The Waukee Community School District Policy Committee is scheduled to meet at 4:30 p.m. on July 13 in the district boardroom at 560 SE University Ave. The agenda centers on facility-use guidelines and a substantial slate of first-reading policy items, including policies covering student conduct, electronic devices, social media, artificial intelligence, athletics, medication, public records and employee travel.
Key Items on the Agenda
Facility Use Guidelines
The committee is scheduled to consider approval of three sets of facility-use guidelines:
- Facilities Use Guidelines
- Waukee Innovation & Learning Center Facility Use Guidelines
- Waukee Schools Natatorium Facility Use Guidelines
The packet identifies these together as a proposed action item for consideration but does not provide additional substantive details about the guidelines in the extracted text.
2026 Legislative Policy Updates
A major portion of the agenda is devoted to first readings of policies identified under 2026 Legislative Policy Updates. The scheduled first readings cover:
- Policy 201.4 — Elections
- Policy 204.6 — Notice for Meetings
- Policy 401.1 — Equal Employment Opportunity
- Policy 501.8 — Open Enrollment Transfers — Procedures as a Receiving District
- Policy 502.1 — Student Conduct — Discipline
- Policy 502.13 — Discipline of Students Who Make Threats of Violence or Cause Incidents of Violence
- Policy 503.3 — Student Expression and Student Publications
- Policy 503.6 — Interscholastic Competition
- Policy 504.31 — Administration of Medication to Students
- Policy 504.31-E(2) — Administration of Medication to Students — Parental Authorization and Release Form
- Policy 601.4 — Basic Instruction Program
- Policy 601.6 — Physical Education
- Policy 602.16 — Private Instruction
- Policy 602.17 — Religion Based Exclusion from School Program
- Policy 603.4 — Multicultural and Gender Fair Education
- Policy 805 — Public Records
- Policy 904.1 — Stock Prescription Medication Supply
The extracted packet identifies these as first readings but does not include enough substantive policy text to characterize the specific proposed changes.
Several additional first-reading items focus on how students and employees use technology and social media.
- Policy 413.18 — Employee Use of Social Media is scheduled for a first reading.
- Policy 509.3 — Use of Personal Electronic Devices by Students is scheduled for a first reading.
- Policy 605.9 — Student Use of Social Media is scheduled for a first reading.
- Policy 605.10 (NEW) — Artificial Intelligence in the Educational Environment is scheduled for a first reading.
- Policy 605.10-R(1) (NEW) — Artificial Intelligence in the Educational Environment is also scheduled for a first reading. The packet says this regulation is based on an IASB policy regulation.
- Policy 605.10-R(2) (NEW) — Artificial Intelligence in the Educational Environment Grades 6-12 is scheduled for a first reading.
Together, the agenda places artificial intelligence alongside broader student-device and social-media policies for committee review. The extracted packet does not provide the underlying provisions, standards or restrictions proposed in these policies.
Athletics and Student Participation
The committee is also scheduled to conduct first readings of policies addressing eligibility and participation in athletics:
- Policy 503.6B — High School Eligibility
- Policy 503.6C — Student Participation in Non-School Sponsored Sports
These appear in addition to Policy 503.6 — Interscholastic Competition, which is included among the 2026 legislative policy updates. The extracted packet does not specify what changes are proposed to eligibility or participation requirements.
Operations and Financial Administration
Two employee travel items are scheduled for first readings:
- Policy 803.9 — Employee Travel Compensation
- Policy 803.9-R(0) — Employee Travel Compensation
The committee is also scheduled to review Policy 701.5 — Meal Charging Policy. The extracted packet identifies the subjects and first-reading status of these items but does not provide proposed reimbursement amounts, meal-charging thresholds or other detailed terms.
What to Watch at the Meeting
The agenda contains a broad policy workload, with first readings touching elections and meeting notices, employment practices, student discipline, open enrollment, student expression, athletics, medication, instruction, public records, technology, social media and artificial intelligence.
Of particular note are the newly identified Policy 605.10 and its associated regulations on artificial intelligence in the educational environment, including a regulation specifically designated for grades 6–12. Because the extracted packet provides little substantive language from the proposed policies, the agenda establishes the subjects scheduled for consideration but does not support conclusions about how district rules would change.
The committee also has a scheduling matter listed as a discussion item. The packet proposes moving the September Policy Committee meeting from Monday, Sept. 7 to Tuesday, Sept. 8 because of the Labor Day holiday.
