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Pleasant Valley School District

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
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
 
ABSENCE, LEAVE OF  
Administrative employees 335, 336, 338, 338.1, 339
Classified employees 535, 536, 539, 542
Professional employees 435, 436, 439, 442
 
ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES 300
Abolishing positions 310
Assignment and transfer 309
Compensated professional leaves 338.1
Complaint policy 326, 326-AR
Confidential information 324.1
Contract 308
Creating positions 301
Disciplinary procedures 317
Disqualification by reason of health 315
Dress and grooming 325
Drug, alcohol and substance abuse 351, 351ATT
Employment 104, 104-AR, 302, 303
Ethical behavior of school administrators 300
Evaluation 312, 313
Expenses 331
Family and medical leave 335, 335-AR, 435, 535
Freedom of speech 320
Gifts 322
HIV infection 314.1
Integrity protocol 319.1, 319.1-AR
Management team 327
Nontenured employees 316
Outside activities 319, 321
Personal leave 336
Personnel files 324
Physical examination 314
Political activities 321
Professional growth guidelines 333
Sabbatical leave 338
Sick leave 334
Smoking 323
Suspension and furloughs 311
Uncompensated leave 339
Unlawful harassment 348, 348ATT, 348-AR
Vacation 337
Wage and salary 328
   
ADULT EDUCATION 125
   
ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER  
Administrative employees 309
Classified employees 509
Professional employees 409
   
ATHLETICS 122, 122-AR, 123, 123-AR, 123-AR-1, 211
   
ATTENDANCE 204, 204-AR, 204-AR-1
Pregnant pupils 234
   
BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS (see School Board Procedures and Goals)
Committees 005
Meetings 006, 903
Membership 004
Officers 005
Voting 006
   
BONDING 005, 811
   
BUDGET  
Budget 604
Planning 602
Preparation 603
   
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS (see Property)  
   
CALENDAR 803
   
CHILD/STUDENT ABUSE 806, 806-AR
   
CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEES 905
   
CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES 500
Assignment and transfer 509
Benefits for part-time personnel 541
Complaint policy 526, 526-AR
Confidential information 524.1
Creating positions 501
Disciplinary procedures 517
Disqualification by reason of health 515
Dress and grooming 525
Drug and substance abuse 551, 551ATT
Ethical behavior of classified employees 500
Employment 104, 104-AR, 504, 505
Employment contract 508
Evaluation 512
Expenses 531
Family and medical leave 535, 535-AR
HIV infection 514.1
Jury duty 542
Layoffs 511
Outside activities 519
Overtime 530
Paid holidays 543
Penalties for tardiness 518
Personal leave 536
Personnel files 524
Physical examination 514
Short-term employees 505, 529
Sick leave 534
Smoking 523
Substitutes 505
Suspensions 511
Uncompensated leave 539
Unlawful harassment 548, 548ATT, 548-AR
Vacation 537
Wage and salary determination 528
Working periods 532
   
COCURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 122, 122-AR, 228, 229, 618
   
COMMUNITY 900
Citizen advisory committees 905
Community relations 910
Dissemination of materials, nonschool 913
District/school report cards 919
Educational institution relations 912
Foreign trip sales 913
Fundraising, nonschool groups 913, 929
Municipal government relations 909
News media relations 911
Nonschool activities 913
Nonschool materials 913
Nonschool organizations/groups/individuals 913
Parent relations 908
Publications program 902, 911
Public attendance at school events 904, 904-AR, 904.1
Public complaints 906, 906-AR
Public participation at Board meetings 903
Public relations objectives 901
Relations with intermediate unit 914
Scholarships, awards 913
School-affiliated organizations 915, 915-AR
School visitors 907
Smoking 904.1
Student participation, nonschool activities 913
Title I complaint procedure 906, 906-AR
Title I parent involvement 918
Volunteers 916, 916-AR
   
COMPLAINTS  
Administrative employees 326, 326-AR
Classified employees 526, 526-AR
NCLB complaints 906, 906-AR
Professional employees 426, 426-AR
Public complaints 906, 906-AR
Student complaints 219, 219-AR
   
CONTRACTS 624, 818
   
COURSES OF STUDY 107
   
CURRICULUM (see Programs)  
   
DISCIPLINE  
Administrative employees 317
Classified employees 517
Professional employees 417
Students 218, 218.1, 218.2, 218.2-AR, 218.3, 218.4, 218.4-AR, 233
   
DRESS GUIDELINES 221-old, 221, 221-AR, 221-AR-1, 221-AR-2
   
DRUGS AND ALCOHOL  
Administrative employees 351, 351ATT
Classified employees 551, 551ATT
Professional employees 451, 451ATT
Students 227, 227ATT
Transportation/covered drivers 810.1, 810.1A
   
EMERGENCY EVACUATION 805
   
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 805
   
EMPLOYEES (see Administrative, Classified,
                                Professional)		 300, 400, 500
   
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT  
Administrative employees 308
Classified employees 508
Professional employees 408
   
EVALUATION  
Administrative employees 313
Classified employees 512
Professional employees 412
Superintendent 312
Temporary professional employees 413
   
EXPENSES  
Administrative employees 331
Board members 004
Classified employees 531
Professional employees 431
   
FACILITIES (see Property)  
   
FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVES  
Administrative employees 335, 335-AR
Classified employees 535, 535-AR
Professional employees 435, 435-AR
   
FIELD TRIPS 121, 121-AR, 121-AR-1
   
FINANCES 600
Bank accounts 608
Budget 602, 603, 604
Capital reserve fund 620
Contracts 624
District audit - public 619
Fund balance 623
GASB statement 34 622
Investments 609
Objectives 601
Payment of claims 616
Payroll authorization 614
Payroll deduction 615, 615.1
Petty cash 617
Purchases 610, 611, 612
Purchasing, cooperative 613
Special purpose funds 618
Student body fund 618
Tax collection 606
Tax levy 605
Tax-sheltered annuity program 615.1
Taxpayer bill of rights 621
Tuition income 607
   
FIRE DRILLS/BOMB THREATS 805
   
FLAG SALUTE 807
   
FOOD SERVICES 808
   
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS 217, 217ATT
   
GUIDANCE COUNSELING 112, 112-AR, 112-AR-1
   
HIV INFECTION 203.1, 314.1, 414.1, 514.1
   
HOME EDUCATION PROGRAMS 137
   
HOMEBOUND INSTRUCTION 117, 204, 234
   
INSURANCE 211, 812, 813
   
INTERMEDIATE UNIT 914
   
INVENTORY 706
   
INVESTMENTS 609
   
LEAVES (see Absence, Leave of)  
   
LESSON PLANS 111
   
LOCKER SEARCH 226
   
MAINTENANCE 703, 704
   
MEDIA RELATIONS 911
   
MOTOR VEHICLES 223
   
NONRESIDENT STUDENTS 202, 202ATT1, 202ATT2, 202-AR-2, 202-AR-3
   
OPENING EXERCISES 807
   
OPERATIONS 800
Acceptable use of Internet/networks 815, 815-AR, 815-AR-1
Bonding 811
Child/student abuse 806, 806-AR
Contracted services 624, 818
Copyright materials 814, 814-AR
Drug/alcohol testing - transportation/covered drivers 810.1, 810.1A
Emergency evacuation 805
Emergency preparedness 805
Food service 808
I.D. badges, employee and visitor 845
Insurance 812, 813
Internet 815, 815-AR, 815-AR-1
Musical instruments, transporting on buses 810.4
Opening exercises/flag displays 807
Organization 802
Property insurance 812
Public records 801
School bus idling 810.5
School calendar 803
School day 804
Transportation 810, 810ATT, 810.1, 810.1A, 810.2, 810.3, 810.4, 810.5
Video monitoring, transportation 810.2
Web 816
   
PAYROLL  
Authorization 614
Deductions 615
   
PERSONNEL FILES (see Records)  
   
PETTY CASH 617
   
PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS  
Administrative employees 314, 314.1, 315, 335
Classified employees 514, 514.1, 515, 535
Professional employees 414, 414.1, 415, 435
Students 209
   
POSITIONS  
Abolishing 310, 410, 511
Creating 301, 401, 501
   
PREGNANT PUPILS 234
   
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES 400
Abolishing positions 410
Assignment and transfer 409
Child bearing/child rearing leave 439.1
Code of professional practice and conduct 400-AR
Complaint policy 426, 426-AR
Confidential information 424.1
Creating positions 401
Disciplinary procedures 417
Disqualification by reason of health 415
Dress and grooming 425, 425-AR
Drug and substance abuse 451, 451ATT
Ethical behavior of professional employees 400
Employment 404, 405, 406
Employment contract 408
Evaluation 411, 412, 413
Family and medical leave 435, 435-AR
Freedom of speech 420
Gifts 422
HIV infection 414.1
Job related expenses 431
Jury duty 442
Nontenured staff 416
Outside activities 419
Penalties for tardiness 418
Personal leave 436
Personnel files 424
Physical examinations 414
Political activities 421
Professional growth 433
Responsibility for student welfare 440
Sabbatical leave 438
Salary determination 428
Sick leave 434
Smoking 423
Student teachers 407
Substitutes 405, 429
Summer school staff 406, 411
Suspensions and furloughs 409, 411, 412
Uncompensated leave 439
Unlawful harassment 448, 448ATT, 448-AR
Working periods 432
   
PROGRAMS 100
Adult education 125
Assessments 127
Behavior Support 113.2, 113.2-AR, 113.2-AR-1, 113.2-AR-2, 113.2-AR-3, 113.2-AR-4
Challenges of materials 109.1
Chapter 15 students 113.3, 113.3-AR, 113.3-AR-1, 113.3-AR-2, 113.3-AR-3, 113.3-AR-4, 113.3-AR-5, 113.3-AR-6, 113.3-AR-7, 113.3-AR-8
Charter schools 140
Class size 126, 126-AR
Current events 119
Curriculum development 105
Curriculum review 105.1
Discipline, students/disabilities 113.1
Educational goals 102
Exemption from instruction 105.2
Extracurricular activities 122, 122-AR, 228, 229, 618
Extracurricular participation by charter/cyber charter students 140.1
Field trips 121, 121-AR, 121-AR-1, 210
Gifted education 114
Guidance counseling 112, 112-AR, 112-AR-1
Home education 137
Homebound instruction 117, 204, 234
Homework 130
Human development program 120
Independent study 118
Instructional supplies 110
Interscholastic athletics 122, 122-AR, 123, 123-AR, 123-AR-1
Lesson plans 111
Limited English Proficiency Program 138
Migrant students 142
Nondiscrimination programs 103, 103ATT, 103-AR, 104, 104ATT, 104-AR
Online courses 118.1
Persistently dangerous schools 143
Philosophy of education/mission, vision statements 101
Planned instruction, guides, adoption 106, 107
Protected handicapped students 113.3
Resource materials 109, 109-AR, 109-AR-1, 109.1
Section 504 students 113.3
Selection of materials 109, 109-AR, 109-AR-1
Severe allergies 113.4, 113.4-AR, 113.4-AR-1, 113.4-AR-2
Special education 113, 113-AR, 113-AR-1, 113-AR-2, 113-AR-3, 113-AR-4, 113-AR-5, 113.1, 113.2
Strategic plan 100
Student services 146
Summer school 124, 406
Textbooks 108
Tutoring 116, 204
Victims of violent crimes 144
Vocational, career and technical education 115
   
PROPERTY 700
Disposal of property 701.1
Facilities planning 701
Gifts, grants, donations 702
Insurance 812
Integrated pest management 716
Inventory and records 706
Lending of school equipment/books 708
Maintenance 704
Naming/renaming district facilities 701.2
Parking and traffic enforcement 711
Property records 706
Safety 705
Sanitary management 703
Security 709
Standard operating procedures for persons authorized to use weapons 705.1
Use of electronic communications 715
Use of facilities by staff 710, 710-AR
Use of school facilities 707, 707ATT, 707-AR, 707-AR-1, 707-AR-2
Weapons use, authorized persons 705.1
   
PUBLIC RELATIONS (see Community)  
   
PUPILS 200
Admission of beginning students 201, 203, 209
Assessment of student progress 213
Assignment within district 206
Attendance 204, 204-AR, 204-AR-1
Attendance eligibility 202.1
Bicycles and motor vehicles 223
Bullying 249
Care of school property 224
Cellular telephones 237, 237-AR
Class rank 214
Communication devices 237, 237-AR
Complaint process 219, 219-AR
Confidential communications 207
Controlled substances 227, 227ATT
Cyberbullying 249, 815
Discipline 218, 218.1, 218.2, 218.2-AR, 218.3, 218.4, 218.4-AR, 233
Distribution of materials by students 220, 220-AR
Dress, standardized K-12 221, 221-AR, 221-AR-1, 221-AR-2
Enrollment in district 200, 200-AR, 200-AR-1
Expression 220, 220-AR
Foreign exchange students 239
Fundraising 229
Gangs 218.4, 218.4-AR
Gifted pupils 114
Graduation requirements 217, 217ATT
Hazing 247
Health examinations/screenings 209, 209.1, 209.1-AR
HIV infection 203.1
Homeless students 251
Identification cards 245
Immunization/communicable disease 203
Medications 210, 210-AR
Metal/weapon detection 218.3
Nonresident students 202, 202ATT1, 202ATT2, 202-AR-2, 202-AR-3
Nutrition 246, 246ATT1, 246ATT2
Participation in school affairs 232
Pediculosis 209.1, 209.1-AR
Physical activity 246, 246ATT1, 246ATT2
Police 225
Postgraduate students 205
Posting of materials by students 220, 220-AR
Pregnant students 234
Promotion and retention, K-8 215
Public performance by students 230
Records 216, 216-AR, 216.1, 216.2
Relations with law enforcement agencies 225
Reporting student progress 212
Searches 226
Social events 231
Student accident insurance 211
Student assistance program (S.H.A.R.E.) 236
Student government 228
Student recruitment 250
Student rights/surveys 235
Suspension and expulsion 233
Terroristic threats/acts 218.2, 218.2-AR
Tobacco use 222
Unlawful harassment 248, 248ATT, 248-AR
Video surveillance 226.1
Weapons 218.1, 218.3
Wellness 246, 246ATT1, 246ATT2
Withdrawal 208
   
PURCHASES  
Budgeted 611
Cooperative 613
Not budgeted 612
Subject to bid 610
   
RECORDS  
Administrative employees 324
Classified employees 524
Professional employees 424
Public records 801
Students 216, 216-AR, 216.1
   
RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS 204
   
SAFETY 705
   
SALARY 328, 428, 528
   
SCHEDULES  
Classified employees 532
Professional employees 432
School calendar 803
School day 804
   
SCHOOL BOARD PROCEDURES AND GOALS 000
Authority and power 002
Distribution of policy 007
Expenses 004
Functions 003
Meetings 006, 903
Membership 004
Name and classification 001
Organization 005
Voting 006
   
SMOKING/TOBACCO USE  
Administrative employees 323
Classified employees 523
Community 904.1
Professional employees 423
Students 222
Volunteers 916, 916-AR
   
STUDENT WELLNESS  
Competitive foods 246, 246ATT1, 246ATT2
Monitoring 246, 246ATT1, 246ATT2
Nutrition guidelines 246, 246ATT1, 246ATT2
Physical activity 246, 246ATT1, 246ATT2
Physical education 246, 246ATT1, 246ATT2
School based activities goals 246, 246ATT1, 246ATT2
School health council 246, 246ATT1, 246ATT2
   
STUDENTS (see Pupils)  
   
SUBSTITUTES  
Classified employees 505, 529
Professional employees 405, 429
   
SUMMER SCHOOL 124, 406
   
SUPERINTENDENT  
Assistant superintendent 302, 312
Employment 302
Evaluation 312
   
SUSPENSIONS AND EXPULSIONS OF STUDENTS 233, 810.3
   
TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT  
Administrative employees 331
Classified employees 531
Professional employees 431
School directors 004
   
TUITION 202, 202ATT1, 202ATT2, 202-AR-2, 202-AR-3, 607
   
TUTORIAL INSTRUCTION 116, 204
   
VIDEO MONITORING/SURVEILLANCE 226.1, 810.2
   
VISITORS 907
   
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION 115
   
WAGE AND SALARY  
Administrative employees 328
Classified employees 528
Professional employees 428
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