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Pocono Mountain 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, 335ATT, 336, 338, 339
Classified employees 534, 535, 535ATT, 539
Professional employees 435, 435ATT, 439, 442
 
ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES 300
Abolishing positions 310
Administrator in charge 302
AIDS 314.1
Anticipated disability 335, 335ATT
Assignment and transfer 309
Bereavement leave 336
Childrearing leave 335, 335ATT
Complaint policy 326
Creating positions 301
Degree programs for administrators 333
Disciplinary procedures 317
Disqualification by health 334, 335, 335ATT
Dress and grooming 325
Drug-free workplace 351
Employment 103.1, 103.1ATT, 104, 302, 303
Employment contract 308
Ethical conduct 300
Evaluation 312, 313
Freedom of speech 320
Gifts 322
I.D. badges 345
Job related expenses 331
Legal assistance 344
Management team 327
Nontenured administrators 316
Outside activities 319, 321
Personal necessity leave 336
Personnel files 324
Physical examination 314
Political activities 321
Professional development 333
Professional organizations 333
Protection of school property 353
Racial harassment 348.1
Sabbatical leave 338
Sexual harassment 348
Sick leave 334
Smoking 323
Suspension and furloughs 311
Uncompensated leave 339
Vacation 337
   
ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER  
Administrative employees 309
   
ATHLETICS 122, 122.1, 123, 211
   
ATTENDANCE  
General 204
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  
Hearing 604
Planning 602
Preparation 603
   
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS (see Property)  
   
CALENDAR 803
   
CHILD ABUSE 806
   
CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEES 905
   
CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES 500
AIDS 514.1
Alcohol/controlled substances (CDL personnel) 551.1
Anticipated disability 535, 535ATT
Building checks 532
Bus drivers (hours) 532
Complaint policy 526
Creating positions 501
Discipline 517
Disqualification by health 515
Dress and grooming 525
Drug-free workplace 551
Emergency school closing 532
Employment 103.1, 103.1ATT, 104, 504, 504ATT, 508
Employment resolution 508
Ethical conduct 500
Evaluation 512
Freedom of speech 520
Gifts 522
I.D. badges 545
Insurance issues 513
Job related expenses 531
Leaves of absence 534
Legal assistance 544
Meetings 532
Outside activities 519
Personnel files 524
Political activities 521
Protection of school property 553
Racial harassment 548.1
Sexual harassment 548
Smoking 523
Substitutes 505
Uncompensated leave 539
Wage and salary determination 528
   
CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 122, 122.1, 228, 229, 618
   
COMMUNITY 900
Advertising, promotion, solicitation 913
Citizen advisory committees 905
Community relations 910
District/school report cards 919
Complaint resolution procedures for IASA
    programs		 918ATT
Gold card club 904
I.D. badges, visitors 907.1
Municipal government relations 909
News media relations 902
Parent relations 908
Publications program 902
Public attendance at school functions 904
Public complaints 906
Public participation at Board meetings 903
Public relations objectives 901
Relations with intermediate unit 914
Relations with special interest groups 913
School visitors 907, 907.1
Title I parent involvement 918, 918ATT
Volunteers 916, 916.1, 916.1ATT
   
COMPLAINT POLICY  
Administrative employees 326
Classified employees 526
Professional employees 426
Public complaints 906
Student complaints 219
   
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES/DRUG AWARENESS 227, 227ATT
   
COURSES OF STUDY 107
   
CURRICULUM (see Programs)  
   
DISCIPLINE  
Administrative employees 317
Classified employees 517
Professional employees 417
Students 113.1, 218, 218ATT, 233
   
DRESS AND GROOMING  
Administrative employees 325
Classified employees 525
Professional employees 425
Students 221
   
DRUG AWARENESS 227, 227ATT
   
EMERGENCY EVACUATION 805
   
EMPLOYEES (See Administrative 300;
   Classified 500; Professional 400)		  
   
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  
Board members 004
Employees 331, 431, 531
   
FACILITIES (see Property)  
   
FIELD TRIPS 121
   
FINANCES 600
Asset management 628
Bank accounts 608
Budget 602, 603, 604
Depositories 608
District audit - public 619
GASB statement 34 622
Investments 609
Local taxpayer bill of rights 621, 621ATT
Objectives 601
Payment of claims 616
Payroll authorization 614
Payroll deduction 615
Petty cash 617
Purchases 610, 611, 612
Purchasing, cooperative 613
Special purpose funds 618
Student body fund 618
Tax collection 606
Tax levy 605
   
FIRE DRILLS 805
   
FLAG SALUTE 807
   
FOOD SERVICES 808
   
GRADING 213, 215
   
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS 217
   
GUIDANCE COUNSELING 112
   
HOMEBOUND INSTRUCTION 117, 117ATT1, 117ATT2, 204, 234
   
HOMEWORK 130
   
IN-HOME INSTRUCTION 137, 137Form
   
INSURANCE 211, 812, 812.1, 813
   
INTERMEDIATE UNIT 914
   
INVENTORY 706
   
INVESTMENTS 609
   
LEAVES (see Absence, Leave of)  
   
LESSON PLANS 111
   
LOCKER SEARCH 226
   
MAINTENANCE 703, 704
   
MATERNITY LEAVE 335, 335ATT, 435, 435ATT, 535, 535ATT
   
MEDICATIONS 210
   
MOTOR VEHICLES 223
   
NONRESIDENT STUDENTS 202, 202ATT1, 202ATT2, 202ATT3
   
OPENING EXERCISES 807
   
OPERATIONS 800
Bonding 811
Child abuse 806
Contracted services 818
Copyright materials 814
Computer use 815, 815ATT, 815ATT1, 815ATT2
Data breach 830
Delayed openings 804
Early dismissals 804
Electronic communications and information systems use 815, 815ATT, 815ATT1, 815ATT2
Emergency evacuation 805
Emergency school closings 804
Food service 808
Free/reduced price lunches 808
HIPAA 826
Insurance 812, 813
Internet/network use 815, 815ATT, 815ATT1, 815ATT2
Litigation hold 800, 800.1
Loss of property (employee) 812.1
Medical expense reimbursement 813
Missing child registration 806.1
Opening exercises/flag displays 807
Organization 802
Property insurance 812
Public records 801
Records destruction 800.1
Records retention 800
School calendar 803
School day 804
State mandate waivers 825
Suicide 819
Transportation 810
Video cameras on school buses 810.1
Voluntary participation in insurance/retirees 813
Web site development 815.1
Web site privacy policy 815.2
   
PAYROLL  
Authorization 614
Deductions 615
   
PERSONNEL FILES (see Records)  
   
PETTY CASH 617
   
PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS  
Administrative employees 314, 315, 335, 335ATT
Classified employees 515, 535, 535ATT
Professional employees 414, 414ATT, 415, 435, 435ATT
Students 209
   
POSITIONS  
Abolishing 310, 410
Creating 301, 401, 501
   
PREGNANT PUPILS 234
   
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES 400
Abolishing positions 410
AIDS 414.1
Anticipated disability 435, 435ATT
Complaints 426
Creating positions 401
Disciplinary procedures 417
Disqualification by health 415
Dress and grooming 425
Drug-free workplace 451
Educational conferences 433
Employment 404, 404ATT
Employment contract 408
Ethical conduct 400
Evaluation 411, 412, 413
Freedom of speech 420
Gifts 422
I.D. badges 445
Job related expenses 431
Jury duty 442
Legal assistance 444
Nontenured staff 416
Orientation of teachers 404, 404ATT
Outside activities 419, 421
Personnel files 424
Physical examinations 414, 414ATT
Political activities 421
Professional development 433
Professional leaves 438
Protection of school property 453
Racial harassment 448.1
Recruiting and selecting teachers 404, 404ATT
Responsibility for student welfare 440
Salary credit 428
Salary determination 428
Sexual harassment 448
Sick leave 434
Smoking 423
Student teachers 407
Summer school staff 406, 411
Suspensions and furloughs 411, 412
Tardiness 418
Tuition reimbursement 433
Uncompensated leave 439
   
PROGRAMS 100
Adoption of textbooks 108
Alternative education programs 132, 132.1
Assessment of educational program 127
Chapter 15, nondiscrimination 103.2
Charter schools 140
Co-curricular activities 122, 122.1, 228, 229, 618
Code of conduct - athletics, extracurricular activities 122.1
Courses of study 107
Current events 119
Curriculum development 105
Curriculum review by parents and students 105.1
Discipline of students with disabilities 113.1
Educational goals 102
English as a Second Language 138
Evaluation of educational programs 127
Exemption from instruction 105.2
Extracurricular activities 122, 122.1
Field trips 121, 210.1
Gifted pupils 114
Guidance counseling 112
Guides for planned instruction 106
Home education 137, 137Form
Homebound instruction 117, 117ATT1, 117ATT2, 204, 234
Homework 130
Independent educational evaluation 113.2
Independent study 118
Instructional supplies 110
Interscholastic athletics 122, 122.1, 123
Lesson plans 111
Materials selection policy/library 109, 109APP, 109ATT
Mission statement 101
Nondiscrimination 103, 103.1, 103.1ATT, 103.2, 104
Overnight field trips 121
Persistently dangerous schools 143
Raffles on school property 229
Resource materials 109, 109APP, 109ATT
Section 504, nondiscrimination 103.2
Special education 113, 113.1, 113.2
Summer school 124, 406
Sunday participation in events 122, 123
Temporary excuses - homebound instruction 117, 117ATT1, 117ATT2
Tutorial instruction 116, 204
Victims of violent crimes 144
Vocational education 115
Wrestling weight certification 123.1
   
PROPERTY 700
Building security 709
Facilities planning 701
Fixed assets 706
Gifts, grants, donations 702
Insurance 812
Integrated pest management 716, 716ATT1, 716ATT2
Inventory and records 706
Lending of school equipment 708
Maintenance 704
Memorials 702.1
Property records 706
Sanitary management 703
Use of facilities by staff 710
Use of FAX machines 715
Use of school facilities by outside organizations 707, 707APPA, 707APPB, 707APPC
Use of school facilities (guidelines) 707AG
   
PUBLIC RELATIONS (see Community)  
   
PUPILS 200
Admission of beginners 201, 201.1, 203, 209
AIDS 203.1
Assignment within district 206
Attendance 204, 207, 234
Bicycles and motor vehicles 223
Bullying 249
Care of school property 224
Class rank 214, 216
Confidential communications of students 207
Controlled substances/drug awareness 227, 227ATT
Discipline 113.1, 218, 218ATT, 233
Dress and grooming 221
Drug awareness/controlled substances 227, 227ATT
Drug/alcohol administrative guidelines 227ATT
Educational trips 204
Electronic devices 237
Entrance policy 201
Excessive absences 204
Excused absences 204
Excused for religious objections 204
Expression 220
Food allergies 209.1
Foreign exchange students 239
Fund raising 229, 618
Gangs 242, 242.1, 242.1ATT
Gifted pupils 114
Grade placement 206
Grading 213, 215
Graduation requirements 217
Hazing 247
Health examinations 209
Hearings 219
Homeless students 251
Immunization 203
Locker search 226
Medications 210, 210.1
Nonresident students 202, 202ATT1, 202ATT2, 202ATT3
Nutrition 246
Part-time attendance 204
Physical activity 246
Police 225
Possession of weapons prohibited 218.1
Pregnant students 234
Promotion and retention 215
Public performance by students 230
Racial harassment 248.1
Records 216
Recruitment 250
Release of student - school hours 204
Reporting pupil progress 212
Scholarships 240
Search dogs 227.1
Sexual harassment 248
Social events and class trips 231, 231ATT
Special education students 113
Student accident insurance 211
Student government 228
Student rights/responsibilities 235, 235ATT1, 235ATT2
Supplemental discipline records 216.1
Surveys 235, 235ATT1, 235ATT2
Suspension and expulsion 233
Terroristic threats/acts 218.2
Tobacco use/possession 222
Unexcused absences 204
Violent behavior policy 218ATT
Weapons 218.1
Wellness 246
Withdrawal 208
   
PURCHASES  
Budgeted 611
Cooperative 613
Not budgeted 612
Subject to bid 610
   
RECORDS  
Administrative employees 324
Classified employees 524
HIPAA 826
Litigation hold 800, 800.1
Professional employees 424
Public records 801
Records destruction 800.1
Records retention 800
Students 216, 216.1
   
RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS 204, 336
   
SALARY 328, 428, 528
   
SCHEDULES  
School calendar 803
School day 804
   
SCHOOL BOARD PROCEDURES AND GOALS 000
Appointments 005
Authority and power 002
Code of conduct 004
Committees 005
Composition of district 001
Conferences 004
Distribution of policy 007
Duties of president/vice-president 005
Election of members 004
Executive functions 003
Executive sessions 006
Expenses 004
Functions 003
Hearings 003
Meetings 006, 903
Membership 004
Minutes 006
Name and classification 001
Notice of meetings 006
Organization 005
Orientation 004
Parliamentary authority 006
Powers 002
Presiding officer 006
Qualifications of members 004
Quorum 006
Removal from board 004
Resolutions 005
Term of membership 004
Vacancies on board 004
Voting 006
   
SEXUAL HARASSMENT  
Administrative employees 348
Classified employees 548
Professional employees 448
Students 248
   
SICK LEAVE  
Administrative employees 334, 335, 335ATT
Classified employees 534, 535, 535ATT
Professional employees 434, 435, 435ATT
   
SMOKING  
Administrative employees 323
Classified employees 523
Professional employees 423
Students 222
   
SPECIAL EDUCATION 113, 113.1, 113.2
   
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
   
SUMMER SCHOOL 124, 406
   
SUPERINTENDENT  
Assistant superintendent 302, 312
Employment 302
Evaluation 312
   
SUSPENSIONS AND EXPULSIONS OF STUDENTS 233
   
SUSPENSIONS AND FURLOUGHS  
Administrative employees 311
Professional employees 411
   
TAXES  
Collection 606
Levy 605
   
TEXTBOOKS  
Adoption 108
Care of 224
Lending 708
   
TRANSPORTATION 810
Video cameras on school buses 810.1
   
TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT  
Administrative employees 331
Classified employees 531
Professional employees 431
School directors 004
   
TUITION 202
   
TUTORIAL INSTRUCTION 116, 204
   
VACATION  
Administrative employees 337
   
VISITORS 907, 907.1
   
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION 115
   
WAGE AND SALARY  
Administrative employees 328
Classified employees 528
Professional employees 428
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