|
America First Policy Institute
Local Policy Brief
|
| 📅 Thursday, October 8, 2026 to Calendar |
| 📄 View Official Agenda |
|
We reviewed the upcoming agenda for Pennsbury SD and found 3 items with policy significance ahead of the vote.
| PRIORITY (LEVEL 7) |
|
Policy Mandates Virtual Wellness and In-Person Home Checks
The district is considering a new policy for its full-time virtual students that mandates weekly ‘wellness checks’ where students must be visibly seen in real time. If virtual checks and subsequent contacts fail, the policy requires an in-person wellness check at the student’s home within 24 hours, including on weekends.
Policy Use
TRACK AND DOCUMENT: Item 5.A is the first reading of Policy 204.1, which implements state-mandated wellness checks for virtual students, including potential in-person home visits. Secure the final adopted text and add this district to the state tracker for implementation of 24 P.S. 1327.4.
Policy Lever: Parental Rights
|
| WATCH (LEVEL 5) |
|
Contract for ‘Nonviolent Crisis Intervention’ Training
The board is scheduled to approve a $13,046 contract with the Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) for ‘Nonviolent Crisis Intervention’ trainer certification. This type of training is often a component of discipline reforms that can limit consequences for student misbehavior.
Policy Use
WATCH: The board is set to approve contract 7.A for CPI training. Request information on how this training will be integrated into the district’s student discipline policy and whether it replaces or supplements existing procedures for maintaining order.
Policy Lever: $13,046 Contract
|
|
✅ Models to Replicate
Local actions worth capturing as model policy.
|
| Model Policy (LEVEL 8) |
|
District Proposes Parent Transportation Stipend Program
The board will conduct a first reading of a policy creating a ‘Parent Transportation Flat Rate Program.’ The program would offer parents a $300 monthly payment, up to $3,000 per year, to voluntarily transport their own children instead of using district-provided transportation.
How to Capture It
CAPTURE THE MODEL: Item 5.B introduces a model policy for a parent transportation stipend. Secure the final adopted text of Policy 810.4 and the vote count, and add it to the model policy file as an example of empowering parental choice and fiscal efficiency.
✅ Why It Matters: Parental Choice
|
|
|
District Leadership
| Address |
134 Yardley Ave, Fallsington, PA 19058 |
|
|
“America First, Always.”
AFPI exists to advance policies that put the American people first. Our guiding principles are liberty, free enterprise, national excellence, American military superiority, foreign-policy engagement in the American interest, and the primacy of American workers, families, and communities in all we do.
America First Policy Institute
Powered by Sentinel Engine |