; members asked how mid‑year benchmarks and possible retentions would affect personnel decisions and timelines for hearings and summer retesting.

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Auditors told the board that SORM's claims policies were last updated in 2011–2012 and that monitoring and documentation gaps led to inconsistent claims processing and some calculation errors in the Origami system.

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On second reading the board approved nondiscrimination and student attendance policies unanimously. The proposed GRAMA/records retention policy prompted extended discussion; counsel said the draft follows state guidance but the board requested IT provide storage, tiering and one‑vs‑three‑year retention analyses before final action.

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Anthropic just rewrote the rules on how you can treat its AI, and the changes go far beyond manners. The updated policy cracks down on election interference, autonomous weapons, and covert surveillance while banning users from being repeatedly cruel to Claude for no reason. State-linked actors have already been caught using Claude for bioweapons research and cyberattacks, and Anthropic says the new rules take effect November 12. https://qz.com/anthropic-usage-policy-update-claude-abuse-election-weapons-100826

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