Millburn School Board Policy Manual
Policy Manual with Administrative Procedures Included
Millburn CCSD #24 exists to create a culture of learning that inspires and empowers students to enrich our community.
The purpose of the Millburn School Board Policy Manual is to provide direction and guidance in the form of governance for the staff to be able to appropriately carry out the mission of our District.
Section 1- School District Organization
Section 2 - Board of Education
2:10 School District Governance
2:20 Powers and Duties of the Board of Education
2:30 Board of Education Elections
2:40 Board Member Qualifications
2:50 Board Member Term of Office
2:60 Board Member Removal From Office
2:70 Vacancies on Board of Education - Filling Vacancies
2:100 Board Member Conflict of Interest
2:110 Qualifications, Term, and Duties of Board Officers
2:120 Board Member Development
2:130* Board-Superintendent Relationship
2:140 Communications to and from the Board
2:170 Procurement of Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Services
2:200 Types of Board of Education Meetings
2:210 Organizational Board of Education Meetings
2:220 Board of Education Meeting Procedure
2:230 Public Participation at Board of Education Meetings and Petitions to the Board
2:240 Board Policy Development
2:250* Access to District's Public Records
Section 4 - Operational Services
4:10* Fiscal and Business Management
4:45 Insufficient Funds Checks
4:55 Use of Credit and Procurement Cards
4:130* Free and Reduced-Price Food Services
4:150* Facility Management and Building Programs
4:160 Environmental Quality of Buildings and Grounds
4:165 - Awareness and Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Grooming Behaviors
4:175 Convicted Child Sex Offender; Screening; Notifications
Section 5 - Personnel
5:10 Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Recruitment
5:20 Workplace Harassment Prohibited
5:30 Hiring Process and Criteria
5:35 Compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act
5:40 Communicable and Chronic Infectious Disease
5:50 Drug and Alcohol-Free Workplace
5:90 Abused and Neglected Child Reporting
5:100 Staff Development Program
5:125 Personal Technology and Social Media; Usage and Conduct
5:130 Responsibilities Concerning Internal Information
5:139 Off-Campus/Overnight School Activities
5:140 Solicitations By or From Staff
5:180 Temporary Illness or Temporary Incapacity
5:200 Terms and Conditions of Employment and Dismissal
5:230 Maintaining Student Discipline
5:270 Employment At-Will, Compensation, and Assignment
5:280 Duties and Qualifications
5:285 Drug and Alcohol Testing for School Bus Drivers and Commercial Vehicle Drivers
5:290* Employment Termination and Suspensions
5:300 Schedules and Employment Year
5:330* Sick/Personal Leave, Vacation, Holidays, and Others Leaves
Section 6 - Instruction
6:10* Educational Philosophy and Objectives
6:20 School Year Calendar and Day
6:30 Organization of Instruction
6:65 Student Social and Emotional Development
6:80 Teaching About Controversial Issues
6:100 Using Animals in the Educational Program
6:120 Education of Children with Disabilities
6:135 Accelerated Placement Program
6:140 Education of Homeless Children
6:150 Home and Hospital Instruction
6:160 English Language Learners
6:190 Extracurricular and Co-Curricular Activities
6:235 Access to Electronic Networks
6:250 Community Resource Persons and Volunteers
6:255 Assemblies and Ceremonies
6:260 Complaints about Curriculum, Instructional Materials, and Programs
Section 7 - Students
7:10 Equal Educational Opportunities
7:15 Student and Family Privacy Rights
7:20 Harassment of Students Prohibited
7:30 Student Assignment and Intra-District Transfers
7:40 Nonpublic School Students, Including Parochial and Home-Schooled Students
7:50 School Admissions and Student Transfers To and From Non-District Schools
7:80 Release Time for Religious Instruction/Observance
7:100 Health, Eye, and Dental Examinations; Immunizations; and Exclusion of Students
7:130 Student Rights and Responsibilities
7:150 Agency and Police Interviews
7:180 Prevention of and Response to Bullying, Intimidation, and Harassment
7:185 Teen Dating Violence Prohibited
7:240 Conduct Code for Participants in Extracurricular Activities
7:250 Student Support Services
7:260 Exemption from Physical Activities (Press Exemption From Physical Education)
7:270 Administering Medicines to Students
7:275 Orders to Forgo Life-Sustaining Treatment
7:280 Communicable and Chronic Infectious Disease
7:285 Food Allergy Management Program
7:300 - Extracurricular Athletics
7:305 Student Athlete Concussions and Head Injuries
7:310 Restrictions on Publications and Written or Electronic Material
7:325 Student Fundraising Activities
7:345 Use of Educational Technologies; Student Data Privacy and Security
Section 8 - Community Relations
8:10* Connection with the Community
8:20 Community Use of School Facilities
8:25 Advertising and Distributing Material in School Provided by Non-School Entities
8:30 Visitors to and Conduct on School Property
Accommodating Individuals with Disabilities
This manual may be changed at any time at the sole discretion of the Board and/or the Superintendent,
whichever has appropriate jurisdiction, subject only to mandatory collective bargaining requirements.