Policy Manual

Donegal SD

This Index is designed to quickly direct the reader to the individual section(s) dealing with a specific topic. The terminology used in the Policy Manual has been included here, including a listing of all sections covered under each topic heading.

In addition, popular synonyms have also been utilized where necessary to guide the reader. Cross-referencing has been employed to provide all of the major sections dealing with certain important topics.  Example:  Employment Contract includes Administrative, Professional and Classified Employees
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POLICY MANUAL INDEX POLICY MANUAL NUMBER
ABSENCE, LEAVE OF
Administrative employees 333, 335, 336, 338, 339, 342
Classified employees 535, 539, 542
Professional employees 433, 435, 436, 438, 439, 442
ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES 300
Anticipated disability 335
Assignment and transfer 309
Bereavement leave 336
Communications and complaints 326
Compensated professional leaves 338.1
Dress code 325
Drug and substance abuse 351
Employment/nondiscrimination 104, 104ATT, 302, 304
Family leave 335.1
Harassment 348, 348ATT
HIV infection 314
Income protection plan 334.1
Job related expenses 331
Jury duty 342
Management team 327
Medical leave 335.1
Outside activities 319
Personnel files 324
Professional development 333
Sabbatical leave 338
Sick leave 334
Tobacco use 323
Uncompensated leave 339
Universal precautions 314.1
Wage and salary 328
ADULT EDUCATION 125
ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER 409
ATHLETICS 122, 123, 211
Clinics and conferences 123
ATTENDANCE
General 204
Pregnant pupils 234
BIDS
Cooperative (joint) purchasing 613
Purchases subject to bid 610
BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS (see School Board Procedures And Goals)
Committees 005
Communications and complaints 009
Election 004
Filling of vacancies 004
Meetings 006, 006.1, 903
Membership 004
Officers 005
Voting (majority) 006
BONDING 005
BUDGET
Planning 602
Preparation 603
Proposal 604
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS (see Property)  
BULLYING AND EXTORTION 249
CALENDAR 803
CENSUS 701
CHILD/STUDENT ABUSE 806
CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEES 905
CLASS SIZE 126
CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES 500
Anticipated disability 535
Communications and complaints 526
Dress and grooming 525
Drug and substance abuse 551
Employment 504, 505
Family leave 535.1
Harassment 548, 548ATT
HIV infection 514
Job related expenses 531
Jury duty 542
Medical leave 535.1
Nondiscrimination/employment 104, 104ATT, 504
Outside activities 519
Overtime 530
Personnel files 524
Short-term employees 505
Sick leave 534
Substitutes 505
Tobacco use 523
Uncompensated leave 539
Universal precautions 514.1
Wage and salary determination 528
CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 122, 228, 229, 618
COMMUNITY 900
Booster clubs 915
Citizen advisory committees 905
Commercial activities 911
Distribution of materials 913, 913.1
District/school report cards 919
Municipal government relations 909
News media relations 902
Nonschool activities 913
Nonschool materials 913
Nonschool organizations/groups/individuals 913
Parent relations 908
Public attendance at school events 904
Public complaints 906
Public participation at Board meetings 903
Publications programs 902
Relations with educational institutions 912
Relations with intermediate unit 914
School visitors 907
Student participation, nonschool materials 913
Title I complaint procedure 906
Title I parent involvement 918
Volunteers 916
COMPLAINT POLICY 906
COURSES OF STUDY 107
CURRICULUM (see Programs)
DISCIPLINE 218, 233
DRESS AND GROOMING
Administrative employees 325
Classified employees 525
Professional employees 425
Students 221
DRUG AWARENESS 227
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 805
EMPLOYEES (see Administrative 300; Classified 500; Professional 400)  
EMPLOYMENT
Administrators 304
Classified 504
Professionals 404, 405
Substitutes (Classified) 505
Substitutes (Professional) 405
Summer school staff 406
Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent 302
EVALUATION 412, 413
EXPENSES
Board members 004
Employees 331, 431, 531
FACILITIES (see Property)
FIELD TRIPS 121
FINANCES 600
Bank accounts 608
Budget 602, 603, 604
Collection of attorney fees on delinquent accounts 606.1
District audit - public 619
Federal fiscal compliance 626
Fund balance (working capital), maintenance of 620
GASB statement 34 622
Inventory control, federal funds 626
Investment of district funds 609
Payment of bills 616
Payroll authorization 614
Payroll deduction 615
Procurement cards 625
Purchases 610
Purchasing, cooperative 613
Signatures 616
Special group audits 913
Student activity funds 618
Student body fund 618
Tax collection 606, 606.1
Tax levy 605
Taxpayer bill of rights 621
Title I fiscal requirements 626
Tuition income 607
FIRE DRILLS 805
FLAG SALUTE 807
FOOD SERVICES 808, 808.1, 808.2
FUND RAISING 913
GRADING/ASSESSMENT 213, 215
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS 217
GUIDANCE COUNSELING 112
HOLIDAYS
Classified employees 543
HOMEBOUND INSTRUCTION 117, 204, 234
HOMEWORK 130
INSURANCE 211, 813
INTERMEDIATE UNIT 914
INVESTMENTS 609
LEAVES (see Absence, Leave Of)
LESSON PLANS 111
LOCKER SEARCH/DESK SEARCH 226
MAINTENANCE 703, 704
MATERNITY LEAVE 435, 535
MEDICATIONS 210, 210.1
MOTOR VEHICLES 223
NONRESIDENT STUDENTS 202
OPENING EXERCISES 807
OPERATIONS 800
Acceptable use of internet 814.1
Acceptable use of technology by students, staff, and community members 814.2
Automatic external defibrillator (AED), CPR and first aid 822
Child/student abuse 806
Computerized personal information breach 830
Contracted services 818
Copyright materials 814
Critical incidents 820
Drug/alcohol testing - covered drivers 810.2
Emergency preparedness 805
Flag displays 807
Food service 808, 808.1, 808.2
Fraud 828
HIPAA 826, 826ATT
Insurance 812, 813
Lunch money 808.2
Management of individually identifiable health information 826, 826ATT
Nondiscrimination 815
Opening exercises 807
Organization 802
Public records 801, 801ATT
School calendar 803
School day 804
State mandate waivers 825
Suicide identification & referral 819
Transportation 810
Video monitors on school buses 810.1
PAYROLL
Authorization 614
Deductions 615
PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS
Classified employees 535
Professional employees 435
Students 209
PREGNANT PUPILS 234
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES 400
Anticipated disability 435
Assignment and transfer 409
Bereavement leave 436
Communications and complaints 426
Compensated professional leaves 438.1
Dress code 425
Drug and substance abuse 451
Employment contract 408
Employment/nondiscrimination 104, 104ATT, 404, 405
Evaluation 411, 412, 413
Family leave 435.1
Harassment 448, 448ATT
HIV infection 414
Job related expenses 431
Jury duty 442
Medical leave 435.1
Nontenured functions 416
Outside activities 419
Personnel files 424
Professional development 433
Responsibility for student welfare 440
Sabbatical leave 438
Salary determination 428
Sick leave 434
Student teachers 407
Substitute compensation 429
Summer school staff 406
Suspensions and furloughs 409, 411, 412
Tobacco use 423
Uncompensated leave 439
Universal precautions 414.1
Working periods/half-day absences 432
PROGRAMS 100
Adoption of textbooks 108
Adult education 125
Alternative education program 132
Assessments 127
Behavior management/positive behavior support 113.3
Charter schools 137.1, 140
Clinics and conferences 123
Co-curricular activities 122, 228, 229, 618
Courses of study 107
Curriculum 105, 105.1, 106
Discipline of students with disabilities 113.1
Educational goals 102
Equivalency of schools 103
Exemption from instruction 105.2
Extracurricular participation by home education, charter/cyber school students 137.1
Field trips 121
Gifted education 114
Guidance counseling 112
Homebound instruction 117, 204, 234
Home schooling instruction 137, 137.1
Homework 130
Independent study 118
Interscholastic athletics 122, 123
Lesson plans 111
Limited English Proficiency Program 138
Limited open forum 122.1
Migrant students 142
Nondiscrimination programs 103, 103ATT, 104, 104ATT
Persistently dangerous schools 143
Philosophy of education 101
Resource materials 109
Safety 705
Special education 113, 113.1, 113.2
Strategic plan 100
Student expenses - outside events 122.2
Student organizations 122.1
Student services 146
Summer school 124, 404, 406
Tutorial instruction 116, 204
Victims of violent crimes 144
Vocational education 115
PROPERTY 700
Building security 709
Care of (pupils) 224
Dispositions 701
Disposition of obsolete equipment 706
Facilities planning 701, 701.1
Gifts, grants, donations 702
Insurance 812
Integrated pest management 716
Maintenance 704
Misuse, abuse of property 713
Naming of property 701.1
Premium items 702
Property records 706
Safety 705
Sanitary management 703
Service animals in schools 718
Use of school facilities 707
Use of school facilities by staff 710
Use of wireless devices by employees 712
PUBLIC RELATIONS (see Community)
PUPILS 200
Academic cheating 218.3
Admission of students 201, 201.1, 203, 209
Assignment within district 206
Asthma inhalers, possession/use 210.1
Attendance 204, 234
Bicycles and motor vehicles 223
Bullying 249
Care of school property 224
Cheating, academics 218.3
Class rank 214, 216
Communicable diseases 203
Communications and complaints 219
Confidential communications of students 207
Confidentiality of educational records of exceptional students 216.2
Controlled substances/paraphernalia 227
Discipline 218, 233
Distribution of materials by students 220
Dress and grooming 221
Dual enrollment 241
Electronic devices 237
Eligibility for programs and services 204.1
Employment 204
Enrollment in district 200
Expression 220
Extortion 249
Foreign exchange students 239
Fund raising 229, 618
Grading/assessment 213, 215
Graduates of Lancaster County Academy 217.1
Graduation requirements 217
Harassment 248, 248ATT
Hazing 247
Health examinations/screenings 209
Health records 203
HIV infection 203.1
Home schooling instruction 137, 137.1
Homeless students 251
Immunization 203
Independent study 118
Kindergarten entrance 201, 201.1
Medications 210, 210.1
Nondiscrimination 103, 103ATT, 104, 104ATT
Nonresident students 202
Nutrition 246
Paraphernalia 227
Physical activity 246
Posting of materials by students 220
Pregnant students 234
Promotion and retention 215
Public performance by students 230
Records 216
Reporting pupil progress 212
Retention 215
School age defined 201.1
Search and seizure 226
Special education students 113, 113.1, 113.2
Student accident insurance 211
Student assistance program 236
Student government (council) 228
Student recruitment 250
Student rights/surveys 235
Students and the police 225
Supplemental discipline records 216.1
Suspension and expulsion 233
Terroristic threats/acts 218.2
Tobacco use 222
Universal precautions 203.2
Use of medications 210
Weapons 218.1
Wellness 246
PURCHASES
Cooperative 613
Subject to bid 610
RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS 204
RENTAL
Use of facilities by staff 710
Use of school equipment 707
Use of school facilities 707
SALARY 328, 428, 528
Armed forces (credit) 428
Chairpersons, coordinators, contact persons 428
Extracurricular 428
Overtime 530
Substitutes (professionals) 429
SCHEDULES
Professional employees 432
School calendar 803
School day 804
SCHOLARSHIPS 913
SCHOOL BOARD PROCEDURES AND GOALS 000
Authority and power 002
Code of conduct 011
Communications and complaints 009
Distribution of policy 007
Expenses 004
Functions 003
Meetings 006, 006.1, 903
Membership 004
Name and classification 001
Organization 005
Standards, effective school governance 011
Superintendent and policy generation 003
Voting (majority) 006
SICK LEAVE
Administrative employees 334
Classified employees 534, 535
Professional employees 434, 435
SIGNATURES 616
SMOKING/TOBACCO USE
Administrative employees 323
Classified employees 523
Professional employees 423
Students 222
SPECIAL EDUCATION 113, 113.1, 113.2
STUDENT TEACHERS 407
STUDENT WELLNESS
Competitive foods 246
Monitoring 246
Nutrition guidelines 246
Physical activity 246
Physical education 246
School-based activities goals 246
Wellness committee 246
STUDENTS (see Pupils)
SUBSTITUTES
Classified employees 505
Professional employees 405, 429
SUICIDE IDENTIFICATION & REFERRAL 819
SUMMER SCHOOL 124
SUPERINTENDENT
Assistant superintendent 302
Employment 302
Superintendent and policy generation 003
SUSPENSIONS AND EXPULSIONS OF STUDENTS 233
SUSPENSIONS AND FURLOUGHS
Professional employees 411
TAXES
Collection 606
Duplicate tax notice fee 606
Exoneration (per capita) 605
Exoneration (real estate) 606
Levy 605
Property settlement fee 606
TEXTBOOKS
Adoption 108
Care of 224
TRANSPORTATION 810, 810.1, 810.2
TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT
Classified employees 531
Professional employees 431
School directors 004
TUITION 202, 607
TUTORIAL INSTRUCTION 116, 204
VACATION
Administrative employees (see Adm. Comp. Plan)
Classified employees 537
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION 115
WAGE AND SALARY
Administrative employees 328
Classified employees 528, 530
Professional employees 428
WORKERS' COMPENSATION 334, 434, 534
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