Policy Manual

 

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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. 
A B C D E F G H I L M N O P R S T V W
 
POLICY MANUAL INDEX POLICY MANUAL NUMBER
ABSENCES
Employees 334, 335, 336, 338, 338.1, 339
Students 204, 234
ADULT EDUCATION 125
ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER
Employees 309
Students 206, 209, 216.1
ATHLETICS 123, 211
ATTENDANCE
Employees 318
Pregnant/married students 234
Students 204
BEHAVIOR SUPPORT 218.3
BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS (see School Board Procedures)
BONDING 005, 811
BUDGET
Accelerated budget process 604
Adoption 604
Board resolution 604
Final budget 604
Index 604
Planning 602
Policy affecting budget 600
Preliminary budget 604
Preparation 603
Public inspection 604
Voting 604
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS (see Property)  
BULLYING/CYBERBULLYING 249, 815
CALENDAR 803
CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION 115
CELLULAR TELEPHONES  
Employees 717
Students 237
CHARTER SCHOOLS 140, 140.1
CHILD/STUDENT ABUSE 806
CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEES 905
CLASS SIZE 126
COMMUNITY 900
Citizen advisory committees 905
Community engagement 910
Dissemination of materials, nonschool 913
District/school report cards 919
Foreign trip sales 913
Fundraising, nonschool groups 913
Gambling 904
Municipal government relations 909
News media relations 902, 911
Nonschool activities 913
Nonschool materials 913
Nonschool organizations/groups/individuals 913
Parent/guardian relations 908
Parent involvement, Title I 918
Parental/family involvement 917
Publications program 902
Public attendance at school functions 904
Public complaints 906
Public participation at Board meetings 903
Public relations objectives 901
Recording devices at Board meetings 903.1
Relations with educational institutions 912
Relations with intermediate unit 914
Scholarships, awards 913
School visitors 907
Student participation, nonschool activities 913
Title I complaint procedure 906
Tobacco use by public 904
Weapons 904
COMPLAINT PROCESS
Discrimination 103, 103ATT, 104, 104ATT
Employee complaints 326
NCLB complaints 906
Public complaints 906
Student complaints 219
Unlawful harassment 248, 248ATT, 348, 348ATT
COURSES OF STUDY 107
CURRICULUM 102, 105 , 105.1, 105.2, 106, 107
DISCIPLINE
Employees 317
Students 113.2, 218, 218.1, 218.2, 233, 249
DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIALS 220, 913
DRESS AND GROOMING
Employees 325
Students 221
DRUG/SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Covered licensed drivers 810.1
Employees 351
Students 113.1, 227
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 805
EMPLOYEES 300
Abolishing positions 310
Absences 334, 336
Administrative council 327
Assignment, transfer 309
Assistant superintendent 302, 313
Background checks 302, 304, 305, 306, 307
Bereavement leave 336
Compensated professional leaves 338.1
Compensation plan 328
Complaint process 326
Conduct 317
Conference attendance 331, 333
Creating positions 301
Disciplinary procedures 317
Discrimination 104, 104ATT
Dress, grooming 325
Drug and substance abuse 351
Employment 104, 302, 304, 305, 306
Employment contract, resolution 308
Evaluations 312, 313, 313.1
Family and medical leave 335
Freedom of speech 320
Gifts 322
Graduate study 333
Harassment 348, 348ATT
HIV infection 314.1
Holidays 343
Induction plan 333
Interns 307
Job related expenses 331
Jury duty 342
Leaves of absence 335, 338, 338.1, 339
Nepotism 304.1
Nontenured staff 316
Occupational exchange leave 338.1
Outside activities 319
Overtime 330
Part-time employees 341
Personal care assistants 304
Personal leave 336
Personnel files 324
Physical examinations 314
Political activities 321
Professional development 333
Professional development leave 333
Professional education plan 333
Resignation 308
Responsibility for student welfare 340
Sabbatical leave, health reasons 338
Salary determination 328
Salary schedules 328
Sexual harassment 348, 348ATT
Sick leave 334
Student teachers 307
Substitutes 305
Summer school staff 306
Superintendent 302, 312
Suspensions, furloughs 311
Tardiness 318
Temporary professional employees 313
Tenure 313
Title I teachers, paraprofessionals 304, 324
Tobacco use 323
Uncompensated leave 339
Unlawful harassment 348, 348ATT
Vacancies 309
Vacation 337
Working periods 332
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT/RESOLUTION
Assistant superintendent 302
Employees 308
Superintendent 302
EQUAL ACCESS 122, 123
EVALUATION
Assistant superintendent 313
Employees 313
Students 213
Superintendent 312
EXEMPTIONS FOR STUDENTS  
Instruction 105.2
Testing 127
EXPENSES
Board members 004
Employees 331
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 122, 228, 229, 618
FACILITIES USE
Rental 707
Staff use 710
FMLA 335
FIELD TRIPS 121
FINANCES 600
Audit 619
Bank accounts 608
Budget adoption 604
Budget preparation 602, 603
Budget, public inspection 604
Capitalization of fixed assets 625
Competitive electronic auction bidding 610
Electronic bidding 610
Federal fiscal compliance 626
Fiscal objectives 601
GASB statement 34 622
Inventory control, federal funds 626
Investments 609
Local taxpayer bill of rights 621
Payment of bills 616
Payments, summer months 616
Payroll authorization 614
Payroll deduction 615
Petty cash 617
Preliminary budget 604
Purchases 610, 611, 612
Purchasing, cooperative 613
Quotations 610
Sales tax 616
Student activity funds 618
Tax collection 606
Tax levy 605
Taxable fringe benefits 624
Title I fiscal requirements 626
Tuition income 607
Voting, budget 604
FIRE DRILLS 805
FOOD SERVICES 808
GRADING 212, 213
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS 217
GUIDANCE COUNSELING 112
HIV INFECTION  
Employees 314.1
Students 203.1
HOME EDUCATION PROGRAMS 137, 137.1
HOMEBOUND INSTRUCTION 117, 204, 234
HOMEWORK 130
INSURANCE 211, 812, 813
INTERMEDIATE UNIT 914
INTERNET 815, 815.1
INVENTORY 706
INVESTMENTS 609
LESSON PLANS 111
LOCKER SEARCH 226
MAINTENANCE 704
MEDIA RELATIONS 911
MEDICATIONS 210, 210.1
MOTOR VEHICLES 223
NONRESIDENT STUDENTS 202
OFF-CAMPUS ACTIVITIES 122, 123, 218, 227
OPENING EXERCISES 807
OPERATIONS 800
Automated external defibrillator (AED) 822
Bomb threats 805
Bonding 811
Bus idling 810.2
Child/student abuse 806
Clearance statements, Act 151 806, 810, 818
COBRA 813
Computerized personal information breach 830
Contracted services 818
Copyright materials 814
Drug/alcohol testing - covered drivers 810.1
Emergency evacuation 805
Emergency preparedness 805
Flag salute 807
Food service 808
Fraud 828
Insurance 812, 813
InternetTechnology use 815
Litigation hold 800
Medical insurance 813
Off-air recordings - copyrights 814
Opening exercises, flag salute 807
Organization, district 802
Pandemic 805
Property insurance 812
Public records 801
Records management 800
Records retention 800
Reporting requirements, abuse 806
School calendar 803
School day 804
Software copyrights 814
State mandate waivers 825
Transportation 810
Videotapes, copyright 814
Web site 815.1
PAYROLL
Authorization 614
Deductions 615
PERSONNEL FILES 324
PETTY CASH 617
PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS
Employees 314
Students 209
POSITIONS
Abolishing 310
Creating 301
PREGNANT/MARRIED STUDENTS 234
PROGRAMS 100
Academic standards 102
Adoption, planned instruction 107
Adoption of textbooks 108
Adult education 125
Alternative instruction methods 124
Assessments 127
Career and technical education 115
Charter schools 140, 140.1
Child find 113
Class size 126
Current events 119
Curriculum development 105
Curriculum review by parents/guardians and students 105.1
Discrimination 103, 103ATT, 104, 104ATT
Equal access 122
Equivalency of schools 103
Exemption from instruction 105.2
Exemption from testing 127
Extracurricular activities 122, 228, 229, 618
Extracurricular participation by charter/cyber charter students 140.1
Extracurricular participation by home education students 137.1
Field trips 121
Gifted education 114
Guidance counseling 112
Guides, planned instruction 106
Holiday observance 131
Home education 137, 137.1
Homebound instruction 117, 204, 234
Homework 130
Independent study 118
Instructional supplies 110
Interscholastic athletics 123, 211
Lesson plans 111
Limited English Proficiency program 138
Migrant students 142
Mission statement 101
Nondiscrimination 103, 103ATT, 104, 104ATT
Off-campus activities 122, 123
Overnight/foreign travel 121.1, 121.1ATT1, 121.1ATT2
Persistently dangerous schools 143
Pilot programs 105
Planned instruction 106, 107
Recording of meetings, special education 113
Resource materials 109
Strategic plan 100
Student services 146
Summer school 124, 306
Tutoring 116
Victims of violent crimes 144
PROPERTY 700
Advertising 707.1
Building security 709
Cellular telephones 717
Census 701
Facilities planning 701
Facilities use, rental 707
Facilities use, staff 710
Fax machines 715
Gifts, grants, donations 702
Insurance 812
Inventory and records 706
Lending of equipment, books 708
Maintenance 704
Pest management 716
Property records 706
Safety 705
Safety committee 705
Sanitary management 703
Strategic planning 701
Surplus property 706.1
PUPILS 200
Admission of students 201, 203
Assignment within district 206
Asthma inhalers, possession/use 210.1
Attendance 204, 234
Bicycles 223
Bullying 249
Care of school property 224
Cellular phones 237
Class rank 214, 216
Communicable diseases 203
Complaint process 219
Confidential communications 207
Controlled substances 227
Corporal punishment 218
Cyberbullying 249, 815
Discipline 218, 218.1, 218.2, 233, 249
Distribution of materials by students 220
Dress and grooming 221
Drug paraphernalia 227
Drugs/alcohol abuse 227
Early graduation 217
Educational tours, trips 204
Electronic devices 237
Enrollment in district 200
Expression 220
Expulsions 233
Farm show excusals 204
Foreign exchange students 239
Fundraising 229, 618
Grading 213
Graduation requirements 217
Hazing 247
Health examinations, screenings 209
Hearings, formal/informal 233
HIV infection 203.1
Homeless students 251
Immunization 203
Laser pointers 237
Married students 234
Medications 210, 210.1
Military recruiters 216, 250
Motor vehicles 223
Nonresident students 202
Nutrition goals 246
Off-campus activities 218, 227
Physical activity goals 246
Physical, dental examinations 209
Positive behavior support 218.3, 218.3ATT1, 218.3ATT2, 218.3ATT3, 218.3ATT4, 218.3ATT5
Postgraduate students 205
Posting of materials by students 220
Pregnant students 234
Promotion and retention 215
Public performance by students 230
Records 216, 216.1
Recruiters' access 216, 250
Relations with law enforcement agencies 225
Religious holidays 204
Religious instruction, excusal 204
Reporting student progress 212
Searches 226
Sexual harassment 248, 248ATT
Social events and class trips 231
Steroid use 227
Student accident insurance 211
Student assistance program 236
Student government 228
Student involvement in decision-making 232
Student rights/surveys 235
Supplemental discipline records 216.1
Surveys, evaluations 235
Suspension 233
Terroristic threats, acts 218.2
Tobacco use 222
Transfer students 209, 216.1
Unlawful harassment 248, 248ATT
Weapons 218.1
Wellness 246
Withdrawal 208
PURCHASES
Budgeted 611
Cooperative 613
Not budgeted 612
Subject to bid 610
RECORDS
Computerized personal information breach 830
Employees 324
Litigation hold 800
Public records 801
Records management 800
Records retention 800
Students 209, 216, 216.1, 250
RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS 204
SALARY 328
SCHEDULES
Employees 332
School calendar 803
School day 804
SCHOOL BOARD PROCEDURES 000
Agenda 006
Appointments 005
Authority and power 002
Authority of individual members 003
Board policy/procedure/administrative regulations 000
Code of conduct 011
Committees 005, 006
Conference attendance 004
Consultants 005
Distribution of policy 007
Executive sessions 006
Expenses 004
Functions 003
Meetings 006, 903
Membership 004
Minutes 006
Name and classification 001
Notice of meetings 006
Officers 005
Organization 005, 008
Orientation 004
Policy, procedures 000, 003
Powers 002
Public notice, meetings 006
Qualifications 004
Reimbursement 004
Removal of director 004
Rules of order 006
Special meetings 006
Standards, effective school governance 011
Student representatives 004.1
Superintendent's role, authority 003
Vacancies 004
Voting 006
SEXUAL/UNLAWFUL HARASSMENT
Contracted individuals 248, 248ATT, 348, 348ATT
Employees 348, 348ATT
Students 248, 248ATT
Third parties 248, 248ATT, 348, 348ATT
Vendors 248, 248ATT, 348, 348ATT
Volunteers 248, 248ATT, 348, 348ATT
SICK LEAVE 334
SMOKING/TOBACCO USE
Employees 323
Public 904
Students 222
STUDENT WELLNESS
Competitive foods 246
Monitoring 246
Nutrition guidelines 246
Physical activity goals 246
Physical education goals 246
School based activities goals 246
Wellness committee 246
STUDENTS (see Pupils)
SUBSTITUTES 305
SUMMER SCHOOL 124, 306
SUPERINTENDENT
Assistant superintendent 302, 313
Employment 302
Evaluation 312
Roles 003
SUSPENSIONS AND EXPULSIONS 216, 216.1, 233
SUSPENSIONS AND FURLOUGHS 311
TAXES
Collection 606
Levy 605
TEXTBOOKS
Adoption 108
Care of school property 224
Lending equipment and books 708
TRANSPORTATION 810, 810.1
TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT
Board members 004
Employees 331
TUITION 202, 607
TUTORING 116
VACATION 337
VISITORS 907
WAGES AND SALARY 328
WEAPONS 218.1, 904
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