Policies

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Policy table of contents

A - FOUNDATIONS AND BASIC COMMITMENTS

Section A contains policies on the District's legal role in providing public education and the basic principles underlying school board governance. These policies provide a setting for all of the school board's other policies and regulations.

Appendix A

Section A

B - School Board Governance and operations

Section B contains policies on the school board - how it is appointed or elected; how it is organized; how it conducts meetings, and how the board operates. This section includes bylaws and policies establishing the board's internal operating procedures.

Appendix B

Section B

C - GENERAL SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION

Section C contains policies on school management, administrative organization, and school building and department administration -- including the administrative aspect of special programs and system wide reforms such as school-or site-based management. It also houses personnel policies on the superintendent, senior administrators (management team), and school principals.

Appendix C

Section C

D - Fiscal Management

Section D contains policies on school finances and the management of funds. Policies on the financing of school construction and renovation, however, are filed in Section F (Facilities Development).

Appendix D

Section D

E - SUpport services

Section E contains policies, regulations, and exhibits on non-instructional services and programs, particularly those on business management such as safety, building and grounds management, office services, transportation, and food services.

Appendix E

Section E

F - Faciliites planning and development

Appendix F

Section F

G - personnel

Section G contains policies on all school employees except for the Superintendent (found in Section C).

Appendix G

Section G

I - instruction

Section I contains policies on the instructional program: basic curricular subjects, special programs, instructional resources, and academic achievement.

Appendix I

Section I

J - students

Section J contains policies on students -- admissions, attendance, rights and responsibilities, conduct, discipline, health and welfare, and school-related activities.

Appendix J

Section J

k - school-community-home relations

Section K contains policies, regulations and exhibits on parent and community involvement in schools.

Appendix K

Section K

l - education agency relations

Section L contains policies, regulations, and exhibits on the school district's relationship with other education agencies -- including other school systems, regional or service districts, private schools, colleges and universities, education research organizations, and state and national education agencies.