SLIPPERY ROCK — The Slippery Rock School District began updating its policies last September to make sure they are up to date.

At Monday’s meeting, the board voted to update policy on admissions, tobacco and alcohol use, and vaping products for students, as well as tobacco use and vaping products for employees.

Alfonso Angelucci, district superintendent, said at the board meeting Monday night that some of the district’s policies have not been updated since the 1980s, so every school board meeting agenda has a few policy changes up for review and a vote.

“We’re reviewing and updating all of our policies because some of them are very outdated,” Angelucci said. “After three years, the whole policy manual should be updated.”

The district adjusted language in its policies forbidding the use of drugs, alcohol, vaping products and tobacco by students and faculty members while on school grounds. The updated language covers additional devices that can be used for vaping that have come out since the last update to the policy,

The district also adjusted its admissions policy for kindergarteners. Previously, a student had to turn 5 before Aug. 1 of that school year to attend kindergarten, but the updated policy adds that students can be admitted to kindergarten if they reach the age of 5 between Aug. 2 and the first day of school and they pass a readiness assessment.

The board also approved a permit fee of $18,519 for a mechanical electrical and plumbing summer project at Moraine Elementary School, which Angelucci said would begin the day after students are dismissed for summer break, and be completed days before they return to school in the fall.

The board also approved an agreement with MHY Family Services to hire a counselor at $80 an hour for students in all grade levels in need of mental-health services.

Angelucci said the counselor, who will serve only a few students of the district, will meet with clients who need extra mental health counseling on site at their school.

“It’s just a service to help some of our kids who need that extra mental-health service,” Angelucci said. “We’re glad for that, and it’s necessary.”