System Structure

The system is contained in 12 sections, or chapters, as follows:

A – Foundations and Basic Commitments

B – School Committee Governance and Operations

C – General School Administration

D – Fiscal Management

E – Support Services

F – Facilities Development

G – Personnel

H – Negotiations

I – Instruction

J – Students

K – School Committee Relations

L – Education Agency Relations

The letter classification system was designed for expansion and adaptation to local use. New descriptors and codes can and should be added to accommodate the special policy needs of local school systems and new policy concerns brought with changing times.

The system calls for the use of the letter symbols –R and –E following letter codes to distinguish regulation (-R) and exhibits (-E) from policies.